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BBC News - Technology

Australia says platforms like Steam and Roblox have 'significant' child safety gaps - Fortnite and Minecraft also told to 'lift their game' by online safety regulator.

11 hours ago

Meta's new AI is about to make the internet more annoying

1 day ago

Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest

1 day ago

China has cracked down on AI relationships. Is it ahead of the game?

1 day 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.

7 days ago

How to watch the cameras that watch you -- In the trade-off between privacy and security, it helps to know how much surveillance is happening around you. There are now easy ways to find out.

28 days ago

Should we let AI read our break-up emails?

1 day ago

A rare look inside Amazon's AI chip design lab

5 hours 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.

6 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.

9 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.

7 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.

18 days ago

The Mystery of Dark Energy

15 days ago

The Secret Life of Rockpools

22 days ago

Will Robots Take My Job?

1 month ago

The Tech Billionaire Takeover

1 month ago

Inside the Rage Machine

5 months ago

Secrets of the Human Body

2 months ago

Deep Down and Dirty: The Science of Soil

2 months ago

What's really going on with the lymphatic drainage beauty trend videos? -- Fans of these massages claim they "depuff" and "define" their stomach - but what's actually happening to their bodies?

2 hours ago

OpenAI fires workers for 'mishandling sensitive information' -- The former employees were investigated for sharing data with an outside AI evaluation group.

6 hours ago

Amazon data centre near M25 gets approval -- Buckinghamshire Council says the economic benefits outweigh other concerns.

9 hours ago

TikTok and Instagram don't prepare hikers for dangers, rescuers say -- Rescues of 18-24-year-olds have more than doubled in Wales and England since 2019, rescuers say.

7 hours ago

Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife's baby in 'horrific' robbery -- The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.

15 hours ago

More than 100 turn out for data centre meeting amid concerns -- More than 100 residents attended the first consultation event.

19 hours ago

Police force launches AI tool to reduce 101 calls -- South Yorkshire Police says the software will provide advice and answers to non-emergency queries.

21 hours ago

Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names -- The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian domains.

1 day ago

'We were without internet for weeks' -- Frensham residents say they found it "very scary" after their broadband suddenly stopped working.

1 day ago

AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns -- Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence "very carefully".

1 day ago

'AI glasses give me independence as a blind farmer' -- Dave Cragg, who began to lose his sight at the age of 10, can even read books using the technology.

1 day ago

'My skin condition made me look like I was in a horror movie' -- Josie North posts on TikTok about her eczema flare-ups on her skin, which she has had since 2021.

23 hours ago

Meet the robot looking after Vera, 74, in her own home -- At least a thousand people across England use the droids, health tech company Cera says.

1 day ago

The tech helping farmers predict the best day to pick their fruit -- Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?

1 day ago

Singer Lola Young says vaping has made breathing feel like a 'chore' -- The Messy singer says her lungs feel "battery powered" due to the effects of vaping.

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