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Friday

Twitch star QTCinderella says she wishes she never started streaming
The Streamer Awards organiser said the negatives of her online role made it hard to enjoy the job.
05.12.2025 - 23:32

US hits out at EU's 'suffocating regulations' after it fines Elon Musk's X
The European Commission says the social media site is opening its users up to scams and impersonations.
05.12.2025 - 18:58

Thursday

Porn site fined £1m over age checks has never responded to Ofcom
The regulator tells the BBC it has been emailing AVS Group Ltd without reply since July.
04.12.2025 - 12:10

Wednesday

New homes delayed by 'energy-hungry' data centres
The London Assembly found the growth of new data centres temporarily halted building some houses in 2022.
03.12.2025 - 16:37

Production halted at Chinese factory making 'childlike' sex dolls
The issue is in the spotlight after Shein announced a global ban on the sale of sex dolls with a childlike appearance.
03.12.2025 - 14:46

India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones
The order to make the registration mandatory had led to a major backlash from several cyber experts.
03.12.2025 - 11:39

Tuesday

Tech Life
How AI is used in songwriting and fashion. Plus, a warning on how it’s used in toys.
02.12.2025 - 21:30

Dell family to seed Trump accounts for kids with $250
The donation will help seed new Trump-branded investment accounts.
02.12.2025 - 21:00

YouTuber Marques Brownlee shutting down phone wallpaper app
The app, which was criticised at launch for its $11.99 (£9) a month fee, will close on 31 December.
02.12.2025 - 18:37

Bank of England warns of AI bubble risk
The central bank says US stock price valuations are their most stretched since the dotcom bubble burst.
02.12.2025 - 13:11

'First of its kind' scanner to study blast trauma
It will be able to monitor changes in brain function just minutes after weapon use, scientists say.
02.12.2025 - 11:01

Fashion house Valentino criticised over 'disturbing' AI handbag ads
Social media users have called the luxury Italian fashion brand's artificial intelligence-made adverts "cheap" and "lazy".
02.12.2025 - 09:26

Monday

Jorja Smith's record label hits out at 'AI clone' song
The label claims Haven's dance hit I Run was made using AI trained on the award-winning singer's voice.
01.12.2025 - 14:12

Virgin Media fined £24m for leaving vulnerable customers 'at risk of harm'
Ofcom has fined Virgin Media after an investigation found it had left thousands of vulnerable telecare customers at risk.
01.12.2025 - 13:57

Saturday

Tech Now
Adrienne Murray meets the engineers designing icebreaker ship technology for the Arctic.
29.11.2025 - 02:00

Friday

Barcelona distances itself from sponsor's cryptocurrency after backlash
Experts say the deal may put fans at risk as the Catalan club tries to relieve its financial woes.
28.11.2025 - 15:02

Will boats be a breakthrough for 3D printing tech?
Dutch firms are betting that hulls made with 3D printing machines will mean cheaper boats.
28.11.2025 - 01:10

Thursday

OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
Rachel Reeves's statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.
27.11.2025 - 14:19

Wednesday

Nvidia plays down Google chip threat concerns
The world's most valuable company said it was still "a generation ahead of the industry".
26.11.2025 - 13:36

Tuesday

Tech Life
Some children in the United States are learning with help from AI-powered apps at school.
25.11.2025 - 21:50

Ofcom vows to name and shame platforms over online sexism
But critics say the regulator's new measures need to be the law rather than guidelines to make the internet safer for women and girls.
25.11.2025 - 12:51

Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands - so how did they get her details?
Sue Shore told the BBC how scammers targeted her - and we found her information had been leaked online.
25.11.2025 - 05:58

The entrepreneur connecting tourists to African hospitality
TripZapp founder Rory Okoli wants to make it simple for tourists to book and pay for African travel.
25.11.2025 - 01:02

Saturday

Tech Now
The scientists on a quest to improve our predictions of global sea level rise.
22.11.2025 - 02:00

Friday

Teens plead not guilty over TfL cyber-attack
Thalha Jubair, 19, and Owen Flowers, 18, are charged with conspiring to commit unauthorised acts.
21.11.2025 - 15:09

Graduate jobs under threat from AI, PwC boss says
The accountancy giant says artificial intelligence will eventually lead to fewer entry-level positions at the firm.
21.11.2025 - 03:34

Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia's teen social media ban
It joins other platforms including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat in the ban that starts next month.
21.11.2025 - 03:33

Thursday

Vinted blocks 'sickening' sexually explicit ads
The online marketplace removed adverts which included a video a user said depicted a pornographic scene.
20.11.2025 - 19:10

Deepfake 'nudify' site fined £55,000 over lack of age checks
The regulator said it had also opened new investigations into 20 porn sites over suspected online safety breaches.
20.11.2025 - 14:19

Lack of online age verification sparks concern
A review finds an assumption UK age verification would apply in Jersey was not correct.
20.11.2025 - 13:44

Why an AI 'godfather' is quitting Meta after 12 years
One of the pioneers in the current AI boom, he has had disagreements with fellow engineers over the future of the technology.
20.11.2025 - 12:35

Nvidia shares rise after strong results ease 'AI bubble' concerns
The chip maker says revenue for the three months to October jumped 62% to $57bn.
20.11.2025 - 09:23

Major League Baseball signs deals with Netflix, ESPN and NBCUniversal
The media deals will allow the platforms to show select baseball games over upcoming seasons.
20.11.2025 - 03:23

Ford boss: 'Now is not the time to tax electric vehicles'
Ford's UK boss says it is "not the right time" to tax electric vehicles when demand has already stalled.
20.11.2025 - 01:03

Wednesday

Instagram to start closing Australian teen accounts ahead of social media ban
Under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from 10 December.
19.11.2025 - 18:31

The contradiction at the heart of the trillion-dollar AI race
The confusing question lingering over the AI hype is whether it could be a bubble at risk of bursting
19.11.2025 - 14:52

Roblox blocks children from chatting to adult strangers
One of the world's most popular gaming platforms has faced criticism for its child safety record.
19.11.2025 - 02:16

On the front line of Europe's standoff with Russia's sanction-busting shadow fleet
With Europe imposing sanctions on Moscow, there has been a growing network of vessels sailing without a valid flag from Russia through European waters.
19.11.2025 - 01:23

Baby Shark: How a 90-second clip created a $400m business
Shares in the firm behind the highly-addictive children's song rose by more than 9% in their stock market debut.
19.11.2025 - 00:00

Tuesday

Judge rules Meta doesn't have monopoly after Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions
The decision allows Instagram's parent company to avoid the prospect of the company breaking up
18.11.2025 - 21:58

Tech Life
Who are digital nomads, and why are more countries welcoming them ?
18.11.2025 - 21:30

Cloudflare apologises for outage which took down X and ChatGPT
"We apologise to our customers and the Internet in general" the web infrastructure company said.
18.11.2025 - 16:48

Man who cryogenically froze late wife sparks debate by dating new partner
Gui Junmin froze his dead spouse as a sign of his devotion - but it's now emerged he is dating again.
18.11.2025 - 15:13

Saturday

Can technology fix fashion's sizing crisis?
The BBC looks into whether artificial intelligence (AI) can help people who struggle when clothes are oddly sized.
15.11.2025 - 05:03

Tech Now
Shiona McCallum meets an AI startup working to fix erratic clothing sizes in fashion.
15.11.2025 - 02:00

Friday

Call of Duty is back, and it's got a battle on its hands
The annual instalment of the massive series faces new challenges from competitor Battlefield 6.
14.11.2025 - 16:47

Tuesday

Tech Life
We visit a royal palace to meet some of the pioneers of artificial intelligence.
11.11.2025 - 21:30

The Kenyan start-up aiming to electrify African transport
From fleets of e-bikes to individual riders, eWaka aims to sell across Africa's delivery market.
11.11.2025 - 01:03

Friday

Fire-blocking chemicals promise safer buildings
New treatments promise to make buildings fire-resistant without using older, toxic chemicals.
07.11.2025 - 01:13

Tuesday

Tech Life
The issues around parents keeping an eye on their children using tracking technology.
04.11.2025 - 21:30

Friday

'This is the big one' - tech firms bet on electrifying rail
Railway operators have new options for electric trains including getting rid of locomotives altogether.
31.10.2025 - 01:14

Tuesday

Tech Life
Bots are driving down human traffic at the world's largest online encyclopedia.
28.10.2025 - 21:30

The South African start-up bringing tech to townships
Entrepreneur Talifhani Banks has bought a modern delivery system to smaller firms in South Africa.
28.10.2025 - 01:07

Friday

The high tech studio transforming movie car stunts
Alasdair Keane tests out the new generation of stunt cars.
24.10.2025 - 16:25

Tuesday

Tech Life
There are calls for AI to be prevented from carrying out actions which might harm humans.
21.10.2025 - 21:30