Cisco is dealing with a one-two punch of cyber threats. A China-linked group exploited a critical, unpatched zero-day in email security appliances, while a separate wave of attacks hit VPNs from Cisco and Palo Alto Networks.
The promise of AI agents autonomously handling complex workflows is hitting major roadblocks. Leaders from Google Cloud and Replit say the technology is immature, unreliable, and requires a complete rethink of enterprise processes.
A new report details a grim rise in home healthcare fraud where workers send unqualified friends to impersonate them. With 298 fraud convictions for personal care attendants in 2024, the system’s weak verification is failing vulnerable patients, sometimes with fatal results.
A new AI person tracking system from AIRA, optimized for Intel CPUs, performs cross-camera searches without needing pre-enrolled faces. It’s designed for on-premise deployment in settings like factories and stadiums, keeping all data local and off the cloud.
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has ended its financial support for FWD.us, the advocacy group Mark Zuckerberg helped start in 2013. This formalizes a shift away from social advocacy that began in late 2022, aligning with Zuckerberg’s recent political and business maneuvers.
A new analysis from Bank of America argues the biggest AI companies have massive room for more debt to fund their ambitions. However, building the actual physical infrastructure fast enough is becoming a serious problem.
Gizmodo recently compared several AI-powered design platforms. Each tool serves a different user, from pros in the Adobe ecosystem to teams needing quick, branded content.
Radiant Industries, backed by Equinix, has secured over $300 million in new funding. The cash will fuel its push to commercialize the Kaleidos, a 1.2MW microreactor it plans to mass-produce starting in 2028.
Yondr has announced its second data center at its Loudoun County, Virginia campus is ready for service. The initial 12MW phase is part of a 48MW facility, with the full build slated for 2026, as the company eyes a massive 336MW campus.
According to a year-end wrap-up from XDA-Developers, 2025 was a parade of PC hardware failures. ASRock motherboards killed Ryzen CPUs, Nvidia shipped GPUs with missing components, and a “RAMpocalypse” sent memory prices soaring over 300%.
