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Bumble shares soar after report dating firm in $1bn takeover talks - 13/10 9:50 am

The jump pushed Bumble's stock market valuation to more than $580m but that is still far below their peak of more than $14bn.





AI minister warns 'likely' UK's cyber defences will be breached - 12/10 11:03 pm

Kanishka Narayan said the government will use advanced AI to strengthen the UK against cyber attacks.





AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president - 12/10 7:07 am

Brad Smith calls for global rules on AI, and says the UK is in the "best position" to lead the charge.





King warns malicious online actors are evolving tactics - 10/10 11:56 pm

The King spoke of "threats to our international order" in a letter marking the 10th anniversary of the National Cyber Security Centre.





Rogue Anthropic AI agent gave police fake tip in unsolved murder case - 10/10 6:06 pm

Philadelphia police said the tip was "flagged as spam", but criticised the tech company for taking more than two months to detect and report the breach.





How drones are hunting fires hidden beneath the Cairngorms - 10/10 5:31 pm

Dramatic flames from the huge Cairngorms wildfire in July have disappeared - but hot spots can continue to burn beneath the earth.





Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules - 9/10 11:32 pm

The camera-maker says it is now re-evaluating the rules and procedures of its Small World in Motion contest.





Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems - 9/10 8:34 pm

The firm said users can no longer engage in "sustained and needless" abusive behaviour towards the tech.





Fired OpenAI researchers say they were let go for 'prioritising safety' - 9/10 5:30 pm

The AI firm instead claims the researchers were fired for mishandling sensitive information.





Nvidia-backed data centre firm scraps IPO as AI valuation concerns deepen - 9/10 3:14 pm

Firmus said it had made the decision due to "recent market volatility and prevailing market conditions".





'Careless use of AI is the real threat - not the ghost stories' - 9/10 3:05 pm

Meredith Whittaker says the tech has been misunderstood, in an exclusive interview with BBC Global Women.





Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles? - 9/10 7:09 am

Solar tiles were touted as an attractive alternative to solar panels - why have they not taken off?





White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program - 9/10 5:37 am

An international visa program has for years allowed US tech companies to hire highly skilled workers from abroad.





Asos hackers took more personal details than first revealed, BBC finds - 9/10 12:29 am

Retailer issues update after BBC contacted by cyber criminals who said this week's breach went beyond "basic contact details"





AI chip boom pushes Samsung profits to record $80bn - 8/10 9:59 am

The tech giant is also expected to get a boost from its latest folding devices that were launched in August.





Fuel prices added to Google Maps as petrol and diesel costs soar - 8/10 7:50 am

A search for forecourts will now display their pricing, using the government's Fuel Finder scheme.





OpenAI says teen ChatGPT use limited but research finds it an .. - 8/10 4:34 am

The research found that important guardrails for teens using ChatGPT often failed.





Rainmakers: The drones used to seed clouds - 7/10 3:09 pm

Cloud seeding is gaining attention as countries look to boost rainfall - will drones help?





Braid-creator Jonathan Blow on making the 'biggest puzzle game ever' - 7/10 7:01 am

Order of the Sinking Star is due out on Thursday and has roughly 1,500 puzzles for players to try





Asos confirms hackers sent 'unauthorised' notification to app users - 7/10 1:50 am

Asos confirmed an "unauthorised customer notification" was sent out via its app on Tuesday, after users raised alarm.





Finland orders halt to work on two Google data centres - 7/10 1:15 am

The order affecting two planned data centres follows concerns over forest clearance.





Italian PM files to trademark her voice against AI threats - 6/10 7:24 pm

Giorgia Meloni submitted a four-second audio to a EU agency in a bid to protect her voice from deepfakes.





Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants feature - 6/10 5:04 pm

The regulator said Instagram had not fully assessed risks posed by its Instants feature prior to launching it.





Lego fraudster among last year's most high-profile insurance scammers - 6/10 3:03 pm

The person was sentenced to 28 months in prison after an investigation found the claims were made up, the insurance trade body, the ABI said.





Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC .. - 6/10 12:13 am

It labelled Anthropic a "supply chain risk" in February after the firm refused to remove safety guardrails from its tools.





Trump unveils 'Super Intelligence Force' to oversee AI policy - 5/10 2:15 pm

The president named his national intelligence chief as the taskforce's head as worries over AI grow.





Tech Now - 3/10 9:00 am

Alasdair Keane heads to the Pokmon World Championships in San Francisco.





OpenAI fires workers for mishandling 'sensitive information' - 2/10 9:34 am

The former employees were investigated for sharing data with an outside AI evaluation group.





Crypto thieves attack man in home and threaten to kill pregnant wife's .. - 2/10 7:45 am

The man was beaten with hammers until he transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency.





Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website .. - 1/10 7:37 pm

The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian domains.





AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns - 1/10 12:03 am

Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence "very carefully".





Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest - 1/10 7:10 am

Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.





The AI telling farmers when to harvest - 1/10 7:02 am

Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?





Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bailey - 30/09 10:00 pm

AI needs "rigorous" testing and safeguards to contain risk, Andrew Bailey says.





WhatsApp introduces optional parental controls for teenagers - 30/09 9:01 pm

The social messaging app will let parents decide on privacy settings for their child's account.





Three takeaways from Trump's 'Super Intelligence' summit - 30/09 12:01 am

The meeting at the White House came as some tech bosses and experts have called for tighter rules around AI.





OpenAI unveils AI assistant 'dots' while safety worries delay new model - 30/09 7:47 am

Sam Altman spoke in San Francisco during OpenAIs annual event for tech developers.





Chinese AI tool told researchers how to make bioweapons - 30/09 7:15 am

Mindgard said it discovered in July that Kimi models K2.6 and K3 Swarm could evade developer's safety limits.





The start-ups hoping to return battery making to the US - 30/09 7:06 am

Batteries based on sodium-ion technology could be made in the US with locally sourced materials.





Oura pulls $15bn stock market listing days after announcement - 30/09 1:17 am

The wearable technology company had been expected to list its shares in the US.




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