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by NELLIE BOWLES on January 22, 2019 at 9:25 pm

A law passed last month allows the authorities to compel tech companies to build tools to bypass their products’ encryption. It has global implications. […]

by HEATHER MURPHY on January 22, 2019 at 8:18 pm

With Rapid DNA machines, genetic fingerprinting could become as routine as the old-fashioned kind. But forensic experts see a potential for misuse. […]

by KAREN WEISE on January 22, 2019 at 7:58 pm

The online retail giant is taking advantage of what it knows better than anyone: consumers’ online shopping habits. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 6:29 pm

Two senior executives will move from Wiltshire but no jobs will be lost in the process. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 6:14 pm

Chinese tech giant warns it might transfer activities to countries "where we are welcomed". […]

on January 22, 2019 at 3:35 pm

The IT failures have meant that trials have been delayed and jurors are unable to enrol, reports say. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 1:39 pm

Automated software is now scouring social media posts looking for evidence of ape trafficking. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 1:27 pm

The prices will still go up but by 10% less than originally planned. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 1:16 pm

Two new documentaries about the failed event have thrown a spotlight on the influencers and celebrities who promoted it. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 11:30 am

Airline says flight cancellations customers payments following Gatwick drone disruption cost it £15m. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 10:51 am

The model is calling for new laws to protect disabled people online after her son Harvey was trolled. […]

by ADAM SATARIANO and RAYMOND ZHONG on January 22, 2019 at 10:00 am

As the Chinese telecommunications giant faces scrutiny over its security, its careful cultivation of European governments and customers is at risk of unraveling. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 9:22 am

However, the decline was offset by strong sales of supersize TVs and in gaming. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 8:21 am

Galaga is a Japanese arcade game initially released in 1981 which puts the player in control of a spacecraft. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 5:00 am

Greenland`s ice has historically melted in cycles due to natural weather phenomena, but rising temperatures have exacerbated the trend. […]

on January 22, 2019 at 12:01 am

Microgravity is ideal for making a range of materials, but will space manufacture ever be cost effective? […]

by JOHN KOBLIN on January 21, 2019 at 11:52 pm

The show drew virtually no audience when it premiered on Lifetime in September. Now that it’s streaming, it’s a different story. […]

by LI YUAN on January 21, 2019 at 9:55 pm

Shao Chunyou rose from the assembly line to the boss’s office. Now the old recipes for success don’t work, and he must reinvent himself again. […]

by ADAM SATARIANO on January 21, 2019 at 8:23 pm

France penalized the company for not properly disclosing to users how data is collected across its services to present personalized advertising. […]

on January 21, 2019 at 4:31 pm

The seller says the parts "may even have Phil's DNA on it, if you wanted to clone him". […]

on January 21, 2019 at 4:13 pm

Google has been fined 50 million euros (£44m) by the French data regulator CNIL. […]

on January 21, 2019 at 4:04 pm

The shark's teeth resemble alien spaceships from the game, Galaga, according to US scientists. […]

on January 21, 2019 at 3:08 pm

The entertainment streaming giants are accused of breaking the EU's data protection rules. […]

on January 21, 2019 at 12:29 pm

The new theory is not the first to propose that the gravitational forces of a massive disc made of small objects could avoid the need for a ninth planet. […]

on January 21, 2019 at 10:27 am

The chat app will only allow users to forward messages five times to limit the spread of false news. […]

on January 21, 2019 at 10:26 am

Scientist He Jiankui said in November that he used a gene-editing technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 to alter the embryonic genes of twin girls born that month. […]

on January 21, 2019 at 8:58 am

BBC Click's Lara Lewington looks at a new smart socket for charging devices. […]

by STEVE LOHR on January 21, 2019 at 4:28 am

Dozens of senior policymakers who are trying to agree on rules for artificial intelligence gathered at M.I.T. There was even some consensus. […]

by NATASHA SINGER on January 20, 2019 at 11:40 pm

A new book argues that Google and Facebook created a new business model that profits off private human behavior. […]

by JACEY FORTIN on January 20, 2019 at 2:50 am

The meme encourages people to post a photo of themselves from 10 years and one from today. It’s just a drop in a big bucket of data Facebook has already amassed. […]

on January 20, 2019 at 12:12 am

George Rusu is accused of using a drone on a field near the runway days after a scare at Gatwick. […]

on January 20, 2019 at 12:04 am

It's part of a drive to get more girls involved in science, technology engineering and mathematics from a young age. […]

by ALEX WILLIAMS on January 19, 2019 at 2:56 pm

Today we fall in love through our phones. Maybe your phone itself could be just as satisfying? […]

by CECILIA KANG on January 19, 2019 at 1:52 am

The agency’s investigation, which began in late March, is continuing, and the commissioners and staff have not reached a final conclusion. […]

on January 19, 2019 at 12:06 am

BBC Minute's Ione Wells investigates the rising trend of 'cyber-flashing' where naked photos are being sent by strangers to people's phones. […]

by NICOLE PERLROTH on January 18, 2019 at 11:09 pm

In new filings submitted late Thursday, the Democratic National Committee, whose computers were breached in 2016, said it was on the receiving end of a so-called spearphishing campaign in November. […]

by SAPNA MAHESHWARI on January 18, 2019 at 10:33 pm

AT&T, one of the biggest advertisers in the U.S., had balked because offensive content too often accompanied its ads. Now it says YouTube has addressed the issue. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 6:57 pm

Are these the faces of the future? It's clear these robots are no ordinary machines. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 6:12 pm

A coalition of human rights groups says at least 12 people have been killed in a week of protests. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 4:27 pm

A man is accused of using the hit video game Fortnite to initiate sexual activity with children. […]

by CHOIRE SICHA on January 18, 2019 at 12:00 pm

Men can’t tell the difference between fear and respect. They act accordingly. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 11:27 am

The Chinese telecoms giant was the focus of international scrutiny even before a senior executive's arrest. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 10:54 am

A security flaw meant many private messages were readable for years said Twitter. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 10:06 am

Saturn formed 4.5 billion years ago, in the early years of our solar system and There have been clues that its ring system is a young upstart that attached to Saturn years afterward. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 8:35 am

BBC Click’s Stephen Beckett looks at some of the best tech news stories of the week. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 8:18 am

The reason could be related to large collisions taking place more than 290 million years ago in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 7:50 am

In a first for the Epsilon series, which was developed in a bid to put small satellites into orbit at a low cost, multiple satellites were transported. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 6:37 am

The crew module and its recovery had already been flight tested by the ISRO few years ago and the crew escape system was tested by India's premier agency in 2018. […]

on January 18, 2019 at 12:03 am

How 3D software supercharged with real-time data can simulate complex designs before they're built. […]

by DAVID POGUE on January 17, 2019 at 10:55 pm

You know that sinking feeling when you accidentally click "Reply All" instead of "Reply?" It's awful. Here's how to handle it, and make sure it never happens again. […]

by CAITY WEAVER on January 17, 2019 at 8:00 pm

Short answer: yes. Meet the granddaughter of Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian. […]

by ADAM SATARIANO on January 17, 2019 at 7:19 pm

Facebook removed nearly 500 pages and accounts targeted at Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Some originated from an agency controlled by the Kremlin. […]

on January 17, 2019 at 6:37 pm

The suspension has been imposed because the channel had broken rules governing adverts, YouTube says. […]

by DAVID GELLES on January 17, 2019 at 5:41 pm

The founder and chief executive of Code.org, who was born in Iran, says computer science is a “foundational skill,” one that future doctors, lawyers and politicians should all possess. […]

on January 17, 2019 at 2:51 pm

A shoe scanner that works on passengers queuing at airport security is on show in London. […]

on January 17, 2019 at 11:17 am

The Chinese firm is planning the first launch this year to deliver 13 Satellogic satellites to low-Earth orbit, China Daily said. […]

on January 17, 2019 at 8:30 am

The study attributes the reflection to a methane rainfall event, followed by a probable period of evaporation. […]

by SAPNA MAHESHWARI on January 17, 2019 at 5:14 am

About three-fourths of the Facebook users in a Pew Research Center survey said they were not aware of the Ad Preferences page, which lists their personal traits made available to advertisers. […]

by KATIE BENNER, PAUL MOZUR and RAYMOND ZHONG on January 17, 2019 at 4:37 am

The inquiry grew out of a 2014 civil suit and appears unrelated to other pressure faced by the Chinese company, two people familiar with the case said. […]

by KAREN WEISE on January 17, 2019 at 3:55 am

The move is the most ambitious effort yet by a tech company to fund construction for local teachers, firefighters and other middle- and low-income residents. […]

on January 17, 2019 at 12:58 am

The latest version of the game has a new VR mode for more realistic aerial acrobatics. […]

on January 17, 2019 at 12:21 am

Two Netflix productions used stock images of the Lac-Megantic rail disaster in a fictional context. […]

by JOHN HERRMAN on January 16, 2019 at 9:02 pm

The social platform knows everything that happens within its walls — that’s the whole point — but it is oddly reticent when it comes to misinformation campaigns. […]

on January 16, 2019 at 8:24 pm

Our assistant TV editor has a state-of-the-art setup for watching shows and movies. But here’s what happens when there can be too much content to choose. […]

by AMIE TSANG on January 16, 2019 at 7:08 pm

The video-sharing site said that it was clarifying its policies on the posting of harmful content to explicitly exclude pranks with a “perceived danger of serious physical injury.&rdquo […]

by J. D. BIERSDORFER on January 16, 2019 at 5:36 pm

With a little time, typing and easy-to-use software, you can quickly see your financial picture much more thoroughly and better plan for the future. […]

on January 16, 2019 at 12:14 am

The Swiss watch industry faced a near-death experience from quartz products. Is the smartwatch a similar threat? […]

on January 15, 2019 at 12:13 am

A pair of shoes that allows owners to walk about in virtual reality worlds proves exhausting to use. […]

on January 15, 2019 at 12:09 am

People without internet access have fewer life chances than those that do. How can we close the gap? […]

on January 13, 2019 at 12:20 am

A global online game was blamed for numerous suicides. But it isn't quite what it seems. […]

on January 11, 2019 at 3:15 pm

BBC Click's Nick Kwek goes into sub-zero temperatures to test a wristband that can warm you up. […]

on January 11, 2019 at 2:55 am

The biggest show in tech is nearing its close - but how did attendees react this year? […]

on January 11, 2019 at 12:04 am

Drones are being used to map previously unmapped areas in Africa to the benefit of its citizens. […]

on January 10, 2019 at 12:52 pm

The RaceFit suit uses sensors to track and analyse your movements as you exercise. […]

on January 9, 2019 at 8:45 pm

The South Korean firm is demoing its latest TV display technologies at the CES tech expo. […]