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Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that could be next. Join senior AI reporter James O’Donnell as he…

Mafia III now runs at 60fps on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S through a free update for existing owners.

It had been a while since Dyson had genuinely surprised us with a product launch, but then the brand unveiled its first toothbrush. Dyson is already a familiar name in personal care, thanks to its now well established hair-styling gadgets, so a move into oral care wasn’t entirely left-field. Still, when the CameraJet made its…

You can stream the UCI Gravel World Championships this weekend for free on SBS On Demand (Australia) and from anywhere in the world with Proton VPN.

Quanta Computer, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer that builds a large share of HP’s laptops, reportedly stopped producing HP notebooks for about a week in September 2026 after the two companies failed to agree on prices.

A growing number of managers are quietly using AI to write employee performance reviews, according to new survey data that’s raising questions about the authenticity and effectiveness of workplace evaluations. The trend reflects broader enterprise AI adoption but highlights potential risks when automation meets human resources.

A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, October 9 (game #1216).

The fifth season of Fire Country will open with the fallout of the Pineville Dam flooding, while Founders Day celebrations are cut short by a huge sinkhole opening up under Main Street. Station 42 to the rescue, once more!

Google Japan’s Gboard team has unveiled the Gboard Conveyor Belt Version, a desktop contraption that mounts its keys on four looping belts so that characters scroll past a waiting fingertip.

Ever since people first seriously contemplated giving machines an intelligence modeled on our own, there has never been any question that they would, like us, be able to say no. The sci-fi canon is full of stories of robotic disobedience. Most of these capers are, of course, cautionary.