Google is pulling the plug on its dark web monitoring service. The company says the tool, which scanned for stolen personal info, wasn’t useful enough and will be fully shut down by February 2026.
OpenAI’s chief communications officer, Hannah Wong, is departing the company in January 2025. She led communications through the explosive growth of ChatGPT and the internal crisis of Sam Altman’s brief 2023 firing.
PayPal is taking a major step to become a full-fledged bank. The company has applied for a US charter to form PayPal Bank, a move that could reshape its business and the fintech landscape.
Security researchers have uncovered a dangerous new phishing technique targeting Microsoft accounts. Dubbed “ConsentFix,” it tricks users into pasting a special link, granting attackers full access without needing a password or multi-factor authentication.
A new community-made script aims to let Windows 11 users disable AI features like Copilot and Recall at a system level. It’s a powerful but risky tool that highlights growing user frustration with Microsoft’s aggressive AI push.
Investors are using credit default swaps, the financial instrument from “The Big Short,” to hedge against a potential AI bubble. Trading volume targeting tech firms like Oracle and Meta is set to quadruple to over $8 billion a month. This signals rising Wall Street fear that the AI investment boom c
The first developer beta for iOS 26.3 is here, and it’s all about playing nicer with non-Apple gear. The update introduces a streamlined data transfer tool for moving to Android and finally allows notification forwarding to third-party wearables.
Researchers have created a CMOS-compatible analog chip that uses reservoir computing to predict time-series data with extreme efficiency. It was demoed beating humans at rock-paper-scissors by reading wrist motion, but its real potential is in low-power edge AI for wearables and industrial sensors.
The White House is creating a new US Tech Force to accelerate AI adoption in government. The program will place engineers in agencies like Treasury and Defense and partners with major tech firms.
A new report suggests the global memory shortage is far from over. AI PCs and insatiable data center demand are creating a perfect storm that could keep prices high and supplies tight for years.
