Articles by Robert Booth UK technology editor

Technology

Minister indicates sympathy for artists in debate over AI and copyright

People rightly want to get get paid for their work, says Liz Kendall, in apparent change of tack to predecessor

2 hours ago

Technology

Ofcom at risk of losing public trust over online harms, says Liz Kendall

Technology secretary fears digital frontier may be outpacing regulator, with AI chatbots a particular concern

2 days ago

Technology

What is Cloudflare – and why did its outage take down so many websites?

Bet365, League of Legends, Sage, YouTube and Google were among those taken offline as provider tried to fix problem

5 days ago

Technology

Cloudflare outage causes error messages across the internet

US company that defends millions of websites against malicious attacks says it believes issue ‘is now resolved’

5 days ago

Technology

Roblox to block children from talking to adult strangers after string of lawsuits

Gaming platform to use facial age estimation to limit chats to similar age groups, as allegations of grooming grow

5 days ago

Artificial Intelligence

UK consumers warned over AI chatbots giving inaccurate financial advice

Which? study of ChatGPT, Copilot and others uncovers incorrect and misleading tips on investments, tax and insurance

5 days ago

Technology

Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track

Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want

6 days ago

Technology

Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online

Sensitive information relates to more than 100 individuals and their referees

Nov 14, 2025

Technology

Google plans to put datacentres in space to meet demand for AI

US technology company’s engineers want to exploit solar power and the falling cost of rocket launches

Nov 4, 2025

World

AI firm wins high court ruling after photo agency’s copyright claim

Ruling in case brought by Getty Images against Stability AI is seen as a blow to copyright owners

Nov 4, 2025

Technology

Experts find flaws in hundreds of tests that check AI safety and effectiveness

Scientists say almost all have weaknesses in at least one area that can ‘undermine validity of resulting claims’

Nov 4, 2025

Technology

‘History won’t forgive us’ if UK falls behind in quantum computing race, says Tony Blair

Exclusive: Former PM and ex-Tory leader William Hague warn UK lacks high-risk capital and infrastructure to harness benefits of powerful technology

Nov 3, 2025

Technology

In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia

From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research

Nov 3, 2025

World

Ukrainian computer game-style drone attack system goes ‘viral’

System rewards soldiers who achieve strikes with points that can be used to buy more weapons in an online store

Nov 3, 2025

Technology

ChatGPT ‘upgrade’ giving more harmful answers than previously, tests find

Campaigners ‘deeply concerned’ about response to prompts about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders

Oct 14, 2025

Politics

Rishi Sunak takes advisory roles with Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic

Former UK prime minister told post-ministerial jobs watchdog roles would not involve lobbying or UK policy influence

Oct 9, 2025

Technology

Millions in UK at risk of cyber-attacks as Windows 10 ends updates, Which? finds

Survey shows one in four users intend to keep using system as it is phased out, despite increased virus and malware risk

Oct 8, 2025