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Is the Assassin's Creed Black Flag remake worth the 13 year wait?

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 8:08pm
The BBC's Tom Gerken plays the much-anticipated pirate game which has been remade from the ground up.

Apple sues OpenAI, its employees claiming theft of trade secrets

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 6:54pm
Apple said in a Friday lawsuit that OpenAI’s nascent hardware business is “rotten to its core.”

EU threatens Meta with fines over 'addictive' Facebook and Instagram

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 8:02am
Regulators say features such as infinite scroll contribute to "compulsive use" and "unhealthy habits".

Big tech must deal with scam ads under Ofcom proposals

Fri, 07/10/2026 - 5:59am
Ofcom says more than half of UK adults have encountered potentially fraudulent ads online.

'Cool in 90 seconds' - the fake portable air conditioners sweeping the internet

Thu, 07/09/2026 - 9:33pm
The ASA says adverts claiming small devices can rapidly cool rooms were too good to be true.

Pressure builds on Europe's biggest port to be greener

Thu, 07/09/2026 - 7:00pm
A lawsuit demands that the Port of Rotterdam moves faster to cut its dependence on fossil fuel firms.

Porn site company fined £630,000 over failed age checks

Thu, 07/09/2026 - 7:29am
Ofcom has fined a slew of sites it says are failing to prevent children accessing their adult content.

Wealthy AI workers send San Francisco house prices soaring

Wed, 07/08/2026 - 7:11pm
The median cost of a home in the city is now $1.7m, a record high, according to the latest figures.

Outcry as Meta lets users make AI images from public Instagram profile pics

Wed, 07/08/2026 - 8:28am
The tech giant said people can opt out - but privacy campaigners called it a "recipe for disaster".

How Esports World Cup moved from Saudi Arabia to Paris in 8 weeks

Wed, 07/08/2026 - 4:43am
The Esports World Cup gets going in Paris after a last-minute move from Saudi Arabia. Is it any less controversial?

Tech Life

Tue, 07/07/2026 - 4:00pm
The impact screen time is having on younger children.

Tech Life

Tue, 07/07/2026 - 4:00pm
The impact screen time is having on younger children.

Robots available for rent: But what can they do?

Mon, 07/06/2026 - 7:48pm
Robotics tech is changing fast, so for many it makes sense to rent a robot.

Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs and shrinks Xbox in 'significant restructure'

Mon, 07/06/2026 - 11:18am
The sweeping layoffs equate to 2.1% of Microsoft's workforce, with 1,600 immediate job losses at Xbox.

Tech Now

Fri, 07/03/2026 - 9:00pm
Adrienne Murray meets the team using technology to preserve a historic warship in Sweden.

Parents warned not to publicly share children’s images amid AI abuse risks

Fri, 07/03/2026 - 11:57am
The NCA says there is a growing threat of children's images being used to create child abuse material.

AI is 'not smart' so what's next in artificial intelligence?

Thu, 07/02/2026 - 7:02pm
Leading AI researcher Yan LeCun has a start-up which is developing a more flexible AI system.

Meta glasses wearers hit with paywall to use built-in feature

Thu, 07/02/2026 - 9:42am
A feature in Meta's glasses which boosts the voice of people will be capped at three hours for free use.

Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals

Thu, 07/02/2026 - 5:46am
A Google spokesperson said the judgement "fails to recognise" the firm's "significant investment to ensure Android remains open."

Don't expect inbuilt trackers to save your stolen car, experts say

Wed, 07/01/2026 - 7:31pm
Kia told the BBC UK law prevented its location tracking function being used to live track vehicles.

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