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Uber is letting parents check in on their teens through drivers’ selfie cameras
Uber is rolling out an update to its teen accounts feature that lets parents view live video from the selfie camera on their teenager’s driver’s phone during a ride, adding to existing safeguards such as PIN verification and live GPS tracking. The nationwide expansion, following trials in several markets, comes as Uber faces more than…
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SiFive pushes development server to take RISC-V into the datacenter
SiFive has launched the BigSky SF-2U870, a rack-mount development server built around its own RISC-V processors, aimed at helping software developers and hyperscalers port workloads to the open-standard chip architecture. Unveiled at the Hot Chips conference in Palo Alto, the system is designed to speed up datacentre software porting, workload optimisation and validation, and SiFive…
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The TCL Note A1 is a kinder, gentler tablet
The Verge has reviewed TCL’s Note A1 Nxtpaper, a tablet that sits between a standard colour tablet and a distraction-free E Ink device such as the Remarkable Pro. It uses TCL’s signature low-glare matte display and ships with a pressure-sensitive stylus whose haptics mimic the feel of pencil on paper, with software modelled on Remarkable’s…
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Microsoft breaks WPF printing with .NET update
Microsoft’s August 2026 cumulative update for .NET Framework has broken printing for some WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) applications, causing them to fail with a System.IO.FileFormatException when printing or generating PDF/XPS content that uses certain fonts, including Calibri. The issue affects Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2012 through 2025, and is significant because Calibri…
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CISA slaps its tightest three-day patching deadline on perfect-10 Oracle flaw
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued its tightest possible three-day patching deadline for a maximum-severity Oracle vulnerability, warning that it is already being actively exploited. The flaw affects Oracle’s HTTP Server and WebLogic Server Proxy Plug-in running on Windows virtual machines, and could let attackers gain complete control over data stored…
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Crooks push Mac malware through fake OpenAI Codex ads
Cybercriminals are running a malvertising campaign that tricks Mac developers into installing malware disguised as OpenAI’s Codex coding tool. Researchers at Cato Networks found sponsored Google search results directing users searching for Codex on macOS to a convincing fake download page hosted on Google Sites, which instead of providing an installer instructs victims to paste…
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Who is taxi driver Bhart Bhushan, the CEO behind developer’s staggering $3.6billion collapse – but is still building a luxury compound in western Sydney…and just shattered the dreams of 25,000 families?
The Bathla Group, a Sydney property developer run by Bhart Bhushan and his brother Rajinder Mohan, has entered voluntary administration, leaving up to 25,000 homes in limbo and putting roughly 500 jobs at risk. Mr Bhushan, who founded the company in 1997 after working as a taxi driver, blamed a “perfect storm” of weaker sales,…
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A Pocket Full of Slagford – a retro-futurist take on Thatcher-era northern England
A New Zealand-based artist, Patrick Grant, is developing A Pocket Full of Slagford, a retro-styled 3D puzzle adventure game set in a surreal, near-future version of northern England still gripped by Thatcherism. Grant, who was born in Australia and has never actually lived in the north of England, drew his inspiration from British television he…
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HMRC dangles £500M carrot for National Insurance system revamp
HM Revenue & Customs has begun the procurement process for a new contract to run and modernise its National Insurance and PAYE System (NPS), with the deal potentially worth up to £500 million over as long as seven years. The move matters because NPS is critical national infrastructure, handling a significant share of UK tax…
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Lego sales rise as World Cup and F1 ranges prove to be winners
Lego’s sales have jumped by more than a fifth in the first half of 2026, boosted by tie-ins with the football World Cup, Formula One and the film KPop Demon Hunters, alongside popular flower-themed and Star Wars sets. The Danish toymaker’s strong performance reflects a wider resurgence in the toy market, with adult “kidult” buyers…