The Star Trek Holodeck Just Got Closer – Apple’s New AI Tool Generates 3D Scenes From Your Photos in Under...
Apple unveiled SHARP, an AI model that turns a single 2D photo into a photorealistic 3D scene in under one second. Trained on eight million synthetic and 2.65 million real images, the system generates depth maps and 3‑D Gaussian representations with minimal distortion. Although currently a proof‑of‑concept, the open‑source code is available on GitHub, hinting at future integration with iOS, macOS, or Vision Pro. The technology could evolve spatial photos into immersive VR memories, expanding Apple’s AR ecosystem.
HoneyBook CRM Review 2026
HoneyBook’s 2026 review highlights a user‑friendly CRM tailored for creative professionals and small service‑based businesses. The platform combines contact management, invoicing, contracts, scheduling, and automated workflows into a single, intuitive interface. Pricing is tiered from $16 to $66 per month,...
AI-Generated Code Contains More Bugs and Errors than Human Output
A new CodeRabbit study finds AI‑generated pull requests contain 1.7 times more issues than human‑written code, averaging 10.83 problems versus 6.45. The defects span critical and major categories, with security, logic and performance errors notably higher. While AI reduces spelling...
I Tried Talking to Google Maps with Gemini, and It Actually Understood What I Wanted
Google introduced Gemini 3, an upgraded AI model now embedded in Google Maps, enabling conversational, context‑aware navigation. The integration lets users ask natural‑language queries for coffee shops, scenic lunch spots, or traffic‑aware detours, and receive real‑time, multi‑criteria recommendations without leaving the...
Now There's a Robot App Store because We All Want Our Bots to Kick Like Bruce Lee
Unitree has introduced the world’s first Robot App Store, initially offered in beta for its $13,500 G1 humanoid robot. The marketplace hosts a handful of pre‑built routines such as Funny Actions, Twist Dance, and a Bruce Lee martial‑arts sequence, and allows...
PayPal User Beware - Experts Warn Subscriptions Being Abused to Send Fake Purchase Emails
Scammers are abusing PayPal’s Subscriptions feature to inject phishing messages into legitimate PayPal emails. They modify the customer‑service URL and use a Google Workspace mailing list to forward the fake notice to many recipients. The forwarded emails bypass standard SPF...
Urban VPN Proxy Is the Latest Free VPN Spying on Users – Here's How to Stay Safe
Urban VPN Proxy, a free Chrome and Edge extension, was found to covertly capture every AI prompt users type and transmit the data to analytics servers for resale. Security firm Koi Security identified a hidden script added in the July 9 2025...
AWS Systems Targeted by Crypto Mining Scam Using Hijacked IAM Credentials
AWS reported a wave of crypto‑mining attacks that exploited stolen high‑privilege IAM credentials to spin up massive EC2 and ECS workloads. Threat actors quickly launched GPU‑heavy auto‑scaling groups and malicious Fargate containers, even enabling termination protection to keep instances alive....
AI Blindness Is Costing Your Business: How to Build Trust in the Data Powering AI
AI blindness – the failure to verify data fitness for AI – is costing businesses billions as inaccurate outputs drive poor decisions. Research shows only 42% of executives fully trust AI‑generated insights, highlighting a widening trust gap. Legacy data tools,...
Your Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Just Got a Major Audio Update — Especially for Spotify Users
Meta has released version 21 of its Ray‑Ban and Oakley smart‑glasses, introducing a new audio suite that includes Conversation Focus. The feature uses AI‑driven microphones to isolate the voice of a person you’re speaking with, cutting out background chatter. It is...
Microsoft Explains How Windows 11's AI Agents Will Get Access to Your Files – but Bigger Worries Remain
Microsoft clarified that AI agents in Windows 11 will not automatically access personal folders. Users must approve each file‑access request or grant permanent permission through a dialog box. Permissions can be set per agent—Copilot, Researcher, Analyst—but apply to all personal directories...
OpenAI Reveals Major Hire to Lead Global Stargate Data Center Expansion
OpenAI announced that former UK Chancellor George Osborne will serve as Managing Director and Head of OpenAI for Countries, overseeing the global Stargate data‑center expansion beyond the United States. The "for Countries" initiative, added to Project Stargate in May 2025,...
"AI Is Too Big for the European Internet" - so It's Time for Companies to Work Together, Nokia Says
Nokia’s latest research warns that AI traffic is overwhelming Europe’s internet infrastructure, with 86% of European enterprises saying current networks can’t keep pace. The study also shows similar concerns in the United States, where 88% of telecoms and enterprises cite...
Your TV Is a ‘Mass Surveillance System’ Says Texas, and the State Is Suing LG, Samsung, Hisense, TCL, and More...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed lawsuits against Samsung, Sony, LG, TCL and Hisense, alleging their smart TVs use Automated Content Recognition (ACR) to collect viewing data without consent. The suit claims ACR can capture screen images as often as...
Pornhub Cyberattack Sees some Premium Members Data Stolen - Here's What We Know so Far
Pornhub disclosed that a supply‑chain breach of Mixpanel, a third‑party analytics provider, exposed some Premium‑member activity data. The compromised information includes emails, viewing timestamps, and video metadata, but passwords, payment details, and government IDs were not taken. Mixpanel has denied...
Soundcloud Confirms Data Breach - User Info Stolen, Here's What You Need to Know
SoundCloud disclosed a cyber‑attack that compromised roughly 20% of its user base, about 28 million accounts, exposing email addresses and publicly visible profile data. The breach is attributed to the ShinyHunters ransomware group, which reportedly focuses on data exfiltration rather than...
Amazon Says Russian Hackers Behind Major Cyber Campaign to Target Western Energy Sector
Amazon’s security team has identified a sustained Russian GRU‑linked cyber campaign that has been compromising misconfigured edge devices in Western critical infrastructure, especially the energy sector, since 2021. The attackers, including the group known as Curly COMrades, exploit virtualization features such...
Vodafone's New Smart Home Router Can Even Tell You when Your Family Gets Home
Vodafone has introduced the Ultra Hub 7 router with a built‑in “Who’s Home” feature that uses network‑level detection to identify when household devices join or leave the Wi‑Fi. The tool, accessible via Vodafone’s app, provides a privacy‑friendly dashboard showing who is...
World's Smallest AI Supercomputer Achieves World Record with 120B-Parameter LLM Support On-Device — What I Don't Understand, Though, Is How...
Tiiny AI has unveiled the Pocket Lab, a pocket‑sized computer that can run large language models up to 120 billion parameters entirely on‑device. The device packs a 12‑core ARMv9.2 CPU, a custom accelerator delivering roughly 190 TOPS, 80 GB of LPDDR5X memory, and...
Talk About a Snappy Attack - Popular Photo Booth Maker Allegedly Leaves User Images at Risk
A security flaw on Hama Film’s website allowed anyone with the URL to download user photos from its photo‑booth network across the US, UAE and Australia. Researchers accessed more than 1,000 images from Melbourne booths, discovering the pictures remained publicly...
A Water-Cooled AMD AI 14-Inch Tablet with 16 CPU Cores, a 5060-Class GPU, and 128GB RAM Is Exactly What I...
OneXPlayer’s Super X is a 14‑inch hybrid tablet‑laptop powered by AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU with 16 cores and a Radeon 8060S GPU that the maker claims matches a desktop RTX 4060. The device supports up to 128 GB of RAM, with 96 GB allocable to the...
We Filled the Internet with Garbage, and Now Slop Is the Word of the Year — Nice Going, AI
The rise of consumer‑grade generative AI has flooded the web with low‑quality, mass‑produced material now dubbed “AI slop,” a term Merriam‑Webster crowned as the 2025 Word of the Year. Industry observers claim anywhere from half to 90 % of online content...
This Home Security Cam Monitors Your Property 24/7 with 'Unlimited' Battery Life – and It Costs Less than You Might...
IMOU has introduced the AOV PT 4G Solar Panel Camera System, a wireless outdoor security camera that claims unlimited battery life thanks to an integrated solar panel and low‑power image capture. The device offers 300‑degree pan, 90‑degree tilt, AI‑driven person detection...
Your Email App Isn't the Weak Link but Your Cloud Configuration Probably Is
Recent analyses reveal that email clients are rarely the root cause of data breaches; instead, 99 % of cloud security failures stem from customer misconfigurations and human error. Attackers typically gain footholds through phishing, credential reuse, or unsecured endpoints before ever...
Your LG TV May Get an Unremovable Microsoft Copilot App in Its Next Update, and Yes, Users Are Annoyed
LG’s latest webOS firmware automatically installs a Microsoft Copilot app on compatible TVs, and the software cannot be uninstalled. The move has sparked backlash on social platforms, with users likening it to forced bloatware and expressing privacy worries about microphone...
IRobot Has Been Saved From Oblivion by a Mysterious Chinese Robo-Vac Giant – Here's What that Means
iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will be acquired by Chinese manufacturer Picea Robotics, which already produced Roombas for the brand. The bankruptcy stems from intense competition and high U.S. tariffs, but Picea assures customers that product support, supply...
How to Spot AI Christmas Cards This Year — and Which Chatbot Is Best at Writing Them
Royal Mail research predicts eight million Britons will use AI to write Christmas cards this year. To test the feasibility, TechRadar contributor Becca asked five leading chatbots – ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok – to draft a heartfelt note...
The RAM Crisis Will See Smartphone Specs Go Backwards in 2026, Experts Warn – Here's Why
Rising RAM prices, driven by AI data‑center demand, are prompting analysts to warn that smartphone memory capacities could regress by 2026. TrendForce predicts high‑end models will stall at 12 GB instead of moving to 16 GB, while mid‑range and low‑end devices may...
Microsoft Is Back in Court in the UK over Unfair Cloud Licensing Claims
Microsoft is back before the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal after Dr Maria Luisa Stasi filed a proposed class‑action alleging the firm’s Windows Server licensing scheme penalises customers who run workloads on rival clouds such as AWS and Google Cloud. The complaint says Microsoft...
Dreame's New Matrix10 Ultra Takes Robovac Smarts to the Next Level
Dreame unveiled the Matrix10 Ultra, a high‑end robot vacuum‑mop that upgrades navigation, obstacle avoidance and cleaning versatility. It combines a 30,000 Pa suction motor, 4.2 cm step‑climbing, AI‑driven recognition of over 240 objects and a unique three‑set mop‑pad system that swaps and...
New US Border Checks Could Involve Scanning Your Last Five Years of Social Media History– Here's What You Need to...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has proposed a rule requiring all visitors to have their social‑media activity from the past five years screened before entry. The proposal also mandates submission of email addresses, phone numbers, family member details, a photo,...
Did AMD Just Launch the Fastest Silent Video Cards Ever? Passively Cooled 32GB DDR6 Radeon AI Pro R9700S Debuts with...
AMD unveiled the Radeon AI PRO R9700S, a passively cooled workstation GPU that delivers 47.8 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and 32 GB of GDDR6 memory. The card retains the Navi 48 RDNA4 architecture with 64 compute units and a 2,920 MHz boost clock, while drawing...
5K Monitors Are Finally Going Mainstream? Asus Unleashes ROG Strix True 5120p Monitor with 90-Day Adobe Creative Cloud Subs, but...
Asus has launched the ROG Strix XG27JCG, a 27‑inch 5K monitor that packs a 5120 × 2880 Fast IPS panel and an over‑clockable 180 Hz refresh rate. The display adds Asus’s ELMB 2 dual‑strip backlight for reduced motion blur, a 97% DCI‑P3 color gamut,...
Former Accenture Employee Charged by DoJ for Cloud Security Fraud
The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Hilmer, a former Accenture product manager, for allegedly deceiving federal customers about the security of Accenture's cloud platform. The indictment alleges false representations that the platform met FedRAMP standards, enabling the company to secure...
This Zotac Mini PC Has the Most Powerful GPU Ever Bundled in a PC of This Size — 16GB GeForce...
Zotac unveiled the ZBOX MAGNUS EN275060TC, a 2.65‑liter mini PC that houses a full‑desktop GeForce RTX 5060 Ti with 16 GB of VRAM. The system uses a hybrid PCIe x8 5.0 + x8 5.0 architecture that powers the GPU without an external connector. Benchmarks show the RTX 5060 Ti delivering...
Hackers Posing as Law Enforcement Are Tricking Big Tech to Get Access to Private Data
Cybercriminals are masquerading as law‑enforcement officials to trick major technology companies into releasing user data. They employ typosquatted police email addresses and compromised official inboxes through Business Email Compromise to submit seemingly legitimate data‑request forms. While firms like Apple, Google...
Intel Set to Buy AI Chip Specialist as It Scrambles to Catch up with AMD, Nvidia
Intel has signed a non‑binding term sheet to acquire AI‑chip specialist SambaNova, aiming to narrow its gap with AMD and Nvidia in the fast‑growing artificial‑intelligence hardware market. The deal could be priced below SambaNova’s $5 billion 2021 valuation, reflecting recent funding...
Salesforce Says Per-User Pricing Will Be New AI Norm
Salesforce announced it will return to per‑user, seat‑based pricing for its AI suite after experimenting with usage‑based models. CEO Marc Benioff says the company can justify three‑to‑four‑fold price hikes because AI tools can deliver up to ten times more value....
EU Accused of Ignoring Warning Signs in Broadcom's VMware Acquisition
The European Commission approved Broadcom’s $36 billion acquisition of VMware in July 2023, but the cloud‑services association CISPE has lodged a formal complaint alleging the regulator ignored clear warning signs. CISPE argues the deal, financed with roughly $28.4 billion of new debt...
Workbooks Integrates AI, Promises Empowered Sales Teams
Workbooks has integrated artificial intelligence into its CRM platform, introducing tools such as automatic meeting transcription, sales coaching, data hygiene, and prospect research. The company cites that only 16% of UK firms currently embed AI in their CRM, positioning early...
Russia Threatens to Block All Google Services in a 'Soft Squeeze' Of US Tech
Russia's State Duma member Andrei Svintsov warned that the government could block all Google services, citing concerns that user data stored abroad threatens national security. The move aligns with a new bill demanding foreign tech firms keep Russian user data...
Investors Still Doubling Down on AI in Taiwan Despite 'Bubble' Fears
Investors in Taiwan continue to pour money into AI despite bubble warnings. The Taiwan Weighted Index is projected to reach 30,000 points by 2026 after a 22% gain this year, while TSMC stock has risen 39% year‑to‑date and 187% over...
AI Chatbots Are Now Integrated 'Into the Full Texture of Human Life,' Microsoft Study Claims
Microsoft’s December 2025 report, analyzing 37.5 million de‑identified Copilot conversations, shows AI chatbots have become woven into daily routines. Desktop usage clusters around the 8 a.m.–5 p.m. workday, while mobile interactions occur at all hours and focus on personal topics. Health and fitness dominate...
Are You a Startup Looking to Build Your Website? Webflow Is Offering a Crazy Deal- Get 100% Off Your First...
Webflow is giving qualifying startups a 100% discount on the first year of its Business plan, effectively making the $39‑per‑month CMS site free for twelve months. The offer targets companies with fewer than 50 employees, under $15 million in funding, and...
ICO Levies £1.2 Million Fine Against LastPass — Data Breach Compromised Info on 1.6 Million Users
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a £1.2 million fine on password‑manager LastPass after a 2022 breach exposed personal data of 1.6 million users. The attack began with a compromised laptop, allowing hackers to steal AWS and decryption keys and extract a...
HPC and AI Converging Infrastructures
The data‑center landscape is shifting as AI workloads, especially large language models, demand the same high‑performance computing resources once reserved for scientific supercomputing. GPUs and specialized accelerators now dominate, requiring advanced interconnects, power delivery, and cooling solutions. Infrastructure designers are...
Quantifying the Hidden Costs of Cloud Sovereignty Gaps
Recent outages at AWS and Microsoft exposed how European firms depend on US hyperscalers for critical control planes. When those control layers sit outside the EU, latency, egress fees, and regulatory constraints turn global incidents into local disruptions. The article...
Hackers Distribute Thousands of Phishing Attacks Through Mimecast's Secure-Link Feature
Hackers exploited Mimecast’s secure‑link URL‑rewriting feature to conceal malicious destinations, allowing phishing emails to bypass filters. Check Point observed over 40,000 such emails targeting more than 6,000 organizations within two weeks. The campaign focused on consulting, technology, and real‑estate firms,...
Google DeepMind Partners with the UK Government for 'Science Breakthroughs, Cleaner Energy'
Google DeepMind will launch its first automated, AI‑driven research lab in the United Kingdom in 2026, focusing on breakthroughs in superconductors, semiconductors and clean‑energy technologies. British scientists will receive priority access to DeepMind’s Gemini tools, while Google simultaneously pledges a...
Save up to 40% with Autodesk’s Media & Entertainment Collection
Autodesk is offering up to 40% off its Media & Entertainment Collection when customers select any three applications from a list that includes 3ds Max, Maya, MotionBuilder, Arnold, Golaem, Mudbox and ReCap Pro. The most popular bundles—3ds Max, Maya and MotionBuilder or Maya,...