Google is killing its Dark Web Report monitoring tool, which scans for stolen personal info. New breach detection stops Jan. 15, 2026, with a full shutdown on Feb. 16, 2026. All user data will be permanently deleted.
A new UK startup is launching with a bold claim: its patented dew point cooling technology can reduce cooling energy consumption in data centers by around 90%. The tech, spun out of the University of Hull after 15 years of R&D, is now seeking pre-seed funding.
Fraud-fighting startup Verisoul just landed an $8.8 million Series A round led by High Alpha. The company claims to stop AI bots and fake users with a holistic platform, but the arms race against AI fraud is just heating up.
Google is testing a new feature that turns your earbuds into a real-time interpreter. It’s a step toward sci-fi dreams, but with real-world limits. The feature supports 70 languages and is expanding to iOS in 2026.
NVIDIA is seeing huge demand in China for its last-gen H200 AI GPUs after the US lifted a sales ban. However, the company must pay 25% of each sale to the US government, potentially forcing a price hike. Chinese authorities still need to finalize approval for the chips next week.
It’s a big week for developer tools and media libraries. Visual Studio Code’s November 2025 update brings a major terminal upgrade, while Amazon makes a surprise move for Kindle book owners. Meanwhile, Plex is testing a new framework for custom metadata providers set to roll out in January.
Following the critical CVE-2025-55182 disclosure on December 3, a flood of proof-of-concept exploits has hit GitHub. While most are broken or malicious slop, security teams warn that a handful are effective and dangerous, including some deploying the Godzilla webshell.
Broadcom just reported a monster year fueled by AI chips and VMware, with total revenue hitting $64 billion. The CEO revealed Anthropic is behind a new $11 billion order, and the company’s AI-related backlog now stands at a staggering $73 billion.
Merchants are losing an estimated $50 billion to wrongly declined orders. A new report details how fragmented fraud tools are creating friction and failure, pushing the industry toward unified “fraud orchestration” platforms to fight back.
Google is finally giving its highest-paying AI customers a reason to subscribe. NotebookLM, its AI research assistant, now offers exclusive, massively expanded limits for users on the $200-per-month AI Ultra plan.
