Image caption The BBC Box uses a tiny Raspberry Pi computer to gather data from apps on nearby devices BBC audience members could soon be using all the data from their social media and online accounts to fine tune the content they listen to and view. The BBC is developing a personal data store that […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Machine learning techniques have made it relatively easy to replace the face of an adult movie actor with that of another person Virginia has become one of the first places to outlaw the sharing of computer-generated pornography known as deepfakes. The US state has done so by amending an […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Machine learning techniques have made it relatively easy to replace the face of an adult movie actor with that of another person Virginia has become one of the first places to outlaw the sharing of computer-generated pornography known as deepfakes. The US state has done so by amending an […]
Image copyright Getty Images There has been a sharp rise in the number of cyber-incidents reported by the UK’s financial sector caused by hack attacks and other problems, according to official figures. A Freedom of Information request to the Financial Conduct Authority revealed that the number of declared events rose from 69 in 2017 to […]
Image copyright Google Image caption The recreation of the Lion of Mosul will be on show at the Imperial War Museum in London Google has recreated an ancient statue destroyed by the Islamic State group in 2015, using crowd-sourced pictures and 3D printing. The Lion of Mosul was a colossal Assyrian guardian lion which stood […]
Media captionTowie’s Bobby Norris: People wish cancer on me because I’m gay MPs have called for “urgent action” from the government to fight the rise in online homophobia. The Commons debate followed a petition calling for a new law – organised by reality TV star Bobby Norris. The Only Way Is Essex cast member said […]
Media captionTowie’s Bobby Norris: People wish cancer on me because I’m gay MPs have called for “urgent action” from the government to fight the rise in online homophobia. The Commons debate followed a petition calling for a new law – organised by reality TV star Bobby Norris. The Only Way Is Essex cast member said […]
Media captionTowie’s Bobby Norris: People wish cancer on me because I’m gay MPs have called for “urgent action” from the government to fight the rise in online homophobia. The Commons debate followed a petition calling for a new law – organised by reality TV star Bobby Norris. The Only Way Is Essex cast member said […]
Media captionTowie’s Bobby Norris: People wish cancer on me because I’m gay A call for online homophobia to become a specific criminal offence is being debated by MPs at Westminster. The event followed a petition calling for a new law that had been organised by the reality TV star Bobby Norris. The Only Way Is […]
Image copyright Microsoft Image caption Microsoft will continue to sell games, apps and movies but not e-books Consumers who bought ebooks via Microsoft’s online store are losing access to their libraries. The service, which launched in 2017, relied on the use of a web browser rather than a dedicated app and failed to build a […]
