Technology News for Thursday 3rd July 2025

1. Stamp-sized hard drives capable of storing 100 times more data than current tech closer to fruition

ANU Professor Nicholas Chilton (pictured) says the key to the new, single-molecule magnet's ability to retain data at such high temperatures is its unique structure, with the rare earth element dysprosium located between two nitrogen atoms.

2. Can you spot a 'fake' accent?

An important part of this is learning about the signals people give about themselves. These might be a smile, a style of dressing or a way of speaking. In particular, we use accents to make decisions about others.

3. AI voice startup ElevenLabs pushes global expansion as it gears up for an IPO

AI voice generation platform ElevenLabs plans to further its reach globally ahead of an initial public offering, the company's CEO Mati Staniszewski told CNBC. ElevenLabs is considering Paris, Singapore, Brazil and Mexico as potential new hubs for the ...

4. HTXplains: Large Language Models

But today, Large Language Models (LLMs) can well achieve that. In fact, these advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models are revolutionising the way systems understand and generate human language by identifying patterns, interpreting context, predicting ...

5. New AI Startup Turns a Dog's Bark Into a Human Conversation

Highlights. Zoolingua is developing an AI model to understand dog language, using computer vision and deep learning to decipher communication like, “I want to go outside” or “My shoulder hurts.” Founder Con Slobodchikoff's research with prairie dogs ...

6. Tifosi Vogel XC review: These are the most comfortable running sunglasses I've tried

We like: More affordable than others; Comfortable fit especially around the nose; Shatter-proof lenses; Hydrophilic rubber nose and ear grips. We don't like: Slight glare ...

7. Don't let AI steal your job

Adam Clark Estes is a senior technology correspondent at Vox and author of the User Friendly newsletter. He's spent 15 years covering the intersection of technology, culture, and politics at places like The Atlantic, Gizmodo, and Vice.

8. CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs

“Artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.,” · At · The comments echo recent job warnings from executives at · Shopify ...

9. GeForce NOW's 20 July Games Bring the Heat to the Cloud

The forecast this month is showing a 100% chance of epic gaming. Catch the scorching lineup of 20 titles coming to the cloud, which gamers can play whether indoors or on the go. Six new games are landing on GeForce NOW this week, including launch day ...

10. Remember the point-and-shoot digital cameras? Gen Z wants them

Young people are embracing the grainy, nostalgic vibe of early digital cameras so they can spend less time on their phones. Serena SolomonDigital Journalist. 3 July 2025. 5 min read. Images of digital camera stock at Junktion NZ in an image taken with ...

11. A Game Called Date Everything Literally Lets You Date Everything—Except People

Sassy Chap Games' “cheeky dating sim” began as a riff between renowned voice actors Ray Chase and Daymond. Chase's credits include Final Fantasy 15 lead Noctis and Cyclops in X-Men '97, while Daymond has voiced characters such as Goro Akechi in Persona 5 ...

12. Game designer talks 'Stop Killing Games' initiative. Can it make a difference?

Set in motion by YouTuber Scott Ross, the “Stop Killing Games” petition is a consumer-driven response to a growing concern among gamers of publisher control over the playability of server-based games. Headshot of Tanner Stening. by Tanner Stening.

13. You Can Now Rent a Flesh Computer Grown in a British Lab

The world's first commercial hybrid of silicon circuitry and human brain cells will soon be available for rent. Marketed for its vast potential in medical research, the biological machine, grown inside a British laboratory, builds on the Pong-playing ...

14. Swiss shoe maker On employs one robot instead of 300 workers

“Around 300 people normally work on a conventional shoe,” explained Caspar Coppetti, co-founder of On. With Lightspray technology, this work is done by a single robot. “And the shoe is ...

15. Congress puts billions for NASA's Artemis back into Trump's 'big beautiful bill'

President Donald Trump's “one big beautiful bill” extends the life of a flagship NASA program he once dismissed as “grossly expensive and delayed.” His expected signature Friday would be an about-face worth potentially billions of dollars to north ...

16. Record-Shattering Molecule Stores Data at “Dark Side of the Moon” Temperatures

A new molecule created by chemists from ANU and the University of Manchester that could could pave the way for next-generation hardware about the size of a postage stamp that can store 100 times more digital data than current technologies.