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Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3,000 to post contentThu 19th Mar 2026 15:33 GMT
Facebook offering TikTok and YouTube creators $3,000 to post content

Meta wants creators to "rediscover" Facebook, but a social media expert says viewers will not follow.

US messageboard 4Chan mocks £520,000 fine for UK online safety breachesThu 19th Mar 2026 12:13 GMT
US messageboard 4Chan mocks £520,000 fine for UK online safety breaches

The fine includes £450,000 for lack of age checks to prevent children from seeing pornography.

Child seen in sex abuse videos identified after researcher spots school badgeThu 19th Mar 2026 03:21 GMT
Child seen in sex abuse videos identified after researcher spots school badge

An analyst tells the BBC how she tracked down a victim of child sexual abuse after years of searching.

Amazon's Alexa has had an AI upgrade. Now she's got more to sayThu 19th Mar 2026 05:55 GMT
Amazon's Alexa has had an AI upgrade. Now she's got more to say

There has been criticism the Echo has stagnated, while other AI chatbots have become much easier to communicate with.

Government backtracks on AI and copyright after outcry from major artistsWed 18th Mar 2026 13:24 GMT
Government backtracks on AI and copyright after outcry from major artists

However, the government's position is now unclear, saying it "no longer has a preferred option" for what to do next.

Quantum pioneers win Turing Award for encryption breakthroughWed 18th Mar 2026 15:23 GMT
Quantum pioneers win Turing Award for encryption breakthrough

It is hoped Charles H Bennett and Gilles Brassard's work will make digital communications secure for decades ahead.

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