Lauren Kolodny, a partner at Acrew Capital, has always championed technology’s power to democratize access to financial services for everyday people. When the fledgling neobank Chime struggled to convince investors in 2016 that it could build a large business serving…
Google launched a new AI-powered feature called Web Guide on Thursday. This feature organizes Google Search results by grouping pages related to specific aspects of a search query. Web Guide is currently a Search Labs experiment, allowing users to opt…
Apple has released the first public beta of its new mobile operating system, iOS 26, featuring the innovative “Liquid Glass” user interface and enhanced AI capabilities. Early adopters can now experience Apple’s latest software ahead of its official public launch…
As our lives grow increasingly digital and we spend more time interacting with eerily human-like chatbots, the line between human connection and machine simulation is starting to blur. Today, more than 20% of daters report using AI for things like…
A self-styled “leaking and cracking forum” where users share breached databases, stolen credentials, and pirated software was found exposing the IP addresses of its logged-in users to the open web, according to security researchers. Leak Zone left an Elasticsearch database…
Netflix and Spotify have joined forces to launch a golf-inspired game to promote “Happy Gilmore 2,” the sequel to Adam Sandler’s 1996 comedy film, which premieres on Netflix this Friday, July 25. This collaboration marks a new venture for Spotify,…
Preston Thorpe is on the verge of becoming a senior software engineer at a promising tech company—all he has to do is walk through the door. For six months, Thorpe was a prolific volunteer contributor to an open-source project led…
Amazon is making its color screen Kindle more affordable. Following the launch of the Kindle Colorsoft last year, the retailer has introduced a lower-cost version of the normally $279.99 device. The new model offers a $30 discount for 16GB of…
Many AI tools today can analyze a video and summarize its content, but they struggle when asked to process multiple videos or footage spanning many hours. This limitation poses a challenge for security companies that need to review thousands of…
The rise of so-called AI slop—low-quality images, videos, and text generated by large language models—has flooded the internet in recent years. This content has polluted websites, social media platforms, newspapers, and even real-world events. The cybersecurity industry is no exception,…
