Facebook and Instagram to get £2.99 UK subscription fee to stop ads
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta is launching paid subscriptions for users who do not want to see adverts in the
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order, approving a proposal that would allow TikTok to continue operating in the
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10 hours ago Koh Ewe and Osmond Chia Getty Images The Chinese government is taking aim at an emotion that
Read moreMicrosoft cuts off some services used by Israeli military unit
Microsoft has cut off some services to a unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defence after an investigation found its technology
Read moreChildren’s names, pictures and addresses stolen in nursery chain hack
Hackers say they have stolen the pictures, names and addresses of around 8,000 children from the Kido nursery chain. The
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Read moreInstagram teen accounts still show suicide content, study claims
Instagram’s tools designed to protect teenagers from harmful content are failing to stop them from seeing suicide and self-harm posts,
Read moreMan arrested in connection with cyber-attack on airports
51 minutes ago Imran Rahman-JonesTechnology reporter and Joe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World Service Getty Images A person has been arrested
Read moreAI tool helped recover £500m lost to fraud, government says
2 days ago Jack FenwickPolitical correspondent PA Media A new artificial intelligence tool designed to crack down on fraud has
Read moreAI tool used to recover £500m lost to fraud, government says
A new artificial intelligence tool designed to crack down on fraud has helped the UK government recover almost £500m over
Read moreTikTok child data protection inadequate, Canadian privacy officials say
TikTok’s efforts to stop children using the app and protect their personal data have been inadequate, a Canadian investigation has
Read moreYouTube content creators contributed £2.2bn to UK economy in 2024
58 minutes ago Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor Emma Lynch/BBC YouTube content creators contributed £2.2bn to the UK economy in 2024 and
Read moreWhat’s the big deal about AI data centres?
24 minutes ago Michael DempseyTechnology Reporter Getty Images It’s such a big number that it’s hard to imagine. Worldwide, around
Read moreTikTok algorithm to be retrained on US user data under Trump deal
TikTok’s algorithm – the technology that determines what users see in their feed – will be copied and retrained using
Read moreEU cyber agency says airport software held to ransom by criminals
2 hours ago Joe TidyCyber correspondent and Tabby Wilson EPA The EU’s cyber security agency says criminals are using ransomware
Read moreApple steps up war of words with European regulators
“Bureaucrats in Brussels” are unfairly challenging Apple’s closed ecosystem and denying users the “magical, innovative experience” that makes the firm
Read moreMurdochs likely to be involved in US TikTok deal, Trump says
Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan are expected to be part of a group of investors trying to buy TikTok
Read moreTrump and Xi discuss future of TikTok in US
US President Donald Trump has said that he and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping approved a deal on the future
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