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Half of UK adults are now regularly paying for things by tapping their phone, new banking data suggests.A surge in the use of mobile payments via services such as Apple Pay or Google Pay has been recorded across different...

Joe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World ServiceBBCThey asked me lots of questions about the BBC IT network that I wouldn't have answered even if I knew. They then sent a complicated jumble of computer code and asked me to run...

Joe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World ServiceGetty ImagesHackers holding pictures and private data of thousands of nursery children and their families to ransom say they will publish more information online unless they are paid.Criminals calling themselves Radiant hacked the Kido...

Hackers say they have stolen the pictures, names and addresses of around 8,000 children from the Kido nursery chain.The gang of cyber criminals is using the highly sensitive information to demand a ransom from the company, which has 18...

Imran Rahman-JonesTechnology reporter andLiv McMahonTechnology reporterGetty ImagesInstagram's tools designed to protect teenagers from harmful content are failing to stop them from seeing suicide and self-harm posts, a study has claimed.Researchers also said the social media platform, owned by Meta,...

Imran Rahman-JonesTechnology reporter andJoe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World ServiceGetty ImagesA person has been arrested in connection with a cyber-attack which has caused days of disruption at several European airports including Heathrow.The National Crime Agency (NCA) said a man in...

Jack FenwickPolitical correspondentPA MediaA new artificial intelligence tool designed to crack down on fraud has helped the UK government recover almost £500m over the last year, the BBC can reveal.More than a third of the money clawed back related...

Suranjana TewariAsia Business Correspondent andOsmond ChiaBusiness reporterGetty ImagesA much-awaited deal over TikTok may be close, with US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping set to discuss terms on Friday. Top officials from both sides struck a...

Cyber criminals have stolen the private details of potentially millions of Balenciaga, Gucci and Alexander McQueen customers in an attack.The stolen data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses and the total amount spent in the luxury stores around...

Graham FraserTechnology reporterGetty ImagesWith smartphones, where Apple leads others often follow - so it launching an iPhone this week without a traditional SIM card is raising questions over the future of a very familiar piece of phone tech.All phone...