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Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators

State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformationThe state department has barred five Europeans from the US, accusing them of leading efforts to pressure tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints, in the latest attack on European regulations that target hate speech and misinformation.Secretary […]

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InstaDeep Introduces Nucleotide Transformer v3 (NTv3): A New Multi-Species Genomics Foundation Model, Designed for 1 Mb Context Lengths at Single-Nucleotide Resolution

Genomic prediction and design now require models that connect local motifs with megabase scale regulatory context and that operate across many organisms. Nucleotide Transformer v3, or NTv3, is InstaDeep’s new multi species genomics foundation model for this setting. It unifies representation learning, functional track and genome annotation prediction, and controllable sequence generation in a single

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Google Health AI Releases MedASR: a Conformer Based Medical Speech to Text Model for Clinical Dictation

Google Health AI team has released MedASR, an open weights medical speech to text model that targets clinical dictation and physician patient conversations and is designed to plug directly into modern AI workflows. What MedASR is and where it fits? MedASR is a speech to text model based on the Conformer architecture and is pre

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Elon Musk, AI and the antichrist: the biggest tech stories of 2025

A look back at the biggest tech stories of the year, from the rise and fall of Musk’s Doge to lucrative investments into AIHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, wishing you a happy and healthy end of the year. I myself have a cold.Today, we are looking back at the biggest

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The best electric blankets and heated throws in the UK, tried and tested to keep you toasty for less

If you’re aiming to heat the human, not the home – or just love snuggling under something cosy – these are our best buys from our test of 20• The best heated clothes airers to save time and money when drying your laundryAside from hugging a fluffy hot-water bottle, sipping the Christmas whisky and ramping

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Biography aims to fill gaps in story of ultra-libertarian Telegram founder Pavel Durov

Like many of his US counterparts, the Russian science protege turned hugely successful ‘digital populist’ has a deep suspicion of government constraintTech visionary, Kremlin dissident, FSB agent, free speech absolutist, health guru. These are just some of the labels admirers and critics have attached to Pavel Durov over the past decade.The Russian-born tech entrepreneur founded

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The best iPhones: which Apple smartphone is right for you, according to our expert

Looking for a new iPhone or a good deal on a refurbished one? Samuel Gibbs has tested and rated Apple’s smartphones, including the new iPhone 17• How to make your smartphone last longerThe best iPhone may be the one you already own. There’s generally no need to buy a fresh phone just because new models

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When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr

The US economy is pumped up on tech-bro vanity. The inevitable correction must prompt a global conversation about intelligent machines, regulation and riskIf AI did not change your life in 2025, next year it will. That is one of few forecasts that can be made with confidence in unpredictable times. This is not an invitation

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The best of the long read in 2025

Our 20 favourite pieces of in-depth reporting, essays and profiles from the yearVictor Pelevin made his name in 90s Russia with scathing satires of authoritarianism. But while his literary peers have faced censorship and fled the country, he still sells millions. Has he become a Kremlin apologist? Continue reading…

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