Technology News for Monday 3rd November 2025

1. Autocorrect gone rogue: why your iPhone keeps getting it wrong

The explanation seems to be that Apple has replaced its old n-gram based autocorrect models with transformer-like language models that run directly on the device. More powerful, yes, but also much more opaque and more difficult to debug.

2. Ion recycling to illuminate the heaviest elements

Illustration of the ion trap used by the ISOLDE team to measure the electron affinity of chlorine. In the trap, chlorine anions are reflected back and forth between two electrostatic ion mirrors, allowing the laser beam (pink) to probe the anions for much ...

3. New Artificial Neurons Physically Replicate the Brain

The research, led by USC Computer and Electrical Engineering Professor Joshua Yang—who previously made pioneering contributions to the field of artificial synapses—introduces a new type of artificial neuron built using what is known as a “diffusive ...

4. Microsoft's UAE investment to total $15.2 billion by end of 2029

CNN's Becky Anderson is at ADIPEC, the UAE's annual energy conference, where AI investment has taken center stage with a new announcement by Microsoft to invest $15.2 billion in the UAE's AI vehicle G42 by 2029. She asks the CEO of SandboxAQ, ...

5. After 40 Years, Is This New Drug for Parkinson's About to Change the Game?

Crucially, tavapadon could offer symptom control where first-line Parkinson's treatment levodopa leaves off as the brain's dopamine nerve cells progressively degrade and die. “Levodopa makes the surviving neurons in Parkinson's disease make more dopamine ...

6. Deal of the Day: These new Apple Watches are on sale for the first time ever

I've said it before and I'll say it again: if you own an iPhone, the best smartwatch and fitness tracker for you is probably an Apple Watch. The question then becomes which one. Apple launched new versions of all three of its Apple Watches back in ...

7. Microsoft to invest over $15 billion in UAE, secures US export licenses for Nvidia chips

"The biggest share of (the investment), by far, both looking back and looking forward, is the expansion of AI data centres across the UAE," Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith said in an interview.

8. Google's Holiday 100 List Just Dropped! Shop The Most-Searched Gifts for Everyone on Your List

"Hey Google, what are the top gifts of 2025?" Good news for everyone asking: the search engine just released their annual Holiday 100 list, showcasing trending items and categories with astronomically high search volumes, some even hitting an all-time ...