Bending Spoons agrees to buy Miro for $1.355bn, weeks after Airtable
Bending Spoons agrees to buy Miro for $1.355bn, weeks after Airtable

“It’s a privilege, and no small responsibility, to welcome a product that over 250,000 organizations have integrated into their workflows,” said Luca Ferrari, the chief executive and co-founder of Bending Spoons. His Milan-based group has agreed to buy…

Electric cars are 33% cheaper to run in Europe. Petrol fuel costs rose up to 36% in one shock
Electric cars are 33% cheaper to run in Europe. Petrol fuel costs rose up to 36% in one shock

The ICCT finds battery-electric cars were 33% cheaper to run than petrol cars in the EU last year, or 28% on public charging alone, with combustion energy costs rising up to 36% after February’s oil shock while electricity held steady. Purchase-price p…

UK space strategy puts £7.8bn behind defence, satellites and ESA to 2030
UK space strategy puts £7.8bn behind defence, satellites and ESA to 2030

The UK government has published a new space strategy, backed by £7.8bn to 2030. It brings the government’s civil and military space spending under one plan. The government’s announcement on 8 September named national security and defence as its key pil…

Researchers used AI to build a WeChat worm that spreads through phone calls
Researchers used AI to build a WeChat worm that spreads through phone calls

Researchers at Calif, a Palo Alto security company, say they used AI to build a worm that spreads through WeChat calls. It takes over an account while the phone is still ringing. It then uses that account to call the victim’s contacts and repeat the tr…

EU cybersecurity agency is now testing Mythos 5 and GPT-6 Astra, the Commission says
EU cybersecurity agency is now testing Mythos 5 and GPT-6 Astra, the Commission says

ENISA, the European Union’s cybersecurity agency, has been given access to Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and is now testing it alongside OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra, a European Commission spokesperson said on Thursday. Reuters reported the confirmation, bringing an en…

Germany is evaluating 30 AI tools for its military with a prototype due in 2027
Germany is evaluating 30 AI tools for its military with a prototype due in 2027

The Bundeswehr is assessing 30 artificial intelligence tools that could help speed up battlefield decision-making by processing data from drones and satellites. A prototype is expected in the second quarter of 2027, with full deployment planned for 202…

Apple’s first foldable is the iPhone Duo, and it costs $1,999
Apple’s first foldable is the iPhone Duo, and it costs $1,999

Apple has made a foldable iPhone. It is called the iPhone Duo, it opens to 7.6 inches, and it starts at $1,999. The price is the news. Analysts expected $2,500. Samsung, which has had this category almost to itself for seven years, sells its Z Fold8 Ul…

Apple’s new watches listen, summarise and chime while they do it
Apple’s new watches listen, summarise and chime while they do it

Apple’s new watches can replay the last 15 seconds of a conversation you just had. Press the Digital Crown twice and the words appear as text on your wrist. The feature is called Live Rewind. It arrives with the Apple Watch Series 12 and the Apple Watc…

Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro has variable aperture, and no Siri AI in Europe
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro has variable aperture, and no Siri AI in Europe

Apple has announced the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. The headline feature is a camera that can change its aperture, which no iPhone has done before. Two of the phone’s flagship features will not work in Europe at launch. Apple announced both mo…

Silver Lake is merging Cegid and Silae into a €10bn French software group
Silver Lake is merging Cegid and Silae into a €10bn French software group

Silver Lake is merging two companies it already owns. Cegid and Silae are both French. Both are majority-owned by the American private equity firm. On Wednesday they announced their intention to merge. The deal is expected to value the combined group a…