California Demands xAI Stop Non-Consensual Deepfakes California is stepping up action against non-consensual deepfake images generated by Elon Musk’s xAI. Attorney General Rob Bonta sent a cease-and-desist letter to the company, calling for an immediate halt to the creation and distribution of sexua...

Google Challenges Landmark Search Monopoly Verdict Google is taking its fight to the courts after a US ruling last year labeled the company as holding an illegal monopoly in the search engine market. The tech giant insists the decision overlooks key realities about user choice and market competition...

Google Exposes Weakness in Decades-Old Windows Logins Corporate IT teams now face a stark warning: outdated Windows login systems are far easier to hack than many realized. Google’s security arm, Mandiant, this week released a dataset demonstrating that the Net-NTLMv1 authentication protocol—a decad...

Google Settles $8.25M Lawsuit Over Children’s Privacy Google has agreed to establish an $8.25 million settlement fund after facing a class-action lawsuit alleging violations of children’s privacy laws. The case claims the tech giant collected and used the personal data of minors under 13 through app...

People Spend 11.8 Billion Hours Daily on Billionaire-Owned Social Media A staggering 11.8 billion hours are spent every day consuming content on social media platforms founded by some of the world’s wealthiest billionaires. That’s equivalent to more than one million years of human attention lost dai...

North Korea Hackers Exploit Google Ads to Spread Malware Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new malware campaign linked to North Korean hackers that uses online advertising platforms to target unsuspecting users. This approach, leveraging familiar ad links from Google and South Korea’s Naver...

Windows 11 Bug Fix: Microsoft Resolves January 2026 Update Issues Microsoft’s first Windows 11 update of 2026 caused headaches for many users, but a solution is now rolling out. Reports surfaced of devices failing to shut down, Remote Desktop login issues, and Outlook crashes shortly after the Janua...

Apple Data Breach: Nvidia & Tesla Files at Risk in Luxshare Hack A major security alarm has been raised after Luxshare, a top Apple manufacturing partner, allegedly suffered a ransomware attack. Hackers claim to have accessed confidential product files from Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla. This incident ha...

Internet Speed Record Shattered: 430Tbps Achieved Over Standard Fiber Imagine downloading an 80GB game in just a millisecond—faster than a single blink. This is no sci-fi fantasy; it’s the reality set by a new internet speed record. Researchers have achieved an astonishing 430 terabits per second (T...

AI Energy Challenge Puts UK Data Centers to the Test AI is transforming industries at a breathtaking pace, but this growth comes with a hidden cost: energy. UK data centers, the backbone of AI infrastructure, are under immense pressure to deliver computing power while managing rising energy bills an...

Google Chrome AI Scam Detection Can Now Be Turned Off Google Chrome has introduced a new option that allows users to disable the AI model behind its scam detection tool. This update comes after months of AI integration into browsers, giving users more control over what runs on their devices. The AI ...

IT spending is on the rise, projected to reach $1.43 trillion in 2026, driven by a mix of AI adoption, cloud expansion, and evolving business needs. Companies are investing more than ever into technology, but the surge isn’t just about growth—rising costs, geopolitical pressures, and smarter IT stra...