Wed 01 July 2026: AI firm says it will begin restoring access to Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after the removal of export controls. The United States government has lifted its restrictions on foreign access to Anthropic’s most powerful AI models, the company has announced. Anthropic said late on Tuesday that it would begin restoring […]
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Tue 30 June 2026: WhatsApp will let users go by usernames instead of phone numbers, closing a longstanding privacy gap on the app used by more than three billion people. The Meta-owned platform said on Monday that it has begun letting users reserve unique usernames before a wider rollout later this year when people will be […]
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Tue 30 June 2026: Sleeping bags, folding chairs, people who had been waiting on pavements for days. By the time Apple Store doors opened on June 29, 2007, queues for the first iPhone stretched around city blocks across the United States, including outside Apple and AT&T stores in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and […]
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Mon 29 June 2026: Regional police and local authorities in the U.K. built a vast machine-learning apparatus to predict crime and flag vulnerable citizens, only to quietly abandon key models after the data proved deeply untrustworthy. Staff at the Bristol City Council ultimately rejected the artificial intelligence systems, concluding that the predictive risk scores were […]
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Mon 29 June 2026: Two years ago, much of the public treated generative AI as an impressive but unreliable novelty. In 2026, that framing no longer holds. The technology has advanced rapidly enough to unsettle white-collar industries, attract infrastructure spending, and spark a broader debate about who benefits, who is exposed, and who writes the […]
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Sun 28 June 2026: Canberra says tech platforms are still letting too many children bypass its under-16 social media ban. Australia says it will double fines on social media companies that fail to keep children off their platforms, accusing Big Tech of dodging the spirit of its under-16 ban. The government said on Saturday that […]
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Sun 28 June 2026: Experts say a trend is reshaping online harassment: the use of AI to generate sexualised imagery and propaganda targeting Muslim women. New Delhi, India – When Samreen Ayoub first saw the video, she was stunned. The freelance model from India-administered Kashmir was scrolling on her phone last year when a friend sent […]
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Fri 26 June 2026: Data centres and AI systems are expanding across Africa, bringing new pressure on energy and resources. Johannesburg, South Africa – In April, African Union ministers gathered in Tangier, Morocco, to discuss artificial intelligence at a moment when governments across the continent are racing to develop AI strategies, attract investment and expand digital […]
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Fri 26 June 2026: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming powerful enough to significantly enhance the capabilities of criminals, terrorist groups and hostile states unless governments and technology companies strengthen safety measures, according to a new report published by the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER). The report warns that […]
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Thu 25 June 2026: China’s LineShine overtakes US-based El Capitan as most powerful supercomputer, according to the TOP500 list. China has displaced the United States on an influential ranking of the world’s fastest supercomputers, underscoring Beijing’s growing capability to compete with the world’s leading superpower in cutting-edge technology. China’s LineShine is the most powerful system […]
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