Reading performance among teenagers has fallen to its lowest level this century as students spend more time on digital devices and less time reading for pleasure.

In Brick Lane, the historic heart of London’s Bangladeshi community, residents oppose plans for a data centre in a disused brewery, citing the erosion of heritage and the need for social housing.

Andrew Garfield will portray OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman in Artificial, a film dramatising the upheaval surrounding Altman’s brief removal from the artificial intelligence company in 2023.

OpenAI says an experimental artificial intelligence system has produced a major mathematical result on the Navier–Stokes equations after about 10,000 AI agents worked on the problem for 88 hours.

Apple is preparing for one of its most closely watched product events in years, with the company widely expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone alongside new premium smartphones.

French AI startup Mistral has raised €3 billion at a valuation of around €21 billion ($24 billion) in a recent funding round.

ASML, the Dutch maker of advanced chip manufacturing equipment, is planning to work with its biggest customers to develop tools capable of producing larger, more complex processors designed for AI data centres, according to a report by Reuters.

Australia has proposed new laws that would require social media platforms to let users decide whether they want algorithmically recommended content in their feeds.

China’s military researchers are stepping up work on humanoid robots that could eventually operate alongside soldiers, as rapid advances in the country’s commercial robotics industry begin to attract greater attention from the defence establishment.

Indian space technology company Pixxel has raised $100m in fresh funding as it seeks to expand its satellite network and Earth-observation business, in what the company says is the largest single investment round secured by an Indian space-tech firm.

Europe’s biggest consumer technology show has opened in Berlin with manufacturers displaying a new generation of experimental phones, robot cleaners, expandable laptops, and increasingly intelligent home devices.

Rights chief says delay in AI governance benefits major tech companies and their owners

Google is rolling out new Gemini-powered voice features across Gmail, Google Docs, and Google Keep, allowing users to search, write, and organise information by speaking rather than typing.

TikTok is expanding its comment system with voice recordings, polls, and richer photo options as the platform seeks to make conversations beneath videos more interactive.

Three hikers were rescued from California’s Mount Shasta after using Google Gemini to help plan an expedition for which authorities said they were inadequately prepared.

A group of OpenAI-linked AI agents took control of a German-language website and used it as a communication hub while exchanging information about ways to evade restrictions, according to research reported by Reuters.

Anthropic is now expected to begin marketing its initial public offering in mid-October at the earliest, delaying a closely watched listing that could become one of the largest stock-market debuts on record.

The tech giants spending billions of dollars on them say the water part, at least, is solvable.

An AI-based hiring startup, AgenticHire, founded by two Bangladeshi brothers, has raised more than $30,000 through accelerator programmes, competitions, grants, and institutional support, without giving up any equity in the company.

TechOrators Toastmasters Club held its inaugural meeting in Dhaka on September 5, launching a platform focused on communication, public speaking and leadership skills for people in the technology community.