Ticketless train travel to be trialled across cities

Technology - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 10:25
The digital ticketing trials will allow passengers to check in and out using a location-identifying app.

Meta to stop its AI chatbots from talking to teens about suicide

Technology - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 09:05
The firm says it will add more guardrails "as an extra precaution" and temporarily limit chatbots teens can use.

Children at risk of identity theft and fraud from 'sharenting'

Technology - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 08:57
Researchers at the University of Southampton are warning of the dangers of posting your children's photos online.

Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea

Science/Nature - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 07:32
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".

Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea

Science/Nature - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 07:32
The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".

BYD shares slide as China's EV price war hits profits

Technology - Mon, 09/01/2025 - 04:50
The EV maker faces a crowed market, with rivals like XPeng and Telsa, which have all cut prices.

Enforcing Australia's social media ban on kids is possible but contains risks, report says

Technology - Sun, 08/31/2025 - 23:34
The impending ban is popular with many parents, but experts have raised concerns over privacy and age verification technology.

Canada's first lunar rover looks to future space exploration

Science/Nature - Sun, 08/31/2025 - 20:35
The mission's goal is to find water on the Moon, which could open the door for a sustained human presence there.

The first game to feel truly cinematic is back - years after its creator left

Technology - Sat, 08/30/2025 - 21:58
The first new game in the series in a decade - a remake - has been released, without involvement of the series creator.

‘Public enemy number one’: The battle against an eight-toothed beetle threatening UK forests

Science/Nature - Sat, 08/30/2025 - 21:35
Forest Research said the UK is the first country to eradicate the beetle after five-year battle.

Military drills spark hundreds of wildfires in UK

Science/Nature - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 21:55
Live explosives on army training sites in the UK countryside mean many wildfires cannot be tackled.

Court documents shed new light on UK-Apple row over user data

Technology - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 12:58
The document suggests the government may still want access despite US officials saying it had dropped the demand.

Musk files to dismiss lawsuit over his purchase of Twitter shares

Technology - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 08:09
US regulators allege his late disclosure of Twitter share purchases allowed him to buy them at "artificially low prices".

Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters

Technology - Fri, 08/29/2025 - 07:33
The fast food chain is reassessing its use of the tech after a number of errors were shared widely online.

The Druids Oak is 800 years old - can it help save tomorrow's forests?

Science/Nature - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 21:10
Scientists are decoding the DNA of Britain’s ancient oaks to crack the secrets of their superpowers.

The Druids Oak is 800 years old - can it help save tomorrow's forests?

Science/Nature - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 21:10
Scientists are decoding the DNA of Britain’s ancient oaks to crack the secrets of their superpowers.

Thirsty data centres boom in drought-hit Mexico

Technology - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 20:03
Activists in Querétaro criticise state government for prioritising the data processing needs for US tech firms over their own citizens

Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer's death

Technology - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 13:03
Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, died during a live stream on the Kick website.

BBC Inside Science

Science/Nature - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 13:00
What’s the evidence behind rat infestation warnings? And farewell to wet wipe island

Incinerator broke air pollution limits 916 times

Science/Nature - Thu, 08/28/2025 - 09:48
The Environment Agency are currently considering enforcement action against the operator, Viridor.