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WhatsApp Usernames Plan Blocked Over Fraud Fears
WhatsApp’s plan to let people communicate without revealing their phone numbers has run into immediate regulatory opposition in India, turning what began as a new privacy feature into a much wider debate about online anonymity, fraud and how messaging platforms should balance privacy with security. Give Your Username Instead Of Your Phone Number WhatsApp has…
Could The AI Bubble Burst?
The artificial intelligence boom has attracted extraordinary levels of investment, transformed technology markets and created expectations of a new era of productivity, but a warning from the world’s leading central bank organisation suggests that the consequences could be felt far beyond the technology industry if financial returns fail to match the hype. Why Are Economists…
Meta Puts Smart Glasses Feature Behind Paywall
Meta has introduced a monthly usage limit for one of the most useful features built into its AI glasses, raising wider questions about whether consumers will increasingly have to pay subscriptions to unlock the full capabilities of devices they have already bought. What Has Meta Changed? Owners of Meta AI glasses can now use Conversation…
Scientists Build Synthetic Cell With Complete Life Cycle
Scientists have created a synthetic cell capable of feeding, growing, copying its genome, dividing and competing across generations, marking an important step towards a future where biology could be engineered from the ground up rather than simply modifying existing life. What Is SpudCell? The new system, called SpudCell, was developed by researchers led by Professor…
Sony Calls Time On PlayStation Discs
Sony is ending the production of physical game discs for new PlayStation releases from January 2028, marking another major step towards an entertainment industry where consumers increasingly access rather than physically own the products they buy. Why Is Sony Ending Physical Discs? From January 2028, all new games released for PlayStation consoles will be distributed…
Use Chrome To Send Someone Directly To The Important Part Of A Web Page
If you need to share a particular sentence or paragraph from a long web page, Google Chrome can create a link that takes the recipient directly to that section and highlights the relevant text. This is useful for sharing technical instructions, online guidance, policies, supplier terms or lengthy articles without making the recipient search through…
Fusion Breakthrough Turns Plasma Energy Into Electricity
A US fusion company has demonstrated a new way of converting energy from a fusion plasma directly into electricity, while separate work on advanced electrical conductors could dramatically reduce the amount of power lost as heat, highlighting how the clean energy challenge is increasingly about efficiency as well as generation. A Fusion First Realta Fusion,…
UN Calls For AI Firms To Reveal Their Environmental Costs
The United Nations is urging AI companies to disclose the full environmental cost of their technologies, arguing that the industry’s impact extends far beyond electricity consumption and carbon emissions. Why The UN Is Concerned The warning follows the publication of a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH),…
CAPTCHAs To Be Replaced With Privacy-First Web Verification
Cloudflare has joined forces with Mozilla, Google, Microsoft and Shopify to develop a new internet protocol designed to help websites distinguish genuine visitors from malicious bots without relying on CAPTCHAs, forced logins or invasive tracking, in what could become one of the biggest changes to how people prove their identity online in decades. What Is…
Exciting Advances In Chip Technology
In this Tech Insight, we examine why the semiconductor industry has become one of the world’s most strategically important sectors, as major technological breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and geopolitical competition reshape the future of computing. Pushing Beyond The Limits Of Miniaturisation One of the clearest signs of that change comes from IBM, which recently unveiled what…
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