The quest to find healthy and cheap sweeteners

Start-up firms are producing new sweeteners but will they be able to compete with sugar?

Driverless car firm Cruise to cut 900 jobs

The move comes as the company faces an investigation by regulators into the safety of its cars.

TikTok faces watchdog probe after supplying inaccurate information

Ofcom had asked the viral video platform for information about its parental controls.

Twitch revamps rules on sexual content

The Amazon-owned site, popular with gamers, says previous rules around nudity were “confusing”.

Quiz: Are these images real or AI?

Test your skills in detecting AI-generated images with Bitesize’s monthly quiz.

Threads: Meta’s rival to Elon Musk’s X launches in EU

The platform is released five months after it debuted in the UK, US and other parts of the world.

Etsy: Online marketplace lays off 11% of staff to cut costs

CEO Josh Silverman tells staff the cuts are needed as sales have been “essentially flat” for two years.

Name that whale! How AI aces animal spotting

Artificial intelligence helps people identify what animals they are looking at and aids conservation.

Facebook encryption risks children’s safety, National Crime Agency warns

Signs of abuse will be missed because of the encryption of messages, the National Crime Agency says.

Elon Musk’s Tesla recalls two million cars in US over Autopilot defect

It follows investigation into crashes which occurred when firm’s Autopilot system was in use.