Innovation

Vibe coding is changing how we create, shifting software from something we write to something we discuss. As AI becomes a collaborator, the real challenge is helping people use this new power responsibly – and communicators have a central role to play.

What happens when podcasts stop being conversations and start becoming factory output? As AI voices step up to the mic, the medium faces a defining question: can podcasting keep its human soul in an era of synthetic hosts and mass-produced shows?

In 2005, I joined fellow pioneers in Sunderland to explore blogging, RSS, and podcasting – long before ‘social media’ was a thing. Two decades on, I look back at that milestone event, the start of Don’t Panic Projects, and what it all meant for the new PR.

Comparing the Galaxy Z Flip 5 and the new Z Flip 7 reveals just how far foldables have come in only a few years. With a larger edge-to-edge cover screen and powerful AI features, the Flip 7 takes Samsung’s foldable vision to the next level – in both usability and productivity.

Led by Chile, Latin America is building its own chatbot, Latam-GPT, to reflect local languages, dialects and cultures. This regional AI model challenges the dominance of global tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek, raising vital questions about language, representation and digital sovereignty.

As deportation raids surge in the US, vulnerable communities are turning to mobile apps for safety and support. This post explores how these digital tools offer protection — and why similar responses haven’t emerged in the UK or EU.

Google’s Veo 3 generates realistic videos from simple text prompts – with sound, dialogue, and cinematic quality – that can mimic news reports and voices in multiple languages with stunning accuracy. A creative leap, or a deepfake disaster waiting to happen?

The consumer metaverse may have stalled, but a new version is thriving in factories and warehouses. Discover how digital twins, spatial computing, and AI are reshaping industry – and what this shift means for communicators.