Release date, price and new games announced
Tom Gerken & Tom Richardson Technology reporter & BBC Newsbeat Nintendo Nintendo icon Mario is back in a new Mario Kart game Nintendo has revealed the Switch 2, the long…
Parents allowed to block children’s games and friends on Roblox
Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images Roblox is one of the world’s largest games platforms, with more monthly users than Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation combined. In 2024 it averaged…
Screen time in bed linked to worse sleep, study finds
Liv McMahon Technology reporter Getty Images People who spend more time looking at a screen in bed are more likely to report insomnia and sleep loss, a study has found.…
Dating apps for kink and LGBT communities expose 1.5m private user images online
Researchers have discovered nearly 1.5 million pictures from specialist dating apps – many of which are explicit – being stored online without password protection, leaving them vulnerable to hackers and…
Do home crowds make a difference in esports?
Andrew Rogers BBC Newsbeat RLCS Fans at last year’s RLCS competition in London Conventional wisdom tells us professional athletes perform best in front of a home crowd. Great Britain’s Olympic…
Musk’s xAI buys his social media platform X
Elon Musk says that his AI venture xAI has acquired his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. In an X post Friday, Musk said the all-stock transaction values…
Center Parcs removes X link from site after fake account set up
The holiday park company Center Parcs has removed links to its old X account from its website after a man who took over the account was contacted by genuine customers.…
H&M to use digital clones of models in ads and social media
Liv McMahon Technology reporter Getty Images Fashion retailer H&M is to use artificial intelligence (AI) to create digital “twins” of 30 models. It says it will use the AI doppelgangers…
OnlyFans fined over user age-check information failings
Tom Singleton Technology reporter Getty Images OnlyFans’ parent company has been fined £1.05m after giving inaccurate information about the measures it had in place to check the age of its…
Trump says he may cut China tariffs to help seal deal to sell the app
US President Donald Trump says he may cut tariffs on China to help seal a deal for short video app TikTok to be sold by its owner ByteDance. Trump also…