The maker of Japan’s most popular beer, Super Dry, was hit by a major cyber-attack last month.

The regulator has given it “strategic market status”, opening the door to what it calls “proportionate interventions.”

The move, which is aimed to protect supplies of technology, could raise tensions between the EU and China.

Vodafone said its Monday outage, which knocked broadband and mobile data users offline for several hours, was caused by a “non-malicious software issue”.

Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.

Prepare to switch to offline systems in the event of a cyber-attack, firms are being advised.

CEO Sam Altman says upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a more human-like way – “but only if you want it”.

The UK has also frozen assets linked to the alleged scammers, including a £100m London office building.

The outsourcing giant accepted liability, after the data watchdog said they failed to protect client data.

Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10, which could make users vulnerable – here’s how to get Windows 11.