Tech News

How Sweden is fighting AI bots and Russian influence at the polls

Polling published by the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency last week found that 64% of Swedish adults think attempts by foreign actors to influence Sweden this year are either very or quite likely.

9 September 2026

Lifestyle

Vivian Wilson hits out at AI and estranged father Elon Musk in new Desigual fashion campaign

The new Desigual campaign stars Elon Musk's estranged daughter Vivian Wilson and aims to “send a clear message: the greatest rebellion is no longer about fighting against the system but about refusing to be part of it."

8 September 2026

Partner content

Dubai launches Agentic AI training drive for 14,000 businesses

Partner content presented by Dubai Chamber of Digital Economy

Dubai is training over 14,000 businesses in ‘agentic’ AI so systems can act autonomously, boosting productivity and keeping the emirate a tech leader.

8 September 2026

Health news

Dogs trained to sniff out cancer with help from AI

A start-up in India is combining dogs' highly sensitive sense of smell with artificial intelligence to explore a new approach to cancer screening.

8 September 2026

Tech News

Robot revolt? Polish company stages protest demanding stricter AI rules

In Warsaw, marching robots waved flags and chanted slogans outside the digital affairs ministry, calling on Poland's government to regulate AI before it costs people their jobs.

8 September 2026

Culture news

Donald Trump as Green Lantern? Why the Trump administration needs to stop (mis)using pop culture references

If you reference a pop culture touchstone in an AI-generated clip, it's probably best you understand even the most basic tenet of the source material.

8 September 2026

Art

Prompting makes perfect: Nóra Bereczki on making award-winning art

Is an AI-generated image really art? What role will AI play in schools and will machines take our jobs? Award-winning Digital Umami creator Nóra Bereczki gives her artistic impression on the creative processes, photography and education.

8 September 2026

Mobility

Can AI race like a human? Driverless cars race in Italy's F1 city

The competition is fought largely through programming, simulator sessions and the constant search for a balance between speed and risk.

8 September 2026

Tech News

UN rights chief warns AI could pose ‘existential risk to humanity’

Volker Türk has called for urgent global safeguards, independent checks and agreed limits on advanced artificial intelligence.

7 September 2026

Tech News

Can tech giants curb AI data centres’ growing thirst for water?

As opposition to water-hungry data centres grows in the US, tech giants say new cooling systems can curb demand – but using less water may require more electricity.

7 September 2026

Culture news

Dolly Parton’s sister criticises 'AI and endless garbage' shared following country icon’s death

Stella Parton has shared her family had been subjected to “incredible pressure and insensitivity from strangers” after the Queen of Country’s death.

7 September 2026

Tech News

Digital agriculture: The 5 ways AI is transforming how we farm

Artificial intelligence is increasingly helping farmers in things like precision irrigation, yield forecasting and monitoring.

7 September 2026

Tech News

Could NVIDIA's purchase of Hugging Face boost the EU's AI sovereignty?

The deal, marking NVIDIA's increased focus on open-AI models, is likely to draw significant regulatory concern from the EU due to its size and implications for the bloc's digital and AI sovereignty.

7 September 2026

Next Series

Meet the startup bringing the classroom into a virtual world

In partnership with Azpromo

Metatesk is bringing immersive technology into the classroom, using virtual environments and AI to make learning more interactive. Its founder and students explain how technology can help young people understand complex ideas in a more engaging way.

4 September 2026

Tech News

Nvidia to buy open-source AI hub Hugging Face for $12.9bn

Nvidia is buying Hugging Face, the platform millions of developers use to build AI, for $12.9bn (€11.1bn) — its second-biggest deal ever.

3 September 2026

Tech News

Before New York City, Norway had already banned AI in schools

This move follows New York City clamping down on smartphone usage in schools last year, and has been widely supported across social media platforms like X.

3 September 2026

Tech News

Politicians are letting AI write speeches and laws without telling voters, study says

Researchers found AI-written text in up to 15% of parliamentary speeches in the UK and Sweden, with zero disclosure to voters.

3 September 2026

Tech News

How Taiwan's AI stock boom has ordinary people borrowing to invest

People across Taiwan are taking out loans and even remortgaging their homes to chase gains in an AI-fuelled stock boom — and not everyone is coming out ahead.

2 September 2026

Climate

The world is on track to overshoot 1.5°C – but there’s a pathway out

A major new UN report details the risks of overshooting 1.5°C of warming – and how we can limit them.

2 September 2026

Europe News

EU needs European digital agency to close enforcement gap, experts say

The EU needs to set up a European digital agency to make its current digital rules work in practice and overcome the current enforcement gap, experts say in a new paper.

1 September 2026