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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.

    • Trump-backed Mazzei wins Oklahoma primary as Dolly Parton tributes flood in

      Mike Mazzei clinched Oklahoma’s Republican gubernatorial runoff with Trump’s backing, while a Kentucky candidate quietly distances himself from the president; tributes pour in for Dolly Parton, and childcare group Edge Early Learning collapses across three Australian states.

    • Meta settles US child safety case with teen safeguards

      Meta has settled a US child-safety case with 29 state attorneys general, ending the remaining trial and resolving claims brought by 47 states, districts and territories. The agreement requires stronger protections for teenage users across Meta’s apps, including independently tested age assurance, less personalised content and tighter limits on notifications and app use. It avoids…

    • Robot brain builders are pushing out of their GPT-2 era

      Robotics companies developing “AI brains” for machines are racing to catch up with the rapid progress made in large language models, but experts warn that the sector remains in an early, immature phase. This was underscored this week when Unitree, China’s leading robot maker, lost nearly half its market value shortly after a blockbuster IPO…

    • Meta agrees to pay up to $16.7bn to settle social media case

      Meta has agreed to pay up to $18bn (£13.3bn) to settle claims by US states and territories that Facebook and Instagram harmed children. The agreement, approved by a California judge, is Meta’s largest child-safety litigation payment and also requires changes intended to protect young users, though the company denies wrongdoing. The settlement covers 48 states,…

    • Gates warns society faces an AI-pocalypse unless we get more socialist

      Bill Gates has warned that society is dangerously unprepared for the disruption AI will cause, arguing that without stronger government intervention the technology could entrench inequality on an unprecedented scale. In a post on his personal website, the Microsoft co-founder—normally an enthusiastic AI advocate—said this transition differs from past technological shifts because AI is beginning…

    • GoPro Mission 1 Pro introduces Micro Four Thirds lens mount

      GoPro has stepped away from its familiar Hero-line formula with the Mission 1 Pro ILS ($699), its first action camera to support interchangeable lenses. Rather than using a proprietary system, it accepts Micro Four Thirds (MFT) lenses, opening it up to over 300 compatible options and giving users far greater creative control over focus, aperture…

    • PeopleFinders’ New Website Runs Background Checks on Your Dates

      PeopleFinders, the online data broker behind background-check service PeopleFinders.com, has launched Stud or Dud, a new US website that lets people run background checks on prospective dates using just a name or phone number. The platform compiles publicly available records into a single report and flags perceived “red” or “green” signals, aiming to help daters…

    • QueryStory launches AI platform to verify enterprise data analysis

      QueryStory, a startup founded by former Google security engineer Shapor Naghibzadeh, has emerged from stealth with an AI platform designed to help large enterprises trust the answers generated by their data analysis systems. The company applies techniques Naghibzadeh developed while investigating cyberattacks, including the 2009 China-linked “Operation Aurora” hack of Google, to build AI tools…

    • Vholume review – a headlong rush of parkour perfection in a brutalist wonderland

      The Guardian has reviewed Vholume, a PC parkour racing game from developers Nathan Grange, Léonard Lemaitre and Niels Tiercelin, praising it as an exhilarating, tightly designed successor to titles such as Babbdi and Straftat. The game combines a Mirror’s Edge-style urban gymnast moveset with dystopian, surreal environments evoking Half-Life 2’s City 17 and the paintings…

    • FBI wraps up cybercrime operation targeting global networks preying on Americans

      The FBI has completed Operation Riptide, a 60-day campaign that disrupted global cybercrime networks defrauding Americans, resulting in numerous arrests and the seizure of illegal cryptocurrency and other assets. Launched in June, the operation targeted online fraud and criminal digital infrastructure that cost Americans more than $20 billion last year, with FBI Director Kash Patel…