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Liv McMahon & Imran Rahman-JonesTechnology reportersGetty ImagesApple and Google may be required to change the way they operate some of their mobile services in the UK, according to proposed decisions by the UK's competition regulator.The Competition and Markets Authority...

Chinese "threat actors" have hacked Microsoft's SharePoint document software servers and targeted the data of the businesses using it, the firm has said.China state-backed Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as well as China-based Storm-2603 were said to have "exploited...

Netflix says it has used visual effects created by generative artificial intelligence (AI) on screen for the first time in one of its original TV shows.The streaming giant's co-CEO Ted Sarandos said AI, which produces videos and images based...

A new AI voice-cloning tool from a British firm claims to be able to reproduce a range of UK accents more accurately than some of its US and Chinese rivals.Because much of the data traditionally used to train AI...

Joe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World ServiceAlamyFour people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op.The National Crime Agency (NCA) says a 20-year-old woman was arrested in Staffordshire, and three males...

Will FyfeBBC NewsReporting fromMonmouthshireIn a token of solidarity to their son Monty and to encourage their two younger daughters, Emma Manchand and her husband Kev offered give up their own smartphones."We do 24-hours without the phone, which has been...

The system was used to send alerts to 4.5 million phones in Scotland and Northern Ireland during Storm Eowyn in January 2025, and 3.5 million in England and Wales during Storm Darragh the previous month.It was also used to...

An Xbox producer has faced a backlash after suggesting laid-off employees should use artificial intelligence to deal with emotions in a now deleted LinkedIn post.Matt Turnbull, an executive producer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing, wrote the post after Microsoft...

Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has written to the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) to tell its bosses to refocus on defence and security.In a letter, Kyle said boosting the UK's AI capabilities was "critical" to...

A band called The Velvet Sundown has had its tracks played hundreds of thousands of times on Spotify since appearing several weeks ago - without anyone knowing for sure what it is.The band has a verified page on the...