Technology

OpenAI said it has found a way to get ChatGPT to avoid using em dashes, addressing a long-standing formatting pattern that has become a telltale sign of AI-generated text over the past few years. While ChatGPT will not eliminate the em dash from its outputs by default, OpenAI said that the AI chatbot has been … Read more

In the past two months, I have been attending some of the biggest tech conferences in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Hawaii and Boston. To my surprise, the one device I saw on almost every top tech executive’s wrist was a Whoop, a discreet, screen-less fitness tracker that has taken the world by storm … Read more

Alphabet’s Google said on Friday it would invest $40 billion in three new data centers in Texas, as part of its push to expand capacity for artificial intelligence initiatives. The investment, which will be made through 2027, underscores the intensifying competition among AI and cloud service providers to build infrastructure capable of supporting advanced AI … Read more

Google has rolled out a major AI update for Google Photos, driven by Gemini’s Nano Banana, the company’s most advanced on-device image-editing model to date. These enhancements aim to make the photo experience more seamless, creative, and intelligent—from personalised edits to imaginative transformations and smarter search capabilities. According to Google, these features have begun rolling … Read more

As a former Samsung J-series user, moving up alphabetically to the M-series made me nostalgic. The budget smartphone segment is the hardest to crack, with multiple manufacturers trying to offer the best possible feature set at the lowest possible price. The Samsung M17 is a strong contender in this space, delivering exactly what users typically … Read more

Project Kuiper is now officially known as Amazon Leo, following multiple successful satellite launches this year. The new name references Low-Earth Orbit (LEO)—orbits up to 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometres) above Earth—where Amazon’s 153 satellites currently operate. The former codename, Kuiper, alluded to the Kuiper Belt, the asteroid belt beyond Neptune. Amazon Leo’s mission is to … Read more

Apple is stepping up its succession planning efforts as it prepares for Tim Cook to step down as chief executive of the tech giant as soon as next year, the Financial Times reported on Friday. John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, is widely seen as Cook’s most likely successor, the FT reported, … Read more

The recently discovered comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) has dramatically changed course—literally. First spotted in May by astronomers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, the comet was believed to have survived its closest approach to the sun on 8 October, when it passed at a distance of about 31 million miles (50 million kilometres). This … Read more

Elon Musk believes that Tesla’s humanoid robot, Optimus, could one day reshape global healthcare by giving every person access to “the best surgeons” through AI-driven precision. Speaking to Ron Baron, founder of Baron Capital, the 54-year-old technocrat revealed his long-term vision for Tesla’s robotics program. He asserted that Optimus could democratise elite medical treatment systems … Read more

I don’t know how or when, but I have picked up this weird habit of looking at people’s wrists just to see what watch they are wearing. From airport lounges to the Starbucks queue, I find myself noticing the watches travellers have on. And while I can’t say with complete certainty which models dominate people’s … Read more