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Meet the biggest heat pumps in the world - 16/12 8:06 am

Across Europe huge heat pumps are being installed that can heat tens of thousands of homes.





UK launches taskforce to 'break down barriers' for women in technology - 16/12 8:04 am

It comes after the government was urged to help close the UK tech sector's gender gap in order to meet its ambitious AI goals.





Amazon apologises after showing 15-rated film to child who rented PG movie - 15/12 9:52 pm

The child was trying to watch Diary of a Wimpy Kid - but a film with "strong sex and sex references" played instead.





Ofcom investigates BT and Three for failing to connect 999 calls - 15/12 7:41 pm

The companies have been fined in the past over outages leaving customers unable to call emergency services.





Grand Theft Auto game creator sacked us for trying to unionise - 15/12 6:21 pm

Former staff at the Grand Theft Auto creator are seeking an employment tribunal over alleged "union-busting".





Roomba vacuum cleaner firm files for bankruptcy - 15/12 2:57 pm

Under the so-called pre-packaged Chapter 11 process, the main maker of its devices will take ownership of the firm.





US TikTok investors in limbo as deal set to be delayed again - 13/12 8:32 am

A deal to sell TikTok has remained elusive, despite earlier claims that a deal was done.





Online gaming escaped Australia's social media ban - but critics say it's .. - 13/12 4:45 am

Parents and experts say gaming poses many of the same risks for kids as social media, and want them included.





Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes - 13/12 2:04 am

The errors included getting dialogue wrong and incorrectly claiming a scene was set 100 years earlier than it was.





Clair Obscur sweeps The Game Awards with nine wins - 12/12 6:45 pm

The French-made role-playing game is named game of the year on a night of prizes and announcements.





Trump signs order to block states from enforcing own AI rules - 12/12 11:12 am

California's governor Gavin Newsom issued a strongly-worded statement in response to the executive order.





Google asks UK experts to find uses for its powerful quantum tech - 12/12 8:34 am

UK researchers will get a chance to develop applications for the tech giant's quantum processor.





Crypto fraudster sentenced for 'epic' $40bn stablecoin crash - 12/12 8:21 am

In August, Do Kwon pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud and apologised for his actions.





'It's amazing' the wonder material very few can make - 12/12 8:03 am

Just a handful of companies can make cadmium zinc telluride, a material with powerful properties.





Reddit launches High Court challenge to Australia's social media ban for .. - 12/12 8:02 am

It said the landmark policy has serious implications for Australians' privacy and political rights.





OpenAI makes $1bn deal to bring Disney characters to ChatGPT and Sora - 12/12 2:44 am

The agreement will let fans generate videos and images of more than 200 Disney characters.





'Architects of AI' named Time Magazine's Person of the Year - 11/12 9:52 pm

Nvidia boss Jensen Huang is among the influential tech figures that adorn one of the two covers.





Oracle shares slide as earnings fail to ease AI bubble fears - 11/12 3:08 pm

The cloud computing giant's revenue miss renews questions about its financial health.





The Swiss city that lets you pay for most things with bitcoin - 11/12 8:22 am

Shops, restaurants and even the local council in Lugano now accept the cryptocurrency.





Porn company starts new age checks after 1m Ofcom fine - 10/12 10:05 pm

The media regulator Ofcom said AVS Group Ltd had started age checks on some of its porn websites.





McDonald's Netherlands pulls AI Christmas ad after backlash - 10/12 8:14 pm

McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".





Amazon, Microsoft pledge mega AI investments in India - 10/12 3:50 pm

India, which is an emerging AI and cloud infrastructure hub, has witnessed a surge of global tech investment recently.





Kids locked out of social media apps after Australia's world-first ban - 10/12 1:05 pm

The new law requires tech platforms to ensure that Australians aged under 16 don't hold accounts.





Watch Australian teens test out social media on first day of ban - 10/12 12:38 am

Teenagers affected by Australia's under-16 social media ban showed the BBC what happened when they tried to access their accounts.





People spending even more time online now than during the pandemic - 10/12 8:04 am

The survey found people in the UK spent on average four hours and 30 minutes online every day in 2025





Google unveils plans to try again with smart glasses in 2026 - 10/12 12:34 am

It is a significant turnaround for the tech giant after its first attempt - Google Glass - was pulled in 2015.





EU investigates Google over AI-generated summaries in search results - 9/12 9:24 pm

It is examining whether the tech giant did not offer "appropriate compensation" to web publishers.





Trump gives Nvidia green light to sell advanced AI chips to China - 9/12 10:13 am

Nvidia had been at the centre of a geopolitical tug-of-war between the US and China in recent months.





Is AI in recruitment a 'race to the bottom'? - 9/12 8:10 am

AI helps jobseekers to apply for hundreds of roles, meanwhile employers use AI to filter them.





Elon Musk's X bans European Commission from making ads after 120m fine - 8/12 8:19 pm

The EU regulator had fined the social media platform over its "deceptive" blue tick badges.





Trump says $72bn Netflix-Warner Bros deal 'could be a problem' - 8/12 3:31 pm

The planned deal would cement Netflix in its position as the world's biggest subscription streaming service.





Japan is facing a dementia crisis can technology help? - 8/12 8:49 am

Elderly people aged 65 and over now make up nearly 30% of Japan's population.





The unexpected history of those oh-so annoying internet popup ads - 7/12 2:00 pm

Ethan Zuckerman says his intentions were good when he invented the ads.





Twitch star QTCinderella says she wishes she never started streaming - 6/12 6:32 am

The Streamer Awards organiser said the negatives of her online role made it hard to enjoy the job.





US hits out at EU's 'suffocating regulations' after it fines Elon Musk's X - 6/12 1:58 am

The European Commission says the social media site is opening its users up to scams and impersonations.





Porn site fined 1m over age checks has never responded to Ofcom - 4/12 7:10 pm

The regulator tells the BBC it has been emailing AVS Group Ltd without reply since July.





New homes delayed by 'energy-hungry' data centres - 3/12 11:37 pm

The London Assembly found the growth of new data centres temporarily halted building some houses in 2022.





Production halted at Chinese factory making 'childlike' sex dolls - 3/12 9:46 pm

The issue is in the spotlight after Shein announced a global ban on the sale of sex dolls with a childlike appearance.





India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones - 3/12 6:39 pm

The order to make the registration mandatory had led to a major backlash from several cyber experts.





Dell family to seed Trump accounts for kids with $250 - 3/12 4:00 am

The donation will help seed new Trump-branded investment accounts.




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