Tech, AI, startups, and cyber security
A new EU regulation taking effect in February 2027 requires all portable devices to have easily replaceable batteries. Nintendo is reportedly planning a Switch 2 variant to comply.
Jake Nguyen 
Amazon is reportedly developing a new smartphone code-named Transformer that would centre on its Alexa AI assistant, more than 10 years after abandoning the failed Fire Phone.
Darren Ong 
More than a decade after the Fire Phone flopped, Amazon is developing a new smartphone centred on Alexa. This time, the bet is on artificial intelligence rather than novelty features.
Zara Mitchell 
Google is replacing news headlines in its Discover feed with AI-generated versions, often misrepresenting stories while still bearing publishers' names. The shift marks a break from how search has long worked.
Yuki Tamura 
Essex Police has suspended its live facial recognition programme after research found the technology was statistically more likely to identify Black people. The force commissioned independent studies to address the bias concern.
Victoria Crawford 
Windows 11 users face phantom connectivity errors after Microsoft's latest patch Tuesday update. The company says a fix is coming within days.
Zara Mitchell 
Apple's new M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pro deliver substantial speed improvements but incremental gains over earlier models. For M1 owners, the upgrade may not justify the cost.
James Callahan 
Law enforcement took down four massive botnets that launched 30 terabit-per-second attacks. But millions of vulnerable devices are still online, waiting for the next criminal network to weaponise them.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Chainguard is racing to secure AI-era software development by hardening CI/CD workflows, commercial software, and AI agent tools as attackers deploy automated bots to exploit vulnerable pipelines.
Mitchell Tan 
Surveys show a stark divide between tech companies shipping AI products and the public's actual demand for them. The real issue isn't hype or regulation—it's that AI still lacks a genuinely valuable use case people will choose.
Tom Whitfield 
Drew Goddard has finally revealed why his ambitious Sinister Six Spider-Man film never happened: the devastating 2014 Sony cyberattack forced the studio to abandon its villain-focused spinoff plans.
Jimmy O'Brien 
China has approved the world's first commercially available brain implant for paralysis treatment, leapfrogging cautious Western approaches. The move signals a strategic bet on neurotechnology dominance.
Zara Mitchell 
Tinder unveiled a major overhaul with AI matching and astrology modes, but faces deeper structural challenges in retaining users tired of swipe fatigue and fake connections.
Yuki Tamura 
Reid Hoffman's attempt to let an AI digital twin give a keynote speech exposed a fundamental contradiction at the heart of LinkedIn's AI strategy.
Andrew Marsh 
Meta is ending end-to-end encryption on Instagram by May 8. The company blamed users. The reality is far more complicated—and revealing about how platforms handle the privacy-versus-safety trade-off.
Daniel Kovac 
Sashiko, an AI-powered code review tool for the Linux kernel, detects 53% of bugs that human reviewers miss. The system offers relief to overworked maintainers but raises questions about accountability.
James Callahan 
A Texas girl's death from a viral choking challenge highlights a growing crisis: TikTok's recommendation system is putting children in harm's way, and legal protections are shielding the platform from responsibility.
Yuki Tamura 
Valve has released SteamOS 3.8.0 in preview, adding the first Steam Machine support alongside long-awaited features like hibernation and improved graphics performance across its gaming ecosystem.
Jake Nguyen 
Alibaba revealed it has manufactured 470,000 AI chips through its T-Head unit, acknowledging they lag competitors but betting that tight integration with its cloud platform and Qwen AI models will level the playing field.
Tom Whitfield 
US authorities working with Canada and Germany have shut down four major botnets compromised over 3 million internet-connected devices that were weaponised to launch some of the largest cyberattacks on record.
Aisha Khoury