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VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power
VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power

The German car-maker says its "optional power upgrade" is designed to give customers more choice.

2 hours ago • BBC News
UK's Turing AI Institute responds to staff anger about defence focus
UK's Turing AI Institute responds to staff anger about defence focus

Whistleblowers say the charity is at risk of collapse because it has been told by the government to focus on defence.

4 hours ago • BBC News
Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount
Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount

The number of data centres is set to jump by a fifth in the coming years, figures seen by the BBC suggest.

8 hours ago • BBC News
Angry, confused and worried about police – behind Instagram bans
Angry, confused and worried about police – behind Instagram bans

Hundreds of people have contacted the BBC to say they have wrongly been shut out of their accounts.

15 hours ago • BBC News
Intel shares jump after report of possible US stake in chipmaker
Intel shares jump after report of possible US stake in chipmaker

The reports emerged a day after a meeting between the Intel boss and Donald Trump.

8 hours ago • BBC News
Firm apologises for saying it would not process LGBTQ+ payments
Firm apologises for saying it would not process LGBTQ+ payments

Stripe said the information given by its support staff to some customers was "totally wrong."

1 day ago • BBC News
Porn site traffic plummets as UK age verification rules enforced
Porn site traffic plummets as UK age verification rules enforced

Data suggests leading adult site Pornhub lost more than one million visitors in two weeks.

1 day ago • BBC News
Apple rejects Musk's App Store bias claims
Apple rejects Musk's App Store bias claims

The X owner had accused Apple of making it impossible to fairly compete with ChatGPT.

2 days ago • BBC News
Bezos-backed Perplexity AI makes surprise bid for Google Chrome
Bezos-backed Perplexity AI makes surprise bid for Google Chrome

One technology investor called the $34.5bn offer a "stunt" that is much lower than Chrome's true value.

2 days ago • BBC News
Government expands police use of facial recognition vans
Government expands police use of facial recognition vans

The Home Office says the technology helps locate suspects but civil liberties groups warn of heightened surveillance.

1 day ago • BBC News
'Cryptocrash king' Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud
'Cryptocrash king' Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud

The South Korean former tech executive co-founded Singapore-based cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs.

2 days ago • BBC News
AI can make us UK's biggest firm, Rolls-Royce says
AI can make us UK's biggest firm, Rolls-Royce says

Tufan Erginbilgic says business deals to supply nuclear power for artificial intelligence could boost its fortunes

2 days ago • BBC News
It shocked the market but has China's DeepSeek changed AI?
It shocked the market but has China's DeepSeek changed AI?

Some six months after DeepSeek shook Silicon Valley, is the Chinese AI chatbot still relevant?

5 days ago • BBC News
Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales to US
Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales to US

The chip giants will hand revenues to the US government in exchange for licences to export to China.

3 days ago • BBC News
Musk's Tesla applies to supply power to British homes
Musk's Tesla applies to supply power to British homes

If approved by the energy watchdog Ofgem, it would allow the US firm to take on the UK's dominant suppliers.

4 days ago • BBC News
M&S click and collect returns 15 weeks after cyber attack
M&S click and collect returns 15 weeks after cyber attack

The retailer stopped taking orders on its website and app for clothing on 25 April.

4 days ago • BBC News
Tough, smart and ahead of her time - how Dame Stephanie changed women's role in the tech industry
Tough, smart and ahead of her time - how Dame Stephanie changed women's role in...

She founded the software company Freelance Programmers in 1962, which almost exclusively hired women, and in later life...

4 days ago • BBC News
Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules
Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules

The Wikimedia Foundation says the new rules could threaten user privacy and safety.

4 days ago • BBC News
AOL ends dial-up service after more than 30 years
AOL ends dial-up service after more than 30 years

The internet service which soared in popularity in the 1990s will come to an end from 30 September

3 days ago • BBC News
HMRC using AI to scour suspected tax cheats' social media
HMRC using AI to scour suspected tax cheats' social media

It said the tech would not replace "human decision-making" and was subject to legal oversight.

3 days ago • BBC News
Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse
Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse

A complaint raises concerns about the funding risks and a "toxic" culture at the Alan Turing Institute.

3 days ago • BBC News
OpenAI claims GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to 'PhD level'
OpenAI claims GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to 'PhD level'

GPT-5's release comes as tech firms continue to compete in an effort to claim the world's most advanced AI.

1 week ago • BBC News
Trump opens door for crypto in retirement accounts
Trump opens door for crypto in retirement accounts

The president signs an order aimed at expanding the kinds of investments allowed in retirement accounts.

1 week ago • BBC News
What are semiconductors and why is Trump threatening 100% tariffs?
What are semiconductors and why is Trump threatening 100% tariffs?

The president said he plans to introduce 100% tariffs on foreign-made chips, but the largest producers may avoid the lev...

1 week ago • BBC News
Woman awarded £150,000 after LG phone sparks fire in her home
Woman awarded £150,000 after LG phone sparks fire in her home

Denise Parks was in bed in her home in Coatbridge when a fire broke out in the early hours of the morning.

1 week ago • BBC News
Jobs in video games dried up, so we made our own
Jobs in video games dried up, so we made our own

Getting work in gaming is harder and harder, especially for new starters. How are young developers following their passi...

1 week ago • BBC News
Call to vet YouTube ads like regular TV to stop scams
Call to vet YouTube ads like regular TV to stop scams

Liberal Democrats say regulations need to catch up with "the reality of how people are watching content".

1 week ago • BBC News
Chinese nationals charged with exporting Nvidia AI chips to China
Chinese nationals charged with exporting Nvidia AI chips to China

Chuan Geng and Shiwei Yang are accused of exporting the chips from the US to China through Singapore and Malaysia.

1 week ago • BBC News
Apple to invest $100bn after pressure from Trump
Apple to invest $100bn after pressure from Trump

The president had been pressing Apple to do more of its manufacturing in the US.

1 week ago • BBC News
WhatsApp deletes over 6.8m accounts linked to scams, Meta says
WhatsApp deletes over 6.8m accounts linked to scams, Meta says

Many of the accounts were linked to criminal groups operating in South East Asia, the social media giant said.

1 week ago • BBC News