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BBC News - Technology

If hackers can take control of a supermarket freezer, how vulnerable is other tech? Dozens of shops across European countries have been hit by a cyber-attack affecting their fridges.

12 hours ago

Apple unsure when it will get more foldable iPhones ahead of Christmas -- The tech giant reports strong sales but admits "constraints" are affecting supplies of the iPhone Duo.

10 hours ago

These firms you've never heard of are feeding fears the AI bubble could burst -- The amount of debt held by data centres is measured in the tens of billions of pounds.

12 hours ago

Our tech columnist answers your biggest AI questions -- Thomas Germain and Katty Kay unpack five key questions that everyone should be asking about AI.

2 days ago

Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack -- An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.

5 hours ago

The AI bubble could expose your deepest secrets -- Character.ai's collapse uncovers a little-discussed risk of AI: when tech companies go bankrupt, they can sell your private data.

3 days ago

Anthropic thinks its AI might be conscious. It has profound consequences for your life -- Some of the most powerful people in tech are taking steps to consider AI's rights alongside humans and animals. This belief could reshape our world. Some fear it would be catastrophic.

15 days ago

The ghosts haunting AI storytelling

6 days ago

The high-tech mission to preserve a 17th-century shipwreck

4 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month 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.

1 month ago

The Castle: Rebuilding History

5 days ago

The Darkest Web

5 days ago

The Secret Life of Trees

25 days ago

The Mystery of Dark Energy

1 month ago

Will Robots Take My Job?

2 months ago

Inside the Rage Machine

6 months ago

Huge data centre plan sees hundreds attend meeting -- People spilled out of the hall in Norfolk, trying to follow proceedings.

7 hours ago

Scotland needs to embrace AI for its potential to be realised, minister says -- The Scottish government has said AI could generate an additional £23bn in annual GDP for Scotland by 2035 with the right investment and leadership.

7 hours ago

UK meat industry hit by cyber-attack which targeted European supermarket freezers -- Supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday.

8 hours ago

Major test for Australia's social media ban begins in High Court -- Lawyers for Reddit and a digital rights group are arguing the world-leading policy robs children of their right to free communication.

13 hours ago

AI data centres could undermine UK's emissions goals -- Four planned "hyperscale" data centres consider using gas-fired power for their electricity needs.

14 hours ago

New inquest into boy's death to review social media -- Ellen Roome says she is pleased online activity leading up to her son's death will be looked at.

1 day ago

Battery fire on plane was so fast, passenger says -- A woman from Portslade describes the moment a fellow passenger's clothes caught fire on a plane

1 day ago

Captain in UK's worst helicopter crash recalls 1986 tragedy -- Pushp Vaid is one of only two survivors from the Chinook which crashed off Shetland in 1986.

1 day ago

Virgin Media O2 set to cut thousands of jobs to reduce costs -- The broadband firm has not finalised numbers but it is likely be a sizeable chunk of staff, the BBC understands.

1 day ago

Crypto firm Binance covers 90% of losses after $6.3bn hack -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says North Korea was responsible for the hack.

2 days ago

TikTok brings fame and queues to Brontë village for autumn -- Queues outside shops are a regular sight in the village after influencers posted about its beauty.

3 days ago

Love, luck and magic: Why are young people turning to online witches? -- One online retailer has reported a sharp rise in the amount of people buying spells to help with luck.

3 days ago

Why North Korea's 'elite' hackers are the prime suspect in major Binance hack -- If the accusations are true, the record-making heist shows how powerful suspected North Korean hackers have become.

3 days ago

Crypto giant Binance attempting to recover $6.3bn stolen in hack linked to North Korea -- The cyber-attack, which the company describes as complex, is believed to be the largest ever of its kind.

4 days ago

US tech stocks see sharp falls as AI spending nears $1tn -- Shares in Intel continue to fall while the tech-heavy Nasdaq opens at its lowest level in more than two months.

4 days ago