Wednesday December 11, 2024
WhatsApp and Instagram restored after Meta outages Over 22,000 people reported issues with Facebook on Wednesday evening and over 18,000 struggled to use WhatsApp, according to Downdetector.
Hackers find hole in Krispy Kreme Doughnuts' cyber-security The hack has left some hungry customers unable to make online orders.
'Christmas lights' galaxy reveals how Universe formed The galaxy resembling Christmas lights hanging in the cosmos has space scientists feeling festive
Chatbot 'encouraged teen to kill parents over screen time limit' Legal action filed in Texas alleges Character.ai 'poses a clear and present danger' to young people.
General Motors pulls plug on robotaxi business After the announcement, the project's co-founder posted on social media "GM are a bunch of dummies."
Seal colony thriving 'thanks to secluded site' The National Trust hopes the colony will continue to grow and rival others along the coast.
Whale makes epic migration, astonishing scientists A humpback whale makes one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded, raising alarm.
Tuesday December 10, 2024
Tech Life: Cyber warfare Cyber warfare, aerodynamic tech in athletics and the new Indiana Jones.
Amazon and eBay to pay 'fair share' for e-waste recycling Firms which produce e-cigarettes will also be asked to pay more towards UK recycling.
Secret Level creator fears fans, not critics The creators of Prime Video's new video game-inspired show say pleasing fans and newcomers is daunting.
What is rage-baiting and why is it profitable? Called rage-baiting, making people angry with social media posts can be a business.
Monday December 09, 2024
Nvidia targeted by China in new chip war probe The investigation follows a US decision to further restrict sales to chip equipment makers in China.
TikTok asks for emergency pause to looming US ban The app says the Supreme Court - and incoming Trump administration - needs more time to consider the case.
Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip It solves in five minutes a problem computers now would need 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years to work out, Google says.
Friday December 06, 2024
TikTok set to be banned in the US after losing appeal The app - which faces being banned in a matter of weeks - says it will now take its case to the Supreme Court.
Online star Hawk Tuah girl faces crypto coin criticism Haliey Welch's "Hawk" digital coin shot up in price then lost 95% of its value just hours after it launched.
Is AI any good at choosing gifts? With vast amounts of data do draw on, AI should be able to come up with good gift ideas, but does it?
Thursday December 05, 2024
Nasa delays astronaut flight around the Moon The US is pushing back its planned return to the Moon as it fixes a heat shield issue.
What next for Bitcoin after bursting $100k barrier? The rapid increase in price has been attributed to Donald Trump's election victory - can it continue?
Vodafone boss says prices won't rise after Three 'mega-merger' The deal, which creates the UK's biggest mobile network, has had to overcome competition concerns.
Bitcoin surges past $100k for first time Its record price is making headlines - but that's just one part of the cryptocurrency's tumultuous story.
Wednesday December 04, 2024
Telegram U-turns and joins child safety scheme It is the latest in a series of changes announced by the platform since its founder Pavel Durov was arrested.
Tuesday December 03, 2024
Tech Life: How green is AI? Tech Life meets leading AI scientist Sasha Luccioni, one of the BBC?s 100 Women 2024.
Stunning or rubbish? Jaguar's new concept car divides opinion The carmaker's new look is praised as "exciting" but others say it should "go back to the drawing board".
Wolves in EU lose safeguards, allowing culls as numbers soar The European Commission says numbers have soared and the animals are now causing damage to livestock.
Microsoft faces £1bn class action case in UK over software prices It is alleged the tech giant overcharged companies for its Window Server software, used in cloud computing.
Watch: How Jaguar's shifted gears with its concept car The company has been at the centre of a media storm as a result of its radical revamp.
Musk's record $56bn pay deal rejected for second time The judge upheld her previous decision, saying board members who set the pay were too heavily influenced by Mr Musk.
'Roll your eyes if you want, I'm a star': TikTok to hold first awards show The UK's first TikTok Awards sees 72 creators, who have a combined follower count of over 101m, nominated.
Why is vintage audio equipment booming? Music lovers are buying up old cassette, CD and record players and getting them fixed.
Monday December 02, 2024
Bee-harming pesticides found in majority of English waterways The chemicals can harm insects and marine wildlife, environmental charities warn.
Top UN court to rule on key climate questions The significant case could clarify governments' legal responsibilities in relation to climate change.
Why are doctors wary of wearables? Wearable tech claims to help monitor our health, but many doctors remain sceptical.
Saturday November 30, 2024
Cate Blanchett 'deeply concerned' by AI impact The Australian actress says the threat of AI is "very real" as "you can totally replace anyone".
Why so many games are failing right now - and why others are breakout hits Making games is hard and, in 2024, getting people to buy them is another challenge.
Friday November 29, 2024
Could a thermal camera reveal your home's hidden heat loss? Thermal imaging tech has become cheaper and homeowners are using it to track down heat loss.
Top-selling mobile games break rules on loot boxes Ads for games are meant to say if they contain loot boxes - BBC News has found most do not.
Thursday November 28, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg dines with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago Relations appear to have improved markedly from Trump's threat earlier this year to throw the Meta boss in jail.
Uber probed by US regulator over subscription plan The ride-hailing giant says it received inquiries from the FTC about Uber One cancellation procedures.
'It's so easy to lie': A fifth of children use fake age on social media The regulator finds a fifth of children are pretending to be adults, potentially exposing them to harm.
Wednesday November 27, 2024
US regulator says AI scanner 'deceived' users after BBC story In a proposed settlement, Evolv Technology will be banned from making certain claims about its products.
Europe's flying taxi dreams falter as cash runs short Makers of a new generation of European electric aircraft are struggling to raise money.
Tuesday November 26, 2024
Tech Life: Tiger trackers used to spy on women Tiger tracking cameras have been misused to take videos of women in a forest in India.
LinkedIn: We're too boring for kids for social media ban It is one of a number of tech firms pushing back against Australia's plan to ban social media for under-16s.
MrBeast says game show allegations 'blown out of proportion' Beast Games is set to stream next month amid allegations contestants were mistreated on set.
Sunday November 24, 2024
Huge deal struck but is it enough? 5 takeaways from a dramatic COP29 Fraught debate revealed the divide between rich and poor as the UN conference sealed a climate finance deal.
Saturday November 23, 2024
Conservationists turn to AI in battle to save red squirrels The tech is being used to automatically control the creatures' access to feeders at sites across the UK.
China's giant sinkholes are a tourist hit - but ancient forests inside are at risk These caves were unexplored for thousands of years, protected by swirling mists and terrifying tales.
Friday November 22, 2024
Will China step up if Trump takes a step back on climate change? How future talks will play out if another superpower comes to the fore, just as the US steps back
Temu owner's shares slump as China slowdown hits sales US-listed shares of the e-commerce giant fell nearly 11% on Thursday following the announcement.
The superpowers of coatings make possible the impossible Hi-tech coatings make all sorts of high performance engineering, like jet engines, possible.
Thursday November 21, 2024
Bluesky chief doesn't know age limit for platform Jay Graber wrongly said you needed to be 18 to use Bluesky, when the actual age limit is 13.
Is nuclear power gaining new energy? Countries around the world are building new nuclear power stations.
Tuesday November 19, 2024
Tech Life: Donald Trump?s robodogs Who's behind the robot dogs at Donald Trump's house? Plus: Wasting scammers' time.
Chocolate makers stoke boom for Indian cocoa beans India produces only a tiny fraction of the world's cocoa beans, but that could be changing.
Tuesday November 12, 2024
Tech Life: The dangerous job of online moderating We hear from a former moderator in Kenya who was left traumatised by his previous job.
An energy efficient home - why is it so difficult? It can be hard to find good advice on how to make homes more energy efficient.
Monday November 11, 2024
New study on moons of Uranus raises chance of life The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the sterile worlds scientists have long thought.
Saturday November 09, 2024
Meet the AI robot whose artwork sold for over $1m A portrait of mathematician Alan Turing is thought to be the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction.
Somebody moved UK's oldest satellite, and no-one knows who or why Britain's oldest satellite is in the wrong part of the sky, but no-one's really sure who moved it.
Friday November 08, 2024
Up close with the 300 tonne driverless trucks Big mining firms are switching to driverless trucks and other autonomous equipment.
Thursday November 07, 2024
This year set to be first to breach 1.5C global warming limit It is also set to be the world's first breach of 1.5C of warming across an entire calendar year.
Tuesday November 05, 2024
Tech Life: Is this show fake? Tech Life creates a fake podcast using an AI tool from Google. Plus, political deepfakes.
Why colouring clothes has a big environmental impact Start-up firms are looking for ways to dye clothes using less water and heat.
Saturday November 02, 2024
Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists Representatives of 196 countries have been meeting in Cali, Colombia, as part of the COP biodiversity summit.
Friday November 01, 2024
The house paints that promise much more than colour Paints now promise to make your house cooler, warmer, or simply peel off.
Thursday October 31, 2024
Deadliest weather made worse by climate change - scientists Human-caused climate change made recent extreme weather events more intense and more likely, new analysis finds.
Tuesday October 29, 2024
Tech Life: The fall of a global chip maker Intel was once unrivalled as the world's chip maker. Now it's fallen behind its rivals.
Nature presenter Chris Packham settles case over axing of green policy The TV presenter says the previous Tory administration was "reckless" to scale back climate policy.
Monday October 28, 2024
Alarm call as world's trees slide towards extinction Scientists have revealed that more than a third of tree species are facing extinction.
World way off target in tackling climate change - UN The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than ever
Sunday October 27, 2024
Gamer role introduced in children's hospital Steven Mair is the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity's new gamer in residence
Friday October 25, 2024
The green software that could make big carbon savings Greener software could make devices last longer and use less electricity.
Thursday October 24, 2024
Polar bears face higher risk of disease in a warming Arctic Climate change and sea ice loss leaves polar bears exposed to more diseases, research suggests.
Wednesday October 23, 2024
Will AI make work burnout worse? As more AI tools are rolled out, some argue they are contributing to employee burnout.
Tuesday October 22, 2024
Mega meteorite tore up seabed and boiled Earth's oceans It was 200 times bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs nearly three billion years later.
Friday October 18, 2024
What is biodiversity and how can we protect it? Colombia is hosting talks to assess global progress in protecting 30% of all land and water by 2030.
'It's our moonshot': Why scientists are drilling into volcanos In Iceland scientists plan to drill down to magma to understand it and use it for energy production.
Tuesday October 15, 2024
Why there's a rush of African satellite launches Falling launch costs have given African nations a chance to send their own satellites into orbit.
Sunday October 13, 2024
Watch: Why is the latest SpaceX rocket test a big deal? The BBC's Pallab Ghosh explores why this world first test is a big deal for space exploration.
From Wimbledon to VAR, is tech hurting the drama of sport? As Wimbledon scraps human line judges, sport insiders suggest how we can make games more exciting.
Saturday October 12, 2024
What's next for Elon Musk's SpaceX Starship rocket? The world's most powerful rocket is expected to be back in action again soon
Musk promises self-driving Tesla taxis, but are they safe? BBC Tech Correspondent Lily Jamali analyses the 'robocabs' and if their technology is up to par.
Friday October 11, 2024
Meet the team paid to break into top-secret bases Hear from the team who test security by breaking into secure facilities.
Tuesday October 08, 2024
Could you switch careers into cyber-security? From ex-policemen to former physicists, cyber-security firms search outside the industry for staff.
Tuesday October 01, 2024
Tech Life: The big business of online charity donations We speak to the CEO of charity fundraising company GoFundMe
Worker shortage hampers datacentre boom Despite offering high pay companies that build datacentres are struggling to find skilled staff.
Monday September 30, 2024
Joyful welcome by stranded astronauts for SpaceX capsule crew A capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station has docked.
Friday September 27, 2024
Watch: Can BBC reporter's AI clone fool his colleagues? Cyber Correspondent Joe Tidy has an AI clone of himself built to see how sophisticated they can be.
How pen and paper comes to the rescue in an IT crisis Firms are advised to practise operating with pens and paper in case of a computer meltdown.
Wednesday September 25, 2024
Is Elon Musk?s Starlink a game changer for Africa? The satellite internet company is expanding across Africa, but not without some controversy.
Tuesday September 24, 2024
Tech Life: Will AI replace call centre workers? We speak to the man who says AI will create call centre jobs ? rather than replace them.
Tigers and crocs make mangrove preservation tough work To help preserve mangrove forests researchers have to take on demanding field work.
Thursday September 19, 2024
School calls time on pupils' smart devices A Sheffield school bans pupils from using smartphones and watches on its premises.
Tuesday September 17, 2024
Tech Life: Mapping a changing world How live updating of online maps is helping humanitarian work around the world.
Sunday September 15, 2024
Astronauts reveal what life is like on ISS ? and how they deal with 'space smell' As Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spend months longer than planned on ISS, three astronauts tell us what life is like in orbit.
Tuesday September 10, 2024
Tech Life: X in Brazil What do social media users do when their preferred platform is banned ?
Monday August 12, 2024
Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks Studies of quakes detected from the planet's surface found it in the planet's rocky outer crust.
Wednesday July 10, 2024
Europe's Ariane-6 rocket blasts off on maiden flight After a successful launch, the upper-stage of the rocket goes on to experience an anomaly.
Sunday June 09, 2024
Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs A race for the lunar surface's resources is currently under way. What?s to stop a Wild West opening up?
