Technology

Companies worldwide are increasingly blaming artificial intelligence (AI) for job cuts, raising concerns that machines could replace more workers in the coming years. Microsoft, Barclays Bank and supermarket chain Kroger are among the companies that have announced AI-related job cuts this year. Some have eliminated positions they consider unnecessary, while others have reduced their workforce to save money for investment ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled what he described as a “flying” car, equipped with thrusters, during a livestreamed event at his SpaceX rocket company’s facility on Thursday. Technical and regulatory challenges have so far prevented the much-hyped flying car sector from getting off the ground. Musk revealed his new Roadster sports car during a launch event at a SpaceX test ...

Around 400 scientists and researchers, including AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, have called for an international body to oversee the safety of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) systems, warning that voluntary industry measures are insufficient. In an open letter published on Tuesday, scientists from 34 countries proposed common safety standards for advanced AI systems capable of conducting cyberattacks, along ...

The UK’s AI minister has warned it is “likely, if not inevitable” the country’s cyber defences will at some point be breached. Speaking at a press conference, Kanishka Narayan pointed to an incident of a rogue OpenAI agent hacking an Australian government website in June. He said while no medical records are known to have been accessed in the attack, ...

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said Thursday that it has fired three researchers for allegedly mishandling “sensitive information” and violating company policies, including work that involved an external organization that evaluates artificial intelligence models. The San Francisco-based AI lab did not confirm their identities, but at least two of the employees worked on safety and alignment, according to the Wall Street Journal and ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft lifts off on NASA’s Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station, carrying NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, October 1, 2026.

A US federal jury has ordered Apple to pay more than $5.7 billion to San Diego-based Taction Technology after finding that the tech giant infringed two of the company’s patents related to haptic feedback technology. The jury in California found on Friday that Apple’s Taptic Engine, which produces tapping and vibration effects in devices, infringed Taction’s patents used in iPhones ...

Humanoid robots will be able to complete most general-purpose tasks from verbal instructions as soon as next year, although becoming useful around the house will take much longer, said the head of a leading Chinese company developing robot brains. After impressive hardware advances allowing Chinese humanoids to sprint, dance and do backflips on command, robot firms are increasingly focusing on ...

Australia passed legislation on Thursday that will force tech giants to pay millions of dollars in levies if they fail to strike commercial deals with local media outlets for news on their platforms. The News Bargaining Incentive taxes the companies 2.5% on their advertising revenues unless they strike agreements. Proceeds from the scheme would be directed to local Australian news ...

OpenAI announced on Friday that it had surpassed the symbolic milestone of 1 billion active users, less than four years after the launch of its popular chatbot ChatGPT. “Our models now reach more than one billion active users and more than two million businesses. As people gain confidence in the technology, they use it more deeply,” the company said in ...