Google said it has fixed a vulnerability in its Chrome browser for Windows that malicious hackers have used to break into victims’ computers.
In a brief note on Tuesday, Google said that it fixed the vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025…
Amazon continues to infuse AI into its shopping tools to encourage customers to make more purchases. The company announced on Wednesday a new feature called “Interests,” aimed at creating a more personalized and conversational search exp…
We tried one of Amazon's Zoox toaster-shaped autonomous vehicles, which don't have human controls. Can it really compete with Waymo?
There’s nothing normal about riding in a vehicle that actually, really drives itself.
The sensation …
Dear reader, while I do like Game Pass—it's often a good deal when the lineup's strong—I think you'll agree when I say I've never enjoyed the experience of using the Xbox app. Microsoft can't seem to cobble together a user interface that w…
TikTok (www.TikTok.com) hosted its second Annual Africa Safer Internet Summit in Cape Town, South Africa, bringing together government officials, regulators, and industry leaders from across Sub-Saharan Africa. Delegates from South…
The OnePlus 13T might be the official name for the compact OnePlus 13 Mini smartphone we’ve been hearing so much about, but it may well pack a super-sized battery.
Regular tipster Digital Chat Station has taken to Weibo to reveal a fasc…
Vietnam will cut its tariffs on several U.S. products including LNG and cars, and moved to approve Starlink services, as the country tries to avoid being hit with U.S. tariffs because of its large bilateral trade surplus.
The Southeast …
During a livestream on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the first major upgrade to ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities in over a year.
ChatGPT can now leverage the company’s GPT-4o model to natively create and modify images …
OpenAI released updates Monday for Advanced Voice Mode, its AI voice feature that enables real-time conversations in ChatGPT, to make the AI assistant more personable and interrupt users less frequently.
Manuka Stratta, an OpenAI post-t…
Top Trump administration officials used messaging app Signal to share war plans and mistakenly included a journalist in the encrypted chat, spurring calls by Democratic lawmakers for a congressional investigation into the security breach.
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Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that co-CEO Han Jong-hee had died of a heart attack, leaving newly-appointed boss Jun Young-hyun solely in charge of the tech giant as it revamps its underperforming chip business and navigates trade unc…
China has narrowed the AI development gap with the United States to just three months in some areas, because firms such as DeepSeek have worked out how to use chips and apply algorithms more efficiently, the CEO of Chinese startup 01.AI Le…
A growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in job applications risks employers hiring candidates who cannot do the work, a business owner has said.
Advertising boss James Robinson said he and other business leaders were seeing a "r…
BlackRock has launched its first bitcoin exchange-traded product in Europe, in a bid to tap growing demand for cryptocurrency exposure in new markets after attracting more than $50 billion into similar products in the United States.
The…
The roar of the Zambezi is deafening as millions of gallons of water crash over rocks and tumble down rapids.
But there's another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush - the unmistakable high-pitched whine of a bitcoin m…
Negotiations on a potential contract between Elon Musk's satellite internet operator Starlink and the Italian government have stalled, reflecting broader geopolitical tensions, Italy's defence minister said on Saturday.
Prime Minister G…
OpenAI and Meta Platforms have held separate discussions with India's Reliance Industries over potential partnerships to expand their artificial intelligence offerings in the country, technology news website The Information reported on Sat…
Apple Inc said on Monday it will set up a new clean energy fund in China worth 720 million yuan ($99.22 million), coinciding with a Beijing visit of its CEO Tim Cook.
Apple said in a statement that it is a move aimed at expanding its cl…
German software company SAP overtook Danish healthcare company Novo Nordisk as Europe's largest company by market capitalisation on Monday.
At 0900 GMT, SAP had a market cap of $340 billion, slightly more than Novo Nordisk, according to…
Computers and smartphones might be where most writing is done these days, but typewriters still have work to do in the US.
Pretty much every day, another customer clutching an old typewriter will walk into Mike Marr's shop in Pawt…
New Galaxy A series smartphones bring first-ever Awesome Intelligence, advanced camera features and enhanced durability
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. early this month unveiled Galaxy A56 5G, Galaxy A36 5G and Galaxy A26 5G, the latest …
Saudi Aramco-backed industrial software company Cognite has opened an AI services centre in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru and said it is exploring potential contracts with top conglomerates in the country.
The Norwegian company …
Microsoft will launch its first cloud region in Malaysia with three data centres by mid-year, the tech company said on Thursday, nearly a year after it announced a $2.2 billion investment in the Southeast Asian country.
The data centres…
Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has added image generation capabilities to its API.
Only one model is available in the API at the moment, “grok-2-image-1212.” Given a caption, the model can generate up to 10 images per request (limited t…
OpenAI is bringing new transcription and voice-generating AI models to its API that the company claims improve upon its previous releases.
For OpenAI, the models fit into its broader “agentic” vision: building automated systems that can…
Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab is shaking up its executive ranks to get its AI efforts back on track after months of delays, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday citing people familiar with the situation.
Some AI improvements to voice ass…
Chinese artificial intelligence startup Manus on Thursday registered its China-facing AI assistant and was featured for the first time in a state media broadcast, highlighting Beijing's strategy of boosting domestic AI firms that have rece…
It’s well established that AI models developed by Chinese AI labs like DeepSeek censor certain politically sensitive topics. A 2023 measure passed by China’s ruling party forbids models from generating content that “damages the unity of …
Anthropic’s AI-powered chatbot, Claude, can now search the web — a capability that had long eluded it.
Web search is available now in preview for paid Claude users in the U.S., Anthropic said in its blog, with support for free users and…
It all started with one question.
A query last week from an X (formerly Twitter) account called Toka was enough to propel Elon Musk's built in-chatbot called Grok 3 into a viral storm across India's digital landscape.
And no, it wa…
Mike Johns didn't expect his return trip from Los Angeles to Scottsdale, Arizona in December to go viral.
To get to the airport he booked a driverless taxi and enjoyed a thrill when he jumped in with curious bystanders looking on.
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A viral filter which made people appear overweight has been removed from TikTok, after the BBC reported it had sparked a wave of user criticism.
Known as a "chubby filter", the artificial intelligence (AI) tool took a photo of a perso…
Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab will open a quantum computing research lab in Boston, where it plans to collaborate with scientists from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, CEO Jensen Huang said on Thursday.
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Nvidia at GTC 2025 announced a new lineup of “AI personal supercomputers” powered by the company’s Grace Blackwell chip platform.
Jensen Huang, the semiconductor company’s founder and CEO, unveiled the two new machines, DGX Spark (previ…
Tesla received a permit Tuesday from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to operate a transportation service in the state, the beginning of a long regulatory road that could eventually lead to the company getting the OK to op…
Across the globe more and more Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) are being spotted on – and off – the roads.
This is despite predictions from the United Nations of an inevitable pivot towards smaller and more environmentally friendly veh…
Amid an ongoing regulatory battle with European privacy authorities, Meta announced on Thursday that its AI-powered virtual assistant, Meta AI, is finally launching in the European Union. The chatbot-like tool will be rolled out across Met…
The diver had found the fibre optic cable lying on the seabed of the North Sea. He swam closer, until it was near enough to touch.
He reached out his hand. But someone could tell he was lurking there. Someone was watching.
"He stop…
In a brief message Tuesday morning on Threads, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s “open” AI model family, Llama, hit 1 billion downloads. That’s up from 650 million downloads as of early December 2024 — a ~53% increase over a roug…
General Motors is turning to Nvidia to help bring AI to the physical world in an expanded collaboration designed to touch every aspect of the automaker’s business, including factories, robots, and self-driving cars.
Nvidia founder and …
A pilot project in Wolverhampton using digital technology to help vulnerable adults live independently is to be extended.
Voice-activated fall detectors, remote monitoring sensors and smart speakers are among devices that have had pos…
Iran is using drones and intrusive digital technology to crush dissent, especially among women who refuse to obey the Islamic republic's strict dress code, the United Nations has said.
Investigators say Iranian security officials are …
Navigating the world of dating apps can be tough enough on those looking for love, but academics say plans to introduce AI to help users craft their bios and hone their chat could make things even harder.
For the one in ten adults…
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ChatGPT can now be set as a default assistant on Android phones.
A beta version of the app revealed that it shows up in one of the options for the device's digital assistant.
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Oppo’s compact flagship phone is close to launching, is confirmed to be called the Oppo Find X8s. The company has been teasing its advancements over the competition fervently and recently threw light on the phone’s display upgrades over ot…
The release of the Pixel 9a is apparently very near, because after a regular cadence of leaks about the yet-to-be announced budget phone, at least two YouTubers have reviewed it early. Both The Mobile Central and Sahil Karoul have Go…
The domain of Apple leaks is currently obsessed with the controversial iPhone 17 Pro design refresh, which could stir some heated debate with its massive camera hump. A lot of chatter is also focused on the svelte iPhone 17 Air. Yet, it se…
Social network Bluesky recently published a proposal on GitHub outlining new options it could give users to indicate whether they want their posts and data to be scraped for things like generative AI training and public archiving.
CEO J…
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Google is rolling out a new patch for the Find My Device app that brings a new "People" tab beside "Devices."
The tab lets users quickly share their location, similar to Google Maps, with contacts, showing bat…