YouTubers and others sue Snap for copyright infringement in training AI models
A group of YouTubers suing the tech giant for scraping their videos without permission to train AI models has now added Snap to its list of defendants. The plaintiffs, Internet content creators who operate three YouTube channels with a total of about 6.2 million subscribers, allege that Snap trained its AI system on video content […]
Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown
President Donald Trump said he would make countering immigration one of his flagship policies during his second term in the White House, promising an unprecedented number of deportations. A year in, data shows that deportations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection have surpassed at least 350,000 people. ICE has taken […]
Britain loses measles-free status again
The UK has officially lost its measles-free status. This means that this highly contagious disease has been circulating continuously in the region for at least a year. The UK has gained, lost and regained measles-free status over the past decade, according to an update posted by the UK Health and Safety Agency (UKHSA) on 26 […]
Warming beige fat may lower blood pressure, mouse study suggests
Not all fats are created equal. Studies using mice suggest that some types of fat in the body raise blood pressure, while other types of fat suppress the rise in blood pressure. Excess body fat in humans has long been linked to high blood pressure and many other cardiovascular problems. However, there are two types […]
Downloads of social network UpScrolled soar after TikTok’s US acquisition
TikTok’s U.S. ownership change last week has some users looking for alternative platforms. One app that has been gaining traction is UpScrolled. This is a social network that promises to be impartial on political agendas. The app is currently ranked 12th overall and 2nd in the social networking category in Apple’s App Store. UpScrolled blends […]
Anthropic releases interactive Claude app that includes Slack and other workplace tools
Thanks to a new feature announced by Anthropic on Monday, Claude users will be able to invoke interactive apps within the chatbot interface. In keeping with Anthropic’s enterprise focus, most of the launch apps are workplace tools such as Slack, Canva, Figma, Box, and Clay, with Salesforce coming soon. In either case, the app enables […]
Indian users targeted by tax phishing campaign distributing Blackmoon malware
Ravi LakshmananJanuary 26, 2026Cyber espionage/malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an ongoing campaign targeting users in India using multi-stage backdoors as part of a suspected cyber espionage campaign. According to the eSentire Threat Response Unit (TRU), this activity involves using phishing emails impersonating the Indian Income Tax Department to trick victims into downloading malicious archives, ultimately […]
Tech workers call on CEOs to speak out against ICE after Alex Preti murder
More than 450 technologists from companies including Google, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Salesforce have signed a letter demanding their CEOs call the White House and remove U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from U.S. cities. “In recent months, Trump has sent federal agents into our cities to criminalize us, our neighbors, friends, colleagues, and families,” […]
Microsoft announces its latest AI chip Maia 200 is three times more powerful than Google’s TPU and Amazon’s Trainium processor
Microsoft has announced a new Maia 200 accelerator chip for artificial intelligence (AI) that is three times more powerful than hardware from rivals such as Google and Amazon, company representatives said. This modern chip is used for AI inference rather than training, powering systems and agents used to make predictions, provide answers to queries, and […]
Microsoft unveils powerful new chip for AI inference
Microsoft has announced the launch of its latest chip, the Maia 200. The company describes it as a silicon flagship product designed to scale AI inference. The 200 follows the company’s Maia 100, released in 2023, and is technologically equipped to run powerful AI models faster and more efficiently, the company said. Maia has over […]