Topic: Technology

Technology covers the tools, companies and systems shaping how people work, communicate, create and access information. It includes artificial intelligence, software, consumer devices, space and digital infrastructure, as well as the policy, security and social questions that follow them.

The topic matters because technological change increasingly affects everyday life and public decision-making. Coverage helps readers follow new developments, assess their practical impact and understand the debates around innovation, privacy, reliability and accountability.

  • Hospital charity supporters hit by cyber attack

    Sheffield Hospitals Charity has warned supporters that their personal details may have been accessed after a cyber attack on Beacon CRM, the secure database system it uses to manage donor information. Beacon detected the breach on Monday, and it is understood to have affected more than 1,000 charities and organisations that rely on the platform,…

  • Hospital charity supporters hit by cyber attack – BBC

    Hospital charity supporters hit by cyber attack  BBC

  • OpenAI settles DOJ claim it discriminated against US citizens in hiring

    OpenAI reached a $3.2 million settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over claims that it discriminated against U.S. citizens with its hiring practices.  The DOJ’s investigation involved “fewer than 10” positions but argued it was important to crack down on unfair hiring practices impacting American workers and effectively shutting them out of applying for…

  • Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

    Shopify has reported that AI-powered search tools are boosting traffic and sales for merchants on its platform rather than eating into traditional search, contrasting with the impact AI summaries have had on online publishers, where click-through rates and advertising revenue have suffered. President Harley Finkelstein told analysts on the company’s second-quarter earnings call that AI…

  • Why haven’t we seen images of SpaceX Moon crash yet?

    A BBC News video report examines why images have not yet emerged following a reported crash involving a SpaceX mission to the Moon. The piece, published in the US & Canada section, addresses public curiosity about the incident and the apparent delay in visual evidence being released, a subject of interest given SpaceX’s high profile…

  • Samsung and Mousterian move ahead with floating datacenter for Texas

    Samsung Heavy Industries and Dallas-based Mousterian Corporation have signed an engineering contract for their first floating datacentre project, to be moored beside a power plant in Houston, Texas. The deal moves the pair’s partnership from concept to active design work, with the aim of showing that waterborne data halls can bring AI and hyperscale computing…

  • Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks

    Hark, an AI startup that raised $700 million in Series A funding in May 2026, has unveiled Hark Handoff, an agent designed to navigate websites and complete tasks on users’ behalf, even where no official API exists. The launch places Hark in a crowded field of computer- and browser-use agents being developed by major players…

  • Part of SpaceX rocket believed to have struck Moon

    A discarded section of a SpaceX rocket is believed to have crashed into the Moon, according to a BBC News video report. The story falls under the BBC’s Science & Environment coverage and highlights growing interest in what scientists can learn from debris left in space unexpectedly colliding with the lunar surface. The report does…

  • All New Pokopia Bubbly Basin Pokemon And How To Unlock Them

    Pokemon Pokopia’s new 2.0 update is live, and this introduces the ability to dive and explore underwater areas of the map. The Bubbly Basin paid expansion also includes dozens of new Pokemon to discover. In this guide, we’ll highlight all of the new Pokemon added with Bubbly Basin and how to create their habitats. You…

  • Google plans to kill Assistant on your phone on September 4

    Assistant will disappear, leaving only Gemini for voice control in the coming weeks.