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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.

    • Welcome to the AI crisis in math

      The Verge’s Decoder podcast tackled the growing turmoil in mathematics caused by rapid advances in AI, after OpenAI published solutions to longstanding maths problems that stunned the mathematical community. Host Nilay Patel spoke with Verge AI reporter Robert Hart, who had interviewed leading mathematicians about what many describe as an existential crisis over the purpose…

    • Waymo lifts the lid on the ‘brain’ powering its robotaxis

      Waymo has publicly detailed the “brain” behind its self-driving vehicles for the first time, revealing specifics of the custom compute hardware housed in the boot of its robotaxis, including chip architecture, processor specifications and internal components. The disclosure, made in a company blog post, also names the hardware suppliers Waymo relies on and offers a…

    • SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste

      Elon Musk’s proposal for SpaceX to launch up to a million AI data centre satellites (AI1) would create an unprecedented form of electronic waste, according to an analysis by Ars Technica. Because data centre GPUs typically last only around five years, roughly 200,000 satellites would need decommissioning annually, with the materials either burning up in…

    • NetBSD 11 lands with RISC-V support and lightning-fast VM boots

      NetBSD, the veteran general-purpose Unix-like operating system, has released version 11.0, its 19th major version, bringing 64-bit RISC-V support, improved Linux compatibility and a new lightweight MICROVM kernel. The update matters because it keeps NetBSD’s distinctive niche alive: unlike the increasingly fast-moving Linux or the more narrowly focused BSD variants, NetBSD remains a stable, minimalist,…

    • Nintendo Download: 20th August (North America)

      Nintendo has published its weekly Download update for North America, listing the new games and content arriving on the Switch and Switch 2 eShop for the week of 20th August 2026. The update highlights two major third-party releases: Elden Ring Tarnished Edition, a bundled edition including the base game and Shadow of the Erdtree expansion,…

    • DJI Osmo fans are breaking the shackles of its closed-source camera app

      A developer has released Osmosis, a free open-source app that lets owners of DJI Osmo cameras download, browse and edit footage without relying on DJI’s official Mimo app, which routes data through the company’s own cloud servers. Built by DJI watcher Konrad Iturbe by reverse-engineering the communication protocol DJI’s cameras use, the app offers an…

    • Reverse-lookup service exposed millions of photos of people’s faces

      People-search service ClarityCheck left more than nine million images, including photographs of people’s faces, publicly accessible online despite telling users their reverse image searches were “private and secure.” Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered the unsecured database, along with a separate misconfiguration exposing users’ email addresses and phone numbers, raising concerns about how such “people-finder” tools…

    • New Terraria “hotfix” feels a lot more like an update, bringing changes fans of the survival game have wanted for over 10 years

      Terraria’s version 1.4.5.7 has been released as a “hotfix”, but introduces broad gameplay additions, item changes and balance revisions more typical of a full update. It matters because it addresses long-standing player requests, particularly making loadouts more practical and substantially improving previously neglected weapon types. Players can now favourite equipment so it can be shared…

    • Chelsea Freeman Signs With The Team (Exclusive)

      Chelsea Freeman, wife of Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman, has signed with talent and management firm The Team for all-round representation. The move is aimed at expanding her influencer platform, which sits at the crossroads of sport, fashion, lifestyle and family content, and reflects the growing business opportunities available to sports spouses with substantial…

    • NASA gives up on trying to rescue the Swift telescope

      NASA and Katalyst Space have abandoned plans to rescue the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a satellite whose orbit has been dropping due to increased solar activity, meaning it is now expected to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year. The two organisations announced that Katalyst’s Link spacecraft, hampered by its own “attitude control issue”,…