Science / A telescope for the universe: Nobel winner in physics 2026, explained
11 HOUR(s)
•
Technology
This map has been going viral. But there's more to it
6 October 2026
•
Technology
As AI cheating grows, US universities lose faith in detectors
6 October 2026
•
Technology
OpenAI and Anthropic back mandatory breach reporting for AI agents in Australia
6 October 2026
•
Technology
OpenAI to test visual ads inside ChatGPT
6 October 2026
•
Technology
Data centres could be built twice as fast without supply issues: Nokia CEO
6 October 2026
•
Technology
Wikipedia host says OpenAI agents probed site and flooded servers
6 October 2026
•
Technology
Two Bangladeshi students win SpaceXAI challenge at MIT
5 October 2026
•
Technology
Anthropic to train 10,000 AI engineers with $100m programme
5 October 2026
•
Technology
Sam Altman says AI benefits justify some risks
5 October 2026
•
Technology
New York City to restrict student AI use in schools through eighth grade
New York City is set to prohibit students from using artificial intelligence in public schools through eighth grade as part of a broader overhaul of technology use in the country’s largest school district.
3 September 2026
Delivery Hero board recommends Uber’s $15bn takeover offer to shareholders
Delivery Hero’s board has backed Uber’s $15 billion takeover proposal and recommended that shareholders accept the offer.
3 September 2026
Dropbox says about 5,000 accounts compromised in August hack
Dropbox has said about 5,000 user accounts were compromised during an August security breach involving an authentication link with Lenovo ID.
3 September 2026
Meta launches Muse Voice Transcribe for real-time multilingual speech recognition
Meta has launched Muse Voice Transcribe, a real-time speech recognition system designed to transcribe multilingual conversations while identifying individual speakers.
3 September 2026
Uber to cut about 3,300 jobs in restructuring drive
Uber is cutting about 3,300 jobs, representing roughly 10% of its global workforce.
3 September 2026
Tim Cook receives $47 million package as Apple executive chair
Tim Cook has been awarded a compensation package valued at about $47 million as he moves from Apple's chief executive role to become executive chair.
3 September 2026
GoPro agrees to $285 million merger with Starman Optical
GoPro has agreed to be acquired by Starman Optical, an American optical and photonics company, in an all-cash merger valued at $285 million.
2 September 2026
Google launches AI-first design tool Google Pics
Google has entered the creative software market with a new prompt-based image creation and editing tool called Google Pics, powered by its Nano Banana image generation model and integrated directly into Google Workspace.
2 September 2026
Sony launches free live TV service on PS5
PlayStation 5 users in the US can now stream ad-supported live television, including sports, news, films, TV programmes, and anime, directly through their consoles.
2 September 2026
Anthropic signs $35 billion computing deal with Nvidia-backed Lambda
Anthropic has agreed to a six-year, $35 billion cloud computing deal with Lambda, a San Jose-based cloud provider backed by Nvidia.
2 September 2026
Apple says new evidence shows former employee used trade secrets while at OpenAI
Apple has filed what it describes as shocking evidence in its trade secrets lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that a former employee used confidential Apple circuit schematics in his work at OpenAI and then enlisted a colleague to destroy evidence when he learned he was under investigation.
2 September 2026
The legacy Tim Cook leaves behind
Tim Cook leaves behind a $4.6tn corporate machine, an unrivalled consumer ecosystem and a record of extraordinary political dexterity.
2 September 2026
Instagram to limit reach of unlabelled AI-generated personas
Instagram will reduce the visibility of accounts featuring AI-generated people when those profiles fail to identify themselves as artificial, as the social network tries to make synthetic online personalities easier to recognise.
1 September 2026
OpenAI says ChatGPT ads reach $1bn annualised revenue run rate
OpenAI says its advertising business has reached a $1bn annualised revenue run rate as the company expands ChatGPT advertising into more international markets.
1 September 2026
Is learning programming still worth it when AI can write code?
Learning programming remains essential in the AI era, shifting focus from syntax to system design, core logic, and AI-assisted software development.
1 September 2026
Adobe offers free AI tools to Saudi users in $4bn expansion
Adobe will provide more than 27 million eligible people in Saudi Arabia with a year of free access to some of its artificial intelligence tools under an expanded partnership valued at more than $4bn.
1 September 2026
Read Tim Cook’s farewell message to Apple staff
Tim Cook sent a final memo to Apple employees on August 31, 2026, the last day of his 15-year tenure as chief executive.
1 September 2026
Nvidia to invest $3.5bn in MediaTek as AI chip partnership deepens
Nvidia is investing $3.5bn in Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek as the US semiconductor company expands its financial and technological ties across the artificial intelligence industry.
1 September 2026
China targets lunar ice with ambitious Chang'e-7 moon mission
China is pursuing frozen water near the moon's south pole with Chang'e-7, its most technologically complex lunar mission so far and an important step towards establishing a long-term human presence there.
1 September 2026
Looks like Twitter is back
A startup involving a former Twitter trademark lawyer has launched a new social network under the Twitter name, setting up an unusual challenge to Elon Musk’s X over ownership of one of the internet’s best-known brands.
31 August 2026