Tag Archives: BBC Tech

I played the £75 Mario Kart World on Switch 2 – was it worth it?

The BBC gets hands-on with the hotly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2, launching in June.

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Buyers circle and rumours swirl as TikTok sale deadline looms

Despite the increasing number of potential buyers, neither the app nor its Chinese owner have confirmed they will do a deal.

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‘Google AI presented my April Fools’ story as real news’

Journalist Ben Black was “shocked” to discover his fake news from five years ago used by AI.

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Tesla sales plunge after Elon Musk backlash

The car maker’s sales slide has been attributed to competition and controversy around its boss.

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Nintendo announces Switch 2 release date – and a new Mario Kart game

Nintendo has released details of the long awaited successor to the best-selling gaming console

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Parents allowed to block children’s games and friends on Roblox

They are the latest safety measures from the gaming platform, which has faced questions over inappropriate content.

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Screen time in bed linked to worse sleep, study finds

The research found a correlation between looking at a screen in bed and reporting insomnia and sleep loss.

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Could TikTok be banned again and who might buy it?

The president says he would like TikTok to ‘remain alive’ as his extended deadline for its sale-or-ban approaches.

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Kink and LGBT dating apps exposed 1.5m private user images online

The often-explicit pictures are being stored without password protection, leaving them vulnerable to a hack.

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Musk’s xAI buys his social media platform X

The move could be aimed at protecting investors, who helped him buy purchase X, from losing money.

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