Tech News Elon Musk’s Grok generates explicit images despite safeguards, study An overwhelming majority of Grok user-generated content from a mid-January analysis depicts nudity or sexual activity, according to a think tank. 21/01/2026
Tech News OpenAI’s ChatGPT has a Western bias, study finds ChatGPT’s viewpoints are shaped by the predominantly Western, white, male developers and platform owners who built it, a study finds. 21/01/2026
Tech News What is the ‘Golden Dome’ and how would it work? US President Donald Trump said his planned acquisition of Greenland is crucial for his $175-billion ‘Golden Dome’ defence project. Here’s what we know so far about the system. 19/01/2026
Tech News Iran’s internet blackout: How authorities could be blocking Starlink Iran may be using mobile signal jammers similar to those used by Russia in Ukraine, an expert says. 14/01/2026
Health news WHO warns low taxes on sugary drinks and alcohol pose health risks Low taxes, which are not in line with inflation, are ineffective in reducing alcohol or sugary drink consumption, the World Health Organization warns. 13/01/2026
Tech News Which countries are taking aim at Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot? Global crackdown: These nations are restricting or speaking out against Grok over non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes 13/01/2026
Health news One night of sleep data can reveal risk of over 100 diseases: study Stanford researchers taught an AI to “learn the language of sleep” to predict whether patients were at risk of developing over 100 conditions. 12/01/2026
Tech News 2026 cyber forecast: AI attacks and rising political tensions We take a look at the biggest topics in cybersecurity for 2026. 12/01/2026
Tech News TikTok pulls Polish far-right leaders videos over antisemitism One of the videos removed from the platform showed Polish politician Grzegorz Braun denying the existence of gas chambers at Auschwitz, one of the largest German concentration camps during World War II. 09/01/2026
Tech News DeepSeek's AI gains traction in developing nations, Microsoft says DeepSeek, China's leading artificial intelligence start-up, is popular in countries such as Belarus, Russia, Syria, Iran and Ethiopia, according to a new Microsoft study. 09/01/2026
Space SpaceX to lower thousands of Starlink satellites in 2026 Bringing the satellites down will reduce the risk of collisions between satellites, the company said. 03/01/2026
Tech News 2025 was China’s ‘breakthrough’ year in AI and chips, president says Chinese President Xi Jinping said 2025 was the year of breakthroughs for Chinese artificial intelligence and semiconductor chip companies. What did they accomplish and what can we expect in 2026? 02/01/2026
Space Space missions in 2026: The Moon, Mercury, and the magnetosphere 2026 promises to be an exciting year for space missions. From the ‘year of the Moon’ to discovering ‘the history of the entire solar system,’ here is what to look out for. 31/12/2025
Tech News ‘AI Jesus’ is offering spiritual advice online, raising the alarm Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots made in the likeness of one of the Catholic religion’s most important figures could ‘homogenise’ our understanding of its traditions and practices over time, experts say. 24/12/2025
Tech News Which European countries are considering a youth social media ban? European countries such as France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Germany are considering restrictions on children’s social media bans. 23/12/2025
Tech News Ukrainians sue US chip firms for allegedly powering Russian drones The lawsuits argue that the tech companies ‘weak compliance protocols and limited surveillance of their supply chains' led to their products being used by the Russians. 15/12/2025
Tech News AI agent outperforms human hackers at a fraction of the cost, study The AI agent ‘demonstrated technical sophistication,’ comparable to the strongest human participants in the study. 15/12/2025
Tech News Thousands of AI videos sexualising young girls found on TikTok, report TikTok videos show young girls in sexualised clothing or in suggestive positions with links in the comments to child pornography selling groups on Telegram. 14/12/2025
Tech News Brits spend 51% of time online on Google or Meta sites, regulator says Meta platforms dominate in messaging and social media, while Google is still the search engine of choice. 11/12/2025
Tech News Who uses AI agents and why? Perplexity releases first data Most adopters of the AI agent are highly educated, from rich countries, and work in either technology or knowledge-heavy fields, a new study found. 10/12/2025