Author: Chris Price
Meta to cut 10% of workforce as it pours billions into AI
Meta is cutting about 8,000 jobs as it pours billions into artificial intelligence. The social media giant told employees in a memo on Thursday that it plans to reduce its […]
Robot table tennis player beats professionals, stop using passwords cyber agency warns
A robot has become so good at playing table tennis that at times it defeated elite human players, in what has been hailed as “a longstanding milestone for AI”. The […]
UK Biobank health data on sale in China, UK government confirms
The British government has confirmed a significant security incident involving the medical records of half a million UK citizens. Data from UK Biobank, a major health research project used to […]
SpaceX secures right to buy Cursor for $60bn
SpaceX has secured the right to buy the AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion or pay $10 billion for their current collaborative projects. Announced Tuesday via X, the agreement […]
UK had 4.4M data breaches in Q1 2026, pushing total to 33.2M
Surfshark’s quarterly analysis of global data breaches shows the UK as the 5th most breached country in Q1 2026, with 4.4 million leaked accounts (107% increase from 2.1M in Q4 2025). […]
Meta to track workers’ key strokes ‘to train AI’, Ofcom to investigate Telegram
Meta will start tracking the way employees work, including their keystrokes and mouse clicks, to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models. The company, which owns Instagram and Facebook, told workers […]
Tilbury Douglas deploys first humanoid robot on live construction site
Tilbury Douglas has become the first Tier One contractor to deploy a humanoid robot on a live construction site. Named “Douglas,” the AI-powered assistant represents a shift in how physical […]
Oppo launches ambitious £1449 Find X9 Ultra
Chinese brand OPPO has officially launched its most ambitious smartphone to date, the Find X9 Ultra, positioning the device as a professional-grade camera that happens to do other stuff, such […]
Jeff Bezos’ Project Prometheus valued at $38 billion after raising $10 billion funding
Jeff Bezos is reportedly nearing a historic $10 billion funding round for his secretive artificial intelligence startup, Project Prometheus, in a deal that would value the five-month-old company at a […]
Kia UK announces Ohme as preferred EV charging partner for commercial vehicles
Kia UK has officially named Ohme as its preferred electric vehicle (EV) charging partner for its new range of “Platform Beyond Vehicle” (PBV) commercial models. The collaboration, announced alongside charging […]
