Archive for July 2026

Cloudflare has joined forces with Mozilla, Google, Microsoft and Shopify to develop a new internet protocol designed to help websites distinguish genuine visitors from malicious bots without relying on CAPTCHAs, forced logins or invasive tracking, in what could become one of the biggest changes to how people prove their identity online in decades. What Is…

In this Tech Insight, we examine why the semiconductor industry has become one of the world’s most strategically important sectors, as major technological breakthroughs, artificial intelligence and geopolitical competition reshape the future of computing. Pushing Beyond The Limits Of Miniaturisation One of the clearest signs of that change comes from IBM, which recently unveiled what…

Anthropic has unveiled Claude Tag, a new AI-powered assistant designed to work as a shared digital teammate inside Slack, marking a significant move beyond chatbots that simply answer questions towards AI systems that can collaborate with entire teams and complete work independently. What Is Claude Tag? Claude Tag is Anthropic’s latest workplace AI tool, built…

Actor and producer Cate Blanchett has helped launch a free online registry designed to give people a practical way to tell artificial intelligence systems whether they can use their name, face, voice and other personal characteristics, as concerns continue to grow over AI-generated content and digital identity. What Is The Human Consent Registry? The new…

Italy’s competition authority has opened an investigation into Microsoft over the way it introduced a higher-priced Microsoft 365 subscription that includes its AI tools Copilot and Designer, raising wider questions about how software companies should bundle artificial intelligence into products that millions of people already use. What’s Happened? The Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della…