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BBC News - Technology

Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles? Solar tiles were touted as an attractive alternative to solar panels - why have they not taken off?

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Meet the dogs learning to run with assistive mobility tech

3 hours ago

Mark Zuckerberg has an image problem - so why is Meta's business booming?

13 hours ago

'People use AI to avoid paying for school photos, but they don't realise the consequences'

15 hours ago

Meta's new AI is about to make the internet more annoying -- Meta's new AI Muse can shop, haggle and book appointments for you. What happens when millions of agents start doing the same?

2 days ago

A TikTok army of 500,000 is fighting toxic comments – with kindness -- Social media is often seen as a mirror for human cruelty. One man built a TikTok army of 500,000 to fix it. Their weapon: kindness.

14 days ago

Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen on the real Social Reckoning.

1 day ago

A rare look inside Amazon's AI chip design lab

7 days ago

Why did an OpenAI agent hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future? -- News that an automated AI agent hacked a government IT system raises big questions about regulating the tech.

13 days ago

Huge data centres rise at 'China speed' to power its AI ambitions -- The BBC visits Inner Mongolia, an unlikely frontier in Beijing's AI race with Washington.

16 days ago

They were labelled 'pervert glasses'. Will a camera-free version transform their image? -- Meta has unveiled audio-only smart glasses, with some questioning whether it is a response to the backlash over privacy.

14 days ago

Why are there concerns AI could threaten humanity, and how real are they? -- Existential fears about AI have once again reared their head - here's what you need to know.

25 days ago

The Secret Life of Rockpools

28 days ago

The Secret Life of Trees

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Will Robots Take My Job?

1 month ago

The Tech Billionaire Takeover

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Inside the Rage Machine

5 months ago

Secrets of the Human Body

2 months ago

Deep Down and Dirty: The Science of Soil

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Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems -- The firm said users can no longer engage in "sustained and needless" abusive behaviour towards the tech.

15 minutes ago

Police trial AI chatbot to free up call handlers -- Staffordshire Police is trialling the virtual assistant through its website live chat.

31 minutes ago

Prison officer and inmate jailed over Snapchat fling -- Ex-prison officer Jade Morris exchanged more than 5,000 illicit Snapchat messages with an inmate.

31 minutes ago

Man sentenced over post threatening Lucy Connolly -- Jake Newman receives a 12-month community order at Birmingham Crown Court.

1 hour ago

Fired OpenAI researchers say they were let go for 'prioritising safety' -- The AI firm instead claims the researchers were fired for mishandling sensitive information.

3 hours ago

Nvidia-backed data centre firm scraps IPO as AI valuation concerns deepen -- Firmus said it had made the decision due to "recent market volatility and prevailing market conditions".

6 hours ago

'Careless use of AI is the real threat - not the ghost stories' -- Meredith Whittaker says the tech has been misunderstood, in an exclusive interview with BBC Global Women.

5 hours ago

Why Elon Musk is taking on India's richest man over Starlink -- Musk has taken pot-shots at Reliance owner Mukesh Ambani as Starlink struggles to launch in India.

6 hours ago

Data centre raises noise and wildlife impact fears -- The data centre, which will have 72 chiller units on its roof, will generate 150 jobs, planners hear.

7 hours ago

University scheme to help firms 'adopt robotics' -- The £3.67m Yorkshire Robotics Hub at the University of Bradford is hoping to bridge the "automation gap".

7 hours ago

UK robotics hubs to drive adoption of new tech -- The government says the hubs will support businesses and public services across the country.

7 hours ago

White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring programme -- An international visa programme has for years allowed US tech companies to hire highly skilled workers from abroad.

3 hours ago

Asos hackers took more personal details than first revealed, BBC finds -- Retailer issues update after BBC contacted by cyber criminals who said this week's breach went beyond "basic contact details"

1 day ago

Viral US TikToker praises South West takeaways -- Food venues report a surge in sales following visit from Kalani Ghost Hunter.

21 hours ago

Chinese runner dropped by sponsor after riding bike during marathon -- Sun Yuanyuan was seemingly pictured on the back of another person's bike during part of the Berlin Marathon.

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