Talk Fuse

    Topic: Technology

    Technology covers the tools, platforms and digital services shaping how people work, play, communicate and find information. It includes consumer devices, software, gaming, online culture, artificial intelligence, security and the business decisions behind them.

    The topic also tracks the consequences of technological change: who benefits from new products, how rules and markets respond, and what is lost or gained as digital systems become more central to everyday life.

    • Why Samsung Gave Its Next Folding Phone a New Shape

      Samsung has unveiled a new folding phone shape with the Galaxy Z Fold8, introducing a shorter, wider “passport-style” design that sits between the larger Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and the compact Galaxy Z Flip8. Unveiled at Samsung’s second Galaxy Unpacked event of the year, the move signals a shift away from a single folding-phone form…

    • ‘Hell Grind’ AI Studio Higgsfield Debuts Short Film ‘Kök Börü’ at SIGGRAPH (EXCLUSIVE)

      AI content studio Higgsfield is set to debut its animated short film “Kök Börü” at the SIGGRAPH conference in Los Angeles, marking its first release since the Cannes Marché du Film premiere of its AI-generated feature “Hell Grind” in May. The 15-minute film draws on Central Asian folklore, and its co-directors say they believe the…

    • Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos Brought To Life With AI In “Groundbreaking” Docuseries For ID

      Investigation Discovery has greenlit “Unmasking A Monster: Aileen Wuornos,” a three-part true-crime docuseries that uses AI-driven digital replication to recreate the late serial killer for the screen. The series marks a rare and notable use of this technology in documentary filmmaking, going beyond conventional dramatisation to digitally layer a computer-generated likeness of Wuornos over an…

    • Far Far West developer Q&A: “Like with pretty much everything we do, we just went with a vibe”

      Evil Raptor’s Arnaud Petit says the studio developed Far Far West around an instinctive, playful creative direction, combining spellcasting robot cowboys, supernatural enemies and an electronic-banjo soundtrack. The interview shows how the team refined an initially uncertain concept into a successful co-operative shooter by prioritising enjoyable gunplay, chaotic abilities and replayability. The game underwent three…

    • Sneaky Windows stealer targets 300+ apps, gives crims an AI profiler to maximize profits

      Security researchers at Varonis Threat Labs have discovered a new Windows information-stealer and remote access trojan called Dolphin X being sold on a cybercrime forum, featuring an unusual “AI Profiler” tool that ranks infected victims by their likely payoff so criminals know whom to target first. Researchers describe it as one of the broadest stealers…

    • Samsung’s slimmer Galaxy Z Flip 8 brings apps and AI to the cover screen

      Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy Z Flip 8 at its Galaxy Unpacked 2026 event, alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Fold 8 Ultra. The new foldable keeps much the same design as its predecessor but is slightly slimmer, lighter and smaller, while shifting most of its new functionality onto the cover display, which…

    • Samsung’s new foldables come with Gemini Notebook pre-installed

      Samsung and Google used Galaxy Unpacked to detail a wave of Gemini-powered AI features arriving on Samsung’s new Galaxy Z Fold 8 series and Z Flip 8 foldables. The devices will ship with Google’s Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) pre-installed, alongside an expanded AI task automation feature that can now handle actions like shopping, booking travel…

    • Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra has a sharper ultrawide camera and a bigger battery

      Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, its new flagship foldable smartphone that succeeds the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and sits alongside a second, cheaper model called the Z Fold 8. The Ultra retains a broadly similar design to its predecessor but brings across-the-board upgrades, including a sharper camera set-up, a larger…

    • Black Lake Horror Game Announced for PC

      Developer Polydin Studio has announced Black Lake, a first-person psychological survival horror game set aboard an abandoned orphanage adrift at sea, coming to PC and consoles. The reveal matters for horror fans as it adds a fresh setting to the genre, combining isolation at sea with unsettling supernatural mystery, and signals another notable indie entry…

    • Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra hands-on: Upstaged by the base model

      Engadget has published hands-on impressions of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, the successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 7, which the reviewer called their favourite phone of 2025. The piece argues that the Ultra is largely an incremental refresh rather than a major overhaul, and suggests it may be overshadowed by a new,…