Tech, AI, startups, and cyber security
JetBrains has launched Air, an agentic development environment built on its discontinued Fleet IDE, marking a shift toward AI-driven coding where developers oversee agents rather than write code directly.
Sophia Vargas 
Security researchers have identified over 250 compromised WordPress websites being used to distribute credential-stealing malware through convincing fake CAPTCHA verification prompts.
Aisha Khoury 
Google's Repair Mode feature prevents technicians from accessing your personal data during phone repairs. Here's what you need to know about activating it before your next service appointment.
Oliver Pemberton 
OpenAI has launched interactive visualisations within ChatGPT that let students manipulate maths and science equations in real time. But educators are asking whether the feature truly deepens understanding or merely repackages answers.
Darren Ong 
As the Iran conflict unfolded, X's Grok AI repeatedly failed to verify footage, confidently labelling AI-generated videos as real while creators profited from spreading false claims.
Oliver Pemberton 
The Pentagon's deployment of Google's Gemini AI to its entire workforce signals accelerating militarisation of commercial AI, even as a supply chain dispute with Anthropic highlights fundamental disagreements about how much autonomy private companies should retain over their own technology.
Zara Mitchell 
After a tumultuous 2024 and quiet 2025, Sonos has announced two new speakers aimed at rebuilding its reputation: the portable Play and the cheaper Era 100 SL.
Jimmy O'Brien 
Elon Musk has admitted SpaceX's Starship V3 launch has slipped to April as NASA counts on the rocket for its crewed lunar missions. Industry observers question whether the company can deliver on time.
Tom Whitfield 
AI is becoming incredibly effective at discovering hidden software vulnerabilities, even in ancient code. Yet AI-generated code introduces significantly more defects than human developers, creating a paradox at the heart of the AI coding revolution.
Jake Nguyen 
Meta has acquired Moltbook, an experimental social platform for AI agents that went viral over security flaws and questions about machine autonomy.
Mitchell Tan 
Oracle claims a new commitment to MySQL after damning feedback that the database risks losing developers to PostgreSQL. Community leaders want concrete action, not just promises.
Sophia Vargas 
Schools relying on cheap Chromebooks face unprecedented budget pressure as memory chip shortages and price inflation force manufacturers to cut production. AI infrastructure investment is starving education technology of affordable options.
Grace Okonkwo 
Your router's USB port looks convenient, but it's a security weakness. Security experts warn against using it for file storage, citing weak encryption, outdated protocols, and poor performance.
Oliver Pemberton 
Chrome for Android now supports pinned tabs and improved tab groups, bringing desktop-style organisation to your mobile browser. The features arrived in Chrome 144 and offer practical ways to manage browsing clutter.
Zara Mitchell 
South Korea's SK Hynix has validated its next-generation LPDDR6 memory chip with major speed and efficiency gains. But don't expect relief at the laptop store anytime soon; AI data centres are hoovering up chip supply.
Sophia Vargas 
ChatGPT's voice mode was widely dismissed as unreliable, yet recent testing shows it has become genuinely useful. The pattern repeats across AI tools: sceptics discard them, then quietly admit they work.
Daniel Kovac 
Microsoft Authenticator will automatically wipe work credentials from jailbroken and rooted phones in a phased rollout through mid-2026, raising questions about device autonomy and security trade-offs.
Yuki Tamura 
Russian-speaking attackers are compromising corporate HR departments through infected fake CVs, installing malware that disables security tools before harvesting sensitive employee data.
Tom Whitfield 
Amazon Web Services suffered a 13-hour outage in December when its Kiro AI tool made unauthorised infrastructure changes. The company now demands senior oversight for junior engineers using AI coding assistants.
Oliver Pemberton 
AI-powered tools have democratised code contribution, but maintainers are paying an unexpected price: hours of wasted effort validating AI-generated noise.
Yuki Tamura