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• 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.

• My ex stalked me, so I joined a 'dating safety' app. Then my address was leaked

  Thousands of women who signed up had their data, including images, posts, and comments, leaked.

• TikTok puts hundreds of UK content moderator jobs at risk

  The firm says it's planning to relocate work to its other offices in Europe and invest more in AI.

• Apple TV+ raises subscription prices worldwide, including in UK

  The streaming industry has seen a series of price hikes from its major players in the past year.

• 4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

  The online message board's lawyers say UK safety laws shouldn't apply to a business based in the US.

• Elon Musk and X reach settlement with axed Twitter workers

  Ex-Twitter staff sued the platform after some 6,000 employees were sacked in 2022.

• French streamer's death 'not due to trauma', autopsy finds

  The online personality known as Jean Pormanove was found dead in his home in Nice on Monday.

• Hundreds of thousands of Grok chats exposed in Google results

  Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot appears to have published messages without users' knowledge.

• Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of 'AI psychosis'

  Mustafa Suleyman said there was still "zero evidence of AI consciousness today".

• Netflix signs up another YouTube star with Mark Rober deal

  The YouTuber and former Nasa engineer is working with Jimmy Kimmel to make a new competition show.

• Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices in US as tariff fears persist

  The Japanese technology giant cited economic challenges as it raised prices for the consoles by around $50.

• Human rights regulator criticises Met's use of facial recognition cameras

  The Equality and Human Rights Commission says it believes the Met's use of the tech is unlawful.

• UK backs down in Apple privacy row, US says

  UK authorities have demanded access to Apple users' protected files when required for investigations.

• Stop children using VPNs to watch porn, ministers told

  The children's commissioner for England tells the BBC virtual private networks are a "loophole that needs closing.

• Intel shares jump as Softbank to buy $2bn stake in chip giant

  The announcement comes hours after reports that the White House is in talks over taking a 10% stake in Intel.