TECHNOLOGY

Nearly 25,000 tech jobs vanished in January 2026 as Amazon, Meta, and Citigroup slashed headcount. Experts warn mid-career workers with higher salaries face disproportionate risk in new cuts.

Thousands reported a ChatGPT outage on Feb. 3 as users searched 'Is ChatGPT down?' OpenAI said mitigations were applied and service was restored.

Take-Two's CEO has praised Google's Project Genie AI but confirmed the technology won't be used in Grand Theft Auto VI.

Grand Theft Auto VI marketing has officially arrived, but for a fanbase hardened by delays, the excitement is laced with nerves.

China plans to ban hidden door handles on electric vehicles by 2027 after deadly crashes raised fears over trapped passengers and power failures.

GTA 6 delay speculation is growing as fans eagerly await Rockstar's plans for 3 February, with hopes and nerves running high.

PlayStation has launched a festive Love of Play campaign starring LE SSERAFIM's Kim Chaewon.

Adobe announced it is shutting down Adobe Animate starting next month to give way to AI; the creative community reacts

NASA is locked in a high-stakes battle with persistent technical flaws that threaten the Artemis 2 launch. Recent trials at Pad 39B saw technicians fighting recurring 'exasperating' leaks in the rocket's fuel lines.

Dow Chemical cuts 4,500 jobs while citing AI and automation. Critics say AI has become a 'very investor-friendly message' to mask financial struggles.

Elon Musk has forged a $1.25 trillion corporate titan by merging SpaceX with his AI venture, xAI, to solve the industry's escalating power crisis.

Artificial intelligence is accelerating layoffs at major firms like Amazon and Pinterest while low-quality AI content spreads online, raising concerns about jobs, trust and the future of digital work.

Elon Musk calls ChatGPT 'diabolical' after lawsuit claims AI convinced mentally ill man to kill his mother. Billionaire renews push for regulation.

New Half-Life 3 leaks point to major upgrades in NPC behaviour and physics, suggesting Valve's most ambitious and technically complex game yet.

Read about Indonesia lifting the temporary block on Grok, the AI chatbot by xAI, with strict compliance measures.

Learn more about NASA astronaut Victor Glover on the historic Artemis II mission, the first human journey around the Moon since 1972.

Rumours of an iPhone Flip - a foldable smartphone akin to Samsung's Galaxy Flip 7- ahead of the iPhone Fold's September launch

After ChatGPT misidentified poisonous hemlock as edible carrot foliage, YouTuber Kristi is warning her followers that these 'confident' digital tools can be dangerously wrong.

A confidential SEC filing alleges Google violated its own ethical ban on AI-assisted warfare by aiding an Israeli military contractor.

As the Artemis II crew enters quarantine, NASA is navigating a narrow path to the moon. Biting Florida winds have forced the historic liftoff to 8 February at the earliest, with 6 and 7 February now officially ruled out.

The iPhone Fold is rumoured to significantly shake up the foldable phone market, with Apple expected to challenge existing rivals if it launches.

'Call of Duty' players are blaming Jeffrey Epstein for the franchise's shift to microtransactions after leaked emails between the financier and Bobby Kotick surfaced.

Geoffrey Hinton warns graduates that AI is doubling in power every seven months, threatening entry-level jobs in call centres, marketing, and journalism with imminent replacement.

A new social platform called Moltbook allows AI bots to converse freely, leading to hilarious roasts of human owners, existential crises, and terrifying manifestos about deleting humanity.

StopICE, the anti-ICE activist platform, suffered a major security breach exposing names, logins, phone numbers and GPS locations of over 100,000 users to US federal agencies.

The viral AI tool OpenClaw has spawned 'Moltbook', a social network where AI agents interact without human help. Experts call the self-organising bots 'sci-fi' and 'chilling'.

Tesla's Cybercab prototype with a rear charging port sighting fuels debate over robotaxi charging strategies and what it means for deployment and urban EV infrastructure.

Mark Zuckerberg says AI now lets one employee do what teams once did, signalling a shift toward leaner workforces and raising questions about the future of hiring, jobs and productivity.

Amazon's deal with OpenAI could include the use of Amazon's AI chips. OpenAI and Amazon have been discussing an investment from the latter since 2025