12 hours ago ShareSave Paul Seddon Political reporter ShareSave The government is considering further action to keep children safe online and will not “sit back and wait” on the issue, a cabinet minister has said. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the BBC new age-verification rules beginning later this month would have a “really important” impact. […]
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Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks
10 hours ago ShareSave Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service ShareSave Alamy Four people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op. The National Crime Agency (NCA) says a 20-year-old woman was arrested in Staffordshire, and three males – aged between 17 and 19 – […]
Linda Yaccarino departs as boss of Musk’s X
4 hours ago ShareSave Graham Fraser, Zoe Kleinman, and Lily Jamali BBC News ShareSave Getty Images Linda Yaccarino, the boss of Elon Musk’s social media site X, has announced she is stepping down after two years. Her departure comes at a time of tumult for the platform, which was taken over by Musk’s artificial intelligence […]
Why don’t we trust technology in sport?
Getty Images Zoe Kleinman Technology editor 2 hours ago For a few minutes on Sunday afternoon, Wimbledon’s Centre Court became the perfect encapsulation of the current tensions between humans and machines. When Britain’s Sonay Kartal hit a backhand long on a crucial point, her opponent Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova knew it had landed out. She said the […]
Minister tells Turing AI institute to focus on defence
Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has written to the UK’s national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) to tell its bosses to refocus on defence and security. In a letter, Kyle said boosting the UK’s AI capabilities was “critical” to national security and should be at the core of the Alan Turing Institute’s activities. Kyle […]
Viral band finds itself at the centre of AI claims and hoaxes
A band called The Velvet Sundown has had its tracks played hundreds of thousands of times on Spotify since appearing several weeks ago – without anyone knowing for sure what it is. The band has a verified page on the music streaming platform, with more than 850,000 monthly listeners. However, none of the four named […]
‘There is a problem’: Meta users complain of being shut out of their accounts
49 minutes ago ShareSave Graham Fraser & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters ShareSave Brittany Watson Meta blamed a “technical error” when, last week, it admitted wrongly suspending some Facebook Groups. Since then, users of the world’s most popular social media platform have got in touch with the BBC to say how, for them, it is much […]
Millions of websites to get ‘game-changing’ AI bot blocker
9 hours ago ShareSave Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter ShareSave Getty Images Millions of websites – including Sky News, The Associated Press and Buzzfeed – will now be able to block artificial intelligence (AI) bots from accessing their content without permission. The new system is being rolled out by internet infrastructure firm, Cloudflare, which hosts […]
Tech firms face demands to stop illegal content going viral
Tech platforms could be forced to prevent illegal content from going viral and limit the ability for people to send virtual gifts to or record a child’s livestream, under more online safety measures proposed by Ofcom. The UK regulator published a consultation on Monday seeking views on further protections to keep citizens, particularly children, safer […]
Trump says he has ‘a group of very wealthy people’ to buy TikTok
President Donald Trump has said he has a buyer for TikTok, the video-sharing app that was banned in the US amid claims it posed a national security risk. In a Fox News interview, Trump said he had a group of “very wealthy people” willing to acquire the platform. “I’ll tell you in about two weeks,” […]