Your Phone May Be a Germ Hub and You’re Likely Cleaning It All Wrong
We wash our hands, sanitise shopping trolleys and wipe down cafe tables. But what about our phones? We touch these devices dozens of times a day , and take them…
Clay confirms it closed $100M round at $3.1B valuation
Sales automation startup Clay has raised a $100 million Series C at a $3.1 billion valuation in a round led by CapitalG, confirming TechCrunch’s report from June. The financing follows…
The wild quadruped robot scrambles down hills, through glass, and you can stand on it
Unitree A2 is a new quadruped robot It’s super fast The A2 can hold up to a 220lb load If someone were casting a robot action hero movie and they…
Who needs DNA storage when we’ve got ‘Bird Drive’ — Starling used to store data and deliver it at a faster rate than DNA storage, but it may just fly away
A starling has recreated a digital image from sound hours after hearing it Reconstructing a PNG file using birdsong raises more questions than it answers about data fidelity Claiming 2MB/s…
For the first time, OpenAI models are available on AWS
Sam Altman’s blowtorch to his competitors is so hot, it even includes a new partnership with Amazon Web Services. As OpenAI announced two open-weight reasoning models with capabilities on par…
Millions at risk as global network of over 5,000 fake pharmacy websites uncovered by security researchers — here’s how to stay safe
Over 5,000 fake pharmacy websites found secretly harvesting data while pushing counterfeit drugs Fake pharmacies often skip prescriptions and demand cryptocurrency, exposing users to fraud and dangerous products AI-generated articles…
OpenAI just announced something big, but it’s not GPT-5
OpenAI has released gpt-oss-20b and gpt-oss-120b as open-weight models The gpt-oss-20b model can run locally on a consumer PC These models let users see each step of the AI’s thinking…
Best Labor Day sales 2025: date and deals you can expect
It’s officially August, which means the 2025 Labor Day sales event is less than a month away. Labor Day falls on Monday, September 1 this year, which means we should…
Could VPNs be banned? UK government to look “very closely” into their usage following spike after age verification row
UK science secretary denies there are plans to ban VPNs The government is, however, looking “very closely” at how VPNs are being used VPN demand has soared in the UK…
Over 450,000 Brits want to repeal the UK Online Safety Act – here’s how to have your say
A petition to repeal the UK Online Safety Act has already reached over 450,000 signatures in just a few days The UK government has replied to the petition by saying…