According to PCWorld, a ransomware group is threatening to leak a 94GB dataset containing the private viewing habits of Pornhub Premium subscribers. The breach stems from a 2023 incident involving a third-party analytics partner.
In a recent debate on the Online Safety Act, UK MPs shifted focus to VPNs, arguing providers should prevent children from bypassing age checks. This push for regulation threatens the core utility of privacy tools for millions of adults. The government says it’s monitoring the situation and “will not
The AI boom is creating a massive semiconductor shortage that’s hitting the video game industry hard. Nintendo’s Switch 2 components are seeing price hikes up to 41%, and the next generation of consoles could be shockingly expensive.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella argues that emotional intelligence is a crucial, hard-to-learn skill for leaders. A new study from the University of Maryland backs this up, finding that CEOs who show vulnerability can build greater trust with investors.
Mont Phelps, the founder and longtime CEO of solution provider powerhouse NWN, has passed away at age 80. Under his leadership, NWN grew from a small acquisition with 35 employees and $5 million in sales to a CRN Solution Provider 500 giant with $350 million in sales and 600 employees before he step
Samsung is giving South Korean buyers another shot at the Galaxy Z TriFold this week. The company will restock its online store at 10am on Wednesday, December 17th. With only about 3,000 units estimated for the domestic market, they’ll likely vanish instantly again.
Zencoder has launched Zenflow, a free AI orchestration desktop app. It uses structured workflows and pits models like Claude against OpenAI’s to verify code, aiming to solve the “slop” problem in AI-assisted development. The company claims it improves code correctness by about 20%.
Apple is reportedly planning a major internal hardware shift for the iPhone 18 series. The move to Wafer-level Multi-Chip Module packaging, paired with TSMC’s 2nm process, targets more efficient cooling and power use.
In a massive shift, the UK’s Crown Commercial Service has doubled the value of its upcoming tech procurement framework to £24 billion. This comes as ministers vow to get tougher on big vendors and extract better value for public money on everything from laptops to cloud services.
A new Geekbench leak shows AMD’s upcoming Ryzen AI 9 465 processor performing almost exactly like the chip it’s meant to replace. The specs are identical, and the benchmark scores are within a margin of error, making this “Gorgon Point” refresh look more like a rebrand.
