Valve Steam Machine will cost £879, motorists urged not to use smart watch while driving

Valve has launched the Steam Machine gaming computer at a higher price than it previously expected, in what it has attributed to soaring component costs. The gaming giant  said in a blog post, Monday that its new gaming PC, which also doubles as a console, would retail at £879 in the UK and $1,049 in the US – a price tag it said reflects hardware costs rising in recent years. “The overall effect is that our original goal for the price of Steam Machine is no longer viable,” Valve added. BBC 

Plans for Nissan to make an electric version of its popular Qashqai in Britain are on hold unless the Japanese carmaker secures extra government support. Nissan has suspended work on an all-electric Qashqai that it said three years ago would be built at its plant in Sunderland, according to Reuters. Resuming the plans is likely to depend on a package of support currently being negotiated between the Government and the company, as well as whether Labour waters down electric car targets. Telegraph 

Motorists are being urged to avoid using smartwatches behind the wheel, with legislation covering the gadgets described as “unclear”. The RAC, which issued the plea, warned drivers could fall foul of handheld phone rules if they clear notifications on smartwatches. The motoring services company cautioned that smartwatch owners are “in the dark” about the rules for using while driving. A survey commissioned by the RAC suggested 40 per cent of motorists who drive at least once a month own a smartwatch, rising to 73 per cent among 17-34 year-olds. Independent 

Oracle shed about 21,000 roles globally in the last year as the US technology giant reshapes its business around artificial intelligence (AI), the firm’s latest annual report shows. The software and cloud computing firm says it had around 141,000 full-time employees as of 31 May 2026, down from about 162,000 workers at the same time last year. The “deployment of AI technologies across our operations have resulted, and may continue to result, in reductions to our workforce,” the report says. The cuts, which amount to about 13% of Oracle’s workforce, are part of a wider trend among tech firms as they spend hundreds of billions of dollars on building AI infrastructure like data centres. BBC 

Powerful AI models capable of devastating new cyber attacks on governments and businesses are mere months away, intelligence agencies for the Five Eyes have warned in a rare joint statement, urging leaders to “act now”. The surprising public intervention by signals agencies for Australia, the US, the UK, New Zealand and Canada comes after the Trump administration earlier this month decided to block “foreign nationals” from using a much-hyped AI model built by tech company Anthropic, called Fable. The statement, issued late on Monday night, Sydney time, said while AI “would help us improve cyber defence over time, it also accelerates the speed, scale, and sophistication of cyber threats”. The Guardian 

A teenager who paralysed Transport for London (TfL) with a £39m hack is wanted in the US in connection with cyber-scams worth £87m. Thalha Jubair, 19, pleaded guilty on Monday to compromising TfL’s systems in the August 2024 attack that left Tube services suspended. The joint British and Bangladeshi citizen, who has autism and “rarely goes out”, appeared at Woolwich Crown Court alongside Owen Flowers, 18, who also admitted the offence. Jubair, from Bow, east London, was charged in November 2025 in New Jersey over allegations of extorting at least £87m through hacks on 47 American companies and organisations between 2022 and 2025. Telegraph