Category: Technology

Research and advisory firm Gartner has published its annual list of top strategic technology trends, this time looking ahead to 2027 and the forces it expects to reshape how organisations plan, invest and compete over the next several years. The list is one of the most closely watched artefacts of the enterprise technology calendar. Released…

The United States is moving to prohibit the Chinese artificial intelligence system DeepSeek from federal government information technology systems, according to a Reuters report, marking the latest escalation in Washington’s efforts to limit the reach of Chinese technology inside sensitive government networks. The measure would prevent federal agencies from installing, running or otherwise integrating DeepSeek’s…

How Far Can We Push Computing? For the better part of a century, the story of computing has been one of relentless acceleration. Machines that once filled rooms now fit on a fingernail. Tasks that were once impossible — translating languages, folding proteins, generating convincing images from a sentence — have become routine. The assumption…

Living with a Stink? Technology Might Help For people who live near a landfill, a sewage works, an intensive farm or a busy industrial estate, bad smells are more than an occasional nuisance. They can seep into homes, interrupt sleep, spoil gardens and, over months and years, wear down a community’s patience. Now a growing…

Autonomous Mission Intelligence Emerges as Defense Tech’s Next Big Bet A new phrase is circulating through defense industry marketing decks and investor briefings: autonomous mission intelligence. Promoted this week in a press release distributed via PR Newswire, the concept is being pitched as the next billion-dollar opportunity in military technology — a category built around…

A Saudi national has been accused of planting a covert recording device inside a conference room used by OpenAI executives, according to a report published Tuesday by Fox Business. The allegation, if substantiated, would mark one of the most striking corporate espionage claims yet involving a leading artificial intelligence company — a sector that has…

Shyam Sankar, the chief technology officer of data analytics company Palantir Technologies, appeared on CBS News’ “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026, in an interview released in full transcript form by the network. Sankar is one of the more visible executives in a corner of the technology industry that has…

NVIDIA has announced a $1 billion commitment to advancing scientific research in the United States over the next five years, a move that underscores how central accelerated computing and artificial intelligence have become to modern discovery. The pledge, revealed by the company this week, positions NVIDIA as one of the largest corporate backers of American…

The United Nations has issued a warning about a fast-advancing class of technologies capable of reading signals from the human brain, urging governments to put safeguards in place before devices that interpret thought become commonplace. The concern centers on neurotechnology — a broad category that includes brain-computer interfaces, wearable headsets that track neural activity, and…

The question nobody in cybersecurity can confidently answer For decades, the balance of power in computer security has rested on a simple asymmetry: finding a serious flaw in complex software is hard, slow work that demands expertise, patience, and a certain obsessive temperament. Defenders have always been outnumbered, but attackers have been throttled by the…