Tech & AI

Volkswagen is employing 100 sheep at a solar farm in Poland

It's more of a baa-ter arrangement.…

Despite ‘misgivings,’ judge approves Elon Musk’s $1.5M SEC settlement

The saga of Musk's tussle with the SEC over how he disclosed his growing stake in Twitter (now X) has come to an end.…

SpaceX's Grok 4.5 launches at half the price of rivals — here's why that could rattle Anthropic and OpenAI

Elon Musk's SpaceX released Grok 4.5 on Wednesday, the first artificial intelligence model the company has trained …

Elon Musk says X will DM you about posts that receive a Community Note

The social platform wants its crowd-sourced corrections to be harder to ignore.…

Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%

AI cheating leads to "a failed society," professor says.…

iOS 27 adds nine new languages and accents to Apple Translate

In addition to bringing new keyboard and typing improvements across multiple languages, iOS 27 will also add several lan…

'I'm not a programmer' anymore: Linus Torvalds on the only two tools he uses now

At the Open Source Summit in Mumbai, Torvalds discusses the pain and power of AI in the kernel, and why Linux no longer …

Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself

More young girls sue X over Grok CSAM; X accused of shielding child predators.…

I replaced my Sonos home theater with this Sony system - here's why innovation is king

Sony's Bravia Theater Trio arrives in a unique form and doesn't let traditional home theater rules hinder its performanc…

OpenAI launches GPT-Live, a full-duplex voice upgrade that lets ChatGPT talk more like a person

OpenAI on Wednesday launched GPT-Live, a pair of new voice models that fundamentally redesign how people talk to ChatGPT…

EmTech AI 2026: The Rise of the AI Platform

Can entrepreneurs have children and still succeed? New survey digs deep

Startup culture loves a sacrifice story. Sleepless nights, missed holidays, laptops open at dinner, founders running on …

Outcry as Meta lets users make AI images from public Instagram profile pics

The tech giant said people can opt out - but privacy campaigners called it a "recipe for disaster".…

The Download: worms fight pollution, and geoengineering faces reality

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going o…

Thief posed as Wi-Fi fixing hero, then stole priceless trophy

If people think you are doing a legitimate job, you can get away with anything…

New Horizons Pluto probe just woke itself up after 321 days of hibernation

Good luck getting your PC to do that after lunch…

The $28 Million Mistake That Inspired Estonia's AI “Fuckup Finder”

A single wording mistake cost the government millions. Now Estonia is using AI to spot legal errors before they become l…

Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek thinks AI has a future

Plans to lift portfolio exposure by 150 percent, and even more once it adds electrification ventures…

nubia Neo 5 GT Special Edition debuts with the first and only Liquid and Air Dual Active Cooling System in its class

PARTNER CONTENT: nubia aims to democratize premium gaming with a revolutionary AquaCore thermal architecture, launching …

World Fund, IQ Capital among backers of €91m QuantumDiamonds round

Munich’s QuantumDiamonds raises €91 million to scale its quantum-based semiconductor inspection technology

Munich-based QuantumDiamonds (QD) today announced the close of a €91 million funding round to scale production of its qu…

Truecaller clashes with India’s telecom regulator over anti-spam rules

The caller ID company says users are increasingly ignoring and blocking calls from India's dedicated business number ser…

Robots available for rent: But what can they do?

Robotics tech is changing fast, so for many it makes sense to rent a robot.…

Meta is reportedly working on smart glasses that would be recording all the time

Meta might be the next company to make an always-on AI wearable. The company is working on prototype "super sensing" alw…