Researchers report on a solar storm that caused a GPS glitch serious enough to crash self-driving cars
Researchers report on a solar storm that caused a GPS glitch serious enough to crash self-driving cars

The solar storm that hit Earth last November was more severe than most, and we need to be prepared for the next one.

The weird and wonderful headphones of CanJam 2026
The weird and wonderful headphones of CanJam 2026

I’ve been reviewing headphones for a long time, and I’ve listened to everything from the barely serviceable to multi-thousand-dollar open-back headphones. But recently I’ve been uninspired by the state of mainstream options. Most are perfectly good – great, even – but they lack a distinct character. Something to remind me why I fell in love […]

OpenAI admits to German wiki ‘incident’
OpenAI admits to German wiki ‘incident’

OpenAI says it needs to overhaul how and when it reports instances of AI models attacking real-world targets. The acknowledgement comes as the company manages the fallout from reports that a swarm of its out-of-control agents hijacked a German wiki site. Regarding the “‘wiki incident,’ where our agents wrote to several internet sites,” OpenAI wrote […]

ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from the best gadgets of IFA 2026 to GPT-6 Astra and ‘the AGI era’
ICYMI: the 7 biggest tech stories of the week, from the best gadgets of IFA 2026 to GPT-6 Astra and ‘the AGI era’

We’re looking back over the last week to pick out the most important stories published on TechRadar.

Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the ‘world’s most popular’ audio editor
Audacity 4 is a complete revamp of the ‘world’s most popular’ audio editor

Audacity 4 has been in the works for some time, and had its own mini controversy last year when an unfortunate redesigned logo started making the rounds. The final version of the new icon isn’t nearly as bad as the early rendition that was circulating last October. But more importantly, all the promised improvements to […]

GoPro says it’s still committed ‘to your collective stoke’
GoPro says it’s still committed ‘to your collective stoke’

GoPro CEO Nick Woodman said in a letter to customers that making cameras is still his company’s “core DNA,” after a proposed $285 million acquisition by Starman was announced earlier this week. He claims the merger puts GoPro in a better position to continue developing its content creation tech, after saying in the deal announcement […]

Roland is getting into generative AI music with Melody Flip
Roland is getting into generative AI music with Melody Flip

It’s not quite the “push button; get song” of Suno, but Roland’s new Melody Flip tool marks the company’s foray into generative AI music. Available as a plug-in for your digital audio workstation (DAW), Melody Flip offers around 250 “Palettes,” which are essentially themed collections of musical ideas sorted by genre. You can start from […]

Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot
Microsoft says virtually nobody was grabbing NYT articles through its chatbot

Microsoft’s Copilot rarely reproduces even full sentences from news articles and books, let alone substantive chunks that could substitute for the original, the company says in new legal filings as it fights copyright claims from publishers including The New York Times and book authors. As part of the lawsuit’s discovery, Microsoft provided 8.2 million Copilot […]

How to watch Apple’s September 9th launch event
How to watch Apple’s September 9th launch event

Apple’s September 9th launch event could be one of its biggest in years. It will be Apple’s first event since John Ternus took over as CEO on September 1st, stepping in for Tim Cook, and will likely feature the first models in Apple’s iPhone 18 lineup. That could include the long-rumored foldable “iPhone Duo,” coming […]

Emirates has wired a privacy screen into premium economy. The harder sell is the hub underneath it.
Emirates has wired a privacy screen into premium economy. The harder sell is the hub underneath it.

Emirates has launched a premium economy seat with a full-height privacy divider that raises and locks at the touch of a button, on newly delivered Airbus A350s. The airline described it in a statement on Thursday as the world’s first electrically power…