Tech, AI, startups, and cyber security
Google insists Gemini will remain ad-free, yet the company has briefed advertisers on 2026 rollout plans and built complete ad infrastructure. What's really happening.
Oliver Pemberton 
Dating apps are abandoning the swipe model that made them famous. Instead, they're deploying AI assistants to reduce user burnout and reverse declining subscriber numbers.
Oliver Pemberton 
Substack has launched a built-in Recording Studio that lets creators produce pre-recorded video shows with up to two guests, then publish directly to the platform without going live.
Zara Mitchell 
IBM and Lam Research announce a major collaboration to push semiconductor scaling beyond 1nm using dry resist technology and advanced lithography at New York's Albany NanoTech Complex.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Lisuan's new 7G106 gaming GPU represents a real engineering achievement for China, but early benchmarks reveal a more complex picture than headlines suggest.
Tom Whitfield 
Google has unveiled task automation for Gemini that lets AI handle multi-step tasks like booking rides or ordering food. The feature raises questions about AI access to sensitive data.
Zara Mitchell 
Ukraine is offering allies access to battlefield data from four years of war with Russia, allowing them to train artificial intelligence models for autonomous military systems in exchange for faster development of its own defence technologies.
Oliver Pemberton 
New benchmarks show Apple's budget MacBook Neo, powered by an iPhone chip, outperforms every x86 processor from Intel and AMD in single-core performance. It's a watershed moment for the chip wars.
Jake Nguyen 
Google has released Groundsource, a new AI system that extracts flood data from millions of historical news articles to provide flash-flood warnings up to 24 hours in advance across 150 countries.
Darren Ong 
Amazon has expanded Alexa+ personality options with a new 'Sassy' mode for adults, featuring profanity and attitude while maintaining safeguards against harmful content.
Sophia Vargas 
Microsoft has launched Copilot Health, an AI tool that consolidates medical records and fitness data to help patients understand their health better. But concerns linger about AI accuracy in healthcare decisions.
Yuki Tamura 
Developers are protesting sharp quota cuts for Google's Antigravity AI coding tool, which now demands paid credits for continued use after originally promising generous limits.
Sophia Vargas 
Anthropic has rolled out inline visualization features for Claude, allowing the AI chatbot to generate interactive charts and diagrams within conversations. The move puts Claude in direct competition with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, both of which have launched similar visual learning tools in recent weeks.
Darren Ong 
Sir Tony Hoare, whose algorithms and formal methods underpin modern computing, has died aged 92. His legacy extends far beyond the sorting algorithm that bears his name.
Mitchell Tan 
Meta's VR platform faces a fundamental shift as teenagers become its most active users. But they're price sensitive and prefer free-to-play games, not the premium titles that built the Quest's early reputation.
Kate Morrison 
n8n faces a cascade of critical vulnerabilities that allow attackers to take over entire systems. Federal agencies have until March 25 to patch the latest flaw.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Disney+ launches Verts, a TikTok-like vertical video feed designed to keep you scrolling. But beneath the innovation lies a darker narrative about how entertainment companies view their customers.
Riley Fitzgerald 
NASA's Van Allen Probe A re-entered Earth's atmosphere on 11 March, eight years earlier than expected, as unusually active solar conditions increased atmospheric drag on the spacecraft.
Nadia Souris 
Hype around AI video generation has obscured a quieter reality: the real transformation lies not in replacing production but in customised models tailored to specific creative needs.
Sophia Vargas 
Google has rolled out its biggest Maps update in over a decade, bringing 3D navigation powered by Gemini AI alongside a new conversational feature for trip planning.
Tom Whitfield