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• Court documents shed new light on UK-Apple row over user data

  The document suggests the government may still want access despite US officials saying it had dropped the demand.

• Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters

  The fast food chain is reassessing its use of the tech after a number of errors were shared widely online.

• Musk files to dismiss lawsuit over his purchase of Twitter shares

  US regulators allege his late disclosure of Twitter share purchases allowed him to buy them at "artificially low prices".

• Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer's death

  Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, died during a live stream on the Kick website.

• AI firm says its technology weaponised by hackers

  A report from the makers of Claude said the AI tool had been used to commit cyber-attacks and fraud.

• Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation

  The iPhone maker is pushing back against proposed changes required by the UK competition watchdog

• AI boom boosts Nvidia despite 'geopolitical issues'

  Nvidia remains exposed to geopolitical tensions between the US and China.

• Japanese town proposes two-hour daily limit on smartphones

  The limit would only apply outside of work and study time and no fines would be given if breached

• Thirsty data centres boom in drought-hit Mexico

  Activists in Querétaro criticise state government for prioritising the data processing needs for US tech firms over their own citizens

• European banks hit by rogue PayPal payments worth 'billions'

  Local media said German lenders had reported millions of suspicious direct debits from the payment firm.

• 4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US

  It wants the court to prohibit Ofcom from enforcing the Online Safety Act against it in the US.

• HSBC resolves app and online banking outage

  Thousands of people reported problems during what was the latest in a long line of banking IT failures.

• Kpop Demon Hunters becomes Netflix's most viewed film ever

  It is the latest in a series of chart-topping achievements by the animated musical.

• Women aren't just 'cosy gamers' - I play horror games and 600,000 watch

  Once thought of as a male-dominated pastime, the number of women streaming and playing video games is growing rapidly.

• Musk firms sue Apple and OpenAI, alleging they hurt competition

  The lawsuit takes aim at Apple's decision to integrate ChatGPT into the operating systems of its smartphones.