11 Jun 2026
Learning a new skill becomes a top career move as workers seek better pay
If you want to stay competitive, learning a new skill like data analysis, AI literacy, cloud computing, or project management can give you an edge. Skills such as customer service, digital marketing, and video editing are also in demand across many fields.
11 Jun 2026
Friday essay: despite the AI hype, some experts warn of a bubble – what happens if it pops?
In the last few years, the hype around artificial intelligence has become stratospheric. Riding a wave of venture capital, tech leaders promised us AI would revolutionise work , boost productivity and lead to incredible new breakthroughs. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, set a new record when it attained US$110 billion in investments several months ago – and its CEO, Sam Altman, recently claimed…
11 Jun 2026
Grok Is Still Hosting Sexualized Deepfakes of Famous Women
Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot is apparently still being used to produce and host nonconsensual explicit images and videos of women, months after Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI said it would introduce restrictions to stop the creation of potentially harmful sexualized deepfakes.
11 Jun 2026
Why Do Chatbots Keep Telling Stories About Someone Named ‘Elias Thorne’?
Who in the world is Elias Thorne? He’s a regular fixture in stories told by chatbots, as first spotted by software engineer Daniel May, but no one knows why... until now.
11 Jun 2026
Fungi take up more mass than people—see how they stretch across the Earth
We might only think of fungi as the mold in our walls, the fleshy protrusions on rotting logs, or the button mushrooms for sale in the grocery store—but most fungal life takes place far out of human sight. The “roots” of the fungus under the soil form the organism’s mycelium. There, tiny filaments called hyphae form networks among plants and supply them with the essential nutrients they need to…
11 Jun 2026
Hidden Web of Fungus Inside Earth Could Reach The Sun a Billion Times
The ground beneath your feet is not quiescent. It zings and pulses with frenzied activity, much of it driven by a partnership between plants and fungi that dates back at least 450 million years. This is the mycorrhizal network – a vast system of fungal filaments locked in a mutual exchange with the plant life that carpets our planet, transporting nutrients from the soil and receiving in return…
11 Jun 2026
Top Tier India IT Bets on Physical AI as Coding Demand Declines
Physical AI is breathing new life into India’s IT and BPO industry at a time when autonomous AI tools such as Anthropic’s Claude are steadily taking over the coding and back-office work that once powered the country’s technology boom. In Bengaluru, the city often called India’s Silicon Valley, a new kind of worker is quietly emerging. Laborers can now be seen wearing cameras strapped to their…
11 Jun 2026
From startup to $1.8 trillion: The investors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster is seen on the launch pad, as Starship is prepared to be placed on top, at the company's Boca Chica complex, ahead of Starship's eighth test flight which is targeted for March 3, from Starbase, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. March 2, 2025. Kaylee Greenlee | Reuters
11 Jun 2026
Anthropic launches powerful Fable 5 model publicly, while keeping Mythos restricted over cybersecurity concerns
Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust . In context: Anthropic's latest release is really a story about control, not just capability.
