Entries by BBC News - Technology

The weird materials behind sustainable furniture /in /by

Seaweed, coffee bean shells and fungus are all being employed to cut the use of plastic in furniture.

Mobile phones: Firms face £3bn legal claim for overcharging /in /by

Lawsuit alleges Vodafone, EE, Three and O2 overcharged existing customers for their mobiles.

Lego Fortnite: Gaming giant launches Minecraft rival /in /by

The new co-operative survival game mode sees players crafting items with Lego bricks.

The Game Awards 2023: How orchestra chief makes the famous medley /in /by

The Game Awards’ conductor talks creating a Games of the Year medley and the return of Flute Guy.

Facebook and Messenger to automatically encrypt messages /in /by

The Home Secretary James Cleverly says he’s “incredibly disappointed” by Meta’s decision to automatically encrypt all messages

The people creating digital clones of themselves /in /by

Business leaders and experts are making online copies of themselves to answer the questions they get.

ChatGPT builder helps create scam and hack campaigns /in /by

A cutting-edge tool from Open AI appears to be poorly moderated, allowing it to be abused by cyber-criminals.

Meta is child abuse ‘breeding ground’, lawsuit claims /in /by

Facebook and Instagram are rife with child abuse, the New Mexico attorney general alleges.

Google claims new Gemini AI ‘thinks more carefully’ /in /by

Tech giant says Gemini will supercharge existing products, and take on market leader GPT-4.

Bitcoin rally: Is El Salvador’s Bitcoin bet paying off? /in /by

President Bukele is celebrating as his $120m Bitcoin reserve is finally in the black – but economists are not.