Technology

How much your data is worth - and how to stop people profiting from it

Companies generate massive profits from people's information, with experts describing user data as "the new oil".

NHS facing 'worst case scenario' December amid 'super flu' surge

NHS England has warned the health service is facing a "worst case scenario" December with a surge of "super flu".

OpenAI bags Disney characters for Sora short video app

OpenAI has signed its first major licensing deal to bring well-known characters to life on its Sora video generation tool.

'New future achievable' at Grangemouth as two firms plan job creation

Two new projects on the site of a former oil refinery could create up to 460 new jobs in the coming years, with the help of cash from the UK and Scottish…

Worst social media app for child abuse offences revealed

Snapchat is the most commonly-used social media platform in reported child exploitation and abuse offences, according to new police figures.

GCHQ releases annual Christmas puzzle - can you solve it?

GCHQ has released its annual Christmas challenge, with seven puzzles aimed to put the nation's codebreaking skills to the test.

There's one big problem with Australia's social media ban

The trouble with the scientific evidence behind the social media ban in Australia is that there is not more of it.

Do you have ringing in your ears? For millions who do, there could now be a solution

Do you suffer from ringing in your ears? For millions of people in the UK who do, researchers say they may have found a solution.

Patients with previously untreatable blood cancer now disease-free after world-first gene therapy

Patients with a previously untreatable form of blood cancer are now living disease-free after a world-first gene therapy.

Australia's under 16s social media ban: How it works and could the UK bring in a similar law?

Australian has become the world's first country to implement a social media ban for under-16s.

New mpox strain discovered in England

A new strain of mpox has been discovered by scientists in England.