Technology

Toyota Motor Corporation is transforming a 175-acre former car factory into the "Woven City," a cutting-edge urban laboratory powered by hydrogen fuel cells. CEO Akio Toyoda envisions a future community of 2,000 residents, featuring three distinct road types and advanced autonomous vehicle technology at the base of Mount Fuji.

Lord Berkeley claims HS2 project costs could exceed £108bn, far beyond the official £88bn budget. Government rejects these allegations, backed by support from northern business and political leaders who see the project as crucial infrastructure development.

After being removed from app stores due to spying accusations, the Emirati messaging app Totok has been reinstated on the Google Play Store. The app, which offers free international calls and text messaging, was previously reported by The New York Times to potentially be a surveillance tool for the UAE government.

Microsoft has successfully taken control of 50 websites operated by the North Korean hacking group Thallium after winning a lawsuit. The group used sophisticated phishing techniques to gather personal information and create deceptive websites designed to steal sensitive data from unsuspecting users.

Smart home tech company Wyze Labs admits significant data leak affecting 2.4 million customers. Cybersecurity firm Twelve Security reported that production databases were left exposed online, potentially revealing user names, email addresses, and camera feed access tokens.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declares Russia as the world leader in hypersonic weapons, highlighting the deployment of Kinzhal missiles and Avanguard hypersonic glide vehicles, which he claims surpass any current global capabilities.

A US government study by NIST found massive errors in facial recognition technology. Algorithms misidentified black females 35% of the time and showed dramatically higher false positive rates for non-white individuals compared to white subjects, raising serious concerns about AI accuracy and potential racial bias.