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• Into The Grey Zone: China's new technologies could 'over-match' the West's strength, armed forces chief says

  The UK needs to understand and deal with the risk of China developing new technologies that could "over-match" the West's military strength, the head of the armed forces has said.

• 'Like a giant firework': Meteor 'fireball' lights up skies over UK

  A meteor lit up the sky over the UK on Sunday night, wowing amateur stargazers who were lucky enough to see the phenomenon.

• Weakest Gulf Stream in 1,000 years could bring more 'extreme' winters to UK and Europe

  The Gulf Stream that helps warm the UK and northwest Europe is at its weakest in over 1,000 years and could lead to more "extreme and intense" winters, according to researchers.

• Perseverance rover takes 11 million earthling names to Mars

  Nearly 11 million people landed on Mars last week - even if it was just in names only.

• Twitter to let users charge monthly fee for exclusive content

  Twitter is to let people charge their followers for extra content with a new feature called Super Follows.

• GCHQ says AI can help UK combat disinformation attacks

  GCHQ has said it believes it can use artificial intelligence (AI) to help expose disinformation attacks by hostile foreign states trying to undermine the UK's democracy.

• Cyberpunk 2077 suffers more issues after cyber attack delays fix

  A scheduled release of fixes for the troubled Cyberpunk 2077 game have been delayed following a cyber attack on the creator's internal systems.

• 'This needs to stop': UK smartphone owners are due £480m payout, claims Which?

  Anyone who has bought a smartphone since 2015 could be entitled to a share of a £480m payout if a legal claim from watchdog Which? is successful.

• Australia passes new law to make Google and Facebook pay for news content

  Australia has passed a new law that will force tech companies - including Google and Facebook - to pay for news content.

• NHS facing legal challenge over data deal with controversial Silicon Valley firm

  The NHS is facing a legal challenge over its data deal with controversial Silicon Valley firm Palantir, Sky News can reveal.