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Ukraine crisis: Online security expert, Richard Bingley from Global Cyber Academy, breaks down the risks to web users and looks at how Vladimir Putin’s internet army operates. Crypto: Stablecoins boost as bitcoin and ether drops after Ukraine attack. Polish video games developer pledges profits for Ukrainian Red Cross to help neighbouring country’s war victims. Earth observation: How satellites ar...

Four Russian cosmonauts among International Space Station multinational crew are “largely isolated” from Earth crisis, as Ukraine reels from a cyberattack when computer-wiping malware infected hundreds of computers. Artificial intelligence will be at heart of Metaverse, says Mark Zuckerberg. Safety fears after increase in teenage girls reporting online dating assaults. Dippy the dinosaur is back i...

Hopes the advances in tissue engineering developed by RMIT University in Melbourne could help regrow bone lost to cancer. What caused two high-tech Black Hawk National Guard helicopters to crash near Utah ski slope? Voice bank preserves memories and gives motor neurone disease patients future power of digital speech. Ethics backlash over urban ‘dark stores’ delivering groceries. Study suggests bra...

As Russian order troops into eastern Ukraine, British defence secretary Ben Wallace says soldiers are ready to launch a digital strike if Moscow targets UK computer networks. We speak to Richard Bingley, Global Cyber Academy CEO. Quake Country...West Midlands hit by 2.8 magnitude earthquake. Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - outage as 72GB expansion causes gaming downtime. World class pterosaur fossil...

The entrepreneur founded SBTV, an online urban music platform, which helped launch the careers of British artists including Dave, Ed Sheeran and Skepta. Donald Trump launches new social media app. Hear schoolchildren beam voices into deep space for alien radio project. Ukraine cyberattacks: US and UK point fingers at Russia. How safe is UK government’s ‘living with Covid’ strategy? Clone of Newton...

Meteorologists claim storm Eunice could be as bad as the great storm of ‘87, as highest weather warning is issued. Meta says it now has 300,000 users on its Horizon Worlds VR platform. It’s designed for people with the Quest VR headset, and lets people build custom environments to hang out and play games in. GCHQ warns key industries to tighten up their cybersecurity, as tensions rise between Russ...

NASA say they’re “fired up” for a new mission exploring how to control fire in space. They hope that one day humans can use fire safely on planets like mars and the moon, in zero gravity. Find out about a baby ‘ghost shark’ that’s thought to be ‘very rare’. We reveal the secrets of Stonehenge, from a new London exhibition. PS5 consoles sell out in SEVEN minutes at a UK toy store, The Sims 4 weddin...

Surgeons and doctors have been testing new VR tech to practise heart surgery. The technology, which creates a 3D digital double of the heart was found to boost surgeon’s confidence and decision making. Cyberpunk 2077 has finally got a patch with 50GB of improvements. It’s supposed to have fixed glitches, typos, slow loading times and other issues it was released with. Billionaire space tourist Jar...

A study says pharmaceuticals are polluting rivers across the world. The analysis by the University of York, found pollution in rivers on every continent. Experts are warning of the psychological tricks used by scammers to get your money, as scams have risen by 17% in the last three months. Barclays says purchase scams are the most common, with an average value of £980. New research suggests people...

Three non-fungible tokens have been seized by officials at HMRC. It’s believed to be the first enforcement action taken involving the crypto asset, as part of an investigation into VAT repayment fraud. Polestar has taken a jab at Tesla in its Superbowl advert. In the ad - titled ‘No Compromises’ it gave several promises including ‘No conquering mars’, taking a snipe at Tesla CEO Elon Musk. A zoo h...

Elon Musk says the SpaceX Starship - the most powerful rocket ever built - should be ready in the next few months. NASA plans to use the fully reusable vehicle to land astronauts on the moon as early as 2025. Musk, meanwhile, hopes to eventually deploy a fleet of Starships to create a city on Mars. Crypto: Binance to take a $200million stake in Forbes. Winter Olympics 2022: We hear from ‘The Man W...

 The Samsung Unpacked event saw the announcement of a new lineup of Galaxy phones - the Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S22 Plus. Tomi Adebayo aka ‘Gadgets boy’ tells us all about the new offerings, including what is essentially a successor to the Galaxy Note line - the Galaxy S22 Ultra with an included stylus. The earliest known evidence of modern humans in western Europe has been found. We hear...

Cryptocurrency worth more than $5 billion has been seized by the US Department of Justice in the largest ever confiscation. A New York couple which includes the self-proclaimed 'Crocodile of Wall Street' have been arrested. A geomagnetic storm has taken out 40 of 49 SpaceX Starlink satellites launched last week and the UK Foreign Office has been the target of a 'serious cyber incident'. Samsung’s...

Watched ‘The Tinder Swindler’ on Netflix yet? Well one of the women at the heart of the story has been telling us about her fight to protect others from this kind of fraud. Cecilie Fjellhøy, fell victim to Simon Leviev and is still paying off hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of debts. Also, porn sites will be legally required to verify users' age or face hefty fines under the new Online...

The Spotify CEO has condemned Joe Rogan over his use of racial slurs but says he won’t ‘silence’ him. In a leaked letter sent to staff, Daniel Ek, said he will not remove the US podcaster from the platform. He went on to confirm that over 100 episodes of the show had been taken down but said it was Rogan’s decision, after ‘discussions’ and ‘his own reflections on some of the content in the sh...

European Space Agency’s Phillipe Berthe reveals latest on Nasa dress rehearsal launch for mission to put the first woman and person of colour on Moon. In 2031, the International Space Station will crash back to Earth to save $1 billion. Frozen hunt is on for world’s most challenging shipwreck - Shackleton’s Endurance. Tech billionaires’ bank balances in a day: Zuck ‘loses $29 billion as Bezos trou...

Following reports, the Bureau has confessed to testing an “evaluation” licence for the Pegasus iPhone hacking tool by NSO Group...but claims it wasn’t used on an actual investigation. Meta shares plunge amid user drop and #DeleteFacebook trending. Hear about Nasa’s discovery of ‘salty lakes’ on Mars. Britain on alert as snack giant KP says ransomware attack could fuel crisps shortage. The dodgier-...

Research suggests a miniscule device could reduce cancer recovery times and help patient survival. Winter Olympics: why Beijing’s fake snow guns signal urgent action in climate crisis. FBI tells visitors to 2022 Games to take ‘burner’ phones amid cyber-hack fears. What’s Wordle’s next move after sale of hit web game? Asteroid could keep trailing Earth’s orbit for 4,000 years. Climate crisis: Briti...

Online wordplay sensation Wordle has been bought from its creator by the New York Times, but the media firm hints it may not be free to play in future. Politicians say social media giants ‘should be fined’ for failing to stop online abuse by account-switching trolls. Destiny developer Bungie jumps to Sony in $3.6 billion deal. Another NFT vanishing act as Minecraft ‘Blockverse’ disappears after £1...

The podcasting heavyweight posted an Instagram video about his views, saying he actually believes vaccines are safe and promising more balanced perspectives, as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex release a comment on the controversy. Do North Korea photos show powerful missile test from space? James Webb Space Telescope is being calibrated to gaze at its first star system target. President Ronald Reag...

The National Cyber Security Centre is urging UK firms to bolster their cyber defences, after an attack on 70 government websites in Ukraine. The attack was suspected to have been carried out by Russia - which the Kremlin denies. Scientists in the US have developed a new tool to harness tumour-eating cells, that could fight cancer more quickly. They say using tissue from someone’s own body can elim...

The creator of a gaming app designed to diagnose people’s levels of depression says tech firms should be ethical when it comes to using AI. Thymia CEO Emilia Molimpakis has designed as a tool to identify people’s mental wellbeing through facial expressions and speech patterns. Spotify says it regrets Neil Young's decision to remove his music from the streaming platform and “hope to welcome him bac...

Samsung is set to reveal its latest S22 series on the 9th February. It's also predicted a new Ultra device will replace the Galaxy Note. A new study suggests almost 300,000 people in Britain could have a potentially deadly heart valve disease. Researchers say 100,000 people may have the condition without knowing. Facebook’s Libra crypto project may be coming to an end. Will Microsoft honour Activi...

Memorabilia from The Beatles is going to be transformed into NFTs. John Lennon’s eldest son Julian is selling some of the bands items virtually.  The James Webb Telescope has arrived at its destination a million miles from earth. It’s going to orbit the sun, looking far into space for the first ever galaxies. Twitter bans Wordle bot account spoiling the answers for everyone. Omicron vari...

With tensions over Russia’s intentions with Ukraine rising it looks as though bitcoin and stocks are facing a plunge this week. The drop is thought to be down to a ‘cocktail of concerns’ facing global investors. Miami Hack Week kicks off: inviting the best hackers in the states to put new technology through its paces.    Scientists are championing a simple new device for Stoma bags...