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BBC News - Technology

The medieval secrets being revealed by AI - A 400-year-old coded text found at the Vatican Library is among the historic documents and messages that are being cracked with the help of artificial intelligence.

11 hours ago

California Attorney General sues 23andMe successor for 2023 data breach

1 hour ago

How my brother went from liberal Hollywood actor to manosphere 'messiah'

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Are you stuck in the dating app burnout cycle?

11 hours ago

Businesses use Google's AI to trick you. Google is quietly fighting back -- A BBC investigation revealed a simple way to get AI chatbots to spit out misinformation. Google and other AI companies are now trying to fix the problem.

4 days ago

Your car is spying on you. It's about to get worse -- From your weight and facial expressions to your destination, cars collect a startling amount of data about you. Some of it may even raise your insurance costs.

15 days ago

Are we entering a world without screens?

7 days ago

Can a fashion fix help smart glasses finally take off?

6 days ago

How to stop AI from turning your brain to mush -- GPS ruined our sense of direction. Search engines weaken our memory. AI, scientists warn, could do the same to everything from creativity to critical thinking.

22 days ago

We can now track animal panic from space - and it's bad news for poachers -- The new Icarus satellite is tracking signals hidden in animal behaviour – which could save the lives of cheetahs, rhinos and elephants.

4 days ago

Big tech bets on new mascots in bid to seem more cuddly -- The likes of Apple, Microsoft and Google are all putting cartoon characters centre stage.

13 days ago

How sunburn inspired a new way to store energy -- Scientists are developing molecules that can store heat for months and release it when needed - a potential step towards cleaner energy for heating.

20 days ago

How the Victorians Built Britain

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How to Build A Dinosaur

14 days ago

Inside the Rage Machine

1 month ago

The Darkest Web

3 months ago

Dating Apps: The Inside Story

5 months ago

Trump and the Tech Titans

3 months ago

Isaac Newton: The Last Magician

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Valve hikes Steam Deck prices by more than 40%, blaming rising costs -- The gaming giant said the handheld had not changed but the rise reflected "the current state of component costs"

10 hours ago

King's College team wins access to cutting-edge Google quantum chip -- King's College London researchers hope the chip will help answer previously unanswerable questions about the most important natural processes.

11 hours ago

Meta repeatedly snubs EU body over Facebook and Instagram user bans -- The BBC has been contacted by hundreds of users who claimed they had been wrongly banned from the sites.

11 hours ago

Google worker charged with using internal data to make $1.2m on bets -- The longtime Google employee was charged in New York for allegedly breaking insider trading laws.

17 hours ago

The world's carmakers are struggling to compete with China -- The BBC visited China's EV factories and found they are dominating the ecosystems shaping the global auto industry.

22 hours ago

Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi diagnosed with cancer -- Bondi, who was diagnosed shortly after being ousted in April, is also joining the White House's new advisory council on AI.

1 day ago

Public warned after discarded batteries spark fires -- Householders are being urged not to put batteries and vapes in their bins.

1 day ago

Snapchat child sex abuser jailed for 15 years -- Luke Edmonds, 25, is jailed after pretending to be a teenager to groom girls for sex.

1 day ago

'Like a prisoner being released' - Relief for Iranians as internet shutdown ends -- The government imposed the blackout after the start of the war with the US and Israel in February, cutting most Iranians off from the outside world.

1 day ago

Porn company fined £600,000 by Ofcom over age check failings -- Ofcom said Youngtek Solutions Ltd did not have checks between July and September 2025, but has since brought in verification.

1 day ago

How I won fantasy football in my first ever season - without using AI -- Danish medical student Erik Ibsen, 23, says it's "insane" he beat more than 11 million FPL players.

1 day ago

YouTuber arrested for allegedly using AI to defame Korean actor -- The YouTuber allegedly made false claims that fuelled a career-ending scandal for Kim Soo-hyun.

1 day ago

Champion ethical hacker warns AI tools like Mythos will make competing harder -- Chompie, one of the world's tops ethical hackers, says AI like Claude Mythos will make it harder for people like her to compete.

11 hours ago

Instagram betting ads featuring Kane and Haaland banned -- The advertising watchdog said the adverts featuring top footballers had a strong appeal to under-18s.

1 day ago

Internet starts coming back in Iran after months-long blackout -- Internet access has been cut off in the country since the start of the war in late February.

2 days ago