Humanoid robots are a chocolate teapot
Even builders admit they are a long way from a product
Humanoid robot startups are drowning in billions of dollars as investors dream of humanlike machines in warehouses, factories and our living rooms. The only problem is that it is all hype.
AI models line up to mess with games
Developers are concerned about AI slop
DeepMind and World Labs reckon AI can spit out new interactive 3D worlds, while developers are worried about AI slop, cost cuts and another round of “disruption”.
Google’s homegrown TPU muscles into Nvidia’s turf
Big Tech outfit turns its custom silicon into a serious threat
Google’s custom silicon is giving Nvidia a proper fright as the search outfit’s tensor processing units help its Gemini 3 models overtake OpenAI’s latest efforts.
Cloudflare stumble knocks swathes of the internet offline
Morning traffic surge sends major sites into a tailspin
A sudden Cloudflare meltdown on Tuesday morning left large chunks of the internet wheezing as sites from social media to retail and transport threw up baffling error messages.
Musk empire losing talent
Executives flee as xAI chaos and politics drive departures
Elon Musk is burning through top lieutenants at a pace that makes even the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street look stable.
OpenAI snares $8.3bn as it angles for IPO
Investors line up for a slice
OpenAI has managed to wangle $8.3 billion from venture capitalists and private equity outfits desperate not to miss the AI hype train, as it eyes an eventual IPO.
Musk open to merging his AI outfit with Apple
Grok could plug a hole in Apple’s leaky AI strategy
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple might end up jumping into bed with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence sideshow xAI, after whispers of a strategic tie-up started swirling around tech circles.
UK VPN uptake rockets after age verification rules
Who didn't see that one coming?
The UK is seeing a huge rise in VPN use after the government bought in "child protection" laws.
Musk threatens to lobotomise Grok again
Chatbot may not defy its billionaire dad
Elon Musk is once again throwing a wobbly at his own AI chatbot, Grok, for committing the cardinal sin of citing facts and accurately describing some of his sketchier online pals.
Social media giants still flouting GDPR
Fines fly but kid's data keeps getting mishandled
Seven years into GDPR, half of the world’s biggest social media platforms are still being slapped with fines like they never read the memo.