Tech news
- Grand Theft Auto maker firms up GTA 6 release dateon 2024-05-17 at 10:55 am
The latest instalment of the hugely popular series will be released in autumn 2025, its publisher says.
- Fury v Usyk: Can Undisputed bring boxing back to video games?on 2024-05-17 at 3:02 am
How a small British developer hopes to put boxing back in contention in the video game sports genre.
- Reddit shares jump after OpenAI ChatGPT dealon 2024-05-17 at 2:24 am
OpenAI and Reddit reach deal that will give ChatGPT access to content on the social media platform.
- Business locked in expensive AI 'arms race'on 2024-05-16 at 11:13 pm
Business leaders feel pressure to invest in AI but the costs are formidable.
- Pornhub partners with UK child abuse fighting charityon 2024-05-16 at 11:06 pm
They want porn sites to adopt new voluntary standards on fighting online child abuse.
- Sony Music slams tech giants for unauthorised use of stars' songson 2024-05-16 at 3:00 pm
Sony Music suspects Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have used music from the likes of Adele and Beyonce.
- Facebook and Instagram suspected to be 'too addictive'on 2024-05-16 at 12:11 pm
The EU says its concerned the platforms algorithms "stimulate behavioural addictions in children."
- The man who turned his dead father into a chatboton 2024-05-15 at 11:08 pm
The "grief tech" firms helping users create talking avatars of their dead relatives.
- Period trackers 'coercing' women into sharing risky informationon 2024-05-15 at 11:52 am
Research finds poor data management practices such as not being able to delete data about abortions.
- How AI turned a Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russianon 2024-05-14 at 11:33 pm
A YouTuber falls victim to generative AI on Chinese social media, but the ramifications stretch beyond China.
- Tech Life: Help for cancer patientson 2024-05-14 at 7:30 pm
The machine that allows patients to take their own blood samples for analysis from home.
- Africa's internet vulnerability and how to fix iton 2024-05-14 at 2:58 pm
The internet outage in East Africa highlights the fragility of the continent's online connections.
- Christie's £670m art auctions hit by cyber attackon 2024-05-14 at 12:28 pm
The auction house's website is down as it seeks to sell items ranging from high art to rare wine.
- PlayStation names joint CEOs after Jim Ryan’s retirementon 2024-05-14 at 11:47 am
The role has been split into two separate top jobs, dividing up hardware and software.
- Upgraded ChatGPT teaches maths and flirts - but still glitcheson 2024-05-14 at 9:12 am
OpenAI has unveiled a new, faster version of its generative AI tool, ChatGPT.
- US bans China crypto-miner from nuclear base areaon 2024-05-14 at 2:08 am
Chinese firm MineOne Partners has been ordered to sell land it owns near a US nuclear missile site.
- Cow dung's key role in India's energy industryon 2024-05-13 at 11:06 pm
India is hoping that biogas, produced from farm waste, will curb its reliance on imported gas.
- Unjammable navigation tech gets first airborne teston 2024-05-13 at 5:18 pm
The test comes amid concern about the vulnerability of satellite navigation systems to blocking.
- GameStop shares surge as 'Roaring Kitty' returnson 2024-05-13 at 4:02 pm
Shares in Gamestop, the original meme stock, surge again as 'Roaring Kitty' returns online.
- Marvel Rivals apologises after banning negative reviewson 2024-05-13 at 11:22 am
The game's developers said the controversial terms gamers were told to agree to was a miscommunication.
- Internet access linked to higher wellbeing, study findson 2024-05-12 at 11:04 pm
The Oxford study comes as concern about the impact of internet use prompts laws in many countries.
- Is social media worth paying for?on 2024-05-11 at 11:35 pm
As Twitter and Facebook both now offer paid subscription, what impact is it having?
- Ros Atkins on... How different countries protect children onlineon 2024-05-11 at 5:25 am
BBC Analysis editor Ros Atkins looks at what what is being done to prevent minors seeing harmful content.
- Test-at-home kit for cancer patients approved for useon 2024-05-10 at 9:11 pm
Patients say the device allows them to reduce the number of hospital visits involved in cancer care.
- Apple apologises after piano crushing ad backlashon 2024-05-10 at 12:21 am
The technology giant apologised after Hugh Grant and others criticised the "tone deaf" iPad advert.
- 'Keep your phone on 24 hours a day': Chinese PR boss apologises after backlashon 2024-05-09 at 5:20 am
Baidu's Qu Jing tells workers she does not care for them because, 'I am not your mum'.
- US revokes licences for sales of chips to Huaweion 2024-05-09 at 4:50 am
The move follows Huawei's release of an AI-enabled computer powered by a chip created by Intel.
- Disney and Warner to bundle streaming serviceson 2024-05-09 at 3:35 am
The media giants are under pressure to attract more subscribers to their streaming services.
- Will AI dream up the hit TV shows of the future?on 2024-05-08 at 11:05 pm
Television production firms admit they are already using AI to come up with new programme ideas.
- Protecting under-18s from harmful online contenton 2024-05-08 at 9:13 pm
Marianna Spring on how the UK's media regulator wants to protect children from harmful content on social media.