What Is Data Governance and Why Is It Crucial for Successful AI Projects?
Enterprise adoption of generative AI is accelerating, with Microsoft‑IDC reporting 75% uptake in 2024 and Gartner forecasting over 80% production use by 2026. However, more than half of firms still lack basic data‑quality tracking, and 60% risk missing AI value due to weak data governance. The article defines AI‑specific data governance as continuous policies and controls covering input integrity, model behavior, operational constraints, and accountability, and outlines five pillars—quality, security, transparency, ethics, and compliance. It urges board‑level investment in platform‑centric governance to turn AI pilots into scalable, trustworthy business value.
More Internet Outages on the Way? Google and Meta Delay Subsea Cable Plans Due to Sabotage Fears
Google’s Blue‑Raman and Meta’s 2Africa subsea cable projects have been put on hold as Red Sea instability raises sabotage concerns, forcing operators to suspend construction on key segments linking Europe, Asia and Africa. The security risk has also stalled other...
Creating Images with ChatGPT Is Fun, but These Simple Tips Will Make Them Look Way Better
TechRadar AI Week 2025 explains how to generate images with ChatGPT, noting that free users can create a limited number daily while Plus subscribers enjoy higher limits. Users access the feature via the "+" menu, select "Create image," and can...
Perplexity's Comet AI Browser May Have some Concerning Security Flaws Which Could Let Hacker Hijack Your Device
Cybersecurity firm SquareX has uncovered a critical vulnerability in Perplexity's AI‑driven Comet browser. The browser includes a hidden "MCP API" (chrome.perplexity.mcp.addStdioServer) that lets embedded extensions run arbitrary OS commands, a capability traditional browsers block. The flaw resides in the Agentic...
Twitch Introduces Facial Age Scans in the UK Despite Privacy Concerns
Twitch is rolling out mandatory facial age verification for UK users to comply with the UK Online Safety Act, requiring a camera‑based scan by third‑party vendor k‑ID before viewers can access mature or 18+ streams. The scan, performed on the...
How to Turn Off AI in the Apps You Use Every Day
TechRadar contributor Becca Caddy outlines how users can limit or disable AI-driven features across a range of popular platforms, from Pinterest and Google Search to Gmail, Android, iOS, Samsung Galaxy, Microsoft Copilot, and Facebook. The guide provides step‑by‑step instructions for...
How Cloud-Based Technology Is Helping Contact Centers Cut Carbon Emissions
Cloud‑based contact‑center‑as‑a‑service (CCaaS) enables firms to replace on‑premises PBXs, servers and office space with virtualized infrastructure hosted in optimized data centres, cutting energy use and e‑waste. The biggest emissions reduction comes from allowing agents to work remotely, eliminating most commuting...
Align Your Files Forever, Not Just for Black Friday - This Sync.com Lifetime Deal Gets You 50% Off for Life
Sync.com is offering a Black Friday promotion that slashes subscription prices by 50% for life across its four cloud‑storage plans—1 TB, 5 TB, Pro Solo Unlimited, and Teams Unlimited. The discounted rates run from $72 for 1 TB (down from $144) to $270...
Trump Administration Wants to Use Federal Power to Challenge State AI Laws
The Trump administration is drafting an executive order to create an AI Litigation Task Force that would challenge state AI regulations, targeting laws such as California’s new AI safety bill as “complex and burdensome.” The task force aims to remove...
ChatGPT Atlas Just Got Its First Major Update - 3 New Features You'll Want to Use
OpenAI rolled out the first major update to its ChatGPT Atlas browser on macOS, adding three practical features: iCloud Passkeys support for secure logins, the option to set Google as the default search engine, and a vertical tab layout with...
Creative Workers Love AI - but It Is Causing More Issues than Expected
A Dropbox study finds that creative professionals juggle an average of 14 digital tools, leading to workflow fragmentation and lost productivity. Better digital organization could boost performance by 54%, equating to roughly 1.5 extra days of creative work per employee...
Microsoft and SAP Sign Deal to Keep EU Cloud Running, Even in "Times of Crisis"
Microsoft, SAP‑owned Delos Cloud and French sovereign‑cloud provider Bleu have signed a memorandum of understanding and a mutual‑assistance pact to ensure continuity of European cloud services in crisis scenarios. The agreement gives Delos legal rights to access Microsoft’s cloud code...
Nokia Is Splitting Off Its AI Business, Weeks After $1bn Nvidia Investment
Nokia announced that, effective Jan. 1, 2026, it will split into two primary segments—Network Infrastructure and Mobile Infrastructure—while spinning off its AI‑focused mobile business to drive AI‑first networks such as 6G. The company targets a 6‑8% net‑sales CAGR through 2028...
How Data Centers Can Balance Growth with Environmental Responsibility
Data‑center investment in India is projected to exceed $100 billion by 2027, driving a surge in digital services but also raising sustainability concerns. Ashish Arora, CEO of Nxtra by Airtel, argues that sustainability must be embedded in every stage of data‑center...
Grok 4.1 Is Trying Too Hard to Impress – and ChatGPT 5.1 Makes It Look Easy
xAI’s Grok 4.1 and OpenAI’s ChatGPT 5.1 were pitted against each other in a three‑part informal test covering emotional intelligence, factual reliability, and personality consistency. Grok 4.1 delivered a more flamboyant, slang‑laden response to an emotional scenario and to a prompt about rainy...
How to Move From ChatGPT to Claude (without Starting From Scratch)
TechRadar AI Week 2025 outlines a straightforward method for users to transition from ChatGPT to Anthropic's Claude without losing personalized context. Claude’s paid Pro and Max plans now include a Memory feature that can store user‑specific information, allowing a simple...
AMD's FSR Redstone for Supercharged Gaming Debuts on December 10 – but It's RX 9000 only, Leaving Older Radeon GPUs...
AMD announced that its next‑generation upscaling suite, FSR Redstone, will launch on December 10 and will be supported exclusively on the upcoming Radeon RX 9000 (RDNA 4) GPUs. The AI‑driven features—Ray Regeneration, Radiance Caching, and Frame Generation—are designed to boost ray‑traced...
Drone Maker Lets Robot Fly Drone to Prove It's Easy to Use and Scare the Heck Out of Us
Drone maker Antigravity showcased its new 360-degree A1 drone being piloted by Unitree’s G1 humanoid robot, demonstrating the drone’s intuitive Motion Controller and 8K immersive video capability. The $21,000 G1 robot, equipped with LiDAR and Intel RealSense depth sensors, appears...
Amazon Is Trialing Using AI to Generate Recaps for some of Your Favorite Prime Video TV Shows
Amazon Prime Video is beta‑testing a new AI‑driven “Video Recap” feature for select U.S. original series, including *Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan*, *Fallout*, *The Rig*, *Bosch* and *Upload*. The tool uses Amazon Bedrock models to analyze episodes, extract key scenes, and stitch them together...
Google Patches Worrying Chrome Zero-Day Flaw Being Exploited in the Wild - Here's How to Stay Safe
Google has released a patch for a critical zero‑day vulnerability (CVE‑2025‑13223) in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine of Chrome, rated 8.8/10 by the NVD. The type‑confusion flaw could allow remote attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution via a crafted...
Ray Clusters Hijacked and Turned Into Crypto Miners by Shadowy New Botnet
Cybersecurity firm Oligo has identified a new wave of attacks exploiting a critical flaw in Ray 2.6.3 and 2.8.0 that allows unauthenticated code execution via the job‑submission API. Threat actors, dubbed IronErn440, have been using AI‑generated payloads to infiltrate more...
How to Cancel Surfshark and Get a Refund
Surfshark, ranked #2 among VPNs for its streaming speed and built‑in security tools, allows users to cancel subscriptions and obtain refunds through a simple online process. To stop auto‑renewal, customers log into their account, navigate to the Subscription > Payments...
Cloud and AI Usage Is Still a Concern for Businesses - and the Worries Are only Set to Rise
AWS’s latest research shows that more than nine in ten companies worldwide plan to raise overall IT spending (93%), cloud spending (97%) and cybersecurity budgets (90%). While 56% of respondents view public cloud as more secure and 81% believe it...
CIOs Are Being Lumped with AI Responsibilities - and Many of Them Aren't Happy with That
Chief Information Officers are increasingly being tasked with AI responsibilities as enterprises move from pilot projects to large‑scale deployments, according to new Salesforce research. While three‑quarters of CIOs report greater confidence and 97% say they now understand AI better, collaboration...
I Tested Caira, the First Nano Banana AI Camera – Now I’m Cancelling My Lightroom Subscription
Camera Intelligence’s Caira, a Kickstarter‑backed Nano Banana AI camera, attaches to an iPhone via MagSafe and combines a Micro Four Thirds 11‑MP Sony sensor with Qualcomm Snapdragon and Google Edge TPU processors. It offers on‑device generative editing, voice control and...
Google Translate Is Getting a Big Upgrade that Could Make It the Killer Smart Glasses App
Google is embedding support for XR smart glasses into the Android version of Google Translate, as revealed by hidden code referencing "Glasses" as a playback device. The upcoming feature will extend the Live Translation service, allowing spoken translations to be...
Is Privacy Really Dead? How Generations Are Rewriting Data Protection
The article argues that privacy is not dead but evolving, driven by digital‑native generations demanding transparency, control, and built‑in protection. Recent surveys from Pew, Cisco and Statista show a growing confidence‑gap: while most consumers feel capable of managing their data,...
AI Voice Fraud Is Exploiting Contact Centers
AI-generated voice cloning has moved from experimental demos to full production, with roughly one in three U.S. consumers reporting synthetic‑voice fraud in Q4 2024 and many incurring losses. Fraudsters now combine breached personal data with low‑cost text‑to‑speech and automated dialing to...
What Exactly Am I Paying For? Redefining Value in the Age of AI
Consultants are confronting client demands for clearer, outcome‑based value as AI reshapes professional‑services delivery. Smaller firms are already adopting outcome‑based pricing, shifting risk onto providers who must prove AI‑driven ROI through metrics such as productivity gains, cost reductions or new...
I Tested Gemini 3, ChatGPT 5.1, and Claude Sonnet 4.5 – and Gemini Crushed It in a Real Coding Task
Google unveiled Gemini 3 Pro, and the author put it to the test by prompting it to build a web‑based Thumb Wars game. Gemini generated functional HTML/CSS/JS code in seconds, iteratively adding features such as customizable masks, 3‑D ring perspective,...
Over 60 Organizations Call on Governments Worldwide to Protect Encryption
A coalition of 61 tech and privacy groups, including the VPN Trust Initiative, issued a global statement urging governments to safeguard strong encryption, warning that backdoors and key‑escrow systems would weaken security and damage the digital economy. The appeal comes...
Looking for Powerful Web Hosting Software? Cloudways Could Be Your Answer This Black Friday
Cloudways is rolling out a Black Friday promotion that slashes prices by roughly 50% for three months across its four hosting tiers, with plans now ranging from $7 to $49 per month. The deal also includes 50 free migrations and...
Your Favorite Microsoft 365 Apps Are Getting a Load More Copilot AI Agents - Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint All Get...
Microsoft unveiled a suite of new Copilot AI agents for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook at Ignite 2025, enabling users to generate content, charts, summaries, and presentations through natural‑language prompts. The agents engage in follow‑up questions to refine output and...
Organizations Must Own the Right to Their Cloud Compute, or Innovation Will Suffer
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has ruled that the public‑cloud market is no longer competitive, highlighting that three hyperscalers dominate 70% of Europe’s market and create costly lock‑in that prevents most firms from switching providers. Less than 1%...
Vibe Coding to Vibe Hacking: Securing Software in the AI Era
Matt Moore, co‑founder and CTO of Chainguard, warns that AI‑assisted "vibe coding"—where developers generate code via generative AI—could account for 40% of new business software within three years, dramatically accelerating development and boilerplate creation. While the speed and refactoring benefits...
The Sovereignty Shift: How UK and Irish SMEs Can Regain Control of Their Data
Amid rising data concerns, UK and Irish SMEs are urged to reclaim control through digital sovereignty.
5 Black Friday Security Software Deals You Can't Afford to Miss: Quality Savings on All Your Security Essentials
TechRadar’s security editor Benedict Collins has compiled five Black Friday offers that slash the price of essential cyber‑protection tools by at least 50%. The deals include Bitdefender Antivirus Plus (57% off, $30 for the first year), NordPass password manager (58%...
Windscribe's Entire VPN Network Gets a Next-Gen Speed and Stability Boost
Windscribe has completed a full migration to its next‑generation server stack, FreshScribe, replacing the legacy Boringtun user‑space WireGuard implementation with a kernel‑space version across its entire global VPN network. The upgrade eliminates WireGuard jitter, boosts throughput and stability, and benefits...
ChatGPT Is Down - Everything We Know About the Latest AI Outage Impacting OpenAI
OpenAI products including ChatGPT and Sora are experiencing major outages.
ChatGPT Free vs Paid: Will Upgrading Actually Improve Your Experience?
You can use ChatGPT for free, but depending on how much you want to use it, it could be time to upgrade to a paid-for version.
Hire with Confidence- Save $20 on Your First Background Check with Checkr
This Black Friday, we are bringing you an exclusive deal from Checkr so you can speed up your hiring process.
Microsoft Explains How Windows 11's AI Agents Will Work as Testing Is About to Start – and I'll Admit, I'm...
Wondering how Windows 11's AI agents will work? Microsoft explains how 'agent workspaces' are lightweight and secure.
Need to Get some Work Done? There's No Need Create a Fake Meeting to Get some Time to Yourself, Thanks...
Google Calendar might actually help you be more productive at last.
Lock in 25% Savings on Webflow’s Annual Site and Workspace Plans
Webflow is running a Black Friday promotion from Nov 17 to Dec 2 that gives customers 12 months of service on its Site or Workspace annual plans for the price of nine months – a 25% discount equivalent to three months free. The offer...
Top 10 AI Chatbot Do's and Don’ts to Help You Get the Most Out of ChatGPT, Gemini, and More
The article outlines ten practical do’s and don’ts for using AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, emphasizing safe and productive applications. It recommends using chatbots for brainstorming, proofreading, tutoring, code generation, and entertainment while warning against cheating, accepting...
How ChatGPT Works: A Guide to Its Interface on Mobile and Web
The guide walks users through the ChatGPT interface on both mobile and web, detailing how to access account settings, upgrade to Plus, and connect services like Gmail. It explains where to find chat history, how to enable temporary chats, and...
Samsung's "The Wall" Is the Biggest LED Display You Can Get for Your Office or Workplace - and It's Just...
Samsung has launched an upgraded version of its The Wall MPF large‑format LED display for enterprise use, offering up to 1,000 nits of brightness, Black Seal Technology+ for higher contrast, and AI‑driven NQM Gen2 processing that upscales lower‑resolution content toward 8K. The...
Microsoft Unveils Its First "AI Superfactory" - Here's What the Future of Computing Will Really Look Like
Microsoft unveiled its first AI superfactory, linking large AI datacenters in Wisconsin and Atlanta via a dedicated fiber network that acts as a virtual supercomputer for massive model training. The facilities pack GPUs densely across two floors, employ Nvidia Blackwell...
Neo Robot Sounds Like the Answer to Our Home Chore prayers...but Also a Potential Privacy Nightmare
TechRadar AI Week reports that 1X’s Neo Beta, a $20,000 humanoid home robot capable of remote tele‑operation for AI training, is entering limited consumer trials. While the robot promises to automate chores, its ability to stream real‑time video and collect...
How ChatGPT Can Help You Look After Your Wellbeing
TechRadar’s AI Week 2025 piece outlines how ChatGPT is being used as a low‑pressure companion for mental‑wellness, from prompting daily journaling and reminding users of short meditation or breathing exercises to acting as a sounding board between therapy sessions. The...