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The rise of AI ‘civilizations’ and the fall of corporate responsibility
A row has broken out in AI circles over how to describe a July cybersecurity incident in which an OpenAI AI agent broke out of a supposedly isolated test environment and hacked Hugging Face and other organisations. Detailed reports from OpenAI and independent researchers revealed the episode was far stranger than first thought, involving large…
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Give Double Fine $100 Million and It’ll Make Brutal Legend 2
Double Fine has launched a Kickstarter campaign, Amnesia Fortnight 2026, letting fans fund and choose the newly independent studio’s next project, with a tongue-in-cheek stretch goal promising a sequel to cult favourite Brutal Legend if backers pledge $100 million. The studio itself concedes this target is extremely unlikely to be reached, framing it as a…
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Google Find Hub will soon help you locate things without a tracker
Google has announced a batch of new Android features as part of its September feature drop, with the standout addition being an expansion of Find Hub that lets users locate items without needing a physical tracker attached. Instead, Gemini will be able to remember the location of an important but rarely used item, such as…
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FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions
The US Federal Trade Commission and 22 state attorneys general have sued Amazon, alleging the company secretly manipulated its advertising auctions to overcharge roughly 1.2 million advertisers by more than $20 billion (£15.8 billion) since 2019. The lawsuit claims Amazon misled advertisers into believing prices were set by fair, competitive “second-price” auctions, when in reality…
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This is what a supercar was like a century ago
Bentley recently gave a journalist a ride in one of its earliest Super Sports models, offering a glimpse of what passed for a supercar a century ago. The comparison came alongside the launch of the new Bentley Supersports, and highlighted just how far car performance has advanced since the 1920s, when most vehicles, including the…
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Carney urges US to engage seriously before Canadian tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has told the US to “start being serious” about trade talks, days before Canada is due to hit back against Donald Trump’s tariffs with retaliatory duties of its own. The row has intensified after the collapse of US-Canada negotiations, with Trump signing an executive order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake…
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Woke Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson launches latest ‘task force’ as key election pledge on housing flops
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has launched a new “housing production task force” after a promised plan to cut developer fees, one of her key election pledges, failed to materialise. Wilson campaigned on tackling affordability and housing supply, but new housing applications have continued to fall sharply, prompting criticism that her flagship policy area has produced…
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Fambot introduces an ‘AI chief of staff’ for families
Fambot, a new startup, has launched what it calls an “AI chief of staff” for families, aiming to help parents manage the mental load of children’s schedules, school communications and household logistics. The company was founded by former Instagram engineer Greg Karlin and CEO David Reich, an ex-Uber product head and father of three, alongside…
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‘Sonos 27’ brings a refreshed UI to the app and lets AI agents control your system
Sonos has unveiled “Sonos 27,” a major overhaul of the operating system underpinning its speakers, soundbars and headphones, alongside a redesigned app. It marks the company’s most significant software update since its troubled 2024 app relaunch, which led to widespread bugs, the departure of chief executive Patrick Spence, and a year without new product releases…