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The UK's Virgin Media O2 launches Europe's first satellite-to-mobile service, powered by Starlink and initially available for £3/month on select Samsung devices

Sources: Telefónica and Liberty Global, the owners of Virgin Media O2, are set to lead a ~£2B acquisition of the UK's fourth-largest broadband network, Netomnia

Researcher: a Virgin Media O2 network security flaw exposed the locations of tens of million of users for up to two years; Virgin says it has fixed the issue

Company has reported issue to watchdogs and fixed the problem  —  Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Bluesky: @jjaron and @duncanrobertson . Masto...

UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time

In an ingenious move to combat the UK's growing fraud epidemic, O2 has unveiled their newest team member - an AI-powered “Head of Scammer Relations” named Daisy. … Seth Ruden : One of the running them...

UK mobile operator Virgin Media O2 creates Daisy, an AI-generated “scambaiter” tool that mimics the voice of an elderly woman to waste scammers' time

After a survey found that 71% of Brits want revenge on scammers, mobile operator O2 deploys Daisy, an AI tool that keeps fraudsters on the line to waste their time.