Month: November 2025

191 posts
CloudFlare

Cloudflare traffic spike knocks X and ChatGPT offline worldwide

A massive spike in unusual traffic has triggered a global infrastructure outage,…
Cambridge word of the year.

“Parasocial” crowned Cambridge Word of the Year as fans fall for AI chatbots

The rise of one-sided emotional bonds with artificial intelligence has driven Cambridge…
Wearable to control robots.

Gesture control finally works on the move thanks to new AI wearable

Engineers have solved one of the biggest frustrations with wearable technology: gesture…
Children and families in Ukraine.

AI analysis of social media predicts crisis displacement

Analysing social media posts with artificial intelligence can help experts predict when…
Fake phone feature.

Peer pressure makes authors 32 per cent more likely to delete misinformation

Online authors are 32 per cent more likely to delete their own…
Polling station

AI bots can rig polls and ‘poison the entire knowledge ecosystem’

Artificial intelligence can now corrupt public opinion surveys at scale by mimicking…
Synthetic brain.

Synthetic brain tissue breakthrough boosts animal-free drug testing

Functional, brain-like tissue has been grown for the first time without using…
Structure of Bas63

Scientists create detailed blueprint of ‘living fossil’ virus to fight superbugs

Researchers at the University of Otago have produced a detailed blueprint of…
Foldable bottlebrush polymers.

3D-printable ‘bionic’ polymer could build artificial organs and batteries

University of Virginia (UVA) researchers have pioneered a new 3D-printable polymer that…
Brain simulator.

Scientists boot up 10 million-neuron virtual brain on Fugaku

Japanese researchers have created one of the most extensive and most detailed…