Ofcom has fined a porn company £1m for failing to put in place sufficiently robust age checks - the biggest penalty it has imposed so far under the Online Safety Act.The Act makes it a legal requirement for websites that host pornographic material to put...Read more
The rapid growth of "energy-hungry" data centres is delaying new homes in London, just as its housing crisis is "at its worst", a new report has warned.Data centres are giant warehouses full of powerful computers used to run digital services, such as streaming and artificial...Read more
A factory in China which has been accused of making "childlike" sex dolls has been placed under investigation by the local authorities and told to immediately halt production.The customisable dolls were reportedly being sold on major online shopping sites and social media platforms.Chinese...Read more
India has scrapped an order making it mandatory for smartphone makers to preload a state-run cyber safety app on new phones after a public furore. The order - passed last week but made public on Monday - gave smartphone makers 90 days to pre-load...Read more
Tech billionaire Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, have announced plans to donate $250 to 25 million children across the US. The $6.25bn (£4.72bn) gift will bolster Trump-branded investment accounts, which were authorised by Congress as part of its tax and spending bill...Read more
The popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee has announced he plans to shut down his subscription app for mobile phone wallpapers, Panels.The content creator, whose have helped him amass more than 20 million YouTube subscribers, launched the app in September 2024.Panels let people download...Read more
The Bank of England has warned of a "sharp correction" in the value of major tech companies with growing fears of an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble.It said share prices in the UK are close to the "most stretched" they have been since the...Read more
A mobile brain scanning system, thought to be the first of its kind, is being developed to measure the effect of blast exposure in soldiers. A team at the universities of Nottingham and Birmingham has used £3.1m of Ministry of Defence funding to develop a...Read more
A mobile brain scanning system, thought to be the first of its kind, is being developed to measure the effect of blast exposure in soldiers. A team at the universities of Nottingham and Birmingham has used £3.1m of Ministry of Defence funding to develop a...Read more
India has ordered all new smartphones to come pre-loaded with a state-run cybersecurity app, sparking privacy and surveillance concerns.Under the order - passed last week but made public on Monday - smartphone makers have 90 days to ensure all new devices come with...Read more
Italian luxury fashion house Valentino is facing criticism after posting "disturbing" adverts made using artificial intelligence (AI) for one of its luxury handbags online.The brand announced a collaboration with digital artists as part of what it dubbed a "digital creative project" promoting its new DeVain...Read more
Italian luxury fashion house Valentino is facing criticism after posting "disturbing" adverts made using artificial intelligence (AI) for one of its luxury handbags online.The brand announced a collaboration with digital artists as part of what it dubbed a "digital creative project" promoting its new DeVain...Read more
Brit Award-winning singer Jorja Smith's record label has said it wants a share of the royalties for a song it claims was created using an artificial intelligence "clone" of the singer's voice.I Run by British dance act Haven went viral on TiKTok in...Read more
