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UK business hit by ‘daylight robbery’ 1500% price hike for invoicing software
Customers of the invoicing and timesheet app Harvest have reacted with fury after their bills rose by as much as 1500% following a change to the company’s pricing structure. UK consultancy boss Richard Haldenby said his firm’s monthly bill jumped from $130 to $2,110, calling the increase “daylight robbery”, while another user in the US…
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San Sebastian to Close With ‘Le Faux Soir,’ About Media Hack in Nazi-Occupied Belgium
Belgian director Michaël R. Roskam will close the 74th San Sebastián Film Festival with an out-of-competition screening of “Le Faux Soir,” a drama depicting a real-life Belgian resistance operation during the Second World War. The film, receiving its European premiere after debuting at the Toronto festival, dramatises the moment resistance fighters printed a fake edition…
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More than 60 Australian childcare centres are immediately shut down over ‘serious issues’ – with four employees suspended
More than 60 childcare centres across Australia have been shut down with immediate effect after “serious issues” were uncovered, prompting the suspension of four employees. The closures, affecting centres operated by the Ignite childcare group in Victoria, come amid heightened scrutiny of the country’s early education sector following a string of safety and conduct breaches…
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Binance now lets AI agents trade, but keeping them in check is largely up to users
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has launched Agent OS, a platform allowing AI agents to analyse markets and execute trades on users’ behalf, marking a significant step in bringing autonomous AI into real-money financial management. The move reflects a broader shift in the AI industry from passive chatbots to agents capable of taking direct…
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Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist
‘Emma’ the Rotherham chatbot has 17 languages says AI firm – but health watchdog says system struggling with local ‘twangs’ Patients in a South Yorkshire town are frustrated by an AI GP receptionist not understanding their “broad accents”, a health watchdog has said. Healthwatch Rotherham, a local health and social care watchdog, said a number…
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Nobody understands gambling, especially in video games
A Polygon video essay examines the confused and inconsistent way gambling-like content in video games is regulated and understood. It highlights how strategic deck-building games such as “Luck Be a Landlord” and “Balatro” have received high age ratings from app stores and ratings boards purely because they borrow visual motifs from gambling, such as slot…
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The Duskbloods gameplay leaks ahead of tomorrow’s closed beta, showing tense PvP battles with guns, wolves, and velociraptors
Gameplay footage from The Duskbloods, FromSoftware’s upcoming PvPvE action game for Switch 2, has leaked online ahead of the title’s closed beta launch. The clip was accidentally posted by Japanese outlet 4Gamer before spreading to the Bilibili platform, offering an early look at a game that has otherwise remained largely under wraps. The footage depicts…
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LG’s new OLED breakthrough can boost display lifespans
LG Display has unveiled a new OLED manufacturing process called FLiPP (FMM-Less innovative Pixel Patterning), which it claims can produce panels that are brighter, longer-lasting and more energy-efficient than current screens. Unlike conventional RGB OLEDs, the technique avoids using a fine metal mask, a costly stencilling method that can cause sagging and alignment issues on…
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One monthly bill Americans can’t avoid is quietly surging thanks to emerging industry: data
A new study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has found that the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centres in the United States is already pushing up household electricity bills, with costs likely to rise further in the coming years. The research highlights an emerging consequence of the AI boom: as tech firms…
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When AI tests cause damage, we need stronger safeguards and real accountability
This opinion piece argues that as artificial intelligence systems become more powerful, the safety testing used to probe their risks can itself cause real-world harm, and that current accountability mechanisms are not equipped to deal with this properly. The author warns that reflexively punishing testers for damage caused during experiments could backfire, much as forcing…