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Madhumita Murgia writes about technology for the FT. She was previously a reporter and editor at WIRED and The Daily Telegraph.
She also authors a monthly column on the tech world for the FT weekend magazine and features on the weekly podcast, Tech Tonic.
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Home Office strengthens UK regulator with plans to amend child protection legislation
Researchers welcome move to restrict developers’ ability to see which other apps are installed on people’s phones
UK advised to ban use of live facial recognition in public spaces
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Federal Cartel Office raises concerns that company’s restrictions could harm competition
US data analytics group hires health service executives in bid to secure £360mn contract
Father Paolo Benanti has become one of the Pope’s chief advisers on the potential harms of new tech
Former employee at artificial intelligence group raises concerns about grievance procedure following assault and harassment by senior researcher
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American soldiers and experts fanned out across country last year to thwart an expected Russian cyber attack
Tech giant seeks to boost cloud computing business and catch Amazon and Microsoft in battle against digital crime
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