IT TOOK decades for Jimmy Savile to become a beloved national institution, but only a few weeks for his ghost to trash another one. On October 3rd a documentary screened on ITV, a commercial ...

The BBC wants to leverage machine learning to improve its online services and the programmes it commissions every year. Today, the broadcaster announced a five-year research partnership with eight ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Today, BBC’s R&D team announced a five-year initiative to use machine learning to work out what audiences want to ...

We've been hearing for decades that advancements in technology will, among other things, steal jobs from humans. That has arguably come to fruition, especially in industries with menial tasks like ...

The Raspberry Pi has become one of the best-selling British computers of all time. With more than five million of the credit-card sized computers out the door, the £35 board has moved closer to ...

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond yesterday launched a broadside against the "BBC machine" for his party's exclusion from the televised prime ministerial debates. The Scottish National Party has ...

Russia isn't alone in its campaign to spread fake news. Iran was one of the early adopters in the world of made-up current affairs designed to spread disinformation and discredit legitimate media. One ...