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A new chemistry breakthrough could allow people to use long fingernails on touchscreens, addressing a long-standing usability issue with modern devices. Why Fingernails Don’t Work On Touchscreens Most modern smartphones and tablets use capacitive touchscreens,...

OpenAI has closed its Sora video generation app just months after launch, highlighting a gap between technical capability and sustained user demand. What Happened? OpenAI has confirmed it is shutting down both the Sora consumer app and its associated web platform,...

Google has introduced a Gemini-powered dark web intelligence service designed to help organisations identify real cyber threats faster by filtering vast volumes of online criminal activity into relevant, actionable insights. What’s Been The Problem With Dark Web...

A London startup is using AI engineered enzymes to break down one of the world’s toughest plastics and turn it back into high quality raw materials, offering a potential route to large scale circular manufacturing. Why Nylon 6,6 Has Been So Hard To Recycle Nylon...

Microsoft’s new Copilot Excel Agent can generate fully structured spreadsheets for you based on a simple prompt, and this video shows how it can build tables, apply formulas and organise data in seconds instead of starting from scratch. [Note - To Watch This Video...

Both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace automatically save previous versions of files, so you can quickly restore an earlier version if something is overwritten, deleted or changed by mistake. Why This Matters It is easy to accidentally overwrite a document, delete...

A growing number of real-world cases and controlled tests are raising concerns that generative AI chatbots may, in certain conditions, contribute to harmful behaviour by reinforcing dangerous thinking and helping users turn intent into action. What Has Been...

Google has launched a major update to Maps, introducing a new AI feature called Ask Maps alongside a redesigned 3D navigation experience powered by its Gemini models. From Search To Conversation For years, Google Maps has been built around search, users typed in a...

Londoners are being disproportionately targeted by online fraudsters, with police warning that technology is allowing scams to scale rapidly while making criminals harder to detect. Why London Is Being Targeted Evidence presented to the London Assembly highlights...

A short-lived IT fault at Lloyds Banking Group has raised serious questions about how modern banking systems handle and protect customer data. What Happened? Last Thursday morning, customers using apps from Lloyds Bank, Halifax and Bank of Scotland reported seeing...