13 hours ago ShareSave Jennifer McKiernan,Political reporter, Paul Seddon,Political reporterand Tom Gerken,Technology reporter ShareSave BBC The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has drafted in a leading cyber-security expert as it investigates how a document – containing key details of Wednesday’s Budget – went live too early. Rachel Reeves’s statement was thrown into chaos after the […]
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Nvidia plays down Google chip threat concerns
Nvidia has claimed it is “a generation ahead” of rivals in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry amid growing suggestions a rival may emerge to threaten to its market dominance – and multi-trillion dollar valuation. Shares in the chip giant fell on Tuesday, following a report Meta planned to spend billions on AI chips developed by […]
Ofcom vows to name and shame platforms over online sexism
15 hours ago ShareSave Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor ShareSave BBC The media regulator has published guidelines designed to make the internet safer for women and girls – and threatened to make it “absolutely clear to the public” which platforms are not adhering to them. Ofcom says it hopes the measures will make it easier to report […]
Vinted blocks ‘sickening’ sexually explicit ads
Online marketplace Vinted says it has removed sexually explicit adverts, after a mum reported seeing a video depicting what she believed to be a pornographic scene while browsing for clothes. Kirsty Hopley, 44, from Carlisle, said she was searching the app for a dressing gown when the ad popped up. She was sitting next to […]
Nvidia shares jump after revenue and outlook top estimates
3 hours ago ShareSave Danielle KayeBusiness reporter ShareSave Reuters Chip giant Nvidia beat Wall Street’s expectations for revenue and upcoming sales, easing investor concerns about heavy artificial intelligence (AI) spending that have unsettled markets. In its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, the firm said revenue for the three months to October jumped 62% to $57bn, […]
Judge rules Meta doesn’t have monopoly after Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
A US district judge in Washington has ruled that Facebook-parent Meta Platforms did not violate antitrust laws with its acquisitions of photo-sharing app Instagram and messaging service WhatsApp more than a decade ago. The decision hands a defeat to the Federal Trade Commission, the US antitrust watchdog, which sued Meta in 2020 claiming the company […]
British hacker must repay £4m after hijacking celebrity Twitter accounts
A British man who hacked high profile Twitter – now known as X – accounts as part of a Bitcoin scam has been ordered to hand over £4.1m in stolen cryptocurrency. Joseph O’Connor, from Liverpool, hijacked more than 130 accounts in July 2020, including those of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Elon Musk. The 26-year-old […]
How my on-air ‘brain fog’ moment sparked a big debate
3 hours ago ShareSave Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor ShareSave BBC When I rather nervously shared a personal post about dealing with brain fog at work on the social network LinkedIn last week, I had no idea that it would have such an enormous impact. It’s been viewed hundreds of thousands of times. Women have stopped me […]
Can technology fix fashion’s sizing crisis?
23 hours ago ShareSave Shiona McCallumSenior technology reporter ShareSave BBC Most women will relate to the misery of inconsistent sizing in high-street shops. A pair of jeans could easily be a size 10 by one brand and a size 14 in another, leaving customers confused and disheartened. It has led to a global deluge of […]
AI firm claims Chinese spies used its tech to automate cyber attacks
The makers of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude claim to have caught hackers sponsored by the Chinese government using the tool to perform automated cyber attacks against around 30 global organisations. Anthropic said hackers tricked the chatbot into carrying out automated tasks under the guise of carrying out cyber security research. The company claimed in […]