Category: Technology

Phonlamai Photo/Shutterstock The global investment frenzy around AI has seen companies valued at trillions of dollars and eye-watering projections of how it will boost economic productivity. But in recent weeks the mood has begun to shift. Investors and CEOs are now openly questioning whether the enormous costs of building and running AI systems can really […]

Please note his piece contains spoilers for Ex Machina. In the more than a decade since its release in 2015, the film Ex Machina – written and directed by Alex Garland – has proved to be an insightful forerunner to contemporary concerns surrounding the social and cultural impact of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and what […]

Violations of national airspace by drones are on the rise in Europe. When European leaders discussed these events at a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2025, they responded by announcing plans for a defensive “drone wall”. So what is a drone wall? Put simply, it is a network of sensors, electronic warfare equipment and […]

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking medical technology: microscopic robots capable of swimming through blood vessels, delivering drugs directly to targeted sites, and then safely dissolving inside the body. The innovation, developed by researchers at ETH Zurich and published in Science this month, could transform treatments for strokes, brain tumors, and other hard-to-reach conditions Nature Anadolu […]

When I first began appropriating the plots of British-Irish novelist Iris Murdoch’s novels to explain scientific concepts, I never stopped to think about whether Murdoch herself would have approved of such an endeavour. As a professor of molecular biophysics, I find that in both scientific research and all aspects of life, there can be great […]

Building on initial work over the past year the cluster will now further accelerate quantum innovation, scale emerging technologies, and aim to create over 1,000 high-value jobs and bring £1 billion in investment into the UK over the next decade. The initiative is led by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), in partnership with: […]

cynoclub/Shutterstock Domestic dogs are among the most diverse mammals on the planet. From the tiny chihuahua to the towering great dane, the flat-faced pug to the long-muzzled borzoi, the sheer range of canine shapes and sizes is staggering. We often attribute this diversity to a relatively recent phenomenon: the Victorian kennel clubs that first emerged […]

Stephen A. Waycott/Shutterstock Did you get through your beach picnics unscathed this summer? Or did you return from a swim only to find a “seagull” (most likely a herring gull if in the UK) rifling through your bags in search of food? If the latter, shouting at it should help to stop the gull in […]

Summary: OpenAI is contesting a U.S. federal court ruling that requires it to disclose 20 million ChatGPT user conversations in a copyright lawsuit brought by The New York Times and other media outlets. The company argues the order poses a serious risk to user privacy and sets a dangerous precedent for AI transparency and data […]

Summary: Google has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against a China-based cybercriminal group accused of running the “Lighthouse” phishing-as-a-service platform. The kit enabled large-scale smishing attacks worldwide, stealing financial data from millions of victims and generating billions in illicit profits. ⚖️ Legal Action The lawsuit […]