1 day ago ShareSave Imran Rahman-JonesTechnology reporter and Liv McMahonTechnology reporter ShareSave Getty Images There is a big change coming for many people who use Windows computers. Microsoft is ending support for its Windows 10 operating system, which means that after Tuesday 14 October, these computers may be at risk. This is because security updates […]
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How hackers forced brewing giant Asahi back to pen and paper
1 day ago ShareSave Suranjana TewariAsia business correspondent, Tokyo and Peter HoskinsBusiness reporter ShareSave Reuters Only four bottles of Asahi Super Dry beer are left on the shelves of Ben Thai, a cosy restaurant in the Tokyo suburb of Sengawacho. Its owner, Sakaolath Sugizaki, expects to get a few more soon, but she says her […]
OpenAI video app Sora hits 1 million downloads faster than ChatGPT
OpenAI says the latest version of its text-to-video artificial intelligence (AI) tool Sora was downloaded over a million times in less than five days – hitting the milestone faster than ChatGPT did at launch. The app, which has topped the Apple App Store charts in the US, generates ten second long realistic-looking videos from simple […]
Huge buzz but a big gamble: Battlefield 6 takes aim at Call of Duty
35 minutes ago ShareSave Georgia Levy-CollinsBBC Newsbeat ShareSave EA “A new challenger has appeared.” In the fiercely competitive world of video games, it’s common for new contenders to fade away as quickly as they burst on to the scene. But Battlefield 6 is hoping to change that. It’s the latest entry in a long-running military […]
Two arrested over cyber-attack on nursery chain
A 17-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man have been arrested by police investigating a cyber-attack on a chain of nurseries in London. The Metropolitan Police say the pair were arrested at residential addresses in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail. Hackers were said to have stolen the photographs, names and addresses […]
Snapchat users share fury at upcoming fees for storing old photos and videos
2 hours ago ShareSave Liv McMahonTechnology reporter ShareSave Getty Images “Half of my life is on this app and now they expect us to pay for it.” One-star reviews and a sense of injustice have dominated online discussion since the popular messaging app Snapchat became the latest tech firm to put a price tag on […]
The true extent of cyber attacks on UK business – and the weak spots that allow them to happen
58 minutes ago ShareSave Theo LeggettInternational Business Correspondent ShareSave BBC The first day of September should have marked the beginning of one of the busiest periods of the year for Jaguar Land Rover. It was a Monday, and the release of new 75 series number plates was expected to produce a surge in demand from […]
Apple pulls US immigration official tracking apps
Apple has pulled apps that let users flag sightings of officers from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The tech giant said it had removed ICEBlock from its App Store after law enforcement made it aware of “safety risks” associated with it and “similar apps”. Another app called ICE Immigration Alerts has been removed from […]
Hackers delete children’s pictures and data after nursery attack backlash
Hackers who attempted to extort a nursery chain by posting stolen images and data about children on the darknet have removed the posts and claim to have deleted the information. The criminals began posting profiles of the children to their website last Thursday, adding another 10 children days later and vowing to continue until Kido […]
Half of UK adults now regularly use mobile payments
Half of UK adults are now regularly paying for things by tapping their phone, new banking data suggests. A surge in the use of mobile payments via services such as Apple Pay or Google Pay has been recorded across different age groups, figures from trade body UK Finance show. “People are more comfortable leaving their […]