Tech

Guido Mieth/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Starting each day with a piping-hot cup of coffee is essential for many of us. While a simple drip-brew Mr. Coffee machine may be all that is necessary for the casual coffee fan, caffeine devotees may want to take things to the…

Marco Lazzarini/Shutterstock Google introduced AI Overviews in Google Search last year, an AI-powered feature providing rapid answers to user queries. The launch hasn’t exactly gone off without a hitch. AI hallucinations plagued the feature early on, including the now-infamous glue-on-pizza recommendations. Hallucinatory returns have diminished since launch, though AI Overviews will still make up stuff on…

The Scattered Spider hacking collective is still hard at work refining its tactics and deploying new malware variants in the service of its damaging cyber attacks, according to the cyber security agencies of the US, Australia, Canada and the UK. Scattered Spider surged back to prominence earlier in 2025, at first with a round of…

Yasin Hasan/Shutterstock New reports suggest that Google is finally moving away from the magnetic pin charger that has been used on previous smartwatch models when the Pixel Watch 4 releases. But, if you were hoping for a full wireless charging solution, you’re going to need to wait a bit longer. According to new renders shared…

Ella_Ca/Shutterstock “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” goes the saying we’ve all heard and paraphrased one way or another when talking about the past, current events, and even personal matters. Maybe the best way to understand, interpret, and then remember the past is before us, as more advanced artificial intelligence…

miss.cabul/Shutterstock OpenAI delivered a surprise launch event last week, unveiling a product we didn’t necessarily know was in the making. It wasn’t the GPT-5 upgrade ChatGPT users have been waiting for, or the open-source ChatGPT version that OpenAI delayed a couple of times this summer. Instead, OpenAI unveiled a powerful new AI agent that combined…

The National Air Traffic Services (NATS) organisation responsible for air traffic control services at multiple airports in the UK is recovering from a technical systems outage at its Swanwick facility that caused significant disruption to flights on Wednesday afternoon. In an initial statement issued at 4.05pm on 30 July, a NATS spokesperson described a technical…

Primestock Photography/Shutterstock Your Kindle e-reader has made it a lot easier to keep up with your favorite books and publications. Whether you’re using it in bed at night, on a train, or outdoors on a sunny day, most Kindle models deliver crisp-clear text, intuitive controls, and even some thoughtful page-turning animations to fool your brain…

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images There was a time when OpenAI’s GPT-5 upgrade for ChatGPT was expected to bring AGI, or artificial general intelligence, along with it. While AGI doesn’t have a perfectly objective explanation, with AI firms constantly shifting the goalposts, it’s essentially AI that’s better than humans at most tasks; AI that can approach any…

Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images If you’re not using an iPhone, chances are you’ve got an Android phone in your pocket. Android is Google’s mobile operating system, and it powers a range of phones like the Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel. One thing nearly all Android phones have in common is their lithium-ion battery. These batteries are powerful…