Half of all women have felt unsafe at some point walking alone in the dark, according to recent figures from the Office for National Statistics. Read more

Many vintage BlackBerry phones will stop working on Tuesday as the company turns off support for its operating system. For journalist Bill Wilson, it means the retirement of a faithful workhorse. Read more

Apple has launched an app for competitor Android's smartphones, which will inform users if there is a tracking device nearby. Read more

Meta has released its social virtual reality space, Horizon Worlds, after more than a year in private test mode. Read more

Following a hypoxic brain injury, Sarah Hill has needed full-time care - but now, virtual reality is opening up new worlds, from deep sea to deep space, all from the comfort of her care home. Read more

The Chinese province of Henan is building a surveillance system with face-scanning technology that can detect journalists and other "people of concern". Read more

Six-month-old Archie was born with a condition where the growth lines in his skull had fused too early. Read more

While open-access science has made research available worldwide, some scholars worry that misinformation, fraud and politicization have become rampant in a system that rewards speed and sparkle. Read more

A scientist who wrote a leading textbook on artificial intelligence has said experts are “spooked” by their own success in the field, comparing the advance of AI to the development of the atom bomb. Read more

Saturn-sized planet candidate has been identified in Whirlpool Galaxy 28m light years away Read More