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• Gamers frustrated as Hollow Knight: Silksong crashes stores on launch

  Social media users also struggle to grab the game on the Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox game stores.

• Head of UK's Turing AI Institute resigns after funding threat

  Dr Jean Innes is stepping down after the government told the charity to focus on defence research.

• World's largest sports piracy site shut down by police

  The take-down of the site has been championed as a major victory for live sports broadcasters.

• Creator of Charli XCX Apple dance settles Roblox lawsuit

  Kelley Heyer had accused the online platform of copying her choreography without permission.

• Lost in translation - How Africa is trying to close the AI language gap

  A new dataset with African languages should improve access to AI for millions on the continent.

• M&S hackers claim to be behind Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack

  The hack has caused severe disruption at manufacturing plants globally, with some staff told not to come into work.

• Google told to pay $425m in privacy lawsuit

  Google says the decision misunderstands how its products work, and it will appeal the ruling.

• Luigi Mangione's likeness used to model shirt on Shein

  An image with the likeness of Mr Mangione was used to advertise a white, short-sleeved shirt.

• Family of dead teen say ChatGPT's new parental controls not enough

  OpenAI has introduced new rules in the wake of the family's allegations that ChatGPT encouraged their child to take his own life.

• A let-off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means

  The search giant is not being broken up -so how much will it be affected by the remedies a judge has instead ordered?

• Google avoids break-up but must share data with rivals

  A case over the US tech giant's dominance in search allows it to hang on to its Chrome web browser.

• Jaguar Land Rover production severely hit by cyber-attack

  Staff were sent home and the company shut down its IT systems in an effort to minimise the damage done.

• Children at risk of identity theft and fraud from 'sharenting'

  Researchers at the University of Southampton are warning of the dangers of posting your children's photos online.

• Meta to stop its AI chatbots from talking to teens about suicide

  The firm says it will add more guardrails "as an extra precaution" and temporarily limit chatbots teens can use.

• Enforcing Australia's social media ban on kids is possible but contains risks, report says

  The impending ban is popular with many parents, but experts have raised concerns over privacy and age verification technology.