New Research Reveals AI Is Fueling an 'Unprecedented Surge in Cloud Security Risks'
Palo Alto Networks’ State of Cloud Security Report warns that rapid AI adoption is inflating cloud attack surfaces, creating an unprecedented surge in risk. More than 70% of enterprises now run AI‑powered cloud services, often granting overly permissive access. Identity‑related failures account for 80% of cloud incidents, outpacing traditional malware threats. A growing pool of non‑human identities—service accounts, API keys, and tokens—are poorly monitored, providing attackers with new footholds.
New Managed Web Hosting Service Brings Flat-Rate node.js Pricing
Hostinger has introduced managed Node.js support on its shared‑hosting plans, offering flat‑rate pricing that covers up to ten web apps on the Cloud Startup tier and five on the Business tier. The service includes one‑click GitHub deployment and eliminates the...
A Robot Just Learned 1,000 Tasks in a Single Day — and It’s a Big Deal for Everyday AI
Researchers at ScienceRobotics taught a physical robot arm to acquire 1,000 distinct everyday tasks in under 24 hours, using only a single demonstration per task. The breakthrough relies on a novel learning framework that decomposes actions into reusable sub‑phases, allowing...
Master PDFs Like a Pro with 30% Off LightPDF
LightPDF, an AI‑powered all‑in‑one PDF editor, is offering a 30% discount on both its Annual and Perpetual licenses via the promo code techradar30. The Annual plan drops from $89.99 to $34.99, granting 12,000 AI credits per year, while the Perpetual...
Pinned Chats in ChatGPT Are Here – and so Is a Mildly Annoying Restriction
OpenAI has added a pinned‑chats feature to ChatGPT, allowing users to keep up to three conversation threads at the top of the sidebar on both web and mobile apps. The option is accessible across Free, Plus, and Pro tiers, making...
SharpSpring CRM Review
SharpSpring delivers an all‑in‑one marketing automation platform with a built‑in CRM aimed at solopreneurs, agencies and SMBs. It offers a visual campaign builder, lead scoring, email and social tools, and unlimited users under a flat‑rate pricing model tied to contact...
Microsoft AI CEO Admits Gemini 'Can Do Things that Copilot Can’t Do'
Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman publicly acknowledged that Google’s Gemini 3 can perform tasks that Microsoft’s Copilot cannot, a rare admission in the AI arms race. He highlighted Gemini’s multimodal strengths while emphasizing Copilot’s real‑time visual assistance and integration across Windows,...
Oracle Has One Last Ampere Hurrah - New Cloud Platforms Offer up to 192 Custom Arm Cores, and Aren't OCI...
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure launched A4 Standard instances powered by Ampere Computing’s AmpereOne M silicon, offering up to 192 custom Arm cores per chip in both virtualized and bare‑metal forms. The configurations deliver up to 48 OCPUs (96 cores) with up to...
I Tried the Apple Music App for ChatGPT, and It Felt Like Talking to a Music‑obsessed Friend
Apple Music has launched a ChatGPT app that lets users generate playlists, discover songs, and play short music clips via conversational prompts. Subscribers can link their Apple Music accounts to save the AI‑crafted playlists directly to their library. The integration...
It's Not Just RAM Getting More Expensive - the Tools to Make Chips Are Set to Explode in Cost Too,...
Global semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales are projected to reach $133 billion in 2025, rising 13.7% year‑over‑year, with forecasts of $145 billion in 2026 and $156 billion in 2027. The surge is driven by heightened demand for AI accelerators, high‑performance computing and advanced 2 nm...
'A Lot of People Cry Using the App — We’ve Had Users Say It Put Into Words Things They’d Been...
Mark Manson and AI entrepreneur Raj Singh have launched Purpose, an AI‑mentor app that delivers personalized self‑help coaching directly on users' phones. The platform tailors advice to individual values, fears and goals while explicitly refusing therapy‑level issues and directing users...
ChatGPT Calls This Mini PC "a Steal" While Gemini Says It's "Insane" Value for Money — Meet the $379 AMD...
The Machenike Mini PC now sells for $379 on Amazon, featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS, 16 GB DDR5, and a 512 GB SSD. A DIY attempt to match these specs costs about $570, roughly 50% more, largely due to DDR5 scarcity. ...
Worried About Ransomware? IDrive Launches New Salesforce Backup Tool for Greater Data Protection
IDrive has launched a dedicated Salesforce Backup service that provides unlimited storage and granular recovery for both standard and custom Salesforce data. Priced at $20 per user per year, the solution includes daily automated backups, AES‑256 encryption, and ransomware‑ready point‑in‑time...
5 Things Businesses and Users Should Remember when Using AI Chatbots
The article warns that AI chatbot conversations are often stored long‑term, exposing sensitive personal data. It argues that superficial redaction is insufficient; true privacy requires permanent data removal and explicit retention policies. Transparency about data handling and minimizing collected information...
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...
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...