As porn bans spread across the U.S. and Europe, users are turning to VPNs to bypass restrictions. Google now warns that malicious VPN apps are delivering info-stealers and banking trojans. The situation highlights how internet restrictions often create new security risks.
Microsoft’s once-legendary quality control has become a running joke among IT professionals. Repeated Azure outages and Windows update disasters suggest the company’s 2014 decision to eliminate testers continues to haunt them.
Microsoft researchers have created a simulated marketplace where AI agents can shop, negotiate, and transact without real money changing hands. The 23-person team aims to study how autonomous agents interact in complex economic scenarios before they hit the real world.
Google DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve AI coding agent just demonstrated something remarkable in mathematical research. Working with Fields Medalist Terence Tao, the system found better solutions to roughly 20 out of 67 problems that had stumped human mathematicians. This isn’t just incremental improvement –
Google Meet is dramatically expanding its reaction options beyond the current nine emojis. The platform will soon support the full Unicode emoji set for Workspace Business and Enterprise users. The feature arrives in December for web and Android, with iOS coming later.
AI parenting platforms are becoming essential as pediatric appointment wait times stretch for weeks. These tools offer continuous support from pregnancy through age six, with some platforms already serving thousands of families.
MP Materials CEO James Litinsky warned investors to approach the suddenly hot rare earths industry with caution. The Pentagon-backed company saw shares slide after a quarterly revenue miss, despite the VanEck Rare Earth ETF being up 60% this year.
The original Raspberry Pi’s software support is officially winding down. Debian Trixie, released in August 2025, marks the final operating system version that will support the aging hardware. Users have until approximately 2030 before complete software abandonment.
Companies that rushed to replace workers with AI are now quietly rehiring them. New data from Visier shows rehiring rates have hit their highest point since 2018, suggesting AI isn’t delivering the expected returns. The trend reveals serious gaps in how executives understand and implement AI technol
Microsoft is contributing a new RAMDAX driver to the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel that enables creation of DAX devices on RAM carveouts. The driver supports up to 509 namespaces and provides flexible memory management without requiring reboots. This represents Microsoft’s continued investment in Linux
