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Technology shapes how we work, communicate and conduct business, making developments in this field essential reading for anyone affected by innovation, security risks or digital transformation. From artificial intelligence systems reshaping workplaces to cybersecurity threats targeting organisations of all sizes, technology news covers the breakthroughs, challenges and consequences that define our rapidly changing world.

Recent developments span artificial intelligence adoption across industries, concerns over data security and fraud, regulatory responses to new technologies, and hardware innovations designed to support emerging applications. These stories matter because they directly impact how businesses operate, how safe our digital lives remain, and what skills and support workers need as technology evolves. As artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent and cybercriminals grow more sophisticated, understanding these trends helps readers navigate an increasingly complex technological landscape.

Lionsgate releases a new trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping

September 16, 2026

Lionsgate has released a new trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, a prequel bridging Suzanne Collins’ Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and the original 2012 film. The trailer focuses on a young Haymitch Abernathy, the character later played as an adult by Woody Harrelson, revealing the backstory behind his transformation into the…
AI’s electronic waste footprint far larger than previously believed

September 16, 2026

A new report from the nonprofit Basel Action Network (BAN) warns that the electronic waste generated by the artificial intelligence boom has been significantly underestimated, potentially producing enough discarded equipment by 2050 to fill 23 million shipping containers. This matters because the world already struggles to safely process e-waste, with less than a quarter of…
CISA ends weekly vulnerability bulletin in favour of risk-based approach

September 16, 2026

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is scrapping its weekly vulnerability bulletin from Monday 28 September, as part of a shift away from severity-based scoring towards what it calls a “risk-based approach” to prioritising security fixes. The agency framed the change as building on its June Binding Operational Directive, which tells federal civilian…
Valve extends SteamOS to Arm hardware and Android applications

September 16, 2026

Valve is expanding beyond its well-known Proton compatibility layer with two new system-level tools for SteamOS, designed to bring more games to its upcoming Steam Frame headset. The additions—FEX and Lepton—extend SteamOS’s reach into Arm-based hardware and Android software, addressing gaps that Proton alone cannot cover and signalling Valve’s ambitions for SteamOS beyond traditional PC-style…
Google Smart Home Platform Opens to Third-Party AI Agents Via Industry Protocol Standard

September 16, 2026

Google Home is adding support for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard, enabling users to employ various third-party AI agents to manage their smart home tasks. This development matters because it opens the Google Home ecosystem to external AI agents like Claude, Hermes and Open Claw, allowing them to interact securely with connected devices and…
Anthropic Expands Claude With Built-In Docs and Slides Tools

September 16, 2026

Anthropic has unveiled two new productivity tools for Claude: Docs and Slides, which allow users to create and edit documents and presentations directly within chat conversations. Simultaneously, the company is consolidating its interface by merging regular chats and Cowork into a unified “one Claude” experience, making all AI productivity features available from any conversation. This…
Poll shows Americans fear AI whilst Trump rejects safeguards

September 16, 2026

A new Politico poll found that around two-thirds of Americans believe advanced artificial intelligence poses at least a moderate risk of eventually destroying humanity, with concern spanning party lines. The findings arrive as Washington sees an unusual degree of bipartisan alarm over AI’s potential dangers, even as President Trump continues to reject calls for regulation…
Five moon bears freed from Korean farm settle into Suffolk sanctuary

September 16, 2026

British wildlife campaigner and TV farmer Jimmy Doherty has rescued five Asiatic black bears from one of South Korea’s last bile farms and flown them 5,500 miles to a new home at his wildlife park in Suffolk. The bears, some of which had spent more than two decades confined in rusty metal cages, mark the…
Now even ex-SNP health chief wants walk-in GP centres axed and English NHS app used in Scotland

September 16, 2026

A briefing paper co-authored by former SNP Health Secretary Alex Neil, ex-Labour health spokesman Dr Richard Simpson and former GP Dr Alastair Noble has called for Scotland’s new GP walk-in centres to be scrapped and for the NHS England app to be adopted immediately rather than waiting for a Scottish equivalent. The intervention is significant…
ScotRail app problems may persist until CHRISTMAS as boss admits the £83million software ‘hasn’t been good enough’

September 16, 2026

ScotRail’s chief executive has admitted that the £83million ticketing app launched in July “hasn’t been good enough” and could not confirm that ongoing problems would be resolved before Christmas. Joanne Maguire told MSPs on Holyrood’s transport committee that supplier SilverRail Technologies made last-minute changes to the operating system before launch, and that the app had…