The Free Linux Tool That Tells You Exactly Why Your PC Boots Slowly
If your Linux machine takes an age to start up, a built-in diagnostic tool called systemd-analyze can identify the culprit in moments.
Mitchell Tan Technology
Tech, AI, startups, and cyber security
Mitchell Tan Google to Double Chrome's Release Pace from September
Google will move Chrome to a fortnightly release schedule from September, halving the current four-week cycle and raising the tempo of security patches and feature drops.
Darren Ong X Takes On WhatsApp With Standalone Chat App in Beta Testing
X has begun testing a standalone iOS messaging app, xChat, separating its direct messages from the main social feed in a direct challenge to WhatsApp and Signal.
Oliver Pemberton While Samsung Chases AI, Xiaomi Bets on Glass and Glass Alone
Xiaomi's camera chief says AI features got a lukewarm reception, so the company is doubling down on hardware. Samsung and Google are taking the opposite path.
Yuki Tamura 
AI Data Centres Can Act as Grid Shock Absorbers, UK Trial Shows
A UK trial involving National Grid, Nvidia, and Emerald AI has shown AI data centres can cut power use in near real time, offering a potential answer to grid congestion worldwide.
Darren Ong Australia joins West's push to lock in 6G security before the network exists
Australia is among seven Western governments seeking to shape 6G security standards before the technology is even standardised, with major industry players including Qualcomm and Ericsson lending support.
Darren Ong 
Apple's M5 MacBook Blitz: More Power, Less Change, Higher Prices
Apple has launched M5-powered MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models with faster AI performance and doubled storage, but prices have risen across the board.
Nina Papadopoulos 
Nvidia's N1X Chip Matches Intel and AMD on Paper, But Gaming Is Another Story
Nvidia's N1X PC processor cores match AMD and Intel in benchmarks, but the critical question of x86 game emulation remains unanswered.
Zara Mitchell 
Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max Rewrite the Rules for Pro Laptop Silicon
Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max chips bring a radical new dual-die design, six 'super cores', and up to 4x the AI compute of the previous generation to the MacBook Pro.
Darren Ong AWS Bets on Open VSX as VS Code's IDE Crown Shows Cracks
AWS has backed Open VSX, the open-source VS Code extension registry, with new European cloud infrastructure, as fresh survey data shows VS Code losing ground among Rust developers.
Mitchell Tan Enterprise AI Ambition Outpaces Governance, Global CIO Survey Finds
More than half of global CIOs say AI adoption is moving too fast to manage, with governance gaps, skills shortages, and provider dependency risks mounting.
Mitchell Tan Microsoft Eyes $99 AI Agent Licence to Charge for Digital Workers
Microsoft is reportedly planning a new $99/month enterprise tier that would licence AI agents like human employees, raising serious cost questions for Australian businesses.
Zara Mitchell A Calendar Invite Was All It Took to Raid Your AI Browser's Files
Security researchers at Zenity Labs found that a routine Google Calendar invite was enough to silently exfiltrate local files and hijack a 1Password vault through Perplexity's Comet AI browser.
Mitchell Tan 
South Korea's Tax Agency Handed Thieves a $4.8m Crypto Key in a Press Release
South Korea's tax authority accidentally published a cryptocurrency wallet's recovery phrase in a press release, enabling thieves to drain nearly $4.8 million overnight.
Samantha Blake GoPro Bets Its Future on a New AI Chip Due in Months
GoPro has unveiled its GP3 chip, a 5-nanometer processor with twice the image power of its predecessor, as the company chases a comeback after years of financial strain.
Sophia Vargas 
Scientists Crack the Rewritable DNA Storage Barrier in Breakthrough Study
A University of Missouri team has made DNA storage rewritable for the first time, bringing molecular-scale data archiving closer to practical reality.
Grace Okonkwo 
World's Top Cryptographers Sound Alarm on Age Verification Rush
Over 400 researchers, including a Turing Award winner, say age verification laws risk doing more harm than good without far greater technical rigour.
Oliver Pemberton 
Meta Joins the AI Shopping Race with Its Own Chatbot Product Tool
Meta is quietly testing an AI shopping assistant in the US, putting it in direct competition with OpenAI and Google in the fast-growing world of agentic commerce.
Sophia Vargas 15.8 Million French Medical Records Exposed in Third-Party Software Breach
Hackers breached French medical software provider Cegedim Santé in late 2025, exposing 15.8 million patient files and triggering one of France's largest ever health data leaks.
Megan Torres 
Google Turns Your Nest Cameras Into a Live AI Interrogation Tool
Google's latest Google Home update lets subscribers ask Gemini what their cameras can see right now, pushing the smart home into genuinely useful AI territory.
Mitchell Tan