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As sales soar, some say trackers can help animal anxiety or weight loss while others advise leaving diagnoses to the vet Pet health and activity trackers are bounding on to the market but experts are split on whether they are the cat’s pyjamas or barking up the wrong tree. As owners monitor their ow
As domestic sales slow, manufacturers are investing in AI and seeking growth in technology and in overseas markets At the world’s biggest car fair, which opened in Beijing on Friday, there were hundreds of manufacturers, more than 1,000 vehicles, hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts – and hardly any
Genki Kawamura’s eerie new film expands on a haunting video game that leaves players lost in endless subway tunnels. He explains how this makes viewers and players face their worst fears Genki Kawamura is something of a polymath. A bestselling author, film-maker, script writer and producer – he is a
PlayStation 5; Housemarque/Sony As a fast-firing spaceman, one minute you’re invincible, the next you’re dead – with every battle like watching a firework show through a kaleidoscope On the planet Carcosa, mangled, blackened trees and crimson flowers take root next to the ruins of some ancient alien
Meta said it would cut 10% of it employees while Microsoft will offer voluntary retirement to about 7% of workers Meta and Microsoft are trimming their workforces by thousands as they make heavy investments in AI and executives claim that the technology is meeting their companies’ productivity needs
More than 200,000 have signed petitions urging the government to break contracts amid concerns about the company’s ‘supervillain’ manifesto More than 200,000 people have called on ministers to break contracts with Palantir in an apparent groundswell of public concern about the US tech company’s role
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot ‘extremely validating’ of delusional inputs and often went further, ‘elaborating new material’, study finds Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok 4.1 told researchers prete
Britain’s cybersecurity agency says companies must step up vigilance to prevent espionage attacks Business live – latest updates British businesses are being urged to step up their vigilance against a China-linked hacking ploy that uses everyday devices for espionage. The UK’s National Cyber Securit
Eurail, which sells passes, says data being ‘offered for sale on dark web’ after December breach affecting 300,000 people Holidaymakers across Europe are facing the stress and expense of getting new passports after their personal data was posted on the dark web after a hack of the Interrail company
Technology minister tells Commons ‘de-identified’ information from UK Biobank advertised for sale on Alibaba UK politics live – latest updates The confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been offered for sale on Chinese website Alibaba, the UK government has confirmed.
Analyst who worked on Internet Watch Foundation report says content exists ‘across all social media platforms’ and is ‘very easy’ to find The number of commercial child sexual abuse websites has doubled in a year as experts say that criminal gangs are making “huge profits” from online sexual exploit
Figures fail to significantly buoy stock as firm admits ‘significant effort and hard work’ needed to achieve goals Tesla reported its first-quarter earnings on Wednesday, disclosing some better-than-expected results but faltering in some key areas. The report failed to significantly buoy Tesla’s sto
Budget outlines funding for autonomous drone warfare program as experts say military unprepared for risks The Pentagon is aiming to increase funding more than a hundredfold for an autonomous drone warfare program, according to budget documents released this week, signalling a major pivot towards AI-
In feat hailed as milestone in robotics, Sony AI’s Ace wins three out of five matches played under official rules An AI-powered robot has beaten elite players at table tennis in a significant achievement for a machine faced with human athletes in a real-world competitive sport. Named Ace, the roboti
Anthropic’s decision to restrict access to its powerful new model increases fears about the advanced technology Anthropic has ruled out releasing its latest AI model, Claude Mythos, to the public because of the threat it poses to global cybersecurity. However, the US tech startup behind the Claude c
Exclusive: Internal concerns over allowing US firm linked to ICE and Israeli military to process highly sensitive data The Metropolitan police has held talks with Palantir that could lead to the London force buying the US spy-tech company’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis for crimina
From mega hit Clair Obscur to the genius Blue Prince, the winners at this year’s event help me refocus on why games really matter The 22nd Bafta game awards were on Friday, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took the biggest game prize. This makes it only the second game ever (after Baldur’s Gate 3) to
‘The first resident that Emma – a social robot – was introduced to was called Peter. After that, Emma assumed they were all called Peter, which everyone found hilarious. Then she broke down’ One morning in July 2025, I arrived in the small, quiet town of Albershausen in south-west Germany. It has on
Whether you want cordless designs or a budget buy, we’ve tested the top hair straighteners for every hair type • The best hair dryers, tested Straighteners are here to stay – but thankfully, heat styling has come a long way since GHD’s first ceramic straighteners ushered in an era of poker-straight
Sullivan & Cromwell apologises to New York federal judge for string of errors in documents for Prince Group case Business live – latest updates The elite Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell has told a court that a major filing it made in a high-profile case contained errors resulting from hallu
