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Mark Poynting,Climate researcher, Becky Dale,Senior data journalist, BBC Verifyand Jess Carr,Data designer Getty Images Renewable energy – considered crucial to limiting climate change – produced a record amount of electricity in Great Britain in 2025, BBC analysis shows. Wind was the biggest single renewable source of electricity, according to the provisional figures from the National…

After months of conversations with ChatGPT, a 53-year-old Silicon Valley entrepreneur became convinced he’d discovered a cure for sleep apnea and that powerful people were coming after him, according to a new lawsuit filed in California Superior Court in San Francisco County. He then allegedly used the tool to stalk and harass his ex-girlfriend. Now…

Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor Getty Images The government says its controversial digital ID scheme will not be applied retrospectively, with UK workers only needing it when they apply for a job after its proposed introduction by 2028. Announcing the plans in September, Sir Keir Starmer said they were a means to stop people “slipping into the…

Over the past few years, Google’s A-series Pixel phones have consistently been some of the best midrange phones you can buy. But with the AI boom causing memory shortages and the price of consumer electronics to rise, including smartphones, affordable devices like the Pixel 10a are more important than ever. Thankfully, Google’s new phone still…

Anthropic is debuting a new AI model as part of a cybersecurity partnership with Nvidia, Google, Amazon Web Services, Apple, Microsoft, and other companies. Project Glasswing, as it’s called, is billed as a way for large companies, and potentially even the government, to flag vulnerabilities in their systems with virtually no human intervention. Anthropic is…