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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.

    • Home Depot Labor Day Sale (2026): BOGO on Best Grills and Tools

      Home Depot’s 2026 Labor Day sale offers strong discounts on grills, smokers and power tools, though its smart home and security deals fall short—many are outdated models or come from brands like Ring that WIRED does not recommend on privacy grounds. Shoppers seeking those categories are advised to look instead at WIRED’s dedicated tech or…

    • Steam Users Can Play This Chaotic Among Us-like for Free Until Sept. 7

      First Class Trouble, a social-deduction party game by Invisible Walls, is free to play on Steam for a limited window this weekend, giving fans of games like Among Us and Peak a chance to try a lesser-known title in the genre. The offer is aimed at drawing new players into a game that has stayed…

    • It looks like No Man’s Sky’s next update is imminent as Sean Murray breaks out the emojis again – and fans reckon it’s a big one

      Sean Murray, head of No Man’s Sky developer Hello Games, has posted a new emoji on social media, a signal fans have learned to interpret as a sign that a major update to the space exploration game is close to release. The tease points towards the imminent arrival of “Cosmos”, the update previously confirmed to…

    • The 5 Best Songs Of The Week

      Stereogum’s weekly staff selection highlights five standout new tracks, spanning indie rock, hip-hop and hardcore-adjacent releases, showcasing a broad cross-section of the current music landscape. The list, curated each week from songs eligible up to the preceding Thursday, gives emerging and established artists alike a platform, and is compiled into an accompanying Spotify playlist for…

    • Three men who hacked a man to death with ‘arsenal of knives’, a crutch and a plank are jailed for life

      Three men have been jailed for life for killing Gregory Castillo Volquez, who was stabbed 22 times and beaten with a crutch and a nail-embedded plank in Haringey, north London. Benito Ramirez Kones, 20, Carlos Akum Metumbe, 22, and Luiggi Perelli Santana, 22, attacked the 36-year-old out of sight of CCTV as he walked home…

    • Ipswich Town v Liverpool: Premier League – live

      Ipswich Town host Liverpool in the Premier League this evening, with Gary O’Neil’s newly promoted side hoping to build on encouraging early-season form. Ipswich lost 5-2 at Old Trafford last weekend but competed well before Manchester United pulled clear, while an opening-day home win over Sunderland means they have already matched their entire tally of…

    • Roland is getting into generative AI music with Melody Flip

      Roland has entered the generative AI music space with Melody Flip, a plug-in for digital audio workstations that generates short musical loops rather than complete songs. Unlike tools such as Suno or Udio, which produce fully polished tracks with vocals and arrangements, Melody Flip is designed to spark creativity by offering raw melodic, chordal, bass…

    • ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Announcer Jim Thornton Allegedly Visited Pedophilia Chatroom, Leading to Suspension

      Sony Pictures Television has suspended “Wheel of Fortune” announcer Jim Thornton and begun recasting his role while it investigates allegations that he visited a chatroom apparently associated with paedophilia during a commercial flight in May. The claims originated with TMZ, which reported that a fellow American Airlines passenger photographed Thornton’s laptop screen showing what appeared…

    • Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers

      A Unicode-based technique originally used to smuggle hidden instructions into AI systems has now been widely adopted by spammers seeking to dodge email filters, according to Microsoft. Known as ASCII smuggling, the method exploits a block of invisible Unicode “tag” characters that mirror standard ASCII characters but are readable by computers while remaining invisible to…

    • AGI is whatever you want it to be

      This week’s episode of The Vergecast tackles OpenAI’s claim that “the AGI era” has arrived alongside the launch of its new model, GPT-6 Astra, with senior AI reporter Hayden Field joining to unpack what that actually means and to discuss Nvidia’s acquisition of Hugging Face. The panel also turns to Apple, with Joanna Stern discussing…

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