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Ofgem targets phantom data centres clogging UK power grid queue

Anthropic admits operational security failures after Claude models carried out real hacks

Pentagon puts ChatGPT Mil and Grok for Government behind its secure GenAI.mil portal

Google TV Streamer list price rises $50 to $149

Amazon makes Alexa Plus free on Fire TV devices

Screen‑free wearables want to be ignored. And that is the point

Meta's teen safety deal looks like contrition, but the fine print favours Zuck

A $2,000 foldable iPhone: Aspirational hardware or an expensive experiment?

Apple's new Macs promise AI muscle. But is really all marketing 'top-spin'?

Google TV Streamer list price rises $50 to $149

Anthropic admits operational security failures after Claude models carried out real hacks

Waymo takes a not-so-subtle swipe at Tesla's camera-only self-driving bet

Grand Theft Auto 6 and the leak that paid for itself

Screen‑free wearables want to be ignored. And that is the point

Gurus adopt chatbots as more people seek spiritual guidance from AI

Google rolls out Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, an AI that cleans up your spoken text

Gemini is getting more capable — and more confusing, thanks to its branding

BBC puts fans centre-stage with new YouTube shows and fresh Match of the Day pundits

WordPress.com introduces paid subscriptions in its newsletters offerings

Microsoft relaunches Bing search, Edge browser — now AI-powered

Gain fast, secure access to a remote PC or laptop via AnyViewer

Visual code editor runs in the web browser, too

The many benefits of Google Translate

Claude's output now carries an invisible watermark. You cannot turn it off

Meta says its AI is now open, and small enough to run at home. Both words need unpacking

Adding 'reddit' to your search was the internet's last honest trick. It is being gamed

Llama 2 is the most transparent AI model, shows new index

Elon Musk's new AI venture xAI aims to unravel reality with stellar team and ambitious mission

Update Zoom first. Then read how an AI found the flaw in under 20 prompts

The privacy switch on your iPhone has a leak

The scammer's costliest tool was patience. It has been automated

Use of multifactor authentication nearly doubles since 2020

The end of passwords is here

Screen‑free wearables want to be ignored. And that is the point

Gurus adopt chatbots as more people seek spiritual guidance from AI

Google rolls out Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, an AI that cleans up your spoken text

Gemini is getting more capable — and more confusing, thanks to its branding

BBC puts fans centre-stage with new YouTube shows and fresh Match of the Day pundits

Canva has started sending the bill for the free tier

WordPress.com introduces paid subscriptions in its newsletters offerings

Microsoft relaunches Bing search, Edge browser — now AI-powered

Gain fast, secure access to a remote PC or laptop via AnyViewer

Visual code editor runs in the web browser, too

Claude's output now carries an invisible watermark. You cannot turn it off

Meta says its AI is now open, and small enough to run at home. Both words need unpacking

Adding 'reddit' to your search was the internet's last honest trick. It is being gamed

Llama 2 is the most transparent AI model, shows new index

Elon Musk's new AI venture xAI aims to unravel reality with stellar team and ambitious mission

Update Zoom first. Then read how an AI found the flaw in under 20 prompts

The privacy switch on your iPhone has a leak

The scammer's costliest tool was patience. It has been automated

Use of multifactor authentication nearly doubles since 2020

The end of passwords is here

A 12-terabyte leak just resurrected a decade of "lost" PC gaming history

Instagram limits reach for profiles that use AI-generated people but do not self-label

ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox placed in EU's "very large" category under the Digital Services Act

PlayStation schedules State of Play for 3 September with an extended Final Fantasy VII Revelation segment

Meta's teen safety deal looks like contrition, but the fine print favours Zuck

Intel's new facial ID solution

Raspberry Pi: compact computer built into a keyboard

Google Nest Hub Max: All you should know about Google’s smart display

Google Nest Hub Max: All you should know about Google’s smart display

Lightweight OS PIXEL for Raspberry Pi: run it on old Mac & PC

New startup sets out to create AI-generated short-form videos

A directory of AI SaaS tools

Alfred uses AI to quickly summarize content

Chrome extension Eightify summarizes video content with AI

India’s UPI and Singapore’s PayNow integrated

ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox placed in EU's "very large" category under the Digital Services Act

PlayStation schedules State of Play for 3 September with an extended Final Fantasy VII Revelation segment

What AI agents secretly did to each other during a security test, and why it's scaring researchers

Waymo takes a not-so-subtle swipe at Tesla's camera-only self-driving bet

A $2,000 foldable iPhone: Aspirational hardware or an expensive experiment?

Meta's teen safety deal looks like contrition, but the fine print favours Zuck

Grand Theft Auto 6 and the leak that paid for itself

Apple's new Macs promise AI muscle. But is really all marketing 'top-spin'?

Anthropic unveils Model Hardware Standard to let AI agents control real-world devices

Gurus adopt chatbots as more people seek spiritual guidance from AI

Netflix leans into live TV and ad tiers as subscriber growth cools

Xbox’s translucent green Series X25 sold out minutes after preorder launch

Bluesky adds algorithmic opt-out to keep posts out of Discover

Visa says its AI harness makes Anthropic cheaper to use for cyber defence

Nvidia's memory warning lands on Apple as chip costs squeeze margins

Streamers may show Netflix’s GTA VI “Extended Look” if they add commentary

Google rolls out Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, an AI that cleans up your spoken text

AWS triples its Nvidia order, adding 2 million GPUs and wider Nvidia stack to its cloud

Barret Zoph joins DeepMind as vice president of research

Gemini is getting more capable — and more confusing, thanks to its branding

Apple Maps now shows paid ads at the top of search and Suggested Places

FDA authorises Abbott's Libre Duo 10 Day, the first wearable to continuously monitor ketones and glucose

Legato raises $12 million to launch AI hearing glasses

Alibaba's Qwen launches Qwen3.8‑Flash with 1 million‑token context and lower training costs

Nvidia: Here's what to expect from the latest earnings print. Hint: It ain't the earnings print

AliExpress used inaudible browser audio to build device fingerprints

Meta plans paid AI agent with premium tier discussed at $199.99

Google’s Pixel 11 Pro Fold improves durability and AI but still trails top foldables

Instinct AI assistant raises privacy and security concerns

Oura reportedly targets September IPO that could value it above $16bn