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BBC News - Technology

US backs Elon Musk's bid to overturn €120m EU fine against X - The EU had said X "deceives users" by selling blue ticks without "meaningfully verifying" accounts.

11 hours ago

X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?

11 hours ago

Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future?

22 hours ago

Are we back in big tech's 'move fast and break things' era?

1 day 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.

21 days ago

Robots are asking for tips. Who actually gets the money? -- Machines are sticking out their digital palms. Your reaction could help shape the future of the service industry.

1 month ago

Is tech ruining the World Cup?

2 months ago

AI is speeding up search for drugs to treat brain conditions

11 hours 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.

20 hours 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.

2 days ago

Could AI wipe out humans and how might that happen? -- Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy looks at some of the scenarios being imagined and assesses how likely they are.

1 day ago

Meet the crypto billionaires building a world where money buys you a vote -- They think democracy has run its course - so they're setting up their own nations instead.

2 months ago

The Mystery of Dark Energy

8 days ago

The Secret Life of Rockpools

15 days ago

Will Robots Take My Job?

29 days ago

The Tech Billionaire Takeover

1 month ago

Inside the Rage Machine

5 months ago

Secrets of the Human Body

1 month ago

Deep Down and Dirty: The Science of Soil

2 months ago

Russia targeting 'ordinary life' with attacks on Ukraine's data centres, Zelensky says -- Such strikes aim to disrupt "people's ability to stay connected, study, work", says Ukraine's president.

52 minutes ago

Internet access suspended at dozens of schools -- A potential security incident causes a major internet outage at primary, secondary and SEND schools.

3 hours ago

Chief minister says AI brings Jersey opportunities -- Senator Lyndon Farnham says AI can boost productivity and help curb public sector growth.

4 hours ago

Special agents' blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack -- Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.

7 hours ago

Veteran conned by AI ex-soldier's 'pity scam' -- Raymond Gilbert paid £155 for an item he believed was handmade by a fellow British ex-serviceman.

10 hours ago

'AI helped diagnose my daughter's rare condition' -- Rosie says her toddler's symptoms included an unknown heart condition and dilated pupils.

16 hours ago

Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack -- Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.

1 day ago

Criticised AI mural of city on pub wall removed -- The AI-generated mural was in a part of the city which hosts Europe's largest street art festival.

1 day ago

Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first -- Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.

1 day ago

FBI investigating claim hackers have stolen details of all its agents -- The hackers claim they have every agent's name, role, badge number and personal details including home address, phone numbers and spouse information.

1 day ago

Uni students' fears over essay-checker AI plan -- Students are "scared" about proposals which could see their work used to train AI, their union says.

1 day 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.

11 hours ago

US rejects pleas from OpenAI, Anthropic for global AI standards -- OpenAI's Sam Altman has called for risk evaluation standards, as have Anthropic's Dario Amodei and Hugging Face's Clement Delangue.

1 day ago

Trump and Xi come face-to-face as US and China battle to win the AI race -- The US and China are vying for AI supremacy while seeking to keep it under human control.

1 day ago

Is Burnham right to blame Russia for spreading online disinformation? -- BBC Verify examines Russian-linked operations spreading false information about the UK, Ukraine and other nations.

2 days ago