OpenAI tests new search engine called SearchGPT amid AI arms race

Prototype, initially launching with select publishers and users, set to challenge Google’s dominance of online search

CrowdStrike faces backlash as ‘thank you’ gift cards are blocked

$10 UberEats vouchers sent to people who helped after global IT outage are flagged as potential fraud

Losses in Europe and Asia are driven by AI-related groups including Nvidia, Tesla and Google-owner Alphabet

Ray Dorset says band lost £23m in royalties but suggests fingerprinting software could help musicians

Tech-focused Nasdaq retreats 3.6% and S&P 500 also down in wake of lacklustre results from big-tech companies

A day after activating Starlink internet in Gaza, Tesla CEO appears at Israeli PM’s controversial joint session

Banking and healthcare firms, major airlines expected to suffer most losses, according to insurer Parametrix

CEO Elon Musk blames ‘bit of a hangover’ from rivals’ discounting but insists challenges are ‘fairly short-term’

Billionaire says Optimus will start performing tasks for carmaker in 2025 and could be ready for sale in 2026

Israeli company aims for stock market flotation after spurning biggest deal in tech group’s history

Some top backers throw weight behind Harris amid flood of grassroots donations but others pointedly decline to do so

But experts says full recovery from Friday’s IT failure could take weeks

As the school holidays begin, Donat Rétif says the hi-tech travel agency is well placed to profit from Britons’ steadily rising appetite for travel

CEO Sarah Franklin got such intense pushback on her company’s plans that she suspended them after three days

Flights continue to be cancelled while GP surgeries and hospitals will be dealing with impact of backlogs