Image copyright Absher Google has remained silent over reports it told a US congresswoman that a controversial app was not in breach of its terms and conditions. Saudi app Absher can be used by men to track women and prevent them from travelling. The office of Jackie Speier confirmed to the BBC that a verbal …
Image copyright EA Image caption In Anthem, players are freelancers who use flying exosuits to take on alien enemies System crashes caused by bugs in the Anthem video game have led Sony to offer full refunds to players. Many people reported on social media that a serious bug had led to their PlayStation 4 console …
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe prototype Jibo robot lacked many of the abilities promised for the final model (video from 2016) Owners of the “social robot” Jibo say the device has been telling them its servers are soon to be switched off. Jibo had ambitions to be “the world’s first family …
The album Mezzanine by Massive Attack has been stored using genetic information for the first time, using technology developed at ETH Zurich. Millions of copies of the album were put into spray paint using synthetic DNA. The music is then stored in any painting made using the spray can. So could DNA be the new …
Image copyright Waymo Image caption Lidar is seen as crucial to the success of self-drive cars Google spin-off Waymo plans to sell the sensors it uses on its self-drive cars to other industries. The technology behind them was at the heart of legal action last year, with Google accusing taxi app company Uber of stealing …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to be “privacy-focused” After a solid year of data breaches, privacy scandals and controversial policy decisions, Mark Zuckerberg now says he wants Facebook to become a “privacy-focused” social network. Facebook’s critics have laughed at the suggestion. Until now, it has been encouraging people to share …
Image copyright Desk Plant Rape Day, a controversial game which allows players to kill and rape women, has had its release cancelled on gaming platform Steam after thousands of people signed online petitions calling for it to be banned. In a statement, Valve, the company which owns Steam, said it had removed the game because …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rue Cremieux has become a destination for people in search of a perfect Instagram picture A pretty cobbled street in Paris has become a huge hit on Instagram, with thousands of pictures and “likes”. But residents of Rue Cremieux have now had enough and are calling on the city …
Image copyright PA Image caption A Lords committee wants tech companies to have one overarching regulator setting rules for user privacy, data and anti-social content Tech firms, such as Google and Facebook, must improve their “inadequate” responses to privacy and data breaches and anti-social content, a House of Lords report says. The House of Lords …
An IT issue left some trials across England unable to proceed on Thursday. Lawyers told BBC News that trials had been adjourned because evidence stored on court systems could not be accessed. HM Courts & Tribunals Service said its supplier had “made some changes” and users should “be seeing an improvement”. A larger computer problem …