1 day ago ShareSave Chris VallanceSenior technology reporter ShareSave Getty Images Pornhub says the number of UK visitors to its website is down 77% compared with July, when more rigorous age checks for sexually explicit sites were introduced under the Online Safety Act. It claims sites that are ignoring the new requirements are benefiting. The […]
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Watchdog slams O2 over unexpected price rise
The UK’s media regulator has criticised O2 for raising its prices by more than it promised customers when they took out their phone contracts. Ofcom said it was “disappointed” with the firm, and said it was going against “the spirit of our rules” around being transparent to customers about price rises. In January, new rules […]
Websites disabled in Microsoft global outage come back online
4 hours ago ShareSave Imran Rahman-Jones,Technology reporter and Lily Jamali,North America Technology correspondent ShareSave Getty Images Websites for Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft returned to service late on Wednesday after experiencing problems amid a global Microsoft outage. Outage tracker Downdetector showed thousands of reports of issues with a number of websites around the world over several […]
OpenAI completes shift to becoming for-profit
7 hours ago ShareSave Lily JamaliNorth America Technology Correspondent, San Francisco ShareSave Reuters OpenAI has completed its conversion to a for-profit entity, a move that could allow it to raise billions of dollars in investment and potentially clear the way for a stock market debut. As part of the arrangement, OpenAI and Microsoft announced changes […]
Turing AI Institute boss denies accusations of ‘toxic internal culture’
The Alan Turing Institute Chair has told the BBC there is “no substance” to a number of serious accusations which rocked the organisation in the summer. In August, whistleblowers accused the charity’s leadership of misusing public funds, overseeing a “toxic internal culture”, and failing to deliver on its mission. They said the Turing Institute, the […]
Armed police handcuff teen after AI mistakes crisp packet for gun in US
A US teenager was handcuffed by armed police after an artificial intelligence (AI) system mistakenly said he was carrying a gun – when really he was holding a packet of crisps. “Police showed up, like eight cop cars, and then they all came out with guns pointed at me talking about getting on the ground,” […]
Millions of UK Apple users could get pay-out after court ruling
7 hours ago ShareSave Chris VallanceSenior Technology Reporter ShareSave Getty Images Apple could be forced to pay up to £1.5bn in damages after losing a collective legal action court case brought on behalf of 36 million UK iPhone and iPad users, both consumers and businesses. The Competition Appeals Tribunal found that Apple had abused its […]
Amazon unveils prototype AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers
Amazon has unveiled a prototype of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses designed to be used by its delivery drivers. The “Amelia” glasses include a camera and built-in display, and pairs with a waistcoat with a button drivers can press to take photos of deliveries. “We’re testing it at a number of locations with over a dozen […]
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI releases browser in attempt to rival Google
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has unveiled an artificial intelligence-powered web browser to challenge competitors like Google, which operates Chrome, the most popular browser in the world. ChatGPT Atlas does away with the address bar that is a key feature in search, with boss Sam Altman saying it was “built around ChatGPT” as the company made the new […]
What caused the AWS outage – and why has it made the internet fall apart?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has had a bad day. That’s how the boss of another big US tech firm Cloudflare put it – probably feeling very relieved that today’s outage, hitting over 1,000 companies and affecting millions of internet users, had nothing to do with him. The places hit by the outage vary significantly. It […]