Openreach has decommissioned its first telephone exchange in Deddington, Oxfordshire as part of a major copper network shutdown. The rural exchange closure marks the beginning of a program to exit 4,600 legacy exchanges across the UK. All 1,800 copper lines have been upgraded to fiber and now route
C-suite leaders are rushing into AI while employees fear for their jobs. The disconnect isn’t technical—it’s about trust. Research shows 73% of executives trust leadership on AI, but only 53% of employees agree.
Ubisoft Montpellier is hiring a technical sound designer for Beyond Good and Evil 2, confirming the project still exists. The listing reveals it’s a space opera prequel using a proprietary Voyager engine. This marks the first substantial update since the game’s 2017 re-reveal.
Character.AI is making major changes to how teens can interact with its platform. The company is banning underage users from open-ended chats while introducing a new structured Stories feature. This comes as the company faces multiple lawsuits alleging harm to teen mental health.
The global AI boom is colliding with hard energy realities. New data centers require massive grid investments, creating bottlenecks that could delay $750 billion in projects by 2030.
Cape Town-based Enpower Trading has secured conditional market participant membership in the Southern African Power Pool. This breakthrough allows the company to import and export electricity across borders, creating new competition in the region’s energy market. The move represents a significant sh
SPhotonix has raised $4.5 million to scale its 5D optical data storage technology. The startup uses lasers to write data onto durable quartz glass for long-term archival storage. Funding will support team expansion and R&D efforts across the US and Europe.
Vibe coding, the AI-powered approach to programming in plain English, is creating serious problems according to industry experts. The method leads to inconsistent code quality, security vulnerabilities, and massive technical debt. Even as 25% of Y Combinator startups use mostly AI-generated code, th
HP is cutting thousands of jobs as it pivots toward AI and deals with rising component costs. The company expects to save $1 billion through the restructuring while warning about margin pressures ahead.
Organizations across industries are deploying AI as a quick efficiency fix without defining clear outcomes or building proper safeguards. The consequences range from brittle automations to serious security incidents that could have been prevented with human oversight.
