Sofia Elizabella WyciÅ›lik-Wilson    Following a period of instability over the last few days, SoundCloud has confirmed a data breach by a purported threat actor group . The streaming service says that it detected unauthorized activity in an ancillary service dashboard and that an investigation found that certain limited data that we...

Sofia Elizabella WyciÅ›lik-Wilson    Microsoft has issued a warning that updates to Windows 11 may have led to problems with networking via VPN in Windows Subsystem for Linux. The problem sees the appearance of No route to host errors when using mirrored networking mode. Microsoft has not provided an exhaustive list of the third-party...

Sofia Elizabella WyciÅ›lik-Wilson    With mainstream support for Windows 10 now over, businesses and individuals are now reliant on Microsoft’s Extended Security Update program. With many people having no choice but to stick with Windows 10 for now, it is important that updates are problem-free - but this is not proving to be the case...

Sofia Elizabella WyciÅ›lik-Wilson    Today is the first day on which the desktop version of Facebook Messenger no longer works. As Meta announced back in October, the Mac and Windows versions of the Facebook Messenger app have now been discontinued. For anyone who has been a regular user of the desktop app, the appearance of...

Sofia Elizabella WyciÅ›lik-Wilson    Google has suddenly - and quietly - announced that its dark web report is to be discontinued. Designed to scan the dark web for leaked personal data, Google has decided that the tool is no longer needed. There is not long to go until the tool shut down. In just a month’s time, there will be no more...

Wayne Williams    Stardock has released an updated beta of Connection Explorer, the Windows app it first launched a month ago that lets users can see and understand all of the network activity on their PCs. The new update adds additional ways to view bandwidth usage and connection history, giving users a better...

Ian Barker    The holiday season has long been a peak time for scammers as much as it has for retailers. But new research from Check Point Software reveals how AI and automation are fueling the biggest surge in holiday scams ever recorded. The study shows over 33,500 Christmas-themed phishing emails flagged in...

Wayne Williams    Kodi 21.3 Omega has just been released, bringing with it a range of fixes and improvements. It is the first update since January for the hugely popular home theater software, coming ahead of the launch of Kodi 22 Piers, which is expected to arrive early 2026. For a lot of users, running Kodi on an...

Wayne Williams    The Kodi Foundation is still hard at work on Kodi 22 ’Piers’, with a second Alpha release expected soon. The team hasn’t forgotten Kodi 21 users however, and a new build for that branch has just arrived. Kodi 21.2 ’Omega’ was released back in January, and now the Kodi Foundation has rolled out a...

Ian Barker    Silos, you might think, are bit of a niche issue. They arise when old practices become entrenched, or when tools are only used by one part of the organization. But Shannon Mason, chief strategy officer of Tempo Software, argues silos are actually a major roadblock to growth, agility, and strategic...

Sofia Elizabella WyciÅ›lik-Wilson    iRobot Corp - perhaps most famous for its Roomba robot vacuum cleaners - has filed for bankruptcy. The company has proposed that control be handed over Shenzhen PICEA Robotics Co, its main Chinese supplier. The Chapter 11 process comes after iRobot has been under increasing pressure from various...

Sofia Elizabella WyciÅ›lik-Wilson    New tools are landing thick and fast in WhatsApp, with Meta announcing, another bundle of features just in time for the holidays . There is a lot to explore, but the highlight that is being pushed is the voicemail-like missed calls messages. There are also changes to voice and video chats,...

Wayne Williams    Google is expanding the translation features in Search and its Translate app with new systems built on the Gemini AI model. The update introduces improved text translation and a beta version of live speech translation in headphones, giving users clearer and more natural results and bringing the...

Ian Barker    The banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector has been the most targeted in 2025 accounting for 17.8 percent of all incidents (172 incidents out of 966) tracked in Cyble’s latest North American Threat Landscape Report. The report describes a mature leak economy where a small cluster...

Ian Barker    ChatGPT burst onto the scene just three years ago, but a new survey reveals that 34 percent of US adults now use AI platforms daily, and nearly half say they’re using them more than they were a year ago. The survey, of over 1,000 from US adults, from Tinuiti shows that Gen Z and millennials are...

Wayne Williams    Companies are adopting AI quickly, but most still overlook the energy impact of the systems they use daily. New research suggests this gap is now large enough to affect electricity use in offices, data rooms and commercial buildings. Energy specialists say the problem could be turned into an...

Wayne Williams    Huawei has taken the wraps off its Mate X7 foldable phone at a new Unfold the Moment event in Dubai. The new device features a slimmer profile and a hinge system designed for repeated daily use. The Mate X7 comes in a nano fiber woven-style Brocade White finish, with vegan leather versions in...

Ian Barker    Regulatory tightening across the EU and UK, including the EU’s new anti-money laundering package and platform-economy rules, as well as emerging age-assurance requirements around online safety, have pushed organizations to formalize identity checks at scale. But identity verification provider...

Ian Barker    Managing identity is one of the more challenging cybersecurity tasks and can soak up a good deal of time and resources. We spoke to Raz Rotenberg, co-founder and CEO of Fabrix Security, to discuss the rise of self-governing IAM systems that don’t just enforce policy -- but continuously adapt,...

Sofia Elizabella WyciÅ›lik-Wilson    Microsoft is just one of many technology firms that have a bounty program that offers financial rewards for anyone who discovers security flaws in its products and services. The company has just announced a huge expansion of the scheme so it even covers problems found in third party code. Vice...