Tom Gerken Technology reporter PA Media The UK data watchdog has launched what it calls a “major investigation” into TikTok’s use of children’s personal information. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will inspect the way in which the social media platform…
Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Getty Images Subsea cables are critical to the operation of the internet The diver had found the fibre optic cable lying on the seabed of the North Sea. He swam closer, until it was near enough…
Suzanne Bearne Technology Reporter Getty Images Storm Babet caused flooding across the UK in October 2023 When Storm Babet hit the town of Trowell in Nottingham in 2023, Claire Sneddon felt confident her home would not be affected. After all,…
Apple is taking legal action to try to overturn a demand made by the UK government to view its customers’ private data if required. The BBC understands that the US technology giant has appealed to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, an…
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Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Getty OpenAI boss Sam Altman (left) and Microsoft boss Satya Nadella The UK competition watchdog has ended its investigation into the partnership between Microsoft and the maker of ChatGPT, OpenAI. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)…
Annabelle Liang Business reporter Getty Images US prosecutors have charged 12 Chinese nationals for being part of an alleged hacking scheme, which sold data of US-based dissidents to the Chinese government. The “state-sponsored” operation also targeted government agencies including the…
BBC Tamsin McNally feels the work of organisations like the Internet Watch Foundation is more important than ever At home she is a loving grandmother who enjoys spending time with her grandkids but at work Mabel has to watch the…
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of social messaging app Telegram, has been allowed to fly home to Dubai as French authorities continue their unprecedented case against him. The tech billionaire was arrested in August after being accused of failing…
Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images Nine major banks and building societies operating in the UK accumulated at least 803 hours – the equivalent of 33 days – of tech outages in the past two years, figures published by a…