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• Long-distance romance and closure from husband's death - your memories of Skype

  As Microsoft shuts it down, we’ve spoken to people whose lives were impacted by the tools.

• Co-op cyber attack affects customer data, firm admits, after hackers contact BBC

  The firm previously said there was "no evidence that customer data was compromised".

• Co-op gives away free pasta sauce and coffee by mistake

  The pricing error allowed some shoppers to get pasta sauce, coffee and cookies for free.

• Apple says most US-bound iPhones no longer made in China

  The technology giant says US tariffs will add around $900m to its costs this quarter.

• Harrods latest retailer to be hit by cyber attack

  The firm told the BBC it had restricted internet access in its stores following an attempted cyber attack.

• Xbox prices hiked worldwide amid tariff uncertainty

  The company has pointed to increasing game development costs and "market conditions".

• 'They wanted $4m': Lessons for M&S from other cyber attacks

  The retailer is reeling from a ransomware attack - here's what other people did when in the same situation.

• Co-op cyber attack: Staff told to keep cameras on in meetings

  Experts say the instruction suggests the company fears hackers could be lurking on calls.

• Tesla denies contacting headhunters to replace Musk

  The electric car firm says a report that it is hunting for a successor is "absolutely false".

• Meta warns of 'worse' experience for European users

  Meta said the negative impact could kick in as soon as the third quarter of this year.

• Apple referred for possible criminal contempt investigation

  The tech giant had been ordered in 2021 to allow greater competition and open the App Store up to outside payment options.

• Update that made ChatGPT 'dangerously' sycophantic pulled

  Users said the chatbot endorsed ideas including stopping medication and getting angry at strangers

• Robot vacuums 'could water plants or play with cat'

  Scientists, including researchers in Bath, have come up with 100 proposed uses for the robots.

• Why is the M&S cyber attack chaos taking so long to resolve?

  The company not saying who carried out the attack - or when their systems will be restored - suggests it's serious.

• Some M&S stores left with empty shelves after cyber attack

  The BBC understands food availability should be back to normal by the end of the week.