WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2026, 05:03
A 10-week-old boy named Hugo has become the first baby born in the UK from a womb transplanted from a deceased donor, after his mother Grace Bell — who was born without a viable womb due to a condition called MRKH syndrome, which affects one in every 5,000 women — underwent a 10-hour transplant operation at The Churchill Hospital in Oxford in June 2024. Hugo was born just before Christmas 2025,...
The London-based company is building a system that uses artificial intelligence to power autonomous vehicles.
The US Justice Department disclosures give fresh clues about how tech companies handle government inquiries about your data.
Anthropic insists on limits on how its technology is used and could be labeled a supply chain risk if it fails to accept the military’s demands.
Users were unhappy about plans for age verification to require facial or ID scans.
Meta AI security researcher Summer Yue posted a now-viral account on X describing how an OpenClaw agent she had tasked with sorting through her overstuffed email inbox went rogue, deleting messages in what she called a “speed run” while ignoring her repeated commands from her phone to stop. “I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb,” Yue wrote, sharing screenshots of the ignored...
The amount of power being sought by new datacentre projects in Great Britain would exceed the national current peak electricity consumption, according to an industry watchdog. From a report: Ofgem said about 140 proposed datacentre schemes, driven by use of artificial intelligence, could require 50 gigawatts of electricity — 5GW more than the country’s current peak demand. The figure was...
Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut sent a letter to Binance asking about the flow of $1.7 billion from accounts on the crypto exchange to Iranian entities.
An anonymous reader shares a report: Cyberattacks reached victims faster and came from a wider range of threat groups than ever last year, CrowdStrike said in its annual global threat report released Tuesday, adding that cybercriminals and nation-states increasingly relied on predictable tactics to evade detection by exploiting trusted systems. The average breakout time — how long it took...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei until Friday evening to give the military unfettered access to its AI model or face harsh penalties, Axios has learned. Hegseth told Amodei in a tense meeting on Tuesday that the Pentagon will either cut ties and declare Anthropic a “supply chain risk,” or invoke the Defense Production Act to force the company to tailor its model to...
As the United States takes new steps against the regime that has ruled the island since 1959, the Cuban people face 20-hour blackouts, decreased internet access, and shortages of basic supplies.
More than two decades after Maine became the first state to hand laptops to middle schoolers — distributing 17,000 Apple machines across 243 schools in 2002 â” neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath told a U.S. Senate committee earlier this year that Gen Z is the first generation in modern history to score lower on standardized tests than the one before it. The U.S. spent more than $30 billion in...
While the use of the N-word may not have been intentional, some with the condition agree that doesn’t make it acceptable
It was an incident that sparked a furore: during Sunday’s Bafta ceremony Tourette syndrome (TS) activist John Davidson made several outbursts, including shouting the N-word as actors Delroy Lindo and Michael B Jordan were presenting a prize on stage.
Among others to comment...
Standard Bank has spent R1-billion rebuilding its business banking platform, giving clients more real-time controls.
The eCommerce landscape in Africa and globally is evolving rapidly, with online retailers constantly seeking ways to optimize operations, improve customer experiences, and scale efficiently. One of the most significant challenges facing multi-store Shopify merchants is maintaining accurate inventory, seamless order processing, and up-to-date product listings across multiple storefronts. As...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft Azure CTO Mark Russinovich and VP of Developer Community Scott Hanselman have written a paper arguing that senior software engineers must mentor junior developers to prevent AI coding agents from hollowing out the profession’s future skills base. The paper, Redefining the Engineering Profession for AI, is based on several assumptions, the first of...
As traders search for the best crypto to buy now, three coins are dominating attention across the market. The Hyperliquid crypto has gained about 14% in 2026, standing out amid a broader altcoin slowdown, though $30 remains a stubborn ceiling. Meanwhile, the Ethereum price is hovering near $2,000, a key support level, and holding this […]
Cape Town International Airport confirms that power has been fully restored following a fire incident earlier today in the Northern Service Yard (International inner lane, landside). The fire was reported at approximately 11h15 and was extinguished shortly thereafter. As a precaution, sections of the International Terminal affected by smoke were evacuated. We can confirm that […]
New research sheds light on what drives reddish water to emerge from underground to pour onto the Taylor Glacier.