Chinese OS model beats GPT-5 and Claude Sonnet 4.5 on key benchmarks

A new open source AI model from Chinese startup Moonshot AI has…

UK grid ‘overwhelmed’ as data centre power requests triple in one year

The UK’s electricity grid is “overwhelmed” by a flood of connection requests,…

Microsoft AI boss rejects ‘AGI race’, warns ‘no one has a reassuring answer’

Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI, has explicitly rejected the industry’s…

Bacterial spores embedded in liquid metal create self-healing electronics

Researchers have developed “living metal” composites embedded with bacterial endospores that exhibit…

One narcissist can wreck entire team performance, escape room study shows

A single person’s narcissism can undermine an entire team’s morale and performance,…

Apple to use Google’s 1.2-trillion parameter Gemini for Siri revamp

Apple is planning to use a 1.2 trillion parameter artificial intelligence model…

Google Maps adds conversational AI driving assistant powered by Gemini

Google Maps is introducing hands-free, conversational navigation powered by Gemini, allowing drivers…

Office partitions are making your colleagues louder, research shows

In the modern open-plan office, a paradoxical problem has presented itself: the…

Apple to launch budget Mac under $1,000 targeting Chromebook market

Apple is preparing to enter the low-cost laptop market for the first…

Spotify beats forecasts with 713m users as CEO transition approaches

Spotify exceeded analyst expectations in the third quarter with 713 million monthly…