Latest Science & Technology News

Children Screen Time Rockets

Social media does 'more ham than good' - as majority support stricter rules to protect mental health

Online Safety Act

Young people support stricter rules on social media

A child using an Apple iPhone smartphone

MPs to debate Bill aimed at limiting harms of smartphone use among children

Santander

Santander banking services ‘fixed’ after outage

Exclusive
The independent reviewer of terror legislation has backed calls for social media to be banned for under 16s

UK's terror watchdog says calls to ban social media for under-16s 'have merit'

More Science & Technology News

Dr Craig Wright arrives at the Rolls Building in London last year (Lucy North/PA)

Man behind false Bitcoin founder claim improperly used AI in appeal bid – judge

Donald Trump

Lastminute.com founder warns of ‘peril’ for tech sector amid Trump DEI crackdown

A Santander branch in Nottingham city centre

Santander users hit by outage affecting banking app and other services

A man holding a bank card and mobile phone while using a laptop

Barclays to pay up to £12.5m in compensation to customers hit by outages

Girl with a smartphone at night

Children under 16 could be banned from social media under new plans

The word Porn written in search bar on virtual screen

Fifth of adults who watch porn say content they view has become more extreme

A child using a smartphone

Hundreds of jobs ‘under threat at TikTok’s Ireland operation’

The OpenAI logo on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying random binary data

Competition regulator will not investigate Microsoft partnership with OpenAI

Sir Cameron Mackintosh at the Les Miserables remastered screening in London

AI copyright plans would be ‘undemocratic own goal’, says Sir Cameron Mackintosh

A person's hands on a keyboard

Meta brings facial recognition tools to spot celeb scam adverts to the UK

A man looks at a phone

Tougher laws needed to combat non-consensual intimate images, MPs say

The hands of an elderly woman

Use of AI software that predicts falls and illnesses to be scaled up nationwide

The number of children who said the internet was important for finding supportive communities rose from 44% to 50% (PA)

Children struggling to cope with harms encountered online – study

A winner’s Bafta mask is held up

The full list of nominations for the Bafta Games Awards

Bafta masks

‘Extraordinary’ and ‘wide open’ Bafta Games Awards field hailed

Nothing Phone (3a) Series smartphones

Smartphones were ‘quite boring’ until we came along, Nothing co-founder says

Latest News

See more Latest News

Brian James

The Damned founding guitarist Brian James dies aged 70

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet US officials in Saudi Arabia

Zelenskyy vows to 'work constructively' with Trump as US-Ukraine peace talks to go ahead in Saudi Arabia
Prisons minister Lord Timpson

UK's largest jail to be created as HMP Highpoint sees 'groundbreaking' expansion - with 700 extra places
Kyle Clifford has been found guilty of rape after admitting killing the family.

Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford was 'fuelled' by Andrew Tate videos before rape and murders, court told
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet US officials in Saudi Arabia

Zelenskyy to meet US officials in Saudi Arabia, as Trump hits out at NATO allies 'not paying enough'
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa

Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa likely died around the same time, fire chief confirms

World News

See more World News

Rome, Italy. 25th Jan, 2025. Pope Francis seen during the Celebration of Vespers

Pope Francis heard speaking for first time since entering hospital as he thanks well-wishers in audio message

8 hours ago

Port de Sóller

Spanish holiday hotspot introduces 'resident-only' zones - here's how the 'nightmare' policy will impact tourists

10 hours ago

Any deal with Russia may take time Ukraine doesn't have, the former PM of Ukraine has warned.

Peace deal with Russia will 'take time' that Ukraine might not have, former Ukrainian PM warns

10 hours ago

The News Explained

Crowded Piccadilly Line train at station on London Underground

Piccadilly Line to part-close this weekend for two weeks: Here's what you need to know

6 months ago

Rishi Sunak outside 10 Downing Street

Rishi Sunak facts: Height, wife, children and policies revealed

Ages ago

Big Freeze

Arctic blast sets off government's Cold Weather Payment - but are you eligible for the £25 off energy bills?

Ages ago

More Topics

See more More Topics

War in Ukraine

Cost of Living Crisis

UK Strikes

Immigration

Crime & Police

London

NHS

Royal News