Elon Musk accused of stealing farting unicorn image

Image copyright Elon Musk Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has been accused of using an image of a farting unicorn for his business without permission or compensation. Last year, Mr Musk tweeted the original image, which featured on a mug by Colorado potter Tom Edwards. However, similar images of farting unicorns were used in Tesla […]

Fortnite Playground mode quickly taken offline

Image copyright Epic Games Image caption Fortnite is hugely popular and has more than 125 million players A new mode that let novices practise playing the hugely popular video game Fortnite has been taken offline for repairs after fewer than two hours. Some newcomers are finding it difficult to compete with more experienced Fortnite players. […]

‘Dancing baby’ YouTube copyright case settled after 11 years

‘Dancing baby’ YouTube copyright case settled after 11 years

Image copyright Getty / Michael Ochs Archives Image caption Stephanie Lenz’s son was dancing to a Prince song An 11-year legal action over a YouTube video of a baby dancing to Prince’s hit Let’s Go Crazy has been settled. Stephanie Lenz posted the clip of her son Holden, now aged 12, in February 2007. And […]

Babylon claims its chatbot beats GPs at medical exam

Image copyright Babylon Image caption The artificial intelligence software provides what it determines to be the most likely diagnoses Claims that a chatbot can diagnose medical conditions as accurately as a GP have sparked a row between the software’s creators and UK doctors. Babylon, the company behind the NHS GP at Hand app, says its […]

Swann home security camera sends video to wrong user

Media captionWATCH: Video footage from a family’s kitchen was leaked via Swann’s app A leading security camera-maker has sent footage from inside a family’s home to the wrong person’s app. Swann Security has blamed a factory error for the data breach – which was brought to its attention by the BBC – and said it […]

Scammers abuse multilingual domain names

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Smartphones often shorten website names, making scams hard to spot, security experts say Cyber-criminals are abusing multilingual character sets to trick people into visiting phishing websites. The non-English characters allow scammers to create “lookalike” sites with domain names almost indistinguishable from legitimate ones. Farsight Security found scam sites posing as […]

Scammers abuse multilingual domain names

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Smartphones often shorten website names, making scams hard to spot, security experts say Cyber-criminals are abusing multilingual character sets to trick people into visiting phishing websites. The non-English characters allow scammers to create “lookalike” sites with domain names almost indistinguishable from legitimate ones. Farsight Security found scam sites posing as […]

Scammers abuse multilingual domain names

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Smartphones often shorten website names, making scams hard to spot, security experts say Cyber-criminals are abusing multilingual character sets to trick people into visiting phishing websites. The non-English characters allow scammers to create “lookalike” sites with domain names almost indistinguishable from legitimate ones. Farsight Security found scam sites posing as […]

BBC releases computer history archive

Image caption Ian McNaught-Davis presented a programme on Micro computers and how to use them A slice of computing history has been made public, giving people the opportunity to delve into an archive that inspired a generation of coders. The Computer Literacy Project led to the introduction of the BBC Micro alongside programmes which introduced […]

BBC releases computer history archive

Image caption Ian McNaught-Davis presented a programme on Micro computers and how to use them A slice of computing history has been made public, giving people the opportunity to delve into an archive that inspired a generation of coders. The Computer Literacy Project led to the introduction of the BBC Micro alongside programmes which introduced […]