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This video grab made from the online Neuralink livestream shows Gertrude the pig implanted with a Neuralink device during a presentation on Friday. Photograph: Neuralink/AFP via Getty Images

Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup unveils computer chip in pig’s brain

10:58

Neuralink project hopes to help cure neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s, dementia and spinal cord injuries

Dozens of journalists have been fired after Microsoft decided to replace them with artificial intelligence software.

Microsoft sacks journalists to replace them with robots

11:12

Users of MSN website and Edge browser will now see news stories generated by AI

Wolves’ Diogo Jota beats Alexander-Arnold to Fifa 20 charity title

Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Diogo Jota triumphed in the ePremier League Invitational Fifa 20 tournament. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images

19:43

Portugal forward edges Liverpool in tight contest in ePremier League Invitational

Email overtakes phone as most popular way to contact public services

In 2017 just 9 per cent of people used email to make queries or carry out transactions with public services. Last year the figure soared to 29 per cent. Photograph: iStock

Brian Hutton
01:00

Number of people using email for such purposes has tripled since 2017 – survey

Life online: ‘I found no joy in what I was doing’

Arguments that companies are upholding their reputation by policing social media posts can interfere with employees’ rights to privacy. Photograph: iStock

Emma Jacobs
21:17

Different users can experience the minefield of social media in vastly different ways

How top health websites are sharing sensitive data with advertisers

Some of the UK’s most popular health websites are sharing people’s sensitive data. Photograph: iStock

08:14

Sites embed code into browsers which allow third-party companies to track individuals around internet

Project Nightingale: Google's secret project gathers health data of millions

Project Nightingale is the secret transfer of the personal medical data of up to 50 million Americans from one of the largest healthcare providers in the US to Google. Photograph: iStock

07:29

Transfer of data can be accessed by Google staff according to whistleblower

Health websites sharing sensitive data

Google parent Alphabet misses third-quarter profit estimates

Alphabet, which generates about 85 per cent of its revenue from sales of ad space and ad technology, reported total third-quarter revenue of $40.5 billion. Photograph: AP Photo

20:45

Shares down about 1.7 per cent even though revenue growth tops expectations

Children spend equivalent of 61 days a year online – study

Some 60 per cent of children were signed up to social media sites, including 48 per cent of eight-year-olds and 68 per cent of 11-year-olds. Photograph: iStock

Shauna Bowers
02:07

Almost half of children who use the internet talk to strangers online

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has his account briefly hacked

Jack Dorsey, chief executive of Twitter, whose account was hacked. Photograph: The New York Times

11:30

The hacked account tweeted out a flurry of highly offensive and racist remarks

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