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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.

    • Gabbard shares emotional update on husband’s cancer months after White House exit

      Tulsi Gabbard, the former director of National Intelligence, shared a new update Thursday on her husband’s battle with a rare form of bone cancer, months after she announced that her resignation from the Trump administration was prompted by his diagnosis. “Earlier this year, my husband Abraham was diagnosed with a very rare bone cancer,” Gabbard…

    • Waymo has designed a robocar chip to stay ahead of Tesla

      Waymo has developed its own custom AI chip for its self-driving vehicles, aiming to process camera data faster and more efficiently than off-the-shelf components allow. The move puts the Alphabet-owned robotaxi firm alongside rivals such as Tesla in designing bespoke silicon for autonomous driving, reflecting the industry’s push for lower latency and greater reliability as…

    • Apple Music to tag AI-generated songs this year

      Apple Music has announced it will introduce “Made With AI” labels on its platform later this year, requiring record labels and distributors to tag tracks where a substantial portion of content was created using artificial intelligence. The move builds on the AI Transparency Tagging system Apple introduced in March, and reflects growing pressure across the…

    • Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

      Google has launched a new “Preferred Sources” button that publishers can embed directly on their own websites, letting readers mark a site as a favourite they want to see highlighted more often across Google Search, Discover and Google News. The move comes as Google faces growing criticism that its AI-powered search features are diverting traffic…

    • Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.

      Runlayer and Rippling have both dropped the lawsuits they filed against each other, with no settlement, payment or legal fees exchanged. The dispute centred on Rippling’s newly launched MCP gateway, a product that directly rivals the one made by Runlayer, an early-stage AI security startup Rippling had tested closely for over a year without ever…

    • Apple TV’s Bonkers Sci-Fi Series Officially Levels Up With Massive Season 2 Update

      Apple TV’s sci-fi series Murderbot, based on the Hugo and Nebula award-winning novellas and starring Alexander Skarsgård, has significantly expanded its Season 2 cast with 25 new additions. The news comes after months of limited updates on the follow-up season, following the show’s full-episode release across the first half of 2025. It joins a growing…

    • Meta’s app for creating generative AI minigames is now available in the US

      Meta has launched Pocket, an app that lets users generate simple AI-driven minigames, called “gizmos,” from text prompts, in the US following a brief test run in Brazil. The release marks the latest step in Meta’s broader push into generative AI tools that blend creation with social sharing, as the app combines “vibe-coding” with a…

    • Andrew McCarthy Sci-Fi Pic ‘Orion’ Acquired By Hyde Park International

      Hyde Park International has acquired international sales rights to “Orion,” a sci-fi thriller directed by Jaco Bouwer and starring Andrew McCarthy, Debby Ryan and Drew Van Acker. The film follows NASA interrogator Jim (McCarthy) as he probes Apollo (Van Acker), an amnesiac astronaut whose space mission ended in disaster, to uncover what killed the crew…

    • Silicon Valley Doesn’t Get Why You Hate AI

      Wired argues that Silicon Valley’s attempts to explain away growing public hostility towards artificial intelligence are missing the point, misreading a deep-seated backlash as merely a messaging problem. Executives such as Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei have offered competing diagnoses, but polling suggests the unease runs far deeper than jobs or data centres,…

    • Chinese video platform Bilibili is going global

      Bilibili, the Chinese video platform often likened to YouTube, is stepping up efforts to attract Western creators and viewers, according to a report from Semafor. The company has relaunched its international app on Android, with an iOS version reportedly on the way, and is actively courting YouTubers to post content on its service as part…