TikTok being used by 16% of British toddlers, Ofcom finds
British toddlers are increasingly likely to be users of TikTok, with a substantial number of parents saying their preschool children use the video service despite...
11 years, 10 arrests, at least 62 women: how did Britain’s worst cyberstalker evade justice for so long?
The conversations always started the same way. A woman would get a message from a social media user. It would say: “Can I tell you...
Dyson launches Zone air purifying Bluetooth headphones with visor
Dyson has announced its first wearable product that builds the firm’s air purification expertise into a set of Bluetooth noise cancelling headphones aimed at city...
Surface Laptop Studio review: Microsoft’s top new quirky portable PC
The Surface Laptop Studio is Microsoft’s creative workstation that replaces the unique outgoing Surface Book line with a slightly more normal laptop-like form but is...
Artificial intelligence beats eight world champions at bridge
An artificial intelligence has beaten eight world champions at bridge, a game in which human supremacy has resisted the march of the machines until now....
Climate groups say a change in coding can reduce bitcoin energy consumption by 99%
Bitcoin mining already uses as much energy as Sweden, according to some reports, and its booming popularity is revitalizing failing fossil fuel enterprises in the...
The drone operators who halted Russian convoy headed for Kyiv
One week into its invasion of Ukraine, Russia massed a 40-mile mechanised column in order to mount an overwhelming attack on Kyiv from the north....
Putin has a 21st-century digital battle plan, so why is he fighting like it’s 1939? | John Naughton
One thing at least we know about Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine: it isn’t going according to plan. Ah, yes, you reply, but which plan?...
US charges four Russian hackers over cyber-attacks on global energy sector
The US has unveiled criminal charges against four Russian government officials, saying they engaged in two major hacking campaigns between 2012 and 2018 that targeted...
‘He helped shape the modern world’: gif inventor Stephen Wilhite dies after getting Covid
Wilhite worked for Compuserve until 2001, after he had a stroke. Meanwhile, gifs’ popularity took off, including on early social media sites such as MySpace....