BBC cracks down on TikTok after review
In the wake of a ban imposed on the use of social media platform TikTok on devices owned by the UK government last week, it has emerged that the...
Ofcom extends time on BT wholesale broadband tariff probe
After receiving detailed and extensive responses to its preliminary indication that it would not intervene to prevent BT broadband division Openreach from introducing new wholesale pricing arrangements for its...
NatWest announces ID service for its customers
By Published: 20 Mar 2023 13:00 NatWest bank has launched a service that will enable businesses to quickly check the identities of customers. The bank’s customers can easily and...
Google tells users of some Android phones: Nuke voice calling to avoid infection
Enlarge / Images of the Samsung Galaxy S21, which runs with an Exynos chipset.Samsung Google is urging owners of certain Android phones to take urgent action to protect themselves from...
Anthropic introduces Claude, a “more steerable” AI competitor to ChatGPT
Anthropic On Tuesday, Anthropic introduced Claude, a large language model (LLM) that can generate text, write code, and function as an AI assistant similar to ChatGPT. The model originates from...
UK TikTok ban gives us all cause to consider social media security
The UK ban on installing and using social media app TikTok on government devices brings our country’s policy in line with that of other jurisdictions including the United States...
Virgin Media O2 brings 5G services to the London Underground
Virgin Media O2 has launched its first 4G and 5G services on sections of the Central and Northern Lines, claiming to allow its customers very high-speed mobile connectivity on...
Free data-center heat is allegedly saving a struggling public pool $24K a year
A public pool in the UK is expected to save £20,000 (about $24,000) and cut carbon emissions by 25.8 tons annually by warming a 25 m and children's pool with...
Federal agency hacked by 2 groups thanks to flaw that went unpatched for 4 years
Getty Images Multiple threat actors—one working on behalf of a nation-state—gained access to the network of a US federal agency by exploiting a four-year-old vulnerability that remained unpatched, the US...
AI imager Midjourney v5 stuns with photorealistic images—and 5-fingered hands
Enlarge / An example of lighting and skin effects in the AI image generator Midjourney v5. On Wednesday, Midjourney announced version 5 of its commercial AI image synthesis service, which...