Valve, the company behind PC gaming platform Steam, has revealed a new console to rival Nintendo, Xbox and PlayStation. The Steam Machine is a home console designed to allow gamers to play PC games on their TV – though it can also be used as a computer. It is a spiritual sequel to the 2014 […]
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£220 ‘for a cut-up sock’ – Apple’s new iPhone Pocket ridiculed online
Apple has faced a wave of online mockery following its announcement of a new carrying case for its iPhone range. The US tech giant was ridiculed after it revealed the iPhone Pocket on Tuesday would retail for £219.95, despite it being little more than a novel way to carry a mobile device. Many took aim […]
UK seeks to curb AI child sex abuse imagery with tougher testing
2 hours ago ShareSave Liv McMahonTechnology reporter ShareSave Getty Images The UK government will allow tech firms and child safety charities to proactively test artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make sure they cannot create child sexual abuse imagery. An amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill announced on Wednesday would enable “authorised testers” to assess […]
Cryptoqueen who fled China for London mansion to be sentenced over £5bn Bitcoin stash
2 hours ago ShareSave Tony HanGlobal China Unit ShareSave Metropolitan Police A woman, said by police to have bought cryptocurrency now worth billions of pounds using funds stolen from thousands of Chinese pensioners, is due to be sentenced this week for money laundering. After fleeing China, she moved to a mansion in Hampstead, north London. […]
China exempts chips used by carmakers from export curbs
China has lifted export controls on computer chips vital to car production, the country’s commerce ministry said on Sunday. Exemptions have been granted to exports made by Chinese-owned Nexperia for civilian use, it said, which should help carmakers who had feared production in Europe would be hit. At the same time, China has also paused […]
Elon Musk’s $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
2 hours ago ShareSave Lily JamaliNorth America Technology correspondent ShareSave Tesla boss Elon Musk has had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) approved by shareholders. The unprecedented deal was approved by 75% of votes and drew huge applause from the audience at the firm’s annual general meeting on Thursday. Musk, […]
King handed Nvidia boss a letter warning of AI dangers
3 hours ago ShareSave Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor ShareSave BBC Jensen Huang, the head of the world’s most valuable company Nvidia, says King Charles III personally handed him a copy of a speech he delivered in 2023 that included a warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence. “He said, there’s something I want to talk to […]
Tesla says Musk should be paid $1tn – will shareholders agree?
2 hours ago ShareSave Lily JamaliNorth America Technology Correspondent, San Francisco ShareSave Getty Images Ahead of Tesla’s annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday there’s been one key message the electric car-maker has been hammering home to shareholders: the boss is worth $1tn. It has taken out digital ads to make the case for Elon Musk’s […]
Online porn showing choking to be made illegal, government says
Online pornography showing strangulation or suffocation is to be made illegal, as part of government plans to tackle violence against women and girls. It follows a review which found depictions of choking were “rife” on mainstream porn sites and had helped normalise the act among young people. Both the possession and publication of such material […]
Will AI mean the end of call centres?
4 hours ago ShareSave Jane WakefieldTechnology reporter ShareSave Getty Images Ask ChatGPT whether AI will replace humans in the customer service industry, and it will offer a diplomatic answer, the summary of which is “they will work side by side”. Humans though, are not so optimistic. Last year, the chief executive of Indian technology firm […]