Tech

Payment giants are preparing for a world where AI agents book flights and shop for you

Major payment and tech companies are racing to build the infrastructure to enable agentic commerce, a trend they expect will transform global shopping.

China to crack down on AI chatbots around suicide, gambling

The proposed rules come as Chinese artificial intelligence chatbot startups Minimax and Z.ai have this month filed for Hong Kong IPOs.

From data center spas to servers in space: How the energy crunch is reshaping cloud computing

Data centre developers and designers are starting to get creative.

Nvidia quietly bought a competitor last week. Why analysts believe this could be big deal for the stock

Nvidia's $20 billion deal to buy Groq will help it compete with Google as its rival continues marketing its TPUs for large-scale AI projects, analysts say.

Why China's Hangzhou has become a hotbed for billion-dollar tech startups

A city once known mainly for Alibaba is now shaping China’s next wave of challengers – from AI and robotics to gaming, spatial computing and neurotech – collectively known as the Six Little Dragons. But is this enough to turn Hangzhou into China’s next tech powerhouse?

Add these 2 routines to your workday in 2026, says focus and productivity expert: 'Get more out of your life outside work'

Cal Newport, author of several books on focus and productivity, suggests a routine for deep work and a routine that can help manage work anxiety after-hours.