Category: Technology

Clearview AI used nearly 1m times by US police, it tells the BBC Spencer Whalen / EyeEm By James Clayton & Ben Derico BBC News, San Francisco Facial recognition firm Clearview has run nearly a million searches for US police, its founder has told the BBC CEO Hoan Ton-That also revealed Clearview now has 30bn… Continue reading Clearview AI used nearly 1m times by US police, it tells the BBC

Do Kwon: Fugitive ‘cryptocrash’ boss arrested in Montenegro By Annabelle Liang, Guy Delauney & Nadeem Shad in Singapore, Belgrade and London South Korea police say that Do Kwon, the fugitive cryptocurrency boss behind the $40bn (£32.5bn) collapse of the terraUSD and Luna tokens, has been arrested in Montenegro. He has since been charged with fraud… Continue reading Do Kwon: Fugitive ‘cryptocrash’ boss arrested in Montenegro

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Congress showdown: Five key moments This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By James Clayton BBC News Bruising, damaging, relentless. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced four-and-a-half hours of questioning at a US congressional hearing on Thursday. As one… Continue reading TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Congress showdown: Five key moments

Bill Gates: AI is most important tech advance in decades Getty Images By Tom Gerken Technology reporter Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says the development of artificial intelligence (AI) is the most important technological advance in decades. In a blog post on Tuesday, he called it as fundamental as the creation of the microprocessor, the personal… Continue reading Bill Gates: AI is most important tech advance in decades

Amazon to cut another 9,000 jobs Getty Images By Noor Nanji Business reporter, BBC News Online retail giant Amazon plans to cut another 9,000 jobs as it seeks to save costs. The firm, which employs 1.5 million people worldwide, said the cuts would fall mainly in areas including cloud computing and advertising. It did not… Continue reading Amazon to cut another 9,000 jobs

OpenAI announces ChatGPT successor GPT-4 Getty Images By Ben Derico and Zoe Kleinman BBC News OpenAI has released GPT-4, the latest version of its hugely popular artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. The new model can respond to images – providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients, for example, as well as writing captions and descriptions. It… Continue reading OpenAI announces ChatGPT successor GPT-4

Silicon Valley Bank: Lessons learned from failed ‘tech bank’ Ben Peter Catchpole By Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Uncertainty, panic and urgency are three words I heard rather a lot on Monday morning. I have been talking to some of the UK-based tech firms which had accounts with Silicon Valley Bank, the bank that failed rather… Continue reading Silicon Valley Bank: Lessons learned from failed ‘tech bank’

Meta exploring plans for Twitter rival Reuters By Shiona McCallum Technology reporter Meta, the parent firm of Facebook and Instagram, is working on a standalone, text-based social network app. It could rival both Twitter and its decentralised competitor, Mastodon. A spokesperson told the BBC: “We’re exploring a standalone decentralized social network for sharing text updates.… Continue reading Meta exploring plans for Twitter rival

US-China chip war: Netherlands moves to restrict some exports Getty Images By Annabelle Liang Business reporter The Dutch government says before the summer it will put restrictions on the country’s “most advanced” chip exports to protect its national security, following a similar move by the US. It will include technology produced by computer chip equipment… Continue reading US-China chip war: Netherlands moves to restrict some exports

Elon Musk’s Tesla cuts prices again as tries to boost sales Getty Images By Natalie Sherman Business reporter, New York Tesla has cut prices for its electric cars – again – as it tries to boost sales and compete with rival firms. The reductions – worth several thousand pounds, depending on the market and model… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Tesla cuts prices again as tries to boost sales