Science and Tech

Australia’s internet regulator says X refused to take down a video of a high-profile stabbing in Sydney that was watched by Axel Rudakubana just before he murdered three young girls in Southport. The body, eSafety, said it “noted with great sadness” that Rudakubana viewed the violent footage of the attempted murder of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel. It said other major …

Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Sierra Space Sierra Space is working on a device designed to produce oxygen in moon-like conditions Inside a giant sphere, the engineers pored over their equipment. Before them stood a silvery metal contraption swathed in colourful wires – a box that they hope will one day make oxygen on the moon. Once the team vacated the …

Three has apologised after thousands of people reported they were unable to make phone calls on the UK mobile network. Downdetector, which tracks website outages, showed more than 10,000 people reported issues with Three in the UK on Thursday. There have also been several thousand reports from users of Smarty and ID Mobile – smaller mobile companies which use Three’s …

ChatGPT is working again after an outage saw the world’s best-known artificial intelligence (AI) tool taken offline. Downdetector, which tracks website outages, showed more than 10,000 people reported the AI chatbot, which is made by OpenAI, was not working in the UK on Thursday. Users attempting to access it were met with a message reading “the web server reported a …

Tom Gerken Technology reporter Getty Images More than 100 Reddit communities have banned users from posting links to X in protest at owner Elon Musk’s controversial arm gesture at a rally celebrating Donald Trump’s return to office. The billionaire twice extended his arm out straight as he thanked the crowd for “making it happen.” Critics, including some historians, said it …

A US lawsuit filed on behalf of LinkedIn Premium users accuses the social media platform of sharing their private messages with other companies to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. It alleges that in August last year, the world’s largest professional social networking website “quietly” introduced a privacy setting, automatically opting users in to a programme that allowed third parties to …

Social media giant Meta has offered to pay up to $5,000 (£4,040) to popular creators in the United States who join Facebook and Instagram. It says those joining from “third-party social apps” will get cash based on “an evaluation of your social presence”. Though it does not mention TikTok by name, the timing would suggest Meta is attempting to capitalise …

João da Silva, Natalie Sherman & Imran Rahman-Jones Business reporters & technology reporter Getty Images Donald Trump announced the project with the bosses of OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank The creator of ChatGPT, OpenAI, is teaming up with another US tech giant, a Japanese investment firm and an Emirati sovereign wealth fund to build $500bn (£405bn) of artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure …

Netflix will raise prices across a number of countries after adding nearly 19 million subscribers in the final months of 2024. The streaming firm said it will increase subscription costs in the US, Canada, Argentina and Portugal. “We will occasionally ask our members to pay a little more so that we can re-invest to further improve Netflix,” it said. Netflix …

Meta says its working urgently to fix a problem with Instagram which results in a “results hidden” message when users search for the terms “Democrat” or “Democrats”. Some social media users have accused the company of political bias, pointing out the issue has been occurring after President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, which was attended by Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg. …