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ChatGPT Atlas: OpenAI launches web browser centered around its chatbot
October 22, 2025
Company’s AI-powered browser built around marquee bot is designed to provide more personalized web experience OpenAI on Tuesday launched an AI-powered web browser built around its marquee chatbot. “Meet our new browser—ChatGPT Atlas,” a tweet from the company read. Continue reading…
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Instagram keeps flubbing on teen safety. Will its new ‘PG-13’ guidelines make a difference? | Tayo Bero
October 21, 2025
The content guardrails introduced this week feel like hollow posturing after the failure of past promises For months, Instagram has been struggling to convince parents, advocates and officials that it’s a safe place for kids, even though there’s a mountain of evidence to show quite the opposite. Now, the company is introducing yet another set…
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Amazon Web Services outage hitting platforms around world ‘showing signs of recovery’
October 20, 2025
Problem that originated in US and affected Snapchat and Ring among others appears to be IT issue rather than cyber-attack, says expert Business live – latest updates A major internet outage has hit dozens of websites and apps around the world, with users reporting trouble getting online after problems at Amazon’s cloud computing service. The…
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‘I lost 25 pounds in 20 days’: what it’s like to be on the frontline of a global cyber-attack
October 19, 2025
The security chief of SolarWinds reflects on the Russian hack that exposed US government agencies – and the heart attack he suffered in the aftermath Tim Brown will remember 12 December 2020 for ever. It was the day the software company SolarWinds was notified it had been hacked by Russia. Continue reading…
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Driverless taxis from Waymo will be on London’s roads next year, US firm announces
October 15, 2025
Cars with human safety drivers will appear in coming weeks as permissions are sought for fully autonomous rides Driverless taxis from Waymo will be available for hire on London’s roads next year, the US company has announced. The UK capital will become the first European city to have an autonomous taxi service of the kind…
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Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people
October 13, 2025
Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’ A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests. Robby Starbuck, 36, of Nashville, was appointed in August…
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‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app
October 13, 2025
Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging This month, indie musicians in Oakland, California, gathered for a series of talks called Death to Spotify, where attenders explored “what it means to decentralize music discovery, production and listening from capitalist economies”. The events, held at Bathers…
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Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
October 11, 2025
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’ Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon Peter Thiel, the billionaire political svengali and tech investor, is worried about the antichrist. It could be the US. It could be…
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Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst
October 8, 2025
Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee Business live – latest updates The Bank of England has warned there is a growing risk of a “sudden correction” in global markets as it raised concerns about soaring valuations of leading AI tech companies. Policymakers said there were also threats of a…
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‘We want justice’: workers at Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia still waiting on financial redress
October 7, 2025
Asian migrant laborers who paid predatory recruiting fees say global mega-corporation has not kept its promise to pay them restitution Warehouse laborers from Asia say the world’s second largest employer, Amazon, has failed to live up to its promises to compensate them for financial abuses tied to their work for the online retailer in Saudi…
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