Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again
Fergus WalshMedical editor Sheila Irvine, who is registered blind, punches the air with joy at being able to read again A group of blind patients can now read again after…
Are we relying too much on US big tech?
Liv McMahonTechnology reporter Getty The Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on Monday made global headlines after knocking some of the world’s largest sites offline for hours. For users, the impacts…
Disney+ cancellations soar after Jimmy Kimmel suspension
Danielle KayeBusiness reporter Reuters Comedian Jimmy Kimmel was temporarily suspended last month Disney+ and Hulu cancellation rates doubled in September after TV host Jimmy Kimmel was briefly taken off air,…
What’s the best way to detect and destroy drones?
Adrienne MurrayTechnology reporter AFP via Getty Images Denmark has taken measures to curb drone flying In the northern Danish city of Aalborg, the firm MyDefence makes equipment that jams and…
Amazon services ‘recovering’ as Snapchat and banks among sites hit by outage
Many of the world’s largest websites, including Snapchat, Reddit and Roblox, were knocked offline on Monday after a huge Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. More than 1,000 apps and websites…
What has caused AWS outage today
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has had a bad day. That’s how the boss of another big US tech firm Cloudflare put it – probably feeling very relieved that today’s outage,…
Bereaved families call for inquiry after suicide website warnings ‘ignored’
Bereaved families are calling for a public inquiry into what they say are “repeated failures” by the UK government to protect vulnerable people from a website promoting suicide. A report…
Is Microsoft’s first ever handheld Xbox console worth the wait?
Tom GerkenTechnology reporter Watch: BBC’s Tom Gerken puts the first ever portable Xbox console through its paces For almost two decades, rumours have swirled about a handheld Xbox console to…
OpenAI stops ‘disrespectful’ Martin Luther King Jr Sora videos
Liv McMahonTechnology reporter Bettmann Archive/Getty Images OpenAI has stopped its artificial intelligence (AI) app Sora creating deepfake videos portraying Dr Martin Luther King Jr, following a request from his estate.…
How to tell the health of a battery in a used EV
Chris BaraniukTechnology Reporter Corbis via Getty Images Battery health is a top priority for buyers of used EVs When Kerry Dunstan and his partner set out to buy a new…