https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/technology/ The latest Flip News stories on technology. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:26 GMT https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/apple-macos-full-disk-access-ai-agents/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/apple-macos-full-disk-access-ai-agents/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Apple said on October 2 it will introduce new controls so macOS apps can only gain Full Disk Access through 'very explicit user action', warning that AI agents are making the risks of that permission 'substantially' greater. Tom Ellery apple macos ai-agents privacy technology TechCrunch https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/spotify-outage-september-29/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/spotify-outage-september-29/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT More than 15,000 US users reported Spotify issues by 10:06 a.m. ET on Tuesday, rising to 17,000 minutes later, while Anthropic's Claude was disrupted at the same time and a second global wave of reports followed. Tom Ellery spotify outage technology downdetector Reuters https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/discord-global-age-verification-rollout/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/discord-global-age-verification-rollout/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Discord has begun rolling out its global age assurance system, automatically sorting users into adult, teen or unconfirmed groups from 23 September after a February delay over privacy concerns. James Calloway technology discord age verification online safety TechCrunch https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/ofcom-pornhub-age-check-investigation/ https://flipnews.co.uk/technology/ofcom-pornhub-age-check-investigation/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ofcom has opened an investigation into Aylo's Pornhub over concerns that its age assurance process, which leans on Apple device signals, may not be highly effective at stopping children accessing pornography. Sarah Whitfield Ofcom Online Safety Act Pornhub age verification technology Ofcom