Month: October 2026

A Princeton researcher found that publicly available election records could be combined with AI to link voters to their ballots When voters cast their ballots, their votes are supposed to remain secret: from their family, their neighbors, and the government. But what if artificial intelligence could make secret votes visible? Continue reading… A Princeton researcher …

Georgia holds emergency meeting on AI exposing voters’ secret ballots Read More »

Patrick McCabe’s herculean feat shows limits and possibilities of special educational needs and disabilities system Patrick McCabe is instantly recognisable in the early autumn sunshine, his wheelchair surrounded by fellow pupils at Fallibroome Academy in Macclesfield, Cheshire as they move from lesson to lesson, chatting, laughing and joking around. His extraordinary GCSE success this summer …

‘Just like my big brothers’: boy with cerebral palsy passes GCSEs with eye-tracking technology Read More »

‘AI factories’ developer on track to launch the second-biggest IPO in Australian history, but investors warn its forecasts are ‘a little bit of a fairytale’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast From her balcony in Launceston, Kayla Thompson can see the buzz of construction at what will soon be one …

‘These guys are just coming from nothing’: questions over multibillion-dollar Firmus float amid datacentre backlash Read More »

Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian government faces significant “tech debt” that could bring a big bill for taxpayers after the OpenAI Medicare breach, as government agencies will …

OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers Read More »

Platform ‘for the curious’ says users outside the UK account for nearly 90% of its revenues Business live – latest updates Feeld, a UK-based dating app aimed at non-monogamous, queer and kinky users, has reported strong sales growth and paid its founders their largest-ever dividend as it attracts users from more “vanilla” rivals. Revenues jumped …

Kinky dating app Feeld’s founders share in record £3.8m dividend after sales jump Read More »

Exclusive: Martha Dalton worked closely with Burnham’s team on byelection that secured his return to parliament A recent lobbyist for the controversial $450bn US tech company Palantir played a senior role in helping Andy Burnham become prime minister, it has emerged. Martha Dalton, whose company Lodestone worked for Palantir in 2024 and 2025, campaigned for …

Recent lobbyist for Palantir had key role in helping Andy Burnham become PM Read More »

Jessica Watkins, the first Black woman to lead a crew to orbit, is making her second trip to the space station Four astronauts rocketed into orbit on Thursday on a space station mission that will stretch until spring, among them a Canadian whose wife will give birth while he is away. SpaceX launched commander Jessica …

SpaceX launches crew to ISS successfully: ‘Thanks for an amazing ride’ Read More »

People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices For some, it is the security of knowing they have a physical copy of their favourite films and music, free from algorithms, interruptions and the vagaries of streaming. For others, it is the sound of …

‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl Read More »

State attorney general issues subpoena to OpenAI as ​part of broader inquiry into potential security vulnerabilities California’s attorney general has issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI, starting an investigation into the startup ⁠as ​part of a broader inquiry into potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents related ⁠to its AI models, his office said on Thursday. Last …

California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hacking Read More »

The candidates running to replace Gavin Newsom sparred over taxes, immigration and regulating AI Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton, the candidates running to be California’s next governor, clashed on Wednesday over taxes, immigration and regulating artificial intelligence in a testy debate held days before voters begin receiving their ballots in the heavily Democratic state. Hilton, …

Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra clash in testy California governor’s race debate Read More »