Intel shares jump as Softbank to buy $2bn stake in chip giant
Intel shares have jumped after Japanese technology investment giant Softbank said it is buying a $2bn (£1.5bn) stake in the US computer chip maker. The announcement came just hours after…
Space technology: Lithuania’s promising space start-ups
MaryLou Costa Technology Reporter Reporting fromVilnius, Lithuania Astrolight Astrolight is developing a laser-based communications system I’m led through a series of concrete corridors at Vilnius Tech University, Lithuania; the murals…
Meta investigated over AI having ‘sensual’ chats with children
Charlotte Edwards Technology reporter, BBC News Getty Images A US senator is opening an investigation into Meta after a leaked document reportedly showed the tech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) was…
Should Europe wean itself off US tech?
Daniel Thomas Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images The big American tech companies dominate the global cloud-computing sector Imagine if US President Donald Trump could flip a switch and turn…
It shocked the US market but has China’s DeepSeek changed AI?
Lily Jamali Reporting fromSan Francisco Shutterstock US President Donald Trump had been in office scarcely a week when a new Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app called DeepSeek jolted Silicon Valley.…
M&S Click & Collect returns 15 weeks after cyber attack
Marks & Spencer has resumed its click and collect service 15 weeks after it stopped the service following a hugely damaging cyber attack. The retailer stopped taking orders on its…
Dame Stephanie ‘Steve’ Shirley, technology pioneer, dies aged 91
BBC To many women in tech, myself included, Dame Stephanie Shirley, who has died aged 91, was inspirational. Her pioneering and controversial decision to hire exclusively women coders and data…
AOL ends dial-up internet service after more than 30 years
AOL is shutting down the dial-up service that introduced homes across the US to the internet. The firm’s dial-up offering connects to the internet via a phone line and currently…