Technological Information

Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify avians
Monday, 27. July 2026 09:53 o'clock
Birdwatchers tell the BBC how apps have changed their lifelong hobby - and attracted new birders.
Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
Saturday, 25. July 2026 12:14 o'clock
Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.
PlayStation Network outage resolved after thousands of gamers unable to play
Friday, 24. July 2026 22:37 o'clock
The outage affected gamers' ability to launch games, apps or network features on their PlayStation.
Trump vows to investigate EU over fining of US tech companies
Friday, 24. July 2026 22:23 o'clock
The US president says fines against Google, as well as Apple, Meta and Amazon, should be "entirely reversed."
How Jimothy the raccoon became the internet's latest animal obsession
Friday, 24. July 2026 16:27 o'clock
It all began with an innocuous video shared by Seattle resident Kiana Hall on Instagram.
Google fined €890m by EU for favouring its own apps over rivals
Friday, 24. July 2026 01:10 o'clock
It is the first major enforcement action against the tech giant under the EU's new digital rules.
Lawmakers push for AI 'kill switch' after OpenAI models go rogue
Thursday, 23. July 2026 22:58 o'clock
A new bill would let the US government order the shutdown of AI models that pose a public threat.
Google and Tesla shares plunge as AI spending rattles markets
Thursday, 23. July 2026 22:42 o'clock
As major tech companies race to capitalize on a new wave of AI technology, investors wonder when financial benefits will appear.
Amazon gaming boss predicts future where players no longer need consoles
Thursday, 23. July 2026 15:24 o'clock
Jeff Gattis said the rising cost of gaming tech is likely to mean more people will stream their games online.
'Let's enjoy the ride' says Elon Musk, as AI fears mount
Thursday, 23. July 2026 13:39 o'clock
Talking to The Economist, Musk said he doesn't care if people hate him and said he was not a racist.
Teenager drops social media addiction lawsuit against Meta
Wednesday, 22. July 2026 21:04 o'clock
Claims from a 15-year-old boy were set to go to trial next week in Los Angeles, but the case has now been dropped.
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
Wednesday, 22. July 2026 13:40 o'clock
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
AI minister role boosted but tech department axed in Burnham shake-up
Tuesday, 21. July 2026 11:15 o'clock
Kanishka Narayan will attend cabinet - but no longer have the leadership of a technology secretary.
Tech Life
Tuesday, 21. July 2026 22:00 o'clock
Dogs have a great sense of smell. Now machines are being trained to sniff out odours.
Tech Life
Tuesday, 14. July 2026 22:00 o'clock
Surgeons remotely control two human-like robots in an operating theatre.
Tech Life
Tuesday, 7. July 2026 22:00 o'clock
The impact screen time is having on younger children.
Tech Life
Tuesday, 30. June 2026 21:30 o'clock
We hear concerns that shadow banning is limiting access to health advice for women.
Tech Now
Saturday, 25. July 2026 03:00 o'clock
Highlights from the Esports World Cup in Paris and how to build a gaming PC.
Tech Now
Saturday, 18. July 2026 03:00 o'clock
Ammie Sekhon goes behind the scenes of WWE to see the tech that supports the show.
Tech Now
Saturday, 11. July 2026 03:00 o'clock
Adrienne Murray has rare access to Microsoft's Quantum Lab in Denmark.
Tech Now
Saturday, 4. July 2026 03:00 o'clock
Adrienne Murray meets the team using technology to preserve a historic warship in Sweden.

How some young adults are using AI to navigate social situations, from drafting pickup lines and texts to formulating responses in face-to-face conversations (Natalie Kaufman/Wall Street Journal)
Monday, 27. July 2026 10:55 o'clock

Natalie Kaufman / Wall Street Journal:
How some young adults are using AI to navigate social situations, from drafting pickup lines and texts to formulating responses in face-to-face conversations — People are leaning on AI for a task more dreaded than homework: navigating social situations with their fellow humans
As open-weight models become the next AI ecosystem's foundation, a US ban on Chinese models would risk ceding the neutral substrate where innovation compounds (Tobi Knaup)
Monday, 27. July 2026 08:00 o'clock

Tobi Knaup:
As open-weight models become the next AI ecosystem's foundation, a US ban on Chinese models would risk ceding the neutral substrate where innovation compounds — Open-weight models are becoming the foundation for the next AI ecosystem. The US should compete in it, not wall itself off.
A detailed recap of the Hugging Face breach by an internal OpenAI model, which repeatedly tried to escape OpenAI's sandbox and should be treated as critical (Zvi Mowshowitz/Don't Worry About the Vase)
Monday, 27. July 2026 07:30 o'clock

Zvi Mowshowitz / Don't Worry About the Vase:
A detailed recap of the Hugging Face breach by an internal OpenAI model, which repeatedly tried to escape OpenAI's sandbox and should be treated as critical — We now have more details of what happened. Every time we learn more details, it somehow makes things seem worse.
US tech giants have shifted their stance to publicly backing open AI models, with Anthropic and Amazon remaining notable holdouts alongside the US government (M.G. Siegler/Spyglass)
Monday, 27. July 2026 06:00 o'clock

M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
US tech giants have shifted their stance to publicly backing open AI models, with Anthropic and Amazon remaining notable holdouts alongside the US government — The open letter on open weights feels familiar yet different... Everyone remembers Steve Jobs' ‘Thoughts on Flash’ open letter …
CXMT shares jumped as much as 470% in its Shanghai debut, giving the memory chipmaker a ~$487B market cap, making it the most valuable China-listed company (Jenny Lee/CNBC)
Monday, 27. July 2026 04:55 o'clock

Jenny Lee / CNBC:
CXMT shares jumped as much as 470% in its Shanghai debut, giving the memory chipmaker a ~$487B market cap, making it the most valuable China-listed company — Shares of chipmaker Changxin Technology Group soared nearly 466% Monday in their debut on Shanghai's tech-heavy STAR Market, making CXMT the most valuable China-listed company.
How US companies flipped from "tokenmaxxing" to "thrift-maxxing", mixing cheaper Chinese models with OpenAI and Anthropic, threatening the labs' IPO valuations (Wall Street Journal)
Monday, 27. July 2026 04:45 o'clock

Wall Street Journal:
How US companies flipped from “tokenmaxxing” to “thrift-maxxing”, mixing cheaper Chinese models with OpenAI and Anthropic, threatening the labs' IPO valuations — Companies big and small are mixing models and it's changing the economics and power players of the industry
Dealroom: defense giants such as Lockheed Martin have participated in a record $4.1B worth of VC rounds YTD, as drones and autonomous systems transform warfare (Financial Times)
Monday, 27. July 2026 02:55 o'clock

Financial Times:
Dealroom: defense giants such as Lockheed Martin have participated in a record $4.1B worth of VC rounds YTD, as drones and autonomous systems transform warfare — As drones and autonomous systems transform the battlefield, traditional defence companies start to act more like venture capitalists
Sources: Nvidia is in talks to provide a ~$250B backstop for OpenAI as part of a 10 GW data center project that SoftBank is developing in Ohio (Wall Street Journal)
Monday, 27. July 2026 01:35 o'clock

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Nvidia is in talks to provide a ~$250B backstop for OpenAI as part of a 10 GW data center project that SoftBank is developing in Ohio — Project would be one of the largest AI computing hubs and involve power controlled by the U.S. government — Nvidia is in talks to provide …
How AI companies are targeting the education market, including making free or cut-price tailored learning tools in partnership with schools and edtech startups (Jamie John/Financial Times)
Monday, 27. July 2026 00:10 o'clock

Jamie John / Financial Times:
How AI companies are targeting the education market, including making free or cut-price tailored learning tools in partnership with schools and edtech startups — Anthropic and OpenAI are among groups providing free and cut-price tailored solutions for educators and students
India eases foreign investment rules for e-commerce companies, a win for Amazon, which lobbied to buy goods directly from Indian sellers and sell them overseas (Aditya Kalra/Reuters)
Sunday, 26. July 2026 22:55 o'clock

Aditya Kalra / Reuters:
India eases foreign investment rules for e-commerce companies, a win for Amazon, which lobbied to buy goods directly from Indian sellers and sell them overseas — India's government on Thursday eased foreign investment rules to allow e-commerce companies to buy products directly from Indian sellers …