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Middle managers are nearly twice as likely as executives to want a person involved when AI resolves IT problems that touch security, data, or business operations, according to global research from TeamViewer. The split is 46 per cent against 24 per cent. Security, privacy, and risk concerns are the most cited barrier to AI adoption among IT decision makers, named by almost half of them.

Meta has banned advertisements promoting TikTok and other ByteDance services on Facebook and Instagram in seven countries, including Indonesia, Japan and Thailand. The restrictions took effect immediately and extend to third-party advertisers directing users to ByteDance platforms. The decision intensifies the competition between two of the world's biggest social media companies as they battle for audiences, creators and advertising revenue across international markets.

Engineers at EPFL have built a motor shaped like a thread, and it turns electrical energy directly into movement. It measures 1 to 3 mm across and is made of two hollow fibres, one nested tightly inside the other. The Swiss team works in the Soft Transducers Laboratory, part of the university's School of Engineering, and it has published the design in the journal Advanced Materials.