ON THE EVENING of November 19, art adviser Adam Biesk was finishing work at his California home when he overheard a conversation between his wife and son. The son, in his early teens, was saying he had just made a ton of money on a cryptocurrency that he himself created.

Scientists have developed a ­prostate cancer “supertest” they claim is the most accurate tool yet for detecting the disease. There is no routine screening programme for prostate cancer in the UK because some tests, including the prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test, are considered too unreliable. The new test, developed by EDX Medical Group, based at Cambridge Science Park, uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse blood and urine samples, looking for more than 100 biological markers.

Tech giant makes smart specs for general public; visually impaired owners use them for everyday tasks, though critics cite safety concerns

Nvidia has big year ahead, but selloff might set better stage for chip product transition

Meta has announced its most ambitious subsea cable project – named Project Waterworth – which will reach five major continents.

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Bret Taylor, CEO of Sierra and chairman of OpenAI, says AI agents will one day be the entire customer experience

Artificial intelligences fail to identify optical illusions in images created by other AIs – so these images could form the basis of a new kind of CAPTCHA test

Big if true: The rumors about Arm’s ambitions to enter the chip manufacturing business appear to be true after all. Industry sources now claim the UK-based designer is in need of a highly skilled workforce and has begun poaching top talent from clients.

If there’s one area of digital life where some AI help is welcome, it’s with processing emails: For most of us who spend all day sitting at a desk, sifting through the deluge of incoming messages and making any sort of progress towards inbox zero is a daunting task.