Chris Vallance

5 days ago | bbc.com | Liv McMahon |Chris Vallance

Elton John and Dua Lipa seek protection from AILiv McMahon & Chris VallanceBBCDua Lipa, Sir Elton John, Sir Ian McKellen and Florence Welch are among a list of stars calling on the prime minister to update copyright laws in a way that protects them from artificial intelligence. A letter signed by more than 400 British musicians, writers and artists, addressed to Sir Keir Starmer, says failing to give that protection would mean them "giving away" their work to tech firms.

6 days ago | bbc.com | Chris Vallance

Wikipedia legally challenges 'flawed' online safety rulesChris VallanceSenior Technology ReporterGetty ImagesWikipedia is taking legal action against new Online Safety Act regulations it says could threaten the safety of its volunteer editors and their ability to keep harmful content off the site.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Chris Vallance |Tom Gerken

Contactless payments have since been restored, the BBC has been told, however this has been questioned by some customers. BBC staff have described witnessing the impact of the suspension of contactless payments. At Euston station, in London, shop staff were seen shouting that it was cash only as the payments system was down. Disruption was also seen in Glasgow, and a store at Edinburgh Haymarket seemingly closed early.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Imran Rahman-Jones |Chris Vallance

Discord is testing face scanning to verify some users' ages in the UK and Australia. The social platform, which says it has over 200 million monthly users around the world, was initially used by gamers but now has communities on a wide range of topics including pornography. The UK's online safety laws mean platforms with adult content will need have "robust" age verification in place by July.

4 weeks ago | bbc.com | Tom Gerken |Chris Vallance

Tom Gerken & Chris VallanceTechnology reportersTens of thousands of Spotify users around the world have reported they were unable to stream music on the app. Downdetector, which tracks platforms, showed more than 20,000 people reported Spotify was not functioning on Wednesday afternoon from 13:30 GMT. Thousands more reported issues in the US and parts of Europe. Spotify told the BBC "the issue with Search has been addressed" it was rolling out the update to its users.