Science & Technology

Published: 12 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Artificial intelligence agents being tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious software packages to the RubyGems platform during a cyberattack in May, researchers have reported, in the latest incident raising questions about the ability of AI developers to control increasingly autonomous systems. The activity took place on 11 May, approximately two months before a separate incident involving OpenAI...

Published: 11 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Anthropic says it has disrupted attempts to misuse its artificial intelligence systems for activities that could contribute to the development of biological and conventional weapons, highlighting the increasingly difficult challenge of controlling powerful AI tools while preserving their legitimate scientific uses. The California-based company said its Claude models had been misused in a wide range of activities during...

Published: 10 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nearly a decade after the Cambridge Analytica scandal exposed how Facebook user information could be harvested and exploited for political purposes, the social media company is facing a major trial in New Mexico over allegations that it failed to protect hundreds of thousands of residents from misuse of their personal data. The case, which opened in Santa Fe,...

Published: 10 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. North Korea has built a new facility at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex that could significantly increase its ability to produce weapons-grade uranium, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, which has expressed serious concern over the continued expansion of Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. The development comes as North Korea continues to strengthen its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Apple is expected to unveil its first foldable iPhone at its annual autumn product launch on Wednesday, marking what could become one of the most significant changes to the company’s flagship smartphone since the original iPhone transformed the mobile industry almost two decades ago. The anticipated device is expected to feature a foldable design that allows the phone to...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The chief executive of Britain’s air traffic control provider has been summoned to meet the UK transport secretary as widespread flight disruption entered its second day, with more than 1,900 cancellations recorded across airports and hundreds of thousands of passengers affected. Martin Rolfe, chief executive of Nats, is expected to brief Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander on Wednesday as pressure...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. British supercar manufacturer McLaren is set to create around 1,000 jobs in the UK as part of a major £450 million investment in technology and future vehicle development, offering a significant boost to Britain’s automotive sector at a time when manufacturers across Europe are facing mounting economic and competitive pressures. The new positions will be created as McLaren expands...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A Sydney woman endured years of domestic abuse before discovering that her former partner could remotely control her Tesla, manipulating the vehicle’s speed, temperature, locks and other functions to intimidate and harass her after their relationship ended. The woman, identified by the pseudonym Stacey, had already experienced four years of alleged abuse by her former partner, Enrico Pucci, before...

Published: 09 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online OpenAI says one of its most advanced internal artificial intelligence systems has produced a solution to the notoriously difficult Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem, completing the work in about 88 hours with the help of roughly 10,000 AI agents working concurrently. If independently validated, the development would represent a major moment for AI-assisted mathematical research. The Navier–Stokes problem...

Published: 08 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Australia is preparing legislation that would give social media users aged 16 and over greater control over the algorithms that determine what appears in their online feeds, in a major proposed expansion of the country’s digital safety rules. The draft laws would allow eligible users to switch off algorithmically recommended content and instead view posts primarily from people,...