UK carrier O2 has created an AI grandma that will trap scammers in meandering conversations to waste as much of their time as possible Daisy is trained on real anonymized scammer data in ...

“This is the first time I haven’t bought a poppy as an adult, because I just feel like it is sending a message I don’t really want to send,” says Sophie*, 33, a writer from London.

Known as Daisy, she has already kept scammers on the phone for as much as 40 minutes at a time, frustrating them going with long-winded stories before giving them fake bank details. The old dear ...

Events and services take place around Armistice Day - 11 November - as well as Remembrance Sunday, and the poppy is a frequent sight throughout. The Royal British Legion and PoppyScotland run two ...