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The slow but steady advance of driverless vehicles

Ian RoseBusiness reporterTo see into the driverless future it might be worth watching developments in China. In the city of Wuhan more than 500 driverless cars are being operated by the company Baidu.Across the country driverless cars are reported...

Subsea fibre cables can ‘listen out’ for sabotage

Chris BaraniukTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesBut should a vessel deliberately drag its heavy anchor across even a double-armoured cable, it will almost certainly still damage it, Mr Priess says – such is the force of the collision or pulling action. While...

Disasters spur investment in flood and fire risk tech

Suzanne BearneTechnology ReporterGetty ImagesOther services are popping up for homebuyers. For the properties it markets, US firm Redfin, estimates the percentage chance of natural disasters, such as flooding and wildfires, occurring up to the next 30 years across each...

Keep kids off Roblox if worried, CEO Dave Baszucki tells parents

Zoe Kleinman & Georgina HayesTechnology editor & reporterGetty Images"We do in the company take the attitude that any bad, even one bad incident, is one too many," he says."We watch for bullying, we watch for harassment, we filter all...

How to Spend Less Time on Social Media (or Leave It Altogether)

Have you been spending too many hours on your social feeds feeling anxious, combative or just plain unproductive? Just as limiting exposure to social media has been recommended for children’s mental health, many adults may also benefit.Even if you...

‘Garbage’ to blame Ukraine for massive X outage, experts say

Experts have cast doubt on Elon Musk's claim that a large-scale outage which hit X was caused by hackers in Ukraine.Platform monitor Downdetector says it had more than 1.6 million reports of problems with the social media site from...

Why people are cutting back their online profile

Suzanne BearneTechnology ReporterBBCThere's multiple reasons why Saam Collingwood, who lives near Stratford-upon-Avon, has cut back her online profile over the years. The first was following an incident at work where she had included her personal Facebook account on an...

From chatbots to intelligent toys: How AI is booming in China

Laura BickerChina correspondentBBC/ Xiqing WangSo the engineering challenge is how to make more, for less. "This was our Mission Impossible," Mr Tang said. His company found that the robotic arm used to move chess pieces was hugely expensive to...

Software bug at firm left NHS data ‘vulnerable to hackers’

Ben MorrisEditor, Technology of BusinessGetty ImagesCybersecurity experts, who have looked at information supplied by the software engineer, have expressed their concern. "There is the possibility that Medefer stored data derived from the NHS not as securely as one would...

North Korean hackers cash out hundreds of millions from $1.5bn ByBit hack

Getty ImagesHackers thought to be working for the North Korean regime have successfully cashed out at least $300m (£232m) of their record-breaking $1.5bn crypto heist. The criminals, known as Lazarus Group, swiped the huge haul of digital tokens in...
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South Korea wildfires kill at least two firefighters

At least two people died and hundreds evacuated their homes as wildfires raged in South Korea on Saturday.Two firefighters...
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