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The authors said they had found "no experimental studies on healthy adolescents that sought to reduce time spent on social media to see if it affected adolescent mental health or wellbeing”.

A report from the University of Cambridge, commissioned by ministers, was quietly pushed out yesterday - having been submitted to the government in May.

The report cautions that there is little rigorous evidence on how social media bans might impact children.

Little evidence social media bans work, Labour’s own report warns Scientists say studies linking smartphones and mental health were of poor quality

NEW: There is 'limited evidence' to back up Labour's proposed ban on social media for under 16s, a government-funded report has found.

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Ministers alarmed by ‘horrifying’ rise in AI child sex abuse images Analysts found over 3,000 life-like clips in 2025, up from just 13 a year before

NEW: Ministers horrified over 26,000% surge in AI generated child abuse imagery - research from the Internet Watch Foundation finds surge in AI generated illegal content in wake of Grok row

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Using AI makes you stupid, researchers find Study reveals chatbots risk hampering development of critical thinking, memory and language skills

Using ChatGPT may be making you stupid.

Researchers have found that people using ChatGPT present weaker brain activity when writing essays than those who rely on brainpower alone.

Our story:

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British AI start-up embroiled in sex assault claims after going bust Builder AI’s board denies knowledge of allegations made against a senior executive

Exclusive: Builder AI, which filed for bankruptcy last week, was embroiled in claims of a serious sexual assault prior to its collapse.

The alleged assault took place in India in 2022 and is said to have involved a senior executive at the start-up.

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Software giant ends pursuit of Mike Lynch ally in £3bn fraud case Hewlett Packard has pursued the late tech tycoon and former Autonomy finance chief in court for years

Exclusive: HPE has ended its pursuit of Sushovan Hussain, once a key lieutenant of the late software entrepreneur Mike Lynch, agreeing to settle with him as part of a multibillion-dollar High Court fraud claim - tip @techmeme.com

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Hey Kevin, could you follow back for a DM - hope all's well. M

@GossiTheDog.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy hey Kevin, wondered if you'd have a moment to DM for a story re Dragonforce? all the best, Matt

British defence start-up races to cut ties with blacklisted Chinese tech giant Hadean urgently seeks new investors after Pentagon blocks US officials from dealings with Tencent

Exclusive: Chinese technology giant Tencent is in talks to sell its stake in British defence / AI start-up Hadean, which blamed the "geopolitical situation" for its decision to unwind the investment

Tencent was placed on a Pentagon blacklist last week

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Cambridge electric car battery maker warns it may run out of cash within months Nyobolt has burnt through £50m in two years building a car that charges in five minutes

Exclusive with @jamestitcomb.bsky.social: Cambridge electric battery start-up Nyobolt, which has more than £50m, warns it could run out of cash by March

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Millions of Britons ditch X as Elon Musk triggers Left-wing backlash Some 4.3m fewer UK adults visited the social media platform this year compared with 2022

Without wanting to only post on here about X... but new data suggests millions of Brits have stopped using the Musk app since his takeover in 2022

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UK falls to record low in world supercomputer ranking as Starmer pulls funding Lack of investment threatens Britain’s position in global tech race

Britain has fallen to a record low in the global TOP500 supercomputer rankings

The UK's most powerful supercomputer comes in at 62nd in November's list

Comes after new government suspended funding for new exascale machine

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Looks like our place - @telegraphnews.bsky.social - now has an official presence on the other app.

Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:

@jay.bsky.team hi Jay, dropped your media team a note but we’d love to speak to you this week for a Bluesky profile for @telegraphnews.bsky.social - let us know!

Excerpt from technical report

Researchers say Twitter changed its algorithm to promote posts from Elon Musk and Republicans in the run-up to the election.

"The date at which (the spike) in engagement occurs coincides with Elon Musk's formal endorsement of Donald Trump on 13th July 2024."

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Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles

Confirmed

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The Guardian quits Elon Musk’s X after Trump victory Publication’s decision to leave platform comes as thousands of users move to rival app

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The Guardian quits Elon Musk’s X after Trump victory Publication’s decision to leave the platform comes as thousands of users move to rival app

This feels like an appropriate return to this app... Exclusive: The Guardian is preparing to quit X as left-leaning social media users grow disillusioned with Elon Musk's transformation of Twitter

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I've come crawling back

Hello to all my new followers who are definitely not robots

Finally, somewhere new to lurk