Entries by BBC News

Facebook £3bn legal action given go-ahead in London

A mass legal action alleges Facebook abused its dominance to monetise 45 million UK users’ personal data.

SpaceX’s legal home moved to Texas, says Elon Musk

It comes after a judge in Delaware annulled his $55.8bn pay package from electric carmaker Tesla.

Future data centres may have built-in nuclear reactors

As AI uses more electricity, new data centres could have their own nuclear power stations.

Offenders confused about ethics of AI child abuse

A charity warns that creating or viewing such images is still illegal, even if the children are not real.

X accused of taking payments from terrorists

Campaigners at the Tech Transparency Project in the US found paid-for features for organisations.

AI could ‘supercharge’ election disinformation, US tells the BBC

US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco says the US wants tougher sentences for crimes involving AI.

Google joins mission to map methane from space

The tech giant is deploying AI to help identify large sources of methane leaks in satellite data.

Quest 3 better than Apple Vision Pro, says Zuckerberg

The Meta boss says his firm’s headset is ‘the best product, period’ after trying Apple’s rival.

Amazon founder Bezos sells shares worth over $4bn

The multi-billionaire moved to Florida last year, which has no state tax on share sales above $250,000.

‘AI won’t steal your job, but people using it may’

Hovhannes Avoyan, founder of picture and video editing app Picsart, shares his advice for our CEO Secrets series.