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Waymo is recalling thousands of its self-driving cars in the US over a software issue that could allow vehicles to drive into flooded roads. According to a letter posted on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), website on Tuesday, the voluntary recall affects nearly 3,800 robotaxis that use the company’s fifth and sixth-generation automated driving systems. It follows an incident on 20 April in San Antonio, Texas, where an empty Waymo vehicle entered a flooded road and was swept into a creek. BBC
Google has announced a range of features coming to Android phones this year, including a new Gemini Intelligence AI system and a tool to help users avoid distracting apps. Revealed in a livestreamed “Android Show” event, the free upgrades are scheduled to arrive in waves over the next year for high-end new and old phones alike, including Samsung and Pixel devices. Google also revealed that a new lineup of laptops will arrive in the autumn. Guardian
Apple will soon detail a whole host of new features and capabilities coming to all of its devices, including iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, but before WWDC 26 kicks off and iOS 27 is revealed, there’s been time for another big software update across the board. Along with the public release of the likes of iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, Apple TV boxes have been delivered tvOS 26.5 – the latest iteration of the system software. T3.com
Over 170 people have been arrested as part of a trial into facial recognition cameras in south London, including a woman who was wanted for over two decades. In total 173 suspects were arrested for crimes including kidnap, rape and serious sexual assault during the pilot in Croydon, during which static cameras rather than vans were used for the first time. The Metropolitan Police said crime in the area reduced by 10.5 per cent during the trial, which took place between October 2025 and March 2026. GB News
Elon Musk’s desire to control OpenAI was “hair-raising”, the boss of the ChatGPT-maker has claimed. Sam Altman said the Tesla boss wanted complete control of the artificial intelligence giant and planned to hand it on to his children when he died. It marks the latest twist in a high-profile courtroom showdown between two of Silicon Valley’s best-known billionaires, who have been embroiled in a decade-long feud. Telegraph
More than 70 million warnings were sent to people searching for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online in the last two years, according to new data. That is in excess of 95,000 alerts triggered a day, the figures from the Lucy Faithfull Foundation – the British charity that set up the system – shows. The alerts are sent when someone looks for child abuse content on platforms like TikTok, Meta products, ChatGPT, Google and pornography sites. Sky News
The National Health Service in England has confirmed it is allowing staff from Palantir access to patient data following a change in policy. The US spy-tech firm provides the technology for the Federated Data Platform (FDP), under a £330 million ($446 million) contract it won in 2023. The system is designed to improve data sharing across the NHS in England and help the state healthcare provider recover from the pandemic backlog. The Register
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