Tech, AI, startups, and cyber security
Melbourne startup Cortical Labs has shown its CL1 biological computer, running on 200,000 living human neurons, playing Doom. The stunt is a commercial signal, not just a science experiment.
Mitchell Tan 
Riley Walz, Silicon Valley's self-styled jester, is bringing his knack for unconventional web experiments to OpenAI's OAI Labs team, tasked with reinventing how people interact with AI.
Zara Mitchell 
Check Point researchers uncovered three serious flaws in Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding assistant, that could allow attackers to remotely execute code and steal API credentials.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Sierra, the IBM-built supercomputer that ran classified nuclear simulations for the US government, has been decommissioned after seven years, succeeded by the world's fastest machine, El Capitan.
Marcus Ashbrook Honor's Magic V6 and Xiaomi's 17 Ultra headlined a Barcelona tech showcase that confirmed Chinese brands are setting the pace in premium mobile hardware.
Mitchell Tan 
Honor launched the Magic V6 at MWC 2026 in Barcelona, packing a massive 6,660mAh battery into a slimmer frame, but critics question whether the incremental upgrade justifies another full launch cycle.
Yuki Tamura Honor has unveiled the Magic V6 at MWC 2026, claiming world-first IP69 water resistance, a 6,660mAh battery, and an 8.75mm folded profile that undercuts Samsung's best.
Sophia Vargas 
Apple's iPhone satellite features are live in Australia, but most users don't know how to use them. Here's what you need before you head bush.
Grace Okonkwo Honor unveiled the Magic V6 at MWC 2026 in Barcelona, reclaiming the title of world's thinnest foldable with a 4.0mm profile and a 6,660mAh battery — just seven months after its predecessor launched.
Zara Mitchell 
Video doorbells promise safety, but experts warn they hand your footage to tech giants, law enforcement, and AI systems with little transparency or consumer control.
Mitchell Tan Meta plans to add facial recognition to its Ray-Ban smart glasses, with internal documents showing the company chose its launch window deliberately to avoid scrutiny.
Sophia Vargas 
Queensland's AI-powered YouFor2032 app is scanning regional communities for Olympic talent, but turning a promising scan into a medal is the harder problem.
Yuki Tamura 
Across the Middle East and North Africa, sanctions, currency crises, and licensing failures are driving millions to pirate streaming content. The platforms aren't blameless.
Oliver Pemberton 
California's sweeping new age verification law catches even Linux in its net, while Discord delays its global rollout after a bruising privacy backlash.
Mitchell Tan NanoClaw, a container-based AI agent platform built by Israeli developer Gavriel Cohen, is challenging the viral OpenClaw with a stripped-back, security-first approach that has already attracted thousands of GitHub stars.
Oliver Pemberton 
Twenty-six years ago, AMD launched the K6-III 'Sharptooth', a processor that briefly topped Intel's best and showed what genuine market competition can achieve.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Bungie has pushed Destiny 2's Shadow and Order update to June 9, scrapping the original March 3 release date and announcing the update will be renamed entirely.
James Callahan 
The makers of Frostpunk are remaking their climate disaster game using generative AI tools, prompting a pointed conversation about technological progress and its environmental cost.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
Slay the Spire 2 hits Steam Early Access on March 5, 2026, with a surprise four-player co-op mode and five playable characters at launch.
Jimmy O'Brien 
Fogpiercer, a post-apocalyptic train-based deckbuilder from Mad Cookies Studio, is generating Steam wishlist momentum ahead of its 2026 Early Access launch.
Darren Ong