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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.

    • Netflix unveils Bass X Machina and Fool Night at Anime NYC

      Netflix used Anime NYC to unveil a broad slate of upcoming anime and animation titles, headlined by two new reveals: Bass X Machina, a Steampunk Western voiced by Brian Tyree Henry, and Fool Night, a dark manga adaptation about people transforming into oxygen-producing plants amid a global shortage. The showcase, which included trailers, images and…

    • House Democrat: Rein in data centers without losing tech race to China

      Democratic Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (Va.), whose own district lies in a hotbed of data center activity, pushed to rein them in on Thursday, but not enough where the U.S. would lose the technology race to China. “The reality is, if we want to grow and develop some of these emerging technologies like AI and others,…

    • SimCity SNES Soundtrack Makes A Surprise Return In This Week’s Nintendo Music Update

      Nintendo has added the SimCity SNES soundtrack to its Nintendo Music app for Switch Online members, a welcome surprise given that the 1991 Super Nintendo city-building game itself remains unavailable on the service’s SNES library. The update revives interest in the classic Will Wright title, which Nintendo published and helped Maxis develop, and reintroduces its…

    • Migrant rape claim, courts weigh Anthony verdict and Lil Durk trial, Musk’s satellite waste plan

      A series of legal developments drew attention on 21 August. In the UK, an Upper Tribunal ruling allowed Hendrix Ekwen, an Italian national convicted of rape in 2020, to remain despite a deportation order; the tribunal’s assessment turned on the legal test of whether he represented a genuine, present and sufficiently serious threat. In Texas,…

    • Udio and GRAI Adopt UMG and Liquidax-Backed AI Music Patents

      Music IP Holdings (MIH), a company formed by Universal Music Group and Liquidax Capital, has announced that AI music start-ups Udio and GRAI are the first to license patents from its portfolio for use in their AI products. The move matters because it establishes a framework through which UMG and its partners can be compensated…

    • Jon Landau Remembers ‘Generous Friend’ and Springsteen Biographer Dave Marsh

      Jon Landau, Bruce Springsteen’s longtime manager, has paid tribute to Dave Marsh, the rock critic and biographer who died on 14 August at the age of 76. Marsh, who died of unknown causes at his home in Norwalk, Connecticut, was best known for writing “Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story”, widely regarded 50 years…

    • Another Crab’s Treasure Scores A Switch 2 Edition And Free Upgrade

      Another Crab’s Treasure, the soulslike game starring a hermit crab, has received a surprise Switch 2 Edition this week, offered as a free upgrade to existing Switch owners. Nintendo says the enhanced version brings smoother, higher frame rates in both handheld and docked play, alongside improved resolution and stability, addressing performance complaints some players had…

    • Trade unions vow to fight against single-sex spaces

      Eight trade unions, including Unison, Unite and the National Union of Students, have voiced strong opposition to new Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) guidance on single-sex spaces and pledged to resist its implementation. The code of practice, which came into force earlier this month, requires toilets, changing rooms, hospital wards and refuges to be…

    • Tesla, Uber, and Waymo all get the OK to operate thousands of robotaxis in Nevada

      The Nevada Transportation Authority has unanimously approved permits allowing Tesla, Uber and Waymo to run commercial robotaxi services in Clark County, home to Las Vegas, paving the way for up to 8,000 driverless vehicles on the county’s roads within a year. The decision marks one of the largest single approvals of autonomous ride-hailing capacity in…

    • Russian snoops add OAuth abuse to targeted phishing campaigns

      Google’s Threat Intelligence Group says it is tracking three suspected Russian state-linked hacking groups running highly targeted phishing and OAuth-abuse campaigns against people in government, academia, aerospace, defence and think tanks across Europe and the US. The operations have been ongoing since at least last year, with some activity as recent as this month, and…