Coding stories
Users can now dial up reasoning or speed in Claude, as Anthropic keeps Opus 4.8 at the same price and cuts fast-mode costs.
The update is being pitched as a broader step up for professional users, with gains reported in accuracy, speed and reliability across tasks.
Developers can now move from prototype to deployment more easily, with free Google Cloud hosting for first-time users and Android app support.
Codex and ChatGPT users get a model that OpenAI says performs better on coding, research and office work while using fewer tokens.
Engineering teams can now keep decisions, fixes and costs in one place as CodeRabbit brings its AI agent into Slack.
Women still make up just 22% of the tech workforce, and leaders say confidence gaps and male-dominated spaces are holding back more progress.
Anthropic will open a Sydney office within weeks, expanding its Asia-Pacific footprint and deepening AI partnerships in Australia and New Zealand.
OpenAI brings its Codex desktop app to Windows, targeting the nearly half of professional developers who use the platform daily.
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6, boosting coding, agent workflows and pro tasks with a 1m-token context window and benchmark gains.
Apple adds agentic coding to Xcode 26.3, integrating Claude and Codex so AI agents can autonomously build and refine entire apps.
Sam Altman says AI co-workers will reshape software jobs, cut team sizes and force firms to compete on ideas, attention and resilience.
Burnout is rising as marketers race to master AI, while more than 70% of teams now work beyond sustainable capacity.
The lender is deepening its talent pipeline as automation reshapes entry-level jobs, with interns expected to make up most of this year's intake.
Employers across Canada's tech sector can now recruit University of Toronto co-op students year-round, matching placements to project timelines.
Older staff are holding back AI adoption at work, with trust among 55 to 64-year-olds far below that of 18 to 24-year-olds in Australia.
As AI reshapes society, girls must lead its design and ethics, or risk a future coded with bias, silence and entrenched inequality.
Strathcona Girls Grammar has launched a dedicated AI and STEM lab to embed tech learning in every year level and tackle the gender gap in STEM.
Kent tech founder Ben Towers, 27, wins an MBE in the New Year Honours for his work backing startups and shaping the UK's AI strategy.
Digital Xtra awards nearly GBP £120,000 to 27 Scottish projects, helping over 2,000 young people build vital computing and digital skills.
Bitget deepens its UNICEF partnership to boost Cambodian girls' digital skills through game design, coding and youth-led Game Jam events.
