The VPN Trust Initiative is a consortium of VPN providers trying to set standards for the often-murky industry. It awards a “Trust Seal” to members who follow its principles, but the real question is how much weight that seal actually carries.
Oregon’s new “Workers Fraud Protection Act” takes aim at think tanks that inform public workers of their right to stop paying union fees. The law, effective January 1, allows for hefty fines and is seen as a direct attack on the Freedom Foundation. This sets up a major First Amendment clash.
Microsoft is tackling BitLocker’s performance issues with new hardware acceleration. The feature promises to use 70% fewer CPU cycles and boost speeds for NVMe drives. However, it will only work on upcoming CPUs like Intel’s Panther Lake, leaving current PCs out.
Google appears to be testing a long-requested feature: the ability to change your primary @gmail.com address. The catch? You can only do it three times, and it’s rolling out slowly.
In 2025, the online Busy Beaver Challenge community made huge strides toward finding BB(6), the next number in a sequence that defines the limits of computation. This search isn’t just about a record; it could reveal problems that are fundamentally unknowable under our standard mathematical rules.
Atos is selling its entire Latin American business to Brazilian tech firm Semantix. The move is a key part of the struggling French IT company’s turnaround plan after a near-collapse earlier this year.
AI agents are moving out of labs and into daily workflows, automating complex tasks. This shift demands a new set of skills and a fundamental rethinking of professional roles. The challenge is to adapt or risk being left behind.
We’re in one of the most volatile business periods ever, with tech companies seeing 40% higher churn. The leaders who thrive aren’t the ones with perfect plans, but the ones who practice navigating chaos before it hits.
The White House wants to shut down a key national lab over “climate alarmism.” The economic and security fallout would be massive, from lost weather forecasts to kneecapping innovation. It’s a strategic blunder.
A new report highlights a major shift in how AI is being adopted in the workplace. It’s not about job replacement, but about creating new, more strategic roles and unlocking trillions in economic value through human-AI collaboration.
