38 minutes ago ShareSave Zoe Kleinman Technology editor•@zsk ShareSave Getty Images Google is rolling out a new tool in the UK that will generate results using artificial intelligence (AI), in a significant shake-up to the world’s most popular search engine. Instead of a list of search results showing links to other websites in blue type, […]
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Hackers steal images from women’s dating safety app that vets men
A dating safety app that allows women to do background checks on men and anonymously share “red flag” behaviour has been hacked, exposing thousands of members’ images, posts and comments. Tea Dating Advice, a US-based women-only app with 1.6 million users, said there had been “unauthorised access” to 72,000 images submitted by women. Some included […]
Around 6,000 porn sites start checking ages in UK
12 hours ago ShareSave Liv McMahon & Andrew Rogers BBC News ShareSave Getty Images Around 6,000 sites allowing porn in the UK will start checking if users are over 18 on Friday, according to the media regulator Ofcom. Dame Melanie Dawes, its chief executive, told the BBC “we are starting to see not just words […]
EE and BT network outage resolved, firm says
3 hours ago ShareSave Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter ShareSave Getty Images A network outage affecting thousands of EE and BT customers has been resolved, a spokesperson has said. Customers reported they were unable to make or receive calls as the mobile phone and landline networks faced an outage. Some customers reported issues with making 999 […]
Apple and Google have ‘effective duopoly’ in UK says regulator
12 hours ago ShareSave Liv McMahon & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters ShareSave Getty Images Apple and Google may be required to change the way they operate some of their mobile services in the UK, according to proposed decisions by the UK’s competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the tech giants over […]
OpenAI and UK sign deal to use AI in public services
OpenAI, the firm behind ChatGPT, has signed a deal to use artificial intelligence (AI) to increase productivity in the UK’s public services, the government has announced. The agreement signed by the firm and the science department could give OpenAI access to government data and see its software used in education, defence, security, and the justice […]
How the rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis
2 days ago ShareSave Ione Wells Reporting fromChile ShareSave BBC Raquel Celina Rodriguez watches her step as she walks across the Vega de Tilopozo in Chile’s Atacama salt flats. It’s a wetland, known for its groundwater springs, but the plain is now dry and cracked with holes she explains were once pools. “Before, the Vega […]
US passes first major national crypto legislation
41 minutes ago ShareSave Natalie Sherman BBC News ShareSave Getty Images Lawmakers in the US have passed the country’s first major national cryptocurrency legislation. It is a major milestone for the once fringe industry, which has been lobbying Congress over regulation for years and poured millions into last year’s election, backing candidates that included Donald […]
Does the UK video games industry have a class problem?
26 minutes ago ShareSave Laura Cress BBC News ShareSave BBC “I’m scared for the future of games,” says Chris Goodyear. “It could end up going the way that theatre has, and become a very privileged thing.” At one of the UK’s largest conferences for video game developers, social class was on the agenda. The concern […]
WeTransfer says files not used to train AI after backlash
WeTransfer has confirmed it does not use files uploaded to their service to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. The file sharing company had received lots of criticism from customers on social media after changing its terms of service, which some interpreted as allowing it the right to use files for AI training. A WeTransfer spokeswoman […]