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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.

    • Axios Co-Founders Urge Wielding AI to Help ‘Simplify’ Your Life in New Book

      Axios co-founders Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei and Roy Schwartz have written a new book, “Simplify,” urging readers to use artificial intelligence to cut out distractions and improve their personal and professional lives. Building on Axios’s “Smart Brevity” formula, the trio spent two and a half years adapting the approach they credit for the news outlet’s…

    • John Ternus elevates iPhone to centrepiece of Apple’s AI strategy

      Apple’s new CEO, John Ternus, used his first keynote on Wednesday to firmly reposition the iPhone at the heart of the company’s AI strategy, describing it as the ideal “intelligent personal hub” thanks to its processing power, cameras, connectivity and on-device AI. The move marks a departure from predecessor Tim Cook’s approach of downplaying Apple’s…

    • Existential AI warnings distract from harms of current systems

      A Register opinion piece pushes back on claims by Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon, who resigned publicly on X warning that AI “could kill us all by the end of the decade,” and colleague Evan Hubinger, who backed the sentiment. The author argues these warnings about hypothetical superintelligent systems distract from AI’s real, present-day harms, and…

    • ‘The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’ 40th Anniversary Remake Sets Nintendo Switch 2 Release Date (Gaming News Roundup)

      Nintendo has confirmed that a remastered version of “The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time” will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 on 5 November, marking the game’s 40th anniversary. The remake overhauls the original with updated visuals, fully voiced cutscenes, expanded dialogue, orchestral music, reworked camera and movement controls, and a microphone feature letting players…

    • iPhone Duo vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: here’s how they stack up

      Apple has unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable phone, positioning it as a direct rival to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8. Both devices share the same “passport-style” short-and-squat form factor, marking a departure from Samsung’s traditional tall, narrow foldable design, and the two are expected to be the main choices for consumers considering a…

    • Europe may finally have found a space entrepreneur who is meeting the moment

      French entrepreneur Hèlene Huby is emerging as a rare bright spot in Europe’s troubled space sector, gaining prominence just as the continent faces mounting concerns about falling behind the United States and China. Her company, The Exploration Company, has raised $450 million in Series C funding, the largest such round ever secured by a Europe-based…

    • Samsung partners with OpenAI on custom AI accelerator design

      OpenAI has confirmed it will work with Samsung Electronics to help design its next generation of custom AI accelerator chips, easing some of the supply chain pressures that come with being a fabless chip designer. The partnership, announced by OpenAI Korea general manager Harrison Kim, follows weeks after OpenAI unveiled its first-generation “Jalapeño” inference chips,…

    • NATS Technical Fault Triggers Widespread Cancellations Across UK Airports

      More than 2,000 flights were cancelled after a technical fault at Nats, the UK’s air traffic control provider, plunged airports across the country into chaos this week. Although engineers fixed the fault within hours on Tuesday, the disruption cascaded into Wednesday, leaving hundreds of thousands of passengers facing delays and cancellations while airlines and airports…

    • Apple adds AI listening to new Watch, promises privacy safeguards

      Apple has set out how its new Audio Intelligence features on the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 are designed to protect user privacy, following concerns about the “ambient listening” capabilities unveiled at its iPhone Duo launch event. The company says raw microphone audio is processed entirely within a hardware-isolated “Secure Exclave” on the…

    • New Apple chief Ternus debuts foldable iPhone and Pro phones

      Apple has unveiled its first foldable handset, the iPhone Duo, as the closing surprise of a launch event that also introduced the iPhone 18 Pro line, new AirPods and Apple Watch models under incoming chief executive John Ternus. Rather than adopting the square-when-folded format used by some rivals, the Duo takes a wider, shorter “passport-like”…