Category: News
Rising number of children seeing ‘deepfakes’ of themselves, why tech investors are interested in football
Children in the UK have reported a surge in explicit deepfake images featuring their likenesses, as a safety watchdog warned AI is making such content easier to produce. The Report Remove […]
Wetherspoons bans filming with Meta smart glasses over privacy concerns
Pub giant J D Wetherspoon, better known as ‘Spoons, has issued a formal ban on customers filming with Meta smart glasses across its network of over 800 venues in the […]
GTA VI will have exclusive ‘extended look’ on Netflix, Meta fined $567m in largest child safety ruling
There were a lot of rumblings that Thurdsay would bring a new GTA VI trailer, as we get closer to the game’s November release date. Well, there wasn’t one, but there […]
Levelling Up Safety: Essential Gaming Guide for Parents
With the summer holidays underway, households across the country are juggling work, childcare, and the eternal quest to keep children entertained…. Unsurprisingly, young people are spending more hours plugged into […]
Meta latest firm to claim its AI hacked another company, venues ban ‘spy glasses’
Facebook owner Meta has become the latest tech firm to say one of its AI models was able to connect to the internet and hack into another organisation’s systems, during […]
Wayve and Uber secure TfL approval for supervised ‘robotaxi rides’ in London
Wayve and Uber have moved a step closer to rolling out autonomous vehicles in London after Transport for London (TfL) granted private hire vehicle licences to a number of Wayve’s […]
Palantir paid just £2m in UK corporation tax, rogue AI outsmarted government tests
The software group Palantir paid just £2m in corporation tax in the UK in 2024, despite holding public sector contracts worth hundreds of millions, thanks to tax breaks that are likely […]
SpaceX shares fall over AI spending concerns
Shares in Elon Musk’s SpaceX tumbled nearly 9% in after-hours trading following the release of the company’s first-ever earnings report as a publicly traded entity. The sharp decline was driven […]
US water facilities targeted by ‘malicious cyber actors’, Spotify profits down
Late last week, federal authorities issued a stern warning saying “malicious cyber actors” were targeting water and wastewater facilities in at least seven states across the US. Minnesota appeared to be […]
Apple challenges UK Government demand for access to encrypted iCloud data
Apple has launched a fresh legal challenge against the UK government, escalating a long-running dispute over encrypted user data. The tech giant is pushing back against a new Home Office […]
