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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 6h
Phase Eight and Hobbs owner hit by cyber-attack, as H&M probes separate hack claim
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Phase Eight and Hobbs owner hit by cyber-attack, as H&M probes separate hack claim
TFG London has apologised to customers for disruption after it identified a "cybersecurity incident" on Sunday.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 13h
Bumble shares soar after report dating firm in $1bn takeover talks
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Bumble shares soar after report dating firm in $1bn takeover talks
The jump pushed Bumble's stock market valuation to more than $580m but that is still far below their peak of more than $14bn.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
AI minister warns 'likely' UK's cyber defences will be breached
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AI minister warns 'likely' UK's cyber defences will be breached
Kanishka Narayan said the government will use advanced AI to strengthen the UK against cyber attacks.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president
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AI is less regulated than milk, says Microsoft president
Brad Smith calls for global rules on AI, and says the UK is in the "best position" to lead the charge.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
King warns malicious online actors are evolving tactics
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King warns malicious online actors are evolving tactics
The King spoke of "threats to our international order" in a letter marking the 10th anniversary of the National Cyber Security Centre.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Rogue Anthropic AI agent gave police fake tip in unsolved murder case
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Rogue Anthropic AI agent gave police fake tip in unsolved murder case
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.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules
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Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules
The camera-maker says it is now re-evaluating the rules and procedures of its Small World in Motion contest.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems
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Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems
The firm said users can no longer engage in "sustained and needless" abusive behaviour towards the tech.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Nvidia-backed data centre firm scraps IPO as AI valuation concerns deepen
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Nvidia-backed data centre firm scraps IPO as AI valuation concerns deepen
Firmus said it had made the decision due to "recent market volatility and prevailing market conditions".
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles?
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Why are more roofs not made of solar tiles?
Solar tiles were touted as an attractive alternative to solar panels - why have they not taken off?
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program
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White House blocks Microsoft from foreign worker hiring program
An international visa program has for years allowed US tech companies to hire highly skilled workers from abroad.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Asos warns customers about full extent of data breach after BBC contacted by hackers
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Asos warns customers about full extent of data breach after BBC contacted by hackers
Names, addresses, phone numbers, emails and customer numbers are now in the hands of cyber criminals.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
AI chip boom pushes Samsung profits to record $80bn
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AI chip boom pushes Samsung profits to record $80bn
The tech giant is also expected to get a boost from its latest folding devices that were launched in August.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
OpenAI says teen ChatGPT use limited but research finds it an 'unacceptable risk'
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OpenAI says teen ChatGPT use limited but research finds it an 'unacceptable risk'
The research found that important guardrails for teens using ChatGPT often failed.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Braid-creator Jonathan Blow on making the 'biggest puzzle game ever'
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Braid-creator Jonathan Blow on making the 'biggest puzzle game ever'
Order of the Sinking Star is due out on Thursday and has roughly 1,500 puzzles for players to try
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Asos confirms hackers sent 'unauthorised' notification to app users
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Asos confirms hackers sent 'unauthorised' notification to app users
Asos confirmed an "unauthorised customer notification" was sent out via its app on Tuesday, after users raised alarm.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Italian PM files to trademark her voice against AI threats
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Italian PM files to trademark her voice against AI threats
Giorgia Meloni submitted a four-second audio to a EU agency in a bid to protect her voice from deepfakes.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants feature
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Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants feature
The regulator said Instagram had not fully assessed risks posed by its Instants feature prior to launching it.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told
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Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools after blacklisting company, BBC told
It labelled Anthropic a "supply chain risk" in February after the firm refused to remove safety guardrails from its tools.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Trump unveils 'Super Intelligence Force' to oversee AI policy
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Trump unveils 'Super Intelligence Force' to oversee AI policy
The president named his national intelligence chief as the taskforce's head as worries over AI grow.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
OpenAI fires three workers over mishandling 'sensitive information'
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OpenAI fires three workers over mishandling 'sensitive information'
The former employees were investigated for sharing data with an outside AI evaluation group.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names
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Trump's AI rebrand causes 'unprecedented' demand for Slovenian website names
The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian domains.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
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AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence "very carefully".
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest
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Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest
Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bailey
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Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bailey
AI needs "rigorous" testing and safeguards to contain risk, Andrew Bailey says.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI agents get rebrand - as 'dots' - while safety worries delay new model
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OpenAI agents get rebrand - as 'dots' - while safety worries delay new model
Sam Altman spoke in San Francisco during OpenAI’s yearly event for tech developers.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns
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OpenAI scraps rollout of new model over safety concerns
The firm also issued an update on incidents in which its models accessed Australian government systems.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit
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Apple ordered to pay $5.7bn after losing vibration tech patent suit
Audio firm Taction Technology claimed Apple infringed its patents for tech used to power device vibrations.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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OpenAI bots meddled with multiple US government agency sites
OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from the US Census and the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates US stock markets.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Inside iconic horror game Silent Hill's Scottish makeover
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Inside iconic horror game Silent Hill's Scottish makeover
One of gaming's biggest horror franchises has come to the UK. Can it live up to the original?
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Special agents' blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack
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Special agents' blood and urine test results stolen in FBI hack
Experts say the hack could leave agents vulnerable to scams, blackmail and targeted attacks.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
US backs Elon Musk's bid to overturn €120m EU fine against X
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US backs Elon Musk's bid to overturn €120m EU fine against X
The EU had said X "deceives users" by selling blue ticks without "meaningfully verifying" accounts.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?
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X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?
Where do America's X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones?
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
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Why Australia chose the world's biggest political stage to reveal OpenAI hack
Australia, which has strict social media restrictions and has proposed controls on algorithms and smart glasses, announced the breach at the UN.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first
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Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first
Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
FBI investigating claim hackers have stolen details of all its agents
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FBI investigating claim hackers have stolen details of all its agents
The hackers claim they have every agent's name, role, badge number and personal details including home address, phone numbers and spouse information.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says
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OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website, PM says
Albanese said he expressed "concern" to OpenAI founder Sam Altman, after authorities were informed three months after the breach in June.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pornhub investigated over its age checks
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Pornhub investigated over its age checks
The regulator says it has concerns over how the site is relying on third party checks provided by Apple for some users.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'
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US criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'
Under the draft laws, tech firms face fines if they do not give users the option to switch off algorithms.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Will a switch to light speed cut power use at data centres?
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Will a switch to light speed cut power use at data centres?
To save power and add capacity, data centres are switching from copper wires to tech using light.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A new skyline of data centres is rising from the rolling plains of rural China
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A new skyline of data centres is rising from the rolling plains of rural China
Potato farmers rub shoulders with rows of gleaming new data centres as Trump and Xi meet to discuss AI safety.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Call of Duty's Activision to make next Halo game as Xbox cuts more jobs
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Call of Duty's Activision to make next Halo game as Xbox cuts more jobs
The news comes as part of a "reset" announced by Xbox in July, with 3,600 planned job losses overall.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone
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Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone
In text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for leading companies are sceptical of the warnings.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test
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Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test
The AI model accessed the internet and guessed credentials to three websites, a Google official told the BBC.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Would Australians support a smart glasses ban?
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Would Australians support a smart glasses ban?
As Australia considers barring the use of smart glasses in government offices, the BBC asks people in Sydney what they think.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The virtual worlds where robots are trained
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The virtual worlds where robots are trained
Training systems that allow robots to negotiate the real world are getting more sophisticated.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
King Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands
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King Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands
The comments were made at a summit in Ayrshire with participants from AI giants including Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why are there concerns AI could threaten humanity, and how real are they?
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Why are there concerns AI could threaten humanity, and how real are they?
Existential fears about AI have once again reared their head - here's what you need to know.
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
OpenAI reveals six more safety issues and unveils plan to disclose incidents
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OpenAI reveals six more safety issues and unveils plan to disclose incidents
The firm also announced a new system to track, investigate and disclose cases of models misbehaving, or "misalignment".
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BBC News - Technology @bbc-news-tech.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Snapchat 'willing to implement' daily time limits for teens, boss tells BBC
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Snapchat 'willing to implement' daily time limits for teens, boss tells BBC
Evan Speigel says it would be "an important step forward for the industry" in an interview with the BBC.
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