Telegram faces questions from Ofcom over Keir Starmer arson attack, is time right for Walkman revival

Telegram is facing questions from Ofcom over how it detects and prevents illegal incitement after a Ukrainian man was found guilty of carrying out arson attacks on a car and property associated with Keir Starmer. A spokesperson for the regulator said it had contacted the messaging app “to seek further clarification” because the arsonist had been directed on Telegram by a handler linked to Russia. Roman Lavrynovych, 22, was convicted of conspiring with others to commit arson attacks in May 2025 at two properties linked to Starmer. The Guardian 

John Edwards, the UK’s information commissioner, has resigned following a workplace investigation. “I have accepted that there have been occasions where I exercised poor judgement and made attempts at humour that were inappropriate and caused offence,” he said in a statement on Friday. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is responsible for regulating AI in the UK and also oversees data protection regulation and the freedom of information law. Edwards’ resignation was confirmed by the government, which said it had come after an independent probe “that took place regarding allegations made against him”. BBC 

Cassettes are going the way of vinyl, with sales up 53 per cent last year in the UK, hitting 164,000 units. This is not solely a British phenomenon – 446,500 tapes were sold in the US in the same year, an increase of 17.5 per cent year-on-year.Which got me thinking. Could we see the OG portable cassette player, the Walkman, make a comeback? And not as a Walkman-branded phone or digital music player, but as a proper, bona fide tape player? As the proud owner of at least two Walkmans during my childhood, I certainly hope so. WhatHiFi

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms, India’s largest wireless operator and digital service provider, filed draft papers for an initial public offering on Friday. The IPO will see the company issue up to 270 million shares, as per an exchange filing. Jio Platforms said in its draft prospectus that funds raised will be used to pare the debt of the company’s subsidiary, Reliance Jio Infocomm, which is India’s largest wireless operator. CNBC 

Honor has launched the Watch 6, a new smartwatch designed to combine a lightweight design, advanced fitness tracking, and an unusually long battery life of up to 35 days.At the core of the Honor Watch 6 is a design that leans into a more sporty, performance-inspired look – Honor calls it a Racing Dashboard Design. The watch features a lightweight, recyclable aluminium alloy body weighing just 41g, along with bevelled edges and a sandblasted finish to give it a more premium texture. Nevertheless, it remains suitable for everyday wear. Trusted Reviews 

Yann LeCun, one of the scientists credited as a ‘godfather’ of artificial intelligence, has called Elon Musk’s xAI ‘kind of a failure’ and said it will not be able to compete with OpenAI or Anthropic. The French-American researcher, a 2018 Turing Award winner and former chief AI scientist at Meta, made the comments to CNBC. His remarks reignited a long-running feud with Musk and raised questions about the valuations of the sector’s biggest companies. They come days after SpaceX, which now owns xAI, completed the largest stock-market listing on record, with OpenAI and Anthropic also preparing public debuts. IBT