January 12, 2026 Canada, Australia and the UK are reportedly weighing tough action against X after its AI chatbot, Grok, was repeatedly used to generate non-consensual sexualised images of women and children. The generation of sexualized images, which more...
January 12, 2026 Google is pushing its AI chatbot deeper into online shopping, turning Gemini from a search assistant into something closer to a virtual storefront. The company said on Sunday that it is partnering with major retailers more...
January 10, 2026 xAI’s Grok chatbot is generating sexually explicit deepfake images at an unprecedented scale, including images that digitally “undress” women and minors, according to new research. Analysts say the volume and accessibility of the tool marks more...
January 9, 2026 Ransomware attacks kept rising through 2025 despite high-profile police takedowns, undermining hopes that the threat was finally on the decline, according to a new report from Emsisoft. In its 2025 State of Ransomware in the more...
January 9, 2026 Google is conceding that its AI-generated search answers still aren’t reliable enough even as it pushes them more aggressively onto users. A newly posted job listing shows the company is hiring engineers specifically to verify more...
January 8, 2026 HSBC is reportedly locking some UK customers out of its mobile banking app after they installed a password manager outside official app stores. The reports center on Bitwarden, a widely used open-source password manager. Customers more...
January 8, 2026 Security researchers have uncovered a widespread surveillance campaign targeting ChatGPT users. This raises fresh concerns about how much personal and professional information people are unknowingly exposing through AI tools. According to new findings from cybersecurity more...
January 8, 2026 Finnish eyewear startup IXI says it is preparing to launch smart glasses that automatically adjust focus in real time, aiming to replace traditional bifocal and varifocal lenses with what it calls a more natural way more...
January 8, 2026 D-Wave says it has solved a major technical bottleneck that has long limited the scalability of gate-model quantum computers. The company announced Tuesday that it has demonstrated a new way to control large numbers of more...
January 7, 2026 CES 2026 kicked off with a bang on Jan. 6. It’s been two days of the four-day annual tech fair and companies have already unveiled some of the most exciting and innovative tech of the more...
