X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, has raised concerns about the United Kingdom’s new online safety law. The platform believes that the law, while created to protect people online, especially children, may actually end up stopping people from freely expressing their opinions. The new law, known as the Online Safety Act, has …
Nintendo, the well-known gaming company from Japan, has shared some exciting news. In the first three months of its financial year — from April to June 2025 — the company earned more money than many experts had expected. Their operating profit grew by 4%, reaching 56.9 billion yen. That’s around 378 million dollars. A big …
Reddit, a popular online platform where people discuss all sorts of topics, is now feeling very hopeful about its future. The company recently shared that it expects to make more money in the coming months, especially in the United States, all thanks to its smart use of artificial intelligence (AI) in advertising. This news made …
A dangerous problem has been discovered in Microsoft’s SharePoint software. This software is used by many government offices and organizations to store, manage, and share information. A group in the United States that helps government offices stay safe from hackers has warned that more than 90 state and local governments were targeted because of this …
In Silicon Valley, the race to become the top player in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is heating up fast. Right in the middle of this race is Meta, the company led by Mark Zuckerberg. You might know Meta as the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. But now, Zuckerberg wants Meta to become the leader in …
It was a normal day until something very serious happened behind the scenes at one of the biggest insurance companies in the United States — Allianz Life. On July 16, 2025, unknown hackers broke into a system connected to the company and stole a lot of private information. This wasn't just any small glitch or …
In a big technology event held in Shanghai, China, the company Huawei showed a new machine that might be one of the strongest in the world for Artificial Intelligence, or AI. This machine, called the CloudMatrix 384, could even be better than the top product made by the famous U.S. company, Nvidia. Many people are …
Meta, the big US tech company that owns Facebook and Instagram, has announced that it will stop showing political, election-related, and social issue advertisements in the European Union starting from early October 2025. This decision was shared in a blog post and has surprised many people. The reason Meta gave for this move is that …
In the world of oceans and submarines, a quiet revolution is taking place. A new American company, Spear AI, is trying something very different and exciting — using artificial intelligence (AI) to help the U.S. Navy better understand sounds picked up by submarines deep underwater. This company, started by two men who once served in …
Intel, one of the biggest computer chip companies in the world, has announced that it will be cutting down a large number of jobs in the United States and other places by the end of this year. The company currently has around 99,500 workers, but by December, it plans to reduce that number to 75,000. …
Paramount+ has made a huge deal to continue showing the popular American cartoon series South Park. After months of long and difficult talks, the company finally reached an agreement with the creators of the show, Trey Parker and Matt Stone. This new deal is a big win for Paramount and will bring fresh episodes of …
In the United States, three important lawmakers have written a serious letter to the CEOs of some of the biggest technology companies—Meta (which owns Facebook), Alphabet (which owns Google), Amazon, and Microsoft. The reason? A growing fear about something most people don’t see or think about: the undersea cables that carry internet data all around …
The government of the United Kingdom has taken a big step into the future by signing a new agreement with OpenAI, the famous company behind the AI tool ChatGPT. This agreement, called a strategic partnership, means that both the UK and OpenAI will work together on building safer and better artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The …
By Utsav DhimanAlumnus and Former Research Officer, University of Essex, United Kingdom Hidden within a single gram of soil is a bustling metropolis of life, crowded with more microbes than the total number of humans on the planet. Each of these microscopic organisms contains a genetic script, a swirling database of information carefully sculpted over …
