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Musk promises self-driving Tesla taxis, but are they safe?

BBC Tech Correspondent Lily Jamali analyses the 'robocabs' and if their technology is up to par.




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Tech Life: The big business of online charity donations

We speak to the CEO of charity fundraising company GoFundMe




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Gamer role introduced in children's hospital

Steven Mair is the Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity's new gamer in residence




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Meet the AI robot whose artwork sold for over $1m

A portrait of mathematician Alan Turing is thought to be the first artwork by a humanoid robot to be sold at auction.




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US 'click to cancel' rule to ban subscription traps

New rule requires businesses to make subscribing and cancelling subscriptions equally simple.




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Social media faces big changes under new Ofcom rules

Ofcom warns social media companies could face fines if they don’t comply with the new Online Safety Bill




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How does WhatsApp make money? It's free - with some tricks

We all use messaging apps such as WhatsApp for free, but what's in it for them?




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Trump says Apple boss called him to complain about EU

The EU ordered Apple to pay Ireland billions in unpaid taxes in September.




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US probing Elon Musk's Tesla over self-driving systems

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's evaluation is the first step toward a potential recall of 2.4 million Tesla vehicles




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TikTok owner sacks intern for sabotaging AI project

Chinese technology giant ByteDance denied reports that the incident caused more than $10m of damage.




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Blade Runner 2049 maker sues Musk over robotaxi images

Alcon Entertainment says it denied a request to use material from the film at the Tesla cybercab event.




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Facebook and Instagram launch celebrity scam ad crackdown

Celebrities including Elon Musk and Martin Lewis repeatedly feature in ads for products they have not endorsed.




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TikTok founder becomes China's richest man

Zhang Yiming's fortune has leapt to almost $50bn, according to a newly published rich list.




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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 launches with eyes on Game Pass

It is available straight away to subscribers of Microsoft’s Game Pass service, a first for a game this big.




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China's BYD overtakes Tesla revenue for first time

The electric vehicle giant saw its revenues jump 24% as government subsidies boost China's car industry.




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Instagram lowering quality of less viewed videos 'alarming' creators

The revelation has sparked concern among some creators it may impact their reach on the platform.




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'I can't run a business like this': Why the WordPress row matters

WordPress's tools are used by 40% of the world's websites, making this a spat with big consequences.




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Apple's AI features roll out on iPhones - but not for all

The new features include notification summaries and tools to assist users in writing messages.




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How X users can earn thousands from US election misinformation and AI images

The accounts are part of pro-Trump and pro-Harris networks sharing each other’s content multiple times a day.




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'Sickening' Molly Russell chatbots found on Character.ai

The foundation set up in her memory said it would cause "further heartache to everyone who knew and loved Molly".




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Russia fines Google more money than there is in entire world

The mind-boggling figure has been levied due to the company restricting Russian state media on YouTube.




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DNA-testing site 23andMe fights for survival

Once millions used it to find out about their family histories - this week it was almost delisted. What went wrong?




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Snapchat most-used app for grooming, says NSPCC

The children's charity says the police data shows people are "still waiting" for social media to be made safe,




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The environmental campaigners fighting against data centres

A growing global movement is seeing people object to data centres in their locality.




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Law firm finds grooming claims against MrBeast co-host baseless

The YouTuber hired the firm to look into claims that a co-host had sent inappropriate messages to a minor.




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Hunt for Bitcoin's elusive creator Satoshi Nakamoto hits another dead-end

Why are still no closer to unmasking the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto?




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Vodafone-Three merger could get green light, watchdog says

It wants commitments on prices and 5G if the creation of the UK's biggest mobile network is to go ahead.




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Australia plans social media ban for under-16s

The government says it wants to mitigate the "harm" social media is inflicting on children.




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What Elon Musk could gain from Trump's presidency

One of the president-elect's most visible supporters, Musk could be given a role in Trump's White House.




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Roblox announces new safety features for under-13s

The gaming platform has previously been criticised for allowing young users to be exposed to harmful content.




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DNA firm holding highly sensitive data 'vanishes' without warning

Customers of Atlas Biomed are angry and worried about what's happened to the highly sensitive data they shared.




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Bitcoin tops record $80,000 as Trump nears sweep of US Congress

On the campaign trail the president-elect pledged to make America "the crypto capital of the planet".




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'I was moderating hundreds of horrific and traumatising videos'

The BBC speaks to social media moderators, whose job it is to find and remove distressing and illegal content.




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DNA-testing site 23andMe to lay off 40% of its workers

The once-popular general DNA-testing firm holds a trove of sensitive genetic data from its customers.




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NatWest blocks staff from using WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger

Employees must stick to official channels to make sure their messages are fully retrievable.




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Seven wild moments from the turbulent story of Bitcoin

Its record price is making headlines - but that's just one part of the cryptocurrency's tumultuous story.




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Comic for 2021.12.17

New Cyanide and Happiness Comic




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Comic for 2021.12.19

New Cyanide and Happiness Comic




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Comic for 2021.12.21

New Cyanide and Happiness Comic




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Bootstrap Icons v1.10.0

Bootstrap Icons v1.10.0 is here with nearly 150 new icons. This release includes tons of new variants for person, building, and database icons, plus new brands, rockets, road signs, globes, and many more. We’re now at over 1,900 icons!

150 new icons

Here’s a quick look at all the new icons in v1.10.0:

Some highlights for the new icons include:

  • 22 new person icons
  • 26 new house icons
  • 24 new building icons, including a renamed building to buildings
  • 22 new database icons
  • 24 new street sign icons
  • New globe icons
  • New EV, taxi, bus, and scooter transportation icons
  • New rockets
  • and more!

We also fixed the fill rules for several some issues across the docs, including:




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Bootstrap 5.2.3

We’ve deviated from developing v5.3.0 to ship a new patch release, Bootstrap v5.2.3, with a handful of more urgent bug fixes.

Highlights

  • Added the missing :root CSS variables to our utilities bundle
  • Fixed the deprecation warning with Sass 1.56.0
  • Fixed the RTL translate() direction for carousels
  • Fixed tooltip and popover disposal inconsistencies

We’re heading right back to it with v5.3.0 with support for color modes, new utilities, and more. Look for a pre-release of that soon.




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Bootstrap 5.3.0-alpha1

It’s a Christmas miracle—Bootstrap v5.3.0-alpha1 has arrived just in time for the holiday break! This release brings new color mode support, an expanded color palette with variables and utilities, and more.

We’re keeping things short and simple in this blog post with deeper dives into the new color modes and more coming in future posts. For now, we want you to enjoy the holiday break and come back next year feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. Keep reading for what’s new and we’ll see you next year!




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Bootstrap 5.3.0-alpha2

Our second alpha release of v5.3.0 has landed with a ton of enhancements and bug fixes for our new color modes! There’s still more to come, but we’ve held off shipping until we ironed out enough issues. Huzzah, we have!

This v5.3.0 release is a monumental update for Bootstrap 5. It’s big enough that it could’ve been a v6 on its own, but we wanted to do right by the community and get color modes out the door without the massive major release upgrade. We’re getting super close now, so bear with us as we continue to chip away at this.




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Bootstrap 5.3.0-alpha3

Hot on the heels of our second alpha, we’re releasing a third (and unexpected) alpha for v5.3.0 today with some fixes for some Node Sass compilation errors. In addition, we’ve added a handful of other updates. We’re still on target to ship our stable release soon!

Once again, if you’re new to the v5.3.0 alpha releases, please read through the Migration guide for the first alpha and last month’s second alpha.

Here’s a look at what’s changed in this quick release:




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Bootstrap 5.3.0

It’s official, the final stable release of v5.3.0 has landed! It’s been a monumental effort to revamp our codebase for CSS variables and color modes, one that will see continued changes leading up to an eventual Bootstrap 6. And we’re so excited to finally ship it!

On top of all the work that’s gone into this release, a lot has happened behind the scenes since we shipped our pre-releases. Keep reading to learn everything that’s new in v5.3.0.




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Bootstrap 5.3.1

Bootstrap v5.3.1 is here with bug fixes, documentation improvements, and more follow-up enhancements for color modes. Keep reading for the highlights!

  • Color modes:
    • Increased color contrast for dark mode by replacing $gray-500 with $gray-300 for the body color
    • Added our color mode switcher JavaScript to our examples ZIP download
  • Components:
    • Improved disabled styling for all .nav-links, providing .disabled and :disabled for use with anchors and buttons
    • Add support for Home and End keys for navigating tabs by keyboard
    • Added some basic styling to toggle buttons when no modifier class is present
    • Fixed carousel colors in dark mode
  • Forms:
    • Fixed floating label disabled text color
  • Utilities:
    • .text-bg-* utilities now use CSS variables
  • Sass:
    • Add new $navbar-dark-icon-color Sass variable
    • Removed duplicate $alert Sass variables
    • Added a new variable for $vr-border-width to customize the vertical rule helper width
  • Documentation:
    • Added search to our homepage
    • Improved responsive behavior on Dashboard example
    • Improved dark mode rendering of Cheatsheet examples

Get the release

Head to https://getbootstrap.com for the latest. It’s also been pushed to npm:




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Bootstrap Icons v1.11.0

Bootstrap Icons v1.11.0 has arrived with 100 new icons—including new floppy disk icons, additional brand icons, new person icons, new emojis, some birthday cake, a few new science icons, and more. We’re now at over 2,000 icons!

100 new icons

Here’s a quick look at all the new icons in v1.11.0:

Check out the pull request for all the details on which icons were added and which were updated.




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Bootstrap 5.3.2

Bootstrap v5.3.2 is here with bug fixes, documentation improvements, and more follow-up enhancements for color modes. Keep reading for the highlights!

Highlights

  • Passing a percentage unit to the global abs() is deprecated since Dart Sass v1.65.0. It resulted in a deprecation warning when compiling Bootstrap with Dart Sass. This has been fixed internally by changing the values passed to the divide() function. The divide() function has not been fixed itself so that we can keep supporting node-sass cross-compatibility. In v6, this won’t be an issue as we plan to drop support for node-sass.
  • Using multiple ids in a collapse target wasn’t working anymore and has been fixed.

Color modes

  • Increased color contrast of form range track background in light and dark modes.
  • Fixed table state rendering for color modes with a focus on the striped table in dark mode to increase color contrast.
  • Allow <mark> color customization for color modes.

Docs

Get the release

Head to https://getbootstrap.com for the latest. It’s also been pushed to npm: