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BBC News - Technology

Martin Scorsese gets backlash after endorsing 'creatively freeing' AI - AI can help directors "move faster without sacrificing quality or craft" in pre-production, he says.

13 hours ago

Phone signal on UK trains not good enough most of the time, research says

10 hours ago

Microsoft says new quantum chip 1,000 times more reliable than predecessor

21 hours ago

No more delayed flag? Fifa adds new offside tech for World Cup

23 hours ago

Science says dating app users fall into the same cycle. Here's how to spot it -- Download, burnout, delete, repeat: Dating app users follow a predictable and dangerous pattern. These are the signs you're falling for it – and how to escape.

4 days 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.

10 days ago

Can Pope Leo save us from AI?

6 days ago

The space tech solving the world's signal problem

5 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.

28 days ago

Fads, not friends, now dominate our social media feeds -- Social media platforms used to be about communication between friends. The business model is to increase the time people spend on their apps and increase ad revenue.

11 days ago

How 'confused' AI rollout hurts firms and baffles staff -- Some firms are putting pressure on staff to use AI, but have not thought through their AI rollout.

2 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.

20 days ago

How the Victorians Built Britain

6 days ago

How to Build A Dinosaur

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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

1 month ago

MP sues Musk's xAI after deepfake bikini picture -- Suffolk MP Jess Asato claims the firm's tool Grok was used to create fake images of her in a bikini.

6 hours ago

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland back after online banking outage -- "We're aware some customers are having issues with our app and online banking. We're really sorry about this," Lloyds Bank posted on X.

12 hours ago

Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work - but only for half an hour at a time -- According to an internal memo, new controls will allow employees to pause the data collection for "up to 30 minutes at a time".

14 hours ago

Publishers in UK can opt out of Google AI search results -- The Competition and Markets Authority says it would put publishers "in a stronger position to negotiate content deals with Google".

21 hours ago

Cancer vaccines using AI gets research funding -- Researchers use AI supercomputers to compare vasts amount of data in search for personal vaccines.

21 hours ago

Do you find yourself aimlessly scrolling? You're not alone -- A Virgin Media O2 report suggests an average of 36% of time spent on phones is without a clear purpose.

1 day ago

Microsoft testing wearable AI gadget aimed at office workers -- The company said its own workers are testing a "wearable access badge" and a desktop device.

22 hours ago

'We need urgent action to improve water safety' -- West Yorkshire's Alison Lowe says young people need to be made more aware of the dangers.

1 day ago

Instagram AI chatbot tricked by hackers to give access to others' accounts -- Some reports have linked the incident to recent cases of high-profile Instagram accounts being hijacked.

1 day ago

AI giant Anthropic plans to sell shares in US as valuation nears $1tn -- The AI company behind Claude is set to offer the public the chance to buy and sell shares in the firm later this year.

1 day ago

Influencers sought to sell Cambridge homes in China -- An estate agent is looking for tech-savvy students to help find buyers in China and Hong Kong.

1 day ago

London mayor backs social media ban for under-16s -- Sir Sadiq Khan says tech firms must prove platforms are safe for kids or be barred.

1 day ago

UK banks blocked from cyber AI tool Mythos get offer from rival OpenAI -- Nine banks have been offered access to GPT 5.5 Cyber, as fierce rival Anthropic has blocked previews of its tool.

2 days ago

What's next for KSI and the Sidemen? -- YouTuber KSI shocked fans after announcing his departure from the Sidemen over the weekend.

2 days ago

Facebook whistle-blower sits in silence in panel discussion about her tell-all book -- Sarah Wynn-Williams can't promote her tell-all memoir about Facebook due to ongoing court action.

2 days ago