Category: Technology

Inna photographer/Shutterstock Humans have long believed horses can “smell fear”. Nervous riders are often told to “relax, or the horse will feel it”. Until recently, though, there was little scientific evidence to show whether this was anything more than folklore. A new study has found that this belief is no myth. Its results show that […]

KYIV / LYON — International law enforcement agencies have delivered a major blow to the Black Basta ransomware syndicate, a “transnational hacker group” responsible for over 600 high-profile cyberattacks and hundreds of millions in extorted cryptocurrency. Following coordinated raids in Western Ukraine on January 15, 2026, authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for the […]

Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and the world, providing us with an immersive world where we could seamlessly combine digital and physical information. The parent company, renamed Meta along the way, had begun introducing headsets and reimagining everyday computing with its Project Orion augmented-reality […]

The red-nosed cuxiu is endangered. Cavan-Images/Shutterstock Look down at the rainforest floor. Rotting flowers shift under the assault of tiny petal-eating beetles. Vividly coloured fungi pop up everywhere like the strange sculptures of a madly productive ceramicist. Look in front of you and heliconias and calatheas, tropical plants familiar from garden centres and greenhouses, vie […]

Autonomous vehicles have made remarkable progress over the past decade. Driverless cars and buses that once struggled to stay in lane can now navigate busy city streets, recognise pedestrians and cyclists, and respond smoothly to traffic signals. Yet one challenge remains stubbornly difficult. The hardest situations on the road are not the common ones but […]

The return of humans to the British Isles after the end of the last ice sheet, which covered much of the northern hemisphere, happened around 15,200 years ago – nearly 500 years earlier than previous estimates. This movement of people coincided with a sharp rise in summer temperatures in southern Britain, research by our group […]

MEMPHIS, TENN. — In a milestone that redefines the sheer physical scale of artificial intelligence development, Elon Musk’s xAI has officially brought Colossus 2 online.2 Confirmed on Saturday, January 17, 2026, the facility has become the first AI training cluster in the world to reach 1-gigawatt (GW) power capacity.3+1 The activation marks a significant leap […]

REDMOND, WA — Microsoft has officially entered the next frontier of retail with the debut of Copilot Checkout, a sophisticated conversational commerce tool designed to transform static e-commerce sites into interactive shopping experiences. Announced on January 14, 2026, the platform allows brands to deploy custom “shopping agents” that guide consumers from initial discovery to final […]

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, Google DeepMind fundamentally shifted the landscape of AI-generated media with a major update to Veo 3.1. The latest iteration of Google’s flagship video model moves beyond experimental clips into the realm of professional production, introducing state-of-the-art 4K upscaling and a revolutionary “Ingredients to Video” workflow that […]