What a year this has been.
Thank you. None of what follows happens without your support. Hashtag Trending has now passed three million downloads and is growing at roughly two million listens a year. Cybersecurity Today, which I host with David Shipley, will cross eleven million downloads in the coming weeks and is growing at a similar pace. To put that […]
Top 10 reflections on information technology developments in 2025
Editor’s Notes: This is the first of two articles reflecting on the year but Yogi Schulz. Schulz’ long career in IT and experience in industry give him an invaluable perspective on the industry. We are delighted to publish this piece and will look forward to more articles from Schulz and other notable people in the […]
Spotify says it has identified account behind mass scraping claimed by pirate group
Spotify says it has identified the user account behind what it describes as “unlawful” scraping of its platform, responding to claims by Anna’s Archive that it has archived nearly all of the service’s music catalogue. The company confirmed that public metadata was scraped and that digital rights management (DRM) protections were bypassed to access some […]
Waymo suspends San Francisco robotaxi service after power outage leaves cars blocking roads
Waymo temporarily suspended its self-driving taxi service in San Francisco over the weekend after a citywide power outage caused its vehicles to stall at intersections and block streets. The incident has renewed concerns about how autonomous vehicles handle large-scale infrastructure failures. The outage, triggered by a fire at a Pacific Gas and Electric substation, knocked […]
Facial recognition becomes mandatory for new mobile accounts in South Korea
South Korea will require facial recognition scans to open new mobile phone accounts. The new rule is aimed at stopping phone-based scams after massive data breaches exposed how easily criminals can register numbers using stolen identities. The new rule, announced on Dec. 19 by the Ministry of Science and ICT, expands existing customer verification requirements […]
Alphabet to buy data centre and energy firm to boost AI capacity
Google parent company Alphabet said Monday that it will acquire Intersect Power for $4.75 billion in cash plus debt. Intersect will continue operating independently, but Google says the deal helps it bring new capacity online faster, a key advantage as AI growth turns electricity and grid access into the next major bottleneck. The deal is […]
