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Zero Day on Netflix: more marketing than true insights into large cyberattacks
Zero Day, a new mini-series on Netflix, tells us of a supposedly devastating cyberattack that paralyzes the US. But it’s fiction – and just a lazy political soap opera.
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Polish police crackdown on fake document syndicate: social media was key
Europol has busted an international document-forging gang that used social media platforms to advertise their services.
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AI cracks superbug mystery in 2 days
Could AI be our secret weapon against superbugs? The shocking results of a two-day breakthrough could change everything.
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Estonia's tech investors take defense into their own hands as Russian threat looms
Estonia, a Baltic country of 1.4 million people that has long punched far above its weight in the tech sector, is now leading central and eastern Europe's rush to fund defense projects spurred by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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FTC wants to hear from victims who believe they've been censored on tech platforms
From social media to employer online platforms, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking the public’s input on censorship across tech platforms based on posted content.
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OpenAI's weekly active users surpass 400 million
ChatGPT developer OpenAI's weekly active users surged past 400 million in February, a company spokesperson said on Thursday, highlighting rapid growth in the adoption of artificial intelligence tools.
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Over 1.6 million records from clinical trial database exposed
A non-password-protected and unencrypted database containing 2 terabytes of data leaked onto the internet, exposing more than 1.6 million clinical trial research records.
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How a YouTube error could’ve cost thousands
A phone number verification error on YouTube put a creator’s earnings on the line. The worst part? There was no help in sight.
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Is StoryGraph a viable Goodreads alternative? A comprehensive review from a bookworm
Goodreads works pretty well as a book-tracking app. But it’s owned by Amazon, which doesn’t invest in renewing its features. Now, there’s an alternative called The StoryGraph, and it looks interesting.
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TikTok restructures trust and safety team, lays off staff
TikTok is laying off global staff at its trust and safety unit which handles content moderation as part of a restructuring, three sources familiar with the matter have said.
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Eighty percent of kids under 13 bypass platform age restrictions to use social media, new report finds
A new study by Australia’s eSafety Commission found 80% of kids under 13 are regularly bypassing the age restriction policies on social media platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Snapchat.
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Google to pay $340 million to settle Italian tax case
Milan prosecutors plan to drop a case brought against the European division of Google after the company agreed to pay €326 million ($340 million) to settle a tax claim.
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No product, no revenue – but a $30B valuation for Sutskever’s AI startup
OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever is far less outspoken than his former colleague Sam Altman. Nevertheless, Sutskever is now also making waves in the AI world – even with no product on offer.
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Why we’re more passive-aggressive online than ever
Social media thrives on approval, but rejection has its own digital language.
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DeepSeek sent user data to ByteDance, Seoul confirms
The South Korean data protection regulator confirmed on Tuesday that the Chinese chatbot DeepSeek sent user data to the Chinese owner of TikTok, ByteDance.
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TorrentGalaxy’s mysterious downtime sparks speculation
TorrentGalaxy, one of the largest torrent sites, has mysteriously gone offline, leaving users wondering if it's a temporary glitch or a final shutdown.
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Office jobs vs manual labor: who survives the AI revolution?
For years, automation was expected to eliminate factory jobs first. But with AI replacing junior coding roles faster than manual labor, the future of work is shifting.
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OpenAI boasts about success of reinforcement learning: is AGI now close?
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raised the eyebrows of many when he said that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is just a matter of scaling up. Surely it’s not that simple, is it? Well, stunning new model achievements suggest that progress is happening very quickly.
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Nippon Steel claimed by BianLian ransomware group
Nippon Steel, the world’s fourth-largest crude steel producer, has allegedly suffered a ransomware attack at the hands of the BianLian ransomware group. It keeps the steel manufacturing giant front and center in the news after an already tumultuous start to 2025.
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Three ways AI can be turned against us
Seventy-seven percent of organizations have experienced an AI security breach in the past two years. This highlights the urgent need for robust AI security measures.
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