Chris Fox

TECHNOLOGY REPORTER · BROADCAST JOURNALIST

About Chris

Chris Fox is a technology reporter for BBC News, covering apps, cyber-security, gadgets, social media, video games and everything in-between.

You will see him on BBC News reporting live from the red carpet at the Bafta video games awards, answering viewers' cyber-security questions, and going hands-on with the latest gadgets for the BBC's flagship tech show Click.

He produces reports for television, radio and online.

Chris was born in Blackpool and studied Broadcasting at Leeds University.

Before joining BBC News in 2015, he worked as a self-shooting and editing video journalist on Newsround - the BBC's news programme for children.

Prior to working at the BBC, Chris was a healthcare consultant for a pharmacy chain, and developed photos for a high street retailer.

He likes ramen, playing pool, guitar, swimming and video games.

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Photos

Chris Fox reporting from LA
Chris Fox in the BBC newsroom
Chris Fox with camera equipment in Barcelona

Videos
Chris Fox cooking

Fake bakes

Investigating the viral online 'cooking hacks' that don't actually work

Chris Fox testing RTX Voice

Silence!

Putting two noise-cancelling AI systems through their paces
Chris Fox testing night mode on smartphones

Night mode

Testing smartphone low-light photography in some very dark places
Chris Fox presenting Tech Tent for BBC Sounds

TikTok ban

Presenting the BBC's technology podcast Tech Tent, exploring the TikTok ban
Chris Fox in a light-up coronavirus mask

Light-up mask

Interviewing the creator of a light-up coronavirus face mask
Chris Fox photographed by a UV camera

Electric sun cream

Revealing how static charges can help apply sun cream via a UV camera
Chris Fox in VR shoes

Virtual shoes

Stepping into the virtual reality shoes that trick your feet
Chris Fox explaining contact tracing

Contact tracing

Explaining contact tracing and how it works
Chris Fox in Teslasuit

Teslasuit

Trying the electric virtual reality suit that shocks gamers

Articles & Investigations

Tea at the Ritz soured by scammers

Diners at the luxury Ritz hotel in London were targeted by "extremely convincing" scammers who posed as hotel staff.

Exclusive, August 2020

Google Play accused of anti-gay bias

A popular gay social network accused Google of discrimination after its app was removed from the Play Store several times without warning.

Exclusive, August 2019

Airbnb account hijackers burgle homes

Airbnb improved its security after Chris found homes were burgled by scammers using stolen accounts.

Exclusive, April 2017

Gay dating apps leak location data

Some of the most popular gay dating apps, including Grindr, Romeo and Recon, were exposing the exact location of users..

Exclusive, August 2019

Why do dating apps struggle to stop catfish?

In a bid to tackle fake profiles and fraudsters, a popular gay dating app added a sort of "verified" badge to identify authentic members.

Exclusive, October 2019

Google Face Unlock works with eyes shut

One security expert said it was a significant problem that could allow unauthorised access to the device.

Exclusive, October 2019

Gender clinic exposes patient data

A London gender identity clinic exposed details of close to 2,000 people on its mailing list.

Exclusive, September 2019

Huddle work tools exposed BBC, KPMG files

A security flaw in the office collaboration tool led to private documents being exposed to unauthorised parties.

Exclusive, November 2017

Lush cosmetics in YouTube name clash

A popular video blogger says cosmetics brand Lush took a YouTube address he had been using since 2005.

Exclusive, June 2015

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