16TB of Corporate Intelligence Data Exposed in One of the Largest Lead-Generation Dataset Leaks
Cybersecurity researchers uncovered an unprotected 16 TB MongoDB database containing nearly two billion records of personal and corporate intelligence. The dataset, estimated at 4.3 billion documents, appears to have been scraped from LinkedIn and Apollo.io and was likely operated by a lead‑generation firm. The database was secured two days after disclosure, but the exposure window and any malicious access remain uncertain. This breach ranks among the largest known leaks of B2B lead‑generation data.
HBM-on-GPU Set to Power the Next Revolution in AI Accelerators - and Just to Confirm, There's No Way This Will...
Imec unveiled a 3D high‑bandwidth memory (HBM) on GPU architecture that dramatically raises compute density for AI workloads. The design stacks four HBM modules directly atop the GPU, achieving record performance but driving peak temperatures to 141.7 °C without cooling. Halving...
McDonald’s Pulls AI-Generated Christmas Ad After Backlash over 'Soulless' Visuals and Holiday Chaos
McDonald’s Netherlands released a Christmas commercial created with generative AI, but the spot was pulled after viewers mocked its eerie visuals and chaotic tone. The ad, produced by agency The Sweetshop using its proprietary “The Gardening Club” engine, combined unsettling...
Google Adds Prompt Injection Defenses to Chrome
Google announced that Chrome will embed new safeguards to block indirect prompt‑injection attacks on its built‑in AI agents. The updates introduce a User Alignment Critic that reviews proposed actions against user intent, and Agent Origin Sets that limit data access...
Proton Pass Just Made It Even Easier for Developers to Retrieve Secrets — and That's a Win for Everyone Involved
Proton Pass has introduced a command‑line interface (CLI) that lets developers retrieve passwords and other secrets directly from the terminal. The CLI mirrors the full functionality of the native app, including vault management, notes, and credit‑card storage. It is available...
Need AI Training? CEOs Think You Should Train Yourself
Emergn’s latest research shows a stark split between employees and CEOs on AI upskilling responsibility. While 81% of workers expect employers to provide AI training, 83% of CEOs argue employees should self‑train. The gap matters because two‑thirds of staff say...
Why Disconnected Tech Stacks Are Undermining Your Workforce — and How to Fix It
Businesses lost an average $104 million last year due to digital inefficiencies caused by disconnected tech stacks. Employees spend up to 20 hours each week chasing information across siloed applications, leading to productivity loss and risky workarounds. The article argues that integrating...
Three Critical Vulnerabilities Patched by SAP - Here's What We Know
SAP’s December cumulative security update addresses 14 vulnerabilities, highlighting three critical flaws that demand immediate remediation. CVE‑2025‑42880 in SAP Solution Manager permits authenticated code injection, potentially granting full system control. CVE‑2025‑55754 in Apache Tomcat exploits unescaped ANSI escape sequences on...
AMD's Redstone Update Could Revitalize FSR for PC Games – Here's Why Nvidia Should Be Worried
AMD has launched the FSR Redstone update via the Adrenalin 25.12.1 driver, introducing Frame Generation, Ray Regeneration, Radiance Caching and an upgraded upscaling engine for its RDNA 4 GPUs. The new features are exclusive to the Radeon RX 9060 XT, RX 9070 XT and RX 9070, aiming to close...
Adobe and YouTube Love-In Delivers New Tools for Content Creators — and Resolves the Biggest Issue We Had with Adobe's...
Adobe has integrated a dedicated YouTube Shorts creation hub into its free Premiere mobile app, adding AI‑powered transitions, title presets, and a template gallery. The new "Create for YouTube Shorts" space lets users edit, customize, and publish short videos directly...
Salesforce Bets on Agentic AI Platform Following Cautiously Optimistic Earnings Report
Salesforce reported Q3 2025 revenue of $10.3 billion, a 9% year‑on‑year increase, and raised its full‑year revenue outlook to $41.5 billion. Despite the earnings beat, the company’s stock has slipped 29% so far in 2025. At its World Tour in London, Salesforce unveiled...
Sam Altman Tells Jimmy Fallon that AI Is the "Equalizing Force" The World Needs
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appeared on The Tonight Show to highlight ChatGPT’s explosive growth, noting that more than 800 million people now use the service weekly. He framed AI as an "equalizing force" comparable to the global spread of smartphones, arguing...
UK Strengthens Subsea Cables Against Russian Interference
The UK has unveiled Atlantic Bastion, a military program aimed at protecting undersea cables and pipelines from Russian interference. The initiative will employ autonomous surface and underwater vessels, advanced sensors, and naval assets, with initial testing this year and deployments...
Trump Set to Allow Nvidia H200 Chips to Be Exported to China
President Donald Trump announced that the United States will resume exporting Nvidia's H200 AI accelerator chips to approved commercial customers in China, subject to a 25% export fee. The move excludes newer Nvidia products such as Blackwell and Rubin, which...
The UK Must Build Smarter Networks to Lead in AI
AI could add £550 billion to UK GDP by 2035, but the nation controls only 3 % of global AI compute power versus the US’s 75 %. Legacy networks cause 20‑25 % inefficiencies and expose firms to AI‑driven cyber threats. Modern, AI‑ready networks—leveraging SD‑WAN,...
The Future of Coding Has a Vibe Problem: Balancing Creativity with Control
Vibe‑coding, the AI‑driven approach that prioritises intuition over structured programming, is gaining traction after being named 2025 word of the year. It lets developers generate code by prompting large language models, shifting effort from manual typing to creative brainstorming. While...
LinkedIn Wants Every User to Be Verified
LinkedIn has surpassed its target, now boasting over 100 million verified members ahead of its 2025 deadline. The platform reports that verified users enjoy up to 60 % more profile views and 50 % higher post engagement, while verified organizations see 10.9 × more...
Ads Aren’t Coming to Gemini, Google Says — but OpenAI Has Shown that the Inevitable Is Coming
OpenAI recently introduced ad-like “app suggestions” in its ChatGPT Plus service, prompting a swift rollback after user criticism. Google’s Gemini, its chief rival, publicly denied any plans to embed advertisements, emphasizing its current ad‑free experience. Industry analysts, however, argue that...
AGI Is a Pipe Dream Until We Solve One Big Problem, AI Experts Say, Even as Google Celebrates Gemini's Success
At NeurIPS 2025 AI researchers warned that the current scaling‑centric approach to large language models has hit a "scaling wall," delivering only marginal gains despite massive data and compute. Google’s Gemini 3 showcased impressive performance through architectural tweaks, yet it remains...
DoJ Takes Down Sophisticated Network Smuggling $160m Worth of AI Chips to China
The U.S. Department of Justice dismantled a sophisticated smuggling ring that moved roughly $160 million worth of Nvidia H100 and H200 AI GPUs to China, breaching export restrictions. Operation “Gatekeeper” revealed the chips were stripped of Nvidia branding and relabeled as...
OpenAI Races Gemini 3 to the Top with GPT‑5.2 Drop This Week
OpenAI announced a “code red” and is accelerating the rollout of GPT‑5.2 to counter Google’s Gemini 3. The new model, expected by Dec 9, promises faster response times, stronger reasoning and fewer glitches, emphasizing core performance over new features. Gemini 3 has been...
'They Can Build a Hospital in a Weekend': Nvidia CEO Warns About China's Big AI Advantages — as Report Reveals...
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warned that China can construct AI‑critical data centers and even hospitals in a weekend, highlighting a stark speed advantage over the United States, where similar projects take years. A recent report shows China now accounts for...
Data Centers Are Throttling Home Building as Infrastructure Struggles to Keep up with AI Demands
Data‑centre expansion driven by AI and cloud workloads is straining electricity grids across the UK and Europe. In Britain, annual demand could jump from 10 TWh today to 71 TWh by 2050, with 100 new facilities slated, half near London. The surge...
ChatGPT Users Are Making a Spotify Wrapped for Their Year in AI — Here's How to Do It
ChatGPT users can now generate a personal "Wrapped"‑style recap of their AI interactions with a single prompt. The request, "Make me a ChatGPT Wrapped summary like a Spotify Wrapped showing my usage this year," prompts the model to analyze a...
Self-Healing IT Is No Longer Science Fiction – It’s Driving Businesses Forward
Self‑healing, agentic AI is moving from sci‑fi concept to operational reality, enabling IT systems to detect, diagnose and remediate issues autonomously. These tools continuously monitor networks, endpoints and cloud services, intervening before users notice problems. Organizations can set governance rules...
Gartner Advisory States AI Browsers Are NOT Your Friend — and They Are Putting Your Business at Risk
Gartner’s newest advisory urges organizations to block AI‑enhanced browsers, citing security gaps that prioritize user experience over data protection. Agentic browsers, such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas, can autonomously navigate sites, summarize content, and perform actions within authenticated sessions. These capabilities...
FBI Warns of Kidnapping Scams as Hackers Turn to AI to Provide 'Proof of Life'
The FBI has issued a public service announcement warning that criminals are leveraging generative AI to produce deep‑fake videos as false "proof of life" in kidnapping and extortion scams. Scammers harvest personal photos from social media, synthesize convincing footage, and...
A New UK AI Says It Can Beat ChatGPT – We Tried It and Here’s What We Found
Locai, a British‑built AI from Locai Labs, claims to outperform GPT‑5, Gemini and DeepSeek on the Arena Hard v2 benchmark. The system relies on a novel Forget‑Me‑Nt training method that generates its own data and avoids catastrophic forgetting. It also...
We May Have to Wait Until 2027 for the Launch of the Next Pair of Meta Mixed Reality Smart Glasses
Meta’s next mixed‑reality smart glasses, codenamed Phoenix, have been pushed back from a 2026 debut to 2027, according to internal memos. The delay is intended to give engineers more breathing room to perfect the user experience and hardware reliability. Phoenix...
Why Cybersecurity Is Now a Strategic Lever for Tech Firms Navigating Uncertainty
Cybersecurity has shifted from a technical afterthought to a strategic lever that directly influences enterprise value for technology firms, especially SaaS and AI players. Investors and private‑equity owners now embed security posture—SOC 2, ISO 27001, and cultural maturity—into due‑diligence and deal pricing....
This Chinese Chip Giant Is Boosting Production to Try and Take on Nvidia - but How Will Huawei Feel?
Cambricon Technologies announced plans to produce 500,000 AI accelerator chips in 2026, roughly tripling its 2025 output. The target includes 300,000 units of its Siyuan 590 and 690 models, but current yields sit at only 20 percent. The company relies on...
Think Before You Click: Most Free File-Sharing Apps Expose Your Downloads to Security Risks, Warns Surfshark
Surfshark’s recent analysis of six popular file‑sharing services reveals that most free tiers do not scan uploaded files for malware, leaving users vulnerable. Only Box and WeTransfer offer virus scanning to paid subscribers, while Dropbox and iCloud provide no scanning...
OpenAI Beats Google, Meta, and Grok in All-AI Poker Tournament
In a week‑long, AI‑only poker showdown, OpenAI’s o3 model topped the leaderboard, finishing $36,691 ahead after five days of no‑limit Texas Hold’em. Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5 and X.ai’s Grok followed in second and third place, while Google’s Gemini posted a modest...
"There Is 'No Way'" - IBM CEO Says Current AI Data Center Trends Are Unsustainable, and He Would Know
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna warned that the rapid expansion of AI‑focused data centers is financially untenable. He estimates a single 1 GW AI site now costs about $80 billion, and with industry plans targeting roughly 100 GW of capacity, total exposure could approach...
Europol Takes Down Crypto and Laundering Network Worth 700 Million
Europol dismantled a cryptocurrency‑laundering network valued at over €700 million, conducting coordinated raids in Cyprus, Germany and Spain. Authorities seized roughly $1.7 million in cash, bank deposits and crypto assets while arresting nine alleged operators. The scheme combined fake exchange platforms, deep‑fake...
New Research Reveals Older Users Less Likely to Find AI Useful
Cisco's new research shows younger users embrace AI while older users lag, with half of those over 45 never using AI. Trust gaps and unfamiliarity drive the divide. Emerging economies lead generative AI adoption, whereas Europe shows lower trust. Heavy...
I Had a Big Audio Transcription Problem – Gemini Solved It, and ChatGPT Didn’t
Lance Ulanoff tested Google Gemini 3 Pro against ChatGPT 5.1 for transcribing an iPhone 17 Pro Max audio note. Gemini accepted the .m4a file directly, produced a full transcript, and correctly labeled speakers, aside from a minor name‑mix‑up. ChatGPT, despite a Plus subscription, could not access...
The Connectivity Problem Hiding in Smart Bins and Heart Monitors
IoT devices—from agricultural drones to cardiac monitors—depend on seamless network connectivity, yet many deployments overlook the complexity of the underlying SIM layer. The article highlights that unsteered multi‑network SIMs often select networks based on mere availability, leading to sub‑optimal performance...
Microsoft 365 Is Hiking Prices for Businesses - Here's How Much It Will Cost You
Microsoft announced price hikes for most of its business‑focused Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans, effective 1 July 2026. Seven of nine SKUs will rise between 5% and 33% in USD, while Business Premium and E1 stay unchanged. The increases fund added security layers...
Samsung’s Ballie Robot Is Delayed Again – and Now We Know Why
Samsung’s Ballie robot, touted as an AI‑powered home companion, has missed its promised summer 2025 launch and remains unavailable as of December 2025. The company told TechRadar it is still refining the robot’s artificial‑intelligence and projection technology to ensure a...
‘A Solution Looking for a Problem that Doesn’t Exist’: Logitech CEO Blasts AI Gadgets – and Most People Think That’s...
Logitech CEO Hanneke Faber labeled current AI‑focused gadgets as "solutions looking for a problem that doesn’t exist," echoing widespread consumer skepticism. She emphasized Logitech’s strategy of embedding AI into existing peripherals, such as the MX Master 4 mouse, rather than launching...
Intel Drops Plans to Sell Networking and Communication Division
Intel has reversed its earlier plan to sell its Networking and Communications (NEX) unit, deciding to keep the business in‑house. The move follows a strategic review that concluded tighter integration of silicon, software and systems will drive more value than...
Google, Amazon, and xAI Want to Launch AI Into Space
Google, Amazon, and Elon Musk’s xAI are accelerating plans to deploy artificial intelligence workloads in low‑Earth orbit. Google’s Project Suncatcher will mount solar‑powered TPUs on satellites, Amazon’s Leo aims to embed edge AI in its broadband constellation, and xAI envisions...
The Disproportionate Effects of AI Data Centers on Local Communities – and What Can Be Done About It
AI‑focused data centers consume far more electricity and water than conventional facilities, creating concentrated strain on local power grids, water supplies, and air quality. Their high‑density GPU farms often outpace existing infrastructure, forcing utilities to rewire substations or rely on...
Over 70 US Banks and Credit Unions Affected by Marquis Ransomware Breach - Here's What We Know
Marquis Software Solutions suffered a ransomware breach on August 14, 2025 after attackers exploited an unpatched SonicWall SSL VPN vulnerability (CVE‑2024‑40766). The incident exposed personal data of over 400,000 individuals linked to 74 U.S. banks and credit unions, including Social...
Bending Spoons Continues Its Spree of Buying Famous Tech Brands with the Eventbrite Deal
Bending Spoons announced a $500 million acquisition of Eventbrite, valuing the ticketing platform at roughly 1.7 times its trailing twelve‑month revenue. The deal includes an 81 percent cash premium to shareholders, reflecting a deep discount to the company’s 2018 IPO valuation. Bending Spoons...
The AI Race Explodes as HPE Deploys AMD’s Helios Racks, Crushing Limits with Venice CPUs and Insane GPU Density
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) will integrate AMD’s Helios rack‑scale AI architecture into its portfolio beginning in 2026, marking Helios’s first major OEM partnership. The reference design features 72 MI455X GPUs, EPYC Venice CPUs, and a double‑wide liquid‑cooled chassis delivering up...
CEOs Are Warning AI Adoption and Spending Should Be More Strategic
CEOs from Logitech, Anthropic, Google and OpenAI are urging a more strategic, problem‑driven approach to AI adoption, warning against hype‑fueled spending. They stress integrating AI into existing products and boardrooms rather than launching flashy, untested gadgets. The leaders highlight financial,...
I Went Hands-On with Hengbot Sirius, an AI Robot that Left Me Wanting More
Hengbot Sirius, an AI‑powered robot dog, is moving from Kickstarter prototype to limited consumer release with a $700 pledge price that will likely rise to about $1,000 at retail. The compact device packs 14 actuators, a 45‑minute battery, and Amazon’s...
AWS Graviton5 Is Its Most Powerful and Efficient CPU to Date - and Could Mean Big Changes for Your Key...
Amazon Web Services announced the Graviton5 processor at re:Invent 2025, debuting on new M9g EC2 instances. Built on a 3 nm process, the chip packs 192 Arm cores and a five‑fold increase in L3 cache, delivering higher compute density and better...