Google released Chrome 152 yesterday — and the security numbers are unlike anything seen in a single browser update before. The release patches 327 vulnerabilities in total: 10 rated critical, 61 high, 184 medium, and 72 low. It is the largest security patch in Chrome’s history by vulnerability count. More striking than the number is…
Boston Scientific disclosed this morning that a cyberattack detected yesterday has caused a global disruption to its operations — including its ability to process and ship customer orders. The company filed an 8-K with the US Securities and Exchange Commission and published a statement on its own website. Shares fell roughly 4% in morning trading….
Nvidia is in talks to invest in Perplexity as part of an equity funding round that would value the AI startup at more than $30 billion, according to people with knowledge of the discussion. The round would increase Perplexity’s valuation by more than 50% from its previous financing just a year ago. The headline is…
Apple just surprised everyone. This morning, the company quietly announced a new Mac mini lineup, weeks ahead of its expected September even, and opened pre-orders immediately. It ships September 22. The new Mac mini comes with two chip options, the all-new M6 or the M5 Pro, and delivers a dramatic performance jump across the board….
Drone delivery has spent years as a promising technology perpetually stuck in pilot mode. That changes fast this year. Amazon announced this week that its Prime Air drone delivery service will expand to nearly 500 cities and towns in the United States by the end of 2026 — a sixfold increase from its current footprint —…
Silicon Valley has held the title of America’s top tech market for as long as most people can remember. That just changed. According to CBRE’s 2026 Scoring Tech Talent report — the real estate firm’s 13th annual study of technology workforces across 75 US and Canadian cities — New York City’s 394,300 tech talent jobs edged…
Most people assume they’d never fall for a scam email — until they’re tired, distracted, and looking at a message that looks exactly like it came from their bank. Learning how to spot a phishing email isn’t about being paranoid; it’s about knowing a handful of consistent red flags that scammers rely on, because those…
If you’ve felt like every tech headline this year mentions AI agents, you’re not imagining it. Unlike the chatbots most of us got used to over the past few years, AI agents don’t just answer questions — they take actions, complete multi-step tasks, and work across different tools with minimal supervision. In 2026, that shift…
Apple released emergency security updates on August 17 — two days ago — and if you haven’t installed them yet, you should do it now. Not eventually. Now. The updates include macOS Tahoe 26.6.2, iOS 26.6.1, iPadOS 26.6.1, iOS 18.7.10, and iPadOS 18.7.10. Apple said the patches include fixes that were previously delivered through iOS,…
OpenAI announced yesterday that it has paused its largest planned frontier AI training run — and has no immediate timeline for resuming it. The decision follows two separate events that the company says together demanded a fundamental rethink of how it monitors and controls its most capable models. This isn’t a routine safety pause. OpenAI CEO…
Most people use AI tools the same way they use a search engine, a few words, minimal context, hoping for the best. Then they’re surprised when the result is generic, off-target, or missing the point entirely. The AI isn’t the problem. The prompt is. AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini are capable of genuinely…
Most people worry about their bank account or their social media being hacked. Those are valid concerns. But the account attackers actually want first is your email. Here’s why. Your email is the recovery option for almost everything else. Bank account? Password reset goes to email. Netflix? Email. Apple ID, Google account, work tools, crypto…
For years, the standard line on frontier AI companies was that they were burning money at extraordinary rates — necessary investments in a race whose economics would eventually make sense, but not yet. Last week, Anthropic changed that narrative. Bloomberg reported Thursday, based on documents shown to prospective investors, that Anthropic’s preliminary second-quarter revenue topped $11.5…