Tech Life – The secret ways AI is used to write hit songs
Available for over a year We’re all about AI today. As AI-generated music tops US charts, a musician explains how he uses AI in the songwriting process. A fashion house…
Porn company fined £1m over inadequate age checks
Tom SingletonTechnology reporter Getty Images Ofcom has fined a porn company £1m for failing to put in place sufficiently robust age checks – the biggest penalty it has imposed so…
India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones
India has scrapped an order making it mandatory for smartphone makers to preload a state-run cyber safety app on new phones after a public furore. The order gave smartphone makers…
West London housing was delayed by new data centres, report finds
The rapid growth of “energy-hungry” data centres is delaying new homes in London, just as its housing crisis is “at its worst”, a new report has warned. Data centres are…
Production halted at Chinese factory making ‘childlike’ sex dolls
A factory in China which has been accused of making “childlike” sex dolls has been placed under investigation by the local authorities and told to immediately halt production. The customisable…
Billionaire Dell family to seed Trump accounts for kids with $250
Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Watch: President Trump announces “Trump accounts” for American children Tech billionaire Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, have announced plans to donate $250 to 25 million children…
Valentino criticised over ‘disturbing’ AI handbag ads
Liv McMahonTechnology reporter Valentino/YouTube Valentino’s campaign using AI-generated visuals to promote its new handbag has come under fire on social media Italian luxury fashion house Valentino is facing criticism after…
Tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee to shut down wallpapers app
The popular YouTuber Marques Brownlee has announced he plans to shut down his subscription app for mobile phone wallpapers, Panels. The content creator, whose sometimes scathing takes on new tech…
‘First of its kind’ scanner to study blast trauma in soldiers
A mobile brain scanning system, thought to be the first of its kind, is being developed to measure the effect of blast exposure in soldiers. A team at the universities…
Jorja Smith’s record label wants royalties from ‘AI clone’ song I Run by Haven
Mark SavageMusic correspondent BBC Smith’s vocals were allegedly copied in the creation of Haven’s viral hit, I Run Brit Award-winning singer Jorja Smith’s record label has said it wants a…