Technology

Twenty-four people have been arrested in the UK after an international operation took down one of the world’s biggest online criminal marketplaces. Genesis Market hosted 80 million account credentials and digital footprints stolen from devices of more than two million people, and users could buy “bots” containing the information. The most expensive of them would

Virgin Media has apologised twice after broadband outages affected tens of thousands of customers. Customers initially experienced outages from 2am on Tuesday, which the firm said was resolved by 11.30am. Disruption was reported once again at 4pm by Downdetector – an online platform that provides users with real-time information about the status of their broadband

A psychedelic drug which causes half-an-hour trips has shown some success in treating depression, early trial results suggest. Early evidence from a small trial suggests the powerful pharmaceutical-grade hallucinogenic – known as intravenous DMT, or SPL026 – could improve symptoms of moderate to severe depression when used in conjunction with therapy. According to un-peer reviewed

NASA has named a team of four astronauts who will embark on a historic venture around the moon ahead of a return to the lunar surface. Artemis II will see the crew board the Orion spacecraft, carried by the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket – the most powerful ever built – for a flyby of

Whether weddings or funerals, few live events have the nation seeking out a screen quite like one involving the royals. Aside from England going deep into a major football tournament, the Windsors have proved the most consistently reliable boost to any broadcaster’s viewing figures ever since Queen’s Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953. That day, 2

Fifty years ago today, the first-ever mobile phone call was made. Wielding a chunky handset that more closely resembles a clown shoe than a sleek modern smartphone, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper put his biceps to work and called his friend Joel Bell at rival company AT&T. It was a proof of concept that has gone

Scientists have set a new record for the deepest fish ever caught on camera – as well as the deepest catch ever made. The juvenile fish – a type of snailfish – was filmed swimming at 8,336m (27,349ft) in the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, south of Japan. The previous record – also a snailfish – was recorded

Well, first the good news: untreated sewage was pumped into our rivers and seas less frequently last year than the year before. Overall, storm overflow spills – when sewage gets released into the environment due to treatment works being overwhelmed – were down 19% in 2022, according to the latest data. But the raw figures

ChatGPT has been banned in Italy while the country’s data protection authorities investigate its collection of user information. The chatbot, which is operated by OpenAI and financially backed by Microsoft, has amassed more than 100 million monthly active users since launching late last year. It has threatened to upend everything from search engines to creative

Stressed plants emit sounds and these noises can be heard by animals, a new study finds. The frequency of these noises ware too high for humans to detect, but researchers believe they can be heard by insects, other mammals, and possibly other plants. According to the research, “stressed” plants that have not been watered for

PlayStation action epic God Of War Ragnarok has dominated the BAFTA Games Awards, winning six of the 14 awards it was in the running for. The action adventure, with its stunning landscape, Norse gods and monsters, won best animation, audio achievement, music, while its stars – Christopher Judge and Laya DeLeon Hayes – won best

Migraine and cluster headaches have been linked to the body’s internal clock, research has found. The meta-analysis involved 72 studies on how circadian rhythm – the body’s internal clock – appears to be involved in either of the two headache disorders. The study included data on the time of day or time of year a

The reintroduction of millions of previously extinct oysters to part of the Scottish Highlands is set to transform the area into a bastion of biodiversity, researchers have said. European native oysters almost became extinct in the UK, the population declining by 95% since the mid 19th century, likely due to overfishing. It also led to

Elon Musk and a group of artificial intelligence experts are calling for a pause in the training of powerful AI systems due to the potential risks to society and humanity. The letter, issued by the non-profit Future of Life Institute and signed by more than 1,000 people, warned of potential risks to society and civilisation

Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been charged with bribing Chinese officials with payments of $40m (£32.4m). Prosecutors have accused him of directing the payment to unfreeze accounts belonging to his hedge fund. The accounts of his trading firm Alameda Research, which Chinese authorities had frozen, are said to have held more than $1bn (£812m)

Increasing numbers of children are “split-screening” so that they can watch multiple social media videos at a time, new research suggests. Not content with their endless feeds of single attention-sapping clips on apps like TikTok and Instagram, many youngsters are now dividing their smartphone screens to see two or more simultaneously. Some even stack videos