Image copyright DJI Image caption The CAA has advised pilots to take extra care when flying the Matrice 200 UK police have grounded some of their drones because of a fault that means the devices can fall out of the sky, BBC Radio 5 Live has found. Recently, a police drone “experienced an in-flight issue” …
Fifa says it was hacked in March of this year Fifa says information was hacked from its IT systems earlier this year. A consortium of media organisations is set to report details of the hack, which took place in March, in the coming days. “We condemn any attempt to compromise the confidentiality, integrity and availability …
Image copyright Getty Images Software that mimics human society is being tested to see if it can help prevent religious violence. Researchers used artificial intelligence algorithms to simulate actions driven by sectarian divisions. Their model contains thousands of agents representing different ethnicities, races and religions. Norway and Slovakia are trialling the tech to tackle tensions …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Facebook has said it will add more human reviewers to its advertising system Facebook has apologised after it approved an ad campaign targeted at people interested in a conspiracy theory favoured by white nationalists. News site The Intercept was able to launch a promotion aimed at 168,000 users interested in …
Image copyright Saied Froghi Image caption Saied Froghi, right, with his brother Farid Froghi, a surgery research fellow, who joked “all those years of gaming paid off” Trainee surgeon Saied Froghi played video games like Age of Empires and Halo in his spare time during medical school. But rather than impede his learning, he believes …
Image copyright Facebook Image caption The ad cost less than £100 to promote on Facebook and has been viewed by more than 1,000 people A fake advert purporting to have been paid for by scandal-hit Cambridge Analytica has been posted to Facebook. The ad, now removed but still visible in Facebook’s new ad transparency portal, …
Image copyright Gareth Livermore Image caption Programmer Gareth Livermore’s family loves the Welsh quality of life – and he is not swayed by regular job offers A Welsh multimillion-pound tech firm is unable to recruit the staff it needs, even though it is offering London levels of pay of up to £100,000 a year. MyPinPad …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some users who installed the latest WatchOS software say it caused their devices to stop working Apple has pulled an update for its smartwatches after some owners complained the software had caused their devices to stop working. The problem appears to have baffled the firm’s repair staff, and there …
Image caption Richard DeVaul was a member of the team behind Alphabet’s Project Loon venture An executive at the X lab, set up by Google, has left his post after historical sexual harassment accusations against him were made public in the New York Times. Richard DeVaul is alleged to have made inappropriate advances towards a …
Image copyright Starship Technologies Image caption The robots have 10 cameras, ultrasound sensors, radar, and GPS to help them navigate Hundreds of robots are to start to delivering packages to addresses across Milton Keynes, in one of the first full-scale uses of such technology. Residents will be able to get parcels sent to a robot …