Bot Armies and AI Hunger Are Killing the Affordable PC
Web-scraping bots are targeting scarce DDR5 memory stock for resale while Gartner warns the entry-level PC market may cease to exist within two years.
Sophia Vargas Technology
Tech, AI, startups, and cyber security
Sophia Vargas Motorola Bets on GrapheneOS to Break Google Pixel's Privacy Lock
Motorola has partnered with the GrapheneOS Foundation, ending the privacy OS's long exclusivity with Google Pixel hardware and targeting flagship Motorola devices by 2027.
Mitchell Tan 
Starlink's 5G-from-Space Ambition Takes Shape at Barcelona's MWC
SpaceX unveiled its Starlink V2 satellite roadmap at MWC Barcelona, targeting 150 Mbps speeds and sealing a deal with Deutsche Telekom to cover 140 million European subscribers.
Oliver Pemberton AI and Cybersecurity: Silicon Valley's Promises Are Outpacing the Evidence
AI tools are flooding software development with vulnerable code faster than security teams can fix it. But is the industry's AI-powered cure credible?
Nadia Souris 
Nvidia's RTX 5070 Tops Steam Charts, But Methodology Clouds the Picture
Nvidia's RTX 5070 leapt to the top of Steam's GPU charts in February, but questions about survey accuracy and Chinese café gaming complicate the headline.
Mitchell Tan When AI Agents Go Rogue: The Insider Threat Nobody Saw Coming
Agentic AI is moving from pilot to production at companies like Telstra, but security experts warn the same autonomy that makes it productive could make it dangerous.
Darren Ong Telstra's Agentic AI Pilot Is Weeks Away, But the Cost Equation Remains Unsettled
Telstra is weeks from piloting agentic AI via Salesforce's Agentforce platform, but senior executives warn the technology must prove its cost case before broad deployment.
Mitchell Tan Meta's Silent Salespeople: Instagram Turns Creators Into Involuntary Advertisers
Meta is testing an AI feature that adds shopping links to Instagram posts without creators' consent, sparking backlash over rights, transparency, and commercial exploitation.
Daniel Kovac Windows 11 Crosses the Tipping Point as Microsoft Turns the Screws on Laggards
Windows 11 has surged to 72.57% global market share, driven by Microsoft cutting Windows 10 support. But millions of devices — and a fifth of monitored servers — remain stubbornly behind.
Sophia Vargas 
Japan's Cave-Inspired 3D Printed Home Clears Seismic Bar
A compact reinforced concrete home printed by robots in Miyagi Prefecture has passed Japan's strict seismic building code, opening new possibilities for automated construction.
Victoria Crawford 
GPS Blackout at Sea: 1,100 Ships Hit as Iran War Goes Digital
More than 1,100 ships have had their GPS signals spoofed or jammed in the Middle East Gulf since US-Israeli strikes on Iran began, threatening global oil flows and triggering cyber warnings from London to Canberra.
Oliver Pemberton Tech Giants Are Already Selling 6G. Nobody Knows What It Is Yet.
Qualcomm and Nvidia are racing to claim the 6G future at MWC 2026, but formal standards won't be finalised until 2030 at the earliest.
Darren Ong Tariff Squeeze Pushes Analogue Pocket Price Up Again
The Analogue Pocket is back in stock, but Trump's tariffs mean it will cost more than ever. Preorders open March 4, with shipment in June 2026.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Nvidia Patches Recalled Driver That Left GPUs Running Without Fans
Nvidia has released driver 595.71 to fix a serious fan control bug in the since-recalled 595.59 update, which left some GPU fans not spinning at all.
Helen Cartwright Firefox 149 Beta Brings Split View to the Masses, Threatening Niche Rivals
Firefox 149 beta enables split view by default for the first time, letting users place two tabs side by side. The feature, already hidden in versions since Firefox 146, is scheduled for full release on 24 March.
Priya Narayanan AI Is Dismantling the Career Ladder. Here's How to Climb Anyway
The traditional career ladder is crumbling under AI pressure. New data reveals how workers can still reach the top — but the path looks nothing like before.
Fatima Al-Rashid NebiOS Wants to Free Your Desktop from Google. There's a Catch.
NebiOS pairs a polished custom Wayland desktop with a Google Workspace-style cloud suite — but reviewers warn the companion NebiCloud service may be dangerously out of date.
Mitchell Tan Singapore Puts Its Data Centre Power Problem on the Water
Bridge Data Centres and Concord New Energy have signed a deal to develop Singapore's first barge-based hydrogen power system for AI data centres.
Bruce Mackinnon MWC 2026: Nothing Bets on Colour as Tecno Dreams in Modules
Nothing unveiled four Phone 4a colourways at MWC 2026, while Tecno turned heads with a radical 4.9mm modular concept that cannot even charge via USB-C.
Mitchell Tan Go Gets Generic Methods, But Developers Want More
Go's approval of generic methods marks a notable shift, but the 2025 developer survey shows enums, exception handling, and nil safety are the bigger asks.
Yuki Tamura