2025-03-21

Trump tries to save Tesla, recession fears, and dismantling the DOE: Politics news roundup

President Donald Trump’s burgeoning clashes with some of the U.S.’ top trade partners aren’t just trade disputes — they could be part of an economic war, according to one expert. Tariffs — w [...]

2025-03-21

After Northvolt, Europe’s battery path leads to China — or new tech frontiers

Fuelled by $15bn in financing, Northvolt was supposed to be Europe’s great battery success story — a homegrown champion capable of competing with Asian and American giants.   So when Northvolt f [...]

2025-03-21

A 'Split Fiction' movie is reportedly in the works

There's a bidding war for the film adaptation of Split Fiction, according to the information Variety has gathered at this year's Game Developers Conference. Split Fiction is a split-screen m [...]

2025-03-21

Joint studies from OpenAI and MIT found links between loneliness and ChatGPT use

New studies from OpenAI and MIT Media Lab found that, generally, the more time users spend talking to ChatGPT, the lonelier they feel. The connection was made as part of two, yet-to-be-peer-reviewed s [...]

2025-03-21

Google says its European 'experiment' shows news is worthless to its ad business

In November, Google said it would conduct a "test" in eight European countries that would omit results from EU-based news publishers for a small percentage of users. The results are in, and [...]

2025-03-21

Perplexity AI says it would rebuild TikTok's algorithm and add Community Notes features

Earlier this year, with a TikTok ban looming, Perplexity AI threw its hat into the increasingly crowded ring to take over the embattled social media company. Now, the maker of the AI search engine is [...]

2025-03-21

Opinion: To close Europe’s defence tech gap, governments must support startups

The United States has long understood a simple truth: war is won not by size alone, but by speed and creativity. Indeed, innovation has always been crucial in conflict. Armour made knights safe until [...]

2025-03-21

The 560-pound Twitter logo has sold for $34,000

Twitter may be dead, but the 12-foot tall bird logo from its San Francisco headquarters will live on. The sign — one of two birds that formerly adorned Twitter’s office — has been sold at auctio [...]

2025-03-21

Severance season two review: Even before the finale, innie rights and humanity made for a stronger show

If you think about it, Severance's "innies" — the people trapped in an endless cycle of office work — should genuinely hate their "outies" — their other halves who exist [...]