Will they overtake firework displays?
Chris BaraniukTechnology Reporter Drone show opens Glastonbury Festival in 2024 The wedding ceremony was almost over when newlywed Bobby Underwood stepped on a napkin-covered glass to break it, as is…
HSBC resolves app and online banking outage
Tom GerkenTechnology reporter Getty Images HSBC says it has now fixed an issue which left customers unable to access online banking or use its app in the UK, preventing some…
European banks hit by rogue PayPal payments worth ‘billions’
European banks have seen widespread unauthorised direct debits from PayPal accounts, the German Savings Banks Association (DSGV) says. The German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) says payments worth in the region…
Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters
Taco Bell is rethinking its use of artificial intelligence (AI) to power drive-through restaurants in the US after comical videos of the tech making mistakes were viewed millions of times.…
Court documents shed new light on UK-Apple row over user data
Graham FraserTechnology Reporter Getty Images The UK government may have wanted to force Apple to provide it with access to more customer data than previously thought, a court document has…
Musk files to dismiss lawsuit over his purchase of Twitter shares
Elon Musk is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by US regulators alleging he wrongly saved money by revealing he increased his initial investment in Twitter too late. The US Securities…
Apple warns UK against introducing tougher tech regulation
Apple has warned that “EU-style rules” proposed by the UK competition watchdog “are bad for users and bad for developers”. It says EU laws – which have sought to make…
AI demand means data centres are worsening drought in Mexico
Suzanne BearneTechnology Reporter, Querétaro, Mexico Arterra/Getty Images Querétaro is known for its impressive stone aqueduct Located in the middle of Mexico, Querétaro is a charming and colourful colonial-style city known…
Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer’s death
Graham FraserTechnology Reporter @jeanpormanove Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, died during a live stream on the Kick website. The streaming platform Kick has accused French authorities of politicising…
Hackers used Anthropic AI to ‘to commit large-scale theft’
US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic says its technology has been “weaponised” by hackers to carry out sophisticated cyber attacks. Anthropic, which makes the chatbot Claude, says its tools were…