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There’s a version of this question that’s easy to answer, and a version that’s genuinely complicated. The easy version: compared to human drivers, the data increasingly suggests that fully autonomous vehicles are significantly safer. The complicated version: the technology is still young, public trust is low, and not everything on the road calling itself “self-driving” is what you think it is. Let’s work through what the numbers actually say. The Human Driver Problem We’re Comparing Against Before asking whether driverless cars are safe, it’s worth acknowledging what they’re being compared to. Around 94% of all car accidents are caused by…

February 2026 became the largest single month of startup funding ever recorded — $189 billion globally. Almost all of it went to AI companies. Three deals alone — OpenAI at $110 billion, Anthropic at $30 billion, and Waymo at $16 billion — accounted for most of that total. But the real story isn’t the mega-rounds at the top. It’s the companies just below them, moving fast, solving real problems, and building businesses that will matter for the next decade. Here are eight AI startups worth understanding right now. Perplexity — Rethinking Search From Scratch Perplexity’s pitch was blunt: Google gives…

Phishing is the most reported cybercrime in the world. The FBI received over 190,000 phishing complaints in 2024 alone. And the scary part isn’t the volume — it’s that the attacks themselves have become dramatically more convincing. The old advice of “look for typos and bad grammar” is now genuinely dangerous. AI-generated phishing messages are fluent, personalised, and indistinguishable from the real thing to most people. A 2025 Gmail phishing campaign sent emails that appeared to come directly from no-reply@google.com, complete with fake legal subpoena notices hosted on actual Google Sites pages. People with years of security experience got fooled.…

Let’s be real: we’re tired of hearing “AI will replace us.” We want to know how it can help us finish our work faster so we can go live our lives. The conversations around productivity have shifted. It’s no longer about finding a magic bullet that writes your entire report; it’s about finding the small, intelligent assistants that shave ten minutes off a dozen daily tasks. Productivity in 2024 isn’t about volume; it’s about intelligence. The focus has moved from simple, rule-based automation (like “If I label an email, then archive it”) to AI that makes context-aware suggestions. Here is…

It’s hard to imagine life before the black rectangle. For over two decades, the smartphone has been our portal, our brain, our calendar, and our constant companion. But technology never stands still, and we are now on the cusp of an inflection point. Just as the personal computer was superseded by mobile, and the phone became smart, we are witnessing the emergence of devices that could, in the next ten to fifteen years, make the smartphone an artifact. This shift isn’t just about faster speeds; it’s about a fundamental change in human-computer interaction. The Reign of Wearables: Intelligence You Don’t…

Elon Musk says Waymo never stood a chance. Waymo’s co-CEO Dmitri Dolgov says the numbers tell a different story. Both of them are right about different things — and that’s exactly what makes this comparison so interesting. Tesla and Waymo are building toward the same destination — a world where cars drive themselves — but they’re taking routes so different you’d be forgiven for thinking they were solving completely separate problems. The Fundamental Disagreement: Sensors This is where the philosophical split begins. Waymo’s vehicles are covered in hardware. Each car carries 29 cameras, 5 LiDAR sensors, and 6 radars. LiDAR…

There’s a version of the AI conversation that sounds like science fiction — superintelligence, robot uprisings, the end of human work. And then there’s what’s actually happening right now, in 2026, in hospitals, offices, classrooms, and data centres across the world. The reality is less dramatic but in some ways more profound, because it’s already here and most people haven’t fully noticed it yet. Here’s what the data actually says about how AI is reshaping the world — and what it still can’t fix. The Economy: More Money Than Anything in History Let’s start with the scale. McKinsey estimates companies…

Here’s the honest truth about antivirus software: most people either don’t have any, have the wrong one, or are paying for something they barely use. With phishing attacks up over 4,000% since ChatGPT launched and the average data breach now costing nearly $5 million, the decision to skip proper protection is one that gets more expensive every year. The good news is that the best antivirus tools in 2026 do a lot more than catch viruses. They block phishing links, monitor the dark web for your stolen data, include VPNs, and protect your identity. And independent testing labs — AV-TEST,…

Every year brings a new wave of “emerging technology” lists. Most of them say the same things. A lot of it is hype dressed up as insight. So let’s cut through the noise and talk about what’s actually happening in 2026 — the shifts that Gartner, IBM, MIT, and IEEE are all pointing to, backed by real data rather than wishful thinking. 1. Agentic AI — From Assistant to Colleague This is the big one. We’ve spent three years getting comfortable with AI that answers questions. The next phase is AI that does things. Agentic AI systems can plan, execute…

It feels like only yesterday that “self-driving cars” were a niche topic for sci-fi enthusiasts and tech billionaires. But as we move through 2026, the conversation has shifted. It’s no longer a question of if cars can drive themselves, but who is doing it best—and most safely. The autonomous vehicle (AV) market has officially crossed the $360 billion mark this year, and the landscape is more competitive than ever. Here is a look at the companies currently leading the charge into a driverless future. 1. Waymo (Alphabet’s Crown Jewel) If there is an undisputed heavyweight champion in 2026, it’s Waymo.…