Technology

Artificial intelligence (AI) software cut the hours that social workers spent on admin tasks by more than 60% in a recent pilot scheme. Magic Notes, a tool which records conversations and generates assessments, was trialled by 19 Swindon Borough Council social workers, with “overwhelmingly positive” results. Ms Ballman said: “We are now carefully considering the

Jimmy Donaldson, better known by his online alias MrBeast has found himself at the centre of a legal storm, facing a 54-page lawsuit that threatens to overshadow his success. The recent lawsuit, filed by a former employee, alleges a range of workplace issues, including wrongful termination and breach of contract. The 54-page document details claims

South Korean technology tycoon, Kim Beom-su, who is also known as Brian Kim, has been indicted on charges of stock price manipulation. Kakao executives led by Mr Kim have been accused of buying large amounts of shares in K-pop agency SM Entertainment to inflate its stock price and undermine a competing offer to take over

TikTok says it is addressing a cyber-attack that targeted brands and celebrities, including Paris Hilton and CNN.However, the video-sharing app told the BBC that a “very limited” number of accounts had been compromised.It added that it was working with users to restore access to their accounts.TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, did not

Sony has revealed a host of upcoming games to a mixed response. The console-maker’s State of Play broadcasts are a short collection of trailers and gameplay footage of forthcoming games. There’s been criticism that the company’s PS5 release calendar has been lacking the blockbuster exclusives that PlayStation built its name on. It doesn’t normally show

The world’s first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will be blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in September.Each side of the experimental satellite developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry measures just 10 centimetres (four inches). The creators expect the wooden material

Sales of iPhones have fallen in almost every market across the globe, according to the latest results from Apple. The technology giant said overall demand for its smartphones dropped by more than 10% in the first three months of this year, with sales falling in every geographic region except for Europe. Apple said that overall,

Chinese tech giant ByteDance has said it has no plans to sell TikTok after a new US law put it on a deadline to divest from the hugely popular video platform or have it banned in the United States. US lawmakers set the nine-month deadline on national security grounds, alleging that TikTok can be used