A new platform from Drone Major is designed to streamline complex procurement for the UK’s drone industry. It connects vetted suppliers with buyers and manages the entire project lifecycle.
The latest TLS 1.3 protocol offers a performance boost with “0-RTT” data, but it comes with a tricky tradeoff for forward secrecy. This nuance perfectly illustrates why network security is a systems design challenge. And it’s exactly the kind of subtlety where large language models fall short.
According to a report, OpenAI has lost about 12 million average daily visits since Google launched its top-ranked Gemini 3 model. The pressure has triggered an internal “code red” at the company. This signals a major shift in the AI chatbot wars.
Apple is reportedly planning a major shift in its iPhone launch strategy for 2026. The base iPhone 18 model will be delayed until spring 2027, a move analysts say will impact overall shipments.
A last-ditch effort to use a defense spending bill to stop states from passing their own AI laws is faltering. The proposal, backed by key Republicans and the White House, faces major resistance, likely dooming federal preemption for now.
According to a veteran graphics programmer, half of 2025’s biggest games lack HDR support, and the other half have major defects. He’s founded a company to help studios fix their post-processing and is working with NVIDIA on RTX Remix.
This week’s tech news is all about pressure and progress. Microsoft faces a talent exodus in its critical AI infrastructure team, while Google gives developers more control over its Gemini AI’s “thinking.” Plus, OpenAI confirms a data breach wasn’t its direct fault, but a partner’s.
UK police are now considering corporate manslaughter charges against companies linked to the Post Office Horizon scandal. The faulty accounting software led to over 900 wrongful prosecutions between 1999 and 2015.
Bitcoin just had its worst single-day drop since March, tumbling from around $91,000 to under $85,000. The sell-off dragged down the entire crypto market and related stocks, raising fresh questions about stability.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has confirmed that last week’s cyber incident was a data breach, with attackers copying information from its systems. The breach is part of a wider outage affecting two other London councils, with recovery expected to take at least two more weeks.
