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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...