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- Game apologises after cancelling Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orderson 2025-05-29 at 2:48 pm
Affected customers - who have waited years for the console launch - have reacted with fury.
- Victoria's Secret takes down US website after 'security incident'on 2025-05-29 at 10:59 am
Some in-store services are also suspended - the lingerie firm says it is "working round the clock" to restore them.
- Nvidia revenues surge despite tariff uncertaintyon 2025-05-29 at 9:40 am
Nvidia's share price rose by more than 5% in pre-market trading on Thursday after it beat Wall Street expectations.
- Elon Musk leaves White House but says Doge will continueon 2025-05-29 at 2:49 am
Musk's exit comes after he criticised the legislative centrepiece of the president's agenda.
- Second suspect arrested in alleged crypto torture schemeon 2025-05-28 at 6:58 pm
Police say the two men kidnapped an Italian businessman and tortured him with a gun, chainsaw and electrical wires for nearly three weeks.
- Telegram announces partnership with Musk's xAIon 2025-05-28 at 2:45 pm
The $300m deal, which will last one year, will see xAI's assistant Grok integrated into Telegram.
- Temu's Chinese owner sees profits plunge as trade war biteson 2025-05-28 at 3:17 am
US-listed shares of PDD Holdings fell over 13% on Tuesday as the firm said its profit had almost halved.
- Texas governor signs online safety law in blow to Apple and Googleon 2025-05-28 at 2:14 am
Under the new law, minors will need parental approval before they can download apps or make in-app purchases.
- Tech Lifeon 2025-05-27 at 7:30 pm
Using AI chatbots to recreate the voice or likeness of a loved one who has passed away.
- Adidas says customer data stolen in cyber attackon 2025-05-27 at 4:13 pm
The sportswear giant says criminals accessed its systems through a "third-party customer service provider."
- Pornhub and three other porn sites face EU child safety probeon 2025-05-27 at 1:59 pm
The EU said the sites did not appear to have "appropriate" age verification to stop children accessing porn.
- Frugal tech: The start-ups working on cheap innovationon 2025-05-26 at 11:03 pm
Indian start-ups are using local materials and innovative ideas to make useful and affordable products.
- Humanoid robots fight in Chinese kick-boxing competitionon 2025-05-26 at 6:09 am
The two humanoid robots traded punches while fans watched on, in a world-first humanoid robot fighting event.
- The people who think AI might become consciouson 2025-05-26 at 12:38 am
With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentient
- Tech Nowon 2025-05-24 at 12:00 am
A new form of testing claims to predict how likely an unborn child is to develop diseases.
- Indian IT giant investigates link to M&S cyber-attackon 2025-05-23 at 7:13 pm
M&S said earlier this week that the hackers got into systems via a third party - but did not say who that was.
- AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removedon 2025-05-23 at 12:15 pm
In a fictional scenario, the model was willing to expose that the engineer seeking to replace it was having an affair.
- Protestors accuse Trump of corruption as he hosts crypto gala dinneron 2025-05-23 at 9:22 am
Trump hosted the biggest investors in his own cryptocurrency, but insisted he put the country ahead of his businesses interests.
- Why so many military veterans move into cybersecurityon 2025-05-22 at 11:04 pm
The vigilance needed in the military can be an asset in the cybersecurity industry.
- 'World's greatest designer' Jony Ive joins OpenAI to 'reimagine' computerson 2025-05-22 at 4:42 pm
The man who designed the iPad, iMac and iPhone will try to come up with a new generation of products for the AI era.
- M&S website back online, allowing users to browseon 2025-05-22 at 6:43 am
After going down overnight, the website is open for browsing again, but online orders remain suspended after the recent cyber attack.
- UK exposes Russian cyber campaign targeting support for Ukraineon 2025-05-21 at 4:37 pm
A joint investigation by the UK and allies found Russian hackers in the systems of logistics organisations.
- National parking platform seeks to end 'hassle' of multiple parking appson 2025-05-21 at 1:41 pm
The frustration of having to download multiple apps to pay for parking may go if a new platform is widely adopted.
- Retail hackers believed to be young and from US and UK, detectives sayon 2025-05-21 at 10:07 am
The National Crime Agency tells the BBC how it is trying to find the culprits of the M&S and Co-op hacks.
- Fortnite back on US Apple app store after ban liftedon 2025-05-21 at 4:36 am
It was removed in 2020 for violating Apple's policies by launching its own in-app payment system.
- AI chatbot to be embedded in Google searchon 2025-05-20 at 10:53 pm
The new option in its marquee search engine comes as the firm is facing competition from AI firms.
- Tech Lifeon 2025-05-20 at 7:30 pm
You've had a 'lightbulb moment' and invented something amazing. Now you need a patent.
- Cyber-attack threat keeps me awake at night, bank boss sayson 2025-05-20 at 1:50 pm
Ian Stuart, from HSBC, said banks were spending "enormous" sums shoring up their IT systems.
- Fortnite faces complaint from actors' union over AI Darth Vaderon 2025-05-20 at 10:36 am
Sag-Aftra says the hit video game has used tech to replace human performers.
- India's 'Silicon Valley' flooded after heavy rainson 2025-05-20 at 10:25 am
Three people have been killed in Bengaluru after the city received heavy rainfall from Sunday night.