
Apple’s Siri overhaul delayed due to poor engineering
Can’t get the wood
The fruity cargo cult Apple’s overhyped Siri revamp has ground to a halt because of serious technical difficulties, raising doubts about the company’s ability to deliver on its grand promises.

Reddit makes ten per cent of cash from Google and OpenAI
AI scrapping
Reddit’s latest earnings report revealed that content licensing agreements with artificial intelligence firms Google and OpenAI contribute approximately 10 per cent of its revenue, amounting to around $130 million.

ChatGPT uses far less energy than thought
Epoch boffins find
A team of boffins from Epoch AI have emerged from their smoke filled labs having discovered that concerns over ChatGPT’s energy consumption may have been overstated.

Researcher gives Google Gemini dementia
By-passes injection defences
Insecurity expert Johann Rehberger has been showing off a novel method to bypass prompt injection defences in Google's Gemini. This method hits the AI’s long-term memory, causing the chatbot to act on false information indefinitely.

DeepSeek’s AI Model not bad for China
But no great shakes says DeepMind CEO
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis (pictured) said that DeepSeek’s AI model represents the best work to emerge from China but is nothing new.

Google uncovers critical vulnerability in Zen-Based CPUs
Can make your “random” numbers always four
Boffins in Google’s Security Team have discovered a serious vulnerability in AMD Zen-based CPUs.

Google prepares to unveil Pixel 9a
Certification filings suggest
Google appears set to launch its next mid-range smartphone, the Pixel 9a, as early certification filings reveal promising new specifications.

DeepSeek's AI will be banned in the USA
Judges Jefferies says it will all be illegal
The AI app that stormed to the top of the download charts on Apple’s App Store and Google Play, and rocked Nvidia's share value, is now staring down the barrel of a US consumer ban, top analysts at US investment bank Jefferies have warned.

Google removes pledge against weaponising AI from website
We want to do some real evil now
Search engine outfit Google has removed a promise not to build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website.

China retaliates against Trump’s tariffs
Rare earth exports strangled
The trade war between China and the US took an ugly turn after President Donald Trump imposed a ten per cent tariff on Chinese goods entering the US.