Talk Fuse

    Topic: Technology

    Technology covers the tools, companies and systems shaping how people work, communicate, create and access information. It includes artificial intelligence, software, consumer devices, space and digital infrastructure, as well as the policy, security and social questions that follow them.

    The topic matters because technological change increasingly affects everyday life and public decision-making. Coverage helps readers follow new developments, assess their practical impact and understand the debates around innovation, privacy, reliability and accountability.

    • FL Studio 2026 turns its AI chatbot into your assistant engineer

      Image Line has released FL Studio 2026, a free upgrade to its music production software, headlined by a significant expansion of its AI chatbot, Gopher. Whereas Gopher previously functioned as little more than an interactive instruction manual that pointed users to relevant help topics, it can now carry out actions directly within a project. The…

    • WIRED World Fair

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    • MPs urge Labour to ditch £330m Palantir software contract with NHS

      A second parliamentary body, the Commons health and social care select committee, has called on the Labour government to scrap Palantir’s £330m contract to run the NHS’s federated data platform (FDP), which unifies and analyses highly sensitive patient data. The cross-party group cited “serious mistrust” of the system among the public and medical profession, contested…

    • Digimon Story Time Stranger 60fps Patch Out Now on PS5, Adds Photo Mode and More

      Bandai Namco has released the previously promised performance patch for Digimon Story Time Stranger on PS5, more than eight months after the creature-taming RPG launched. Update 01.000.012 is available to download now and, most notably, adds a graphics mode offering “full HD, up to 60fps”, addressing complaints that the game had been locked to 30…

    • Invest in Britain or I’ll force you to, minister tells pension funds

      The business secretary, Peter Kyle, has publicly urged UK pension funds to “get off their high horses” and invest more in British companies, warning that the government will legislate to force them if they do not. Expressing frustration that successive government reforms have failed to lift domestic investment, Kyle argued that the country’s largest asset…

    • Manhattan building developer says collapse fears were overblown, calls buckling columns ‘localized situation’

      The developer behind a Manhattan high-rise that was hastily evacuated over collapse fears has said the danger was exaggerated, describing the structural damage as a “localized situation” that never threatened the building. MetroLoft, the firm converting the 235 East 42nd Street tower into luxury apartments, said it had worked with New York City’s Department of…

    • Nandan Nilekani leaves GP role at Fundamentum as it launches $200M third fund

      Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys and one of India’s best-known technology figures, is stepping down as a general partner at Fundamentum Partnership, the venture capital firm he co-founded in 2017. The change coincides with the launch of Fundamentum’s third fund, which is targeting around $200 million. Although he is relinquishing the GP title, Nilekani will…

    • SpaceX is on track for record-setting Starlink deployments

      SpaceX is deploying Starlink satellites faster than ever, running ahead of the record-setting pace it set the previous year. In the first half of 2026 the company launched 1,589 satellites into low-Earth orbit, according to launch data compiled by Jonathan McDowell’s satellite tracker, roughly 100 more than the 1,489 it had deployed by the same…

    • SpaceXAI launches Grok 4.5, its first built with Cursor’s help

      SpaceXAI has launched Grok 4.5, the first model released since the company rebranded from xAI and the first it trained in collaboration with the AI firm Cursor. The company describes it as its smartest model to date, built specifically to excel at coding, agentic tasks and knowledge work, and claims it outperforms rival leading models…

    • Subnautica 2 celebrates 5 million copies sold ahead of Adaptive Measures, its first early access update

      Developer Unknown Worlds has announced that Subnautica 2 has passed 5 million copies sold, a milestone reached while the underwater survival game remains in early access. The figure underlines the strong commercial performance of the sequel to the popular Subnautica franchise, even before its full release. The announcement coincides with the imminent arrival of Adaptive…