Technology

Circana analyst Mat Piscatella shared data showing the five most-played games on PS5 and Xbox in the US for 2025 were the same set as in 2024, with titles such as Roblox, Call of Duty, Fortnite, Minecraft and Grand Theft Auto 5 appearing on the lists.

Larry Page has reportedly left California and moved registrations for several entities, including his family office and a flying car business, to Delaware amid concerns about a billionaire wealth tax.

Sky's January sale includes a Sky Glass Air from £4.25 per month (about 14p per day for the 43" model) and discounted TV-plus-broadband bundles, and the company is offering up to £300 to cover switching costs.

Authorities said power was being restored Wednesday to thousands in Berlin after four days without electricity following a suspected attack on high-voltage lines; the federal prosecutor has taken over the investigation.

Amazon will roll out a free update for select Fire TV Stick models that refreshes the interface, speeds up menu navigation by up to 30%, and raises the home-screen app limit from six to 20. The rollout begins in the U.S. and will expand to more devices and regions later in the spring, and the Fire TV mobile app is also being redesigned.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said robots with human-type capabilities could arrive this year; at CES, industry speakers reported advances in AI 'brains' and improved robot movement while many exhibits remained basic or remotely controlled.

Reuters reported that Qualcomm is in talks with Samsung Electronics over contract manufacturing of two-nanometre chips, and that Qualcomm has completed design work aimed at near-term commercialisation; both companies gave limited comment.

Motorola's Signature combines high-end hardware with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 chipset despite its £899.99 price, and there is no confirmed UK release date yet.

Hyperoptic has confirmed a £4 monthly increase on all broadband plans from April 2026, affecting new and existing customers. The company previously said it did not impose mid-contract price rises, and this change follows similar announcements from other UK telecom firms.

Clicks’ new Clicks Communicator is a standalone Android phone with a physical keyboard, a 3.5mm headphone jack and microSD expansion; Clicks says it will ship later this year with an early-bird price of $399 and a full price of $499.

Six members of the Early Rain Covenant Church in Chengdu, including its leader Li Yingqiang, were detained this week, and authorities had not publicly commented or reported charges.

Leftwing militants said they set an arson fire that damaged high-voltage cables on a bridge in south-west Berlin, cutting electricity to tens of thousands of households and businesses; authorities have opened an investigation and crews are working to restore power, with some outages possibly lasting until Thursday.

At CES, automakers and tech firms showed vehicles using AI to recognize occupants, monitor health and emotions, and adapt cabin settings. Experts at the show also raised questions about how much personal data those systems collect and how it is handled.

Police say about 60 luxury vehicles, including Toyota LandCruisers and Prados, were stolen across Brisbane between October 20 and December 1 and that seven men have been arrested and charged; two of the accused are due to reappear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on January 27.

Australia's online safety regulator and other officials are investigating reports that X's AI chatbot Grok has been used to generate and share nonconsensual sexual images of identifiable people, including children, while platform and legal responses are still developing.

Taiwan's National Security Bureau told Parliament that China's recent 'Justice Mission 2025' drills aimed to counter growing international support for the island and were accompanied by military deployments and a wave of cyber and online influence activity.

The U.S. Geological Survey reported a magnitude 6.7 earthquake about 68 km east of Baculin, Philippines, at a depth of 10 km.

An Associated Press photographer captured a striking image of 21-year-old Mariana Camargo running in eastern Caracas during overnight explosions; the picture was widely published and shared online. Days later, Camargo and the photographer met at the same location.

XREAL and Asus unveiled the ROG XREAL R1 AR glasses at CES 2026, which project a virtual OLED screen up to 171 inches at up to 240Hz; the glasses ship with an Asus dock that can accept up to three video sources.

At CES in Las Vegas on January 6, Siemens President and CEO Dr. Roland Busch said the Industrial AI revolution is already underway and said AI is poised to transform global industry faster than electricity, computing or steam.

Police found a missing three-year-old from Thababen, near Bundaberg, dead on Tuesday night; authorities say the death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for the coroner.

Mobileye announced at CES that it will acquire humanoid robotics startup Mentee Robotics for about $900 million; the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to customary conditions. The deal pairs Mobileye's self-driving software, sensing and safety systems with Mentee's approach to training humanoid robots and aims for proof-of-concept deployments in 2026 and series production by 2028.

A high-severity WebUI vulnerability (CVE-2025-64496) could enable account takeover and remote code execution; a patch was released in v0.6.35 with middleware protections and Direct Connections is disabled by default.

A Dutch court has handed Khaled al Najjar a 30-year sentence in absentia after his 18-year-old daughter Ryan was found dead in May 2024; two sons were also convicted and given 20-year terms. Khaled is believed to be in Syria, where extradition to the Netherlands is unlikely.

Skywell has cut £9,250 from its BE11 SUV, bringing the starting price to £27,740 and offering an extra £500 toward insurance for online test drives; Fiat has reduced prices across its electric lineup, including a £4,040 cut to the 500e.

A superconducting-qubit processor was used to demonstrate quantum continual learning on three sequential tasks, and applying elastic weight consolidation helped the quantum classifier retain knowledge with an average accuracy reported above 92.3%.

Securonix researchers report a ClickFix phishing campaign that uses a fake Blue Screen of Death to trick hospitality staff into installing malware that disables Windows Defender and steals credentials and clipboard data.

CES 2026 featured a wave of new smart locks that add wireless charging, video doorbells and biometric or proximity unlocking (including 3D facial, vein-based and UWB options). Many models support Matter for cross-platform compatibility and are designed for simple installation.

Morgan Stanley filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to launch exchange-traded funds tied to bitcoin and solana, a move the report links to recent U.S. regulatory shifts that have eased banks' entry into crypto.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says Volkswagen is recalling 356,649 vehicles in the United States because a software error can prevent the rearview camera image from displaying properly. The agency did not list which models are affected.