A total ban on under-16s owning smartphones should be considered by the next government, according to a report from MPs. The House of Commons Education Committee also called for a statutory ban on mobile phones in schools. It argued that screen time was harmful to children’s mental and physical health, and both schools and parents needed clear guidance from the ...
Google’s new search feature that uses AI to answer some users’ questions is facing criticism over its inaccurate responses, including telling users to eat rocks and mix pizza cheese with glue. AI Overview rolled out across the US last week and became available to some users in the UK last month. It is designed to make searching for information simpler ...
UK scientists have discovered a new planet that could potentially support human life and it isn’t that far away… relatively speaking. The temperature on Gliese 12b is around 42C which means it could be liveable. In fact, it is one of the few known planets where humans could theoretically survive. “It’d be uncomfortable for a human but the way we ...
These are the largest images of the universe ever taken. They come from the Euclid space telescope which is trying to create a 3D map of the universe. That map will help us understand how our universe formed and what is happening to it now. A huge treasure trove of information was released on Wednesday, based on just 24 hours ...
The surprise election announcement made for a sluggish start to the campaign in most ways. But the speed of digital meant the online campaign was up and running in minutes – in fact, as we’ll see, the shadow campaign was already being waged. Every election, we talk about it being the biggest digital election. That’s not untrue. With five years ...
A new Microsoft feature that screenshots users’ laptops every two seconds is being investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The Recall feature will be installed on new Microsoft laptops and is part of their artificial intelligence (AI) programme Copilot+. The feature will record everything a user does by taking screenshots every few seconds. It then allows the user to ...
BT has been fined £2.8m after EE and Plusnet failed to provide clear and simple contract information to more than a million customers. Since June 2022, BT’s EE and Plusnet businesses made more than 1.3 million sales without providing customers with a contract summary and information documents, which affected at least 1.1 million customers, according to industry watchdog, Ofcom. This ...
Pedestrians may be twice as likely to be hit by an electric or hybrid car compared to petrol or diesel vehicles, according to a new study. The study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health on Tuesday analysed casualty rates on the road in the UK between 2013-2017. The researchers said their findings indicated collisions with pedestrians ...
People with small fat cells are more likely to gain weight when they’re older, according to scientists in Stockholm. Although you might not be able to tell from looking at them, some people have smaller fat cells than others, which shrink and grow as their weight fluctuates. To test how these different-sized cells impact weight over time, doctors at the ...
Scarlett Johansson has said she was “shocked” and “angered” after OpenAI allegedly recreated her voice without her consent for a new ChatGPT system. The actress released a statement where she personally criticised the company’s CEO Sam Altman for insinuating she was the voice named ‘Sky’ by posting the word ‘her’ on X, a reference to a film where she voiced ...