Priya Venkatesh
Technology Editor · Technology
Priya Venkatesh covers Technology for BreakWire News. Priya Venkatesh has been writing about technology for twelve years, with a focus on artificial intelligence, semiconductor policy, and Big Tech regulation. She joined BreakWire from The Verge.
Areas of expertise: Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductors, Cybersecurity, Big Tech Regulation
Recent Articles
- Microsoft spots USB malware that steals cryptocurrency
Microsoft says it has found a lightweight backdoor built to steal cryptocurrency, with an old-school twist: it spreads by USB drive. The method is simple, cheap and effective enoug…
- SwitchBot’s battery fan turns a dull category interesting
SwitchBot has managed something rare: it made a fan feel new. Not revolutionary, just thoughtfully better in ways that matter once the power goes out or the heat sticks around.
- India Telegram ban sends users to VPNs
India’s block on Telegram didn’t make the app disappear. It pushed millions of users toward VPNs, workarounds and rival chat services instead.
- FDA panel backs Moderna shot after review standoff
The vote was unanimous. The process was not. Moderna’s mRNA vaccine cleared an FDA advisory panel after months of agency drama that said more about politics than science.
- Forecasters fear sports betting will taint prediction markets
Prediction market believers spent years arguing these tools could improve public decision-making. Now that money has arrived, they're worried gambling will swallow the idea whole.
- NASA tells Northrop to halt lunar HALO work
NASA has ordered Northrop Grumman to stop work on HALO, the habitation module built for the Gateway station around the Moon. That’s more than a contractor hiccup; it’s a blunt sign…
- White House pushed Anthropic to cut SK Telecom
Anthropic’s Mythos mess wasn’t just a product decision. It was a national security intervention, aimed at a South Korean telecom group caught in Washington’s widening China dragnet…
- Google Docs users can switch off Gemini prompts
Google is pushing Gemini deeper into Docs, and plenty of people are tired of the nudges. The good news: you can turn most of them off, if you know where Google hid the switch.
- UK under-16 social media ban leaves major gaps
Britain says it will ban social media for under-16s. The hard part is everything after that: which apps, what counts as social media, and who actually enforces it.
- Google and Nvidia chiefs tell students learn AI
Three of the most influential people in AI just gave students the same broad message: use the tools, learn the basics, and don't mistake hype for skill. That's sensible advice, eve…
- World Cup shots curve because spinning balls drag air
The ball isn't swerving by magic, and it isn't a mystery. It's spin, air and a very old piece of physics doing visible work on the biggest stage in soccer.
- Scientists map vast underground fungal networks worldwide
Beneath ordinary soil sits a biological network on a planetary scale. Researchers have now put numbers on it, and the figures are hard to shrug off.
- UK announces social media ban for under-16s
Britain is moving from age checks to outright prohibition. The question now is whether ministers can enforce it without repeating every other online safety bluff.
- SpaceX Overtakes Tesla Inside Musk’s Business Empire
Elon Musk still runs both companies, but they no longer occupy the same place in his empire. SpaceX now looks like the serious business, and Tesla looks like the one asking for pat…
- Report warns 2026 World Cup heat risks players
A new warning about the 2026 World Cup isn't about tickets or security. It's about heat, and the host cities now look badly exposed.
- AI Wealth Boom Collides With Mass Tech Layoffs
The ugliest part of the AI boom isn't the demos. It's the optics. Workers are being cut by the tens of thousands while a narrow class of AI winners gets rich at a scale that invite…
- Orbio raises $21 million for frontline hiring software
Orbio has raised fresh money to sell software into one of the least glamorous corners of work: hiring people fast for frontline jobs. That's a real business, even if the automation…
- Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire
Elon Musk was already the richest man in tech. Now, according to reports, he has crossed into trillionaire territory.
- UK sets 2027 teen social media ban
The UK has put a start date on a policy that was once floated as political theatre. Early 2027 is when teenagers could start losing access to major social media apps.
- UK weighs blunt social media ban for teens
Britain is talking seriously about keeping teenagers off social media. That's a clean political message, but the technology and the law are nowhere near that simple.
More Coverage Desks
- Marcus Holt — Business & Markets
- Daniel Croft — Politics & Policy
- Nadia Al-Rashid — World Affairs
- Kevin McAllister — Sports
- Dr. Claire Fosse — Health & Science
- James Okafor — Science
- Sofia Reyes — Entertainment & Culture