Lockly unveiled a larger, more connected smart safe at CES. It promises fingerprint access in 0.2 seconds and deep ties to other Lockly devices. But the security and privacy implications of a Wi-Fi safe are worth a long, hard look.
Tech companies are pouring millions into getting AI chatbots into schools worldwide. But research suggests AI can inhibit critical thinking, and safety concerns around “AI psychosis” are growing. We’re rushing into another digital experiment on kids.
ASUS has pulled back the curtain on its new top-tier motherboard, the ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial. It’s an all-white beast with a 5-inch LCD and features aimed at extreme cooling setups, already winning a CES 2026 Innovation Award.
Taiwan’s government faced an average of 2.4 million cyberattacks per day in 2024, a doubling from the previous year. Officials say most of the activity is linked to China and is part of a coordinated “grey-zone” pressure campaign.
In a major hire, Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI has snatched Saurabh Kumar, AWS’s principal engineer for data center networking, after his nine-year tenure. He’ll now lead the buildout of xAI’s ML infrastructure, crucial for its race against OpenAI. This move highlights the intense battle for specialize
Meta has agreed to acquire the AI startup Manus in a deal reportedly worth $2-3 billion. The Chinese-founded company, now based in Singapore, had recently previewed a general AI agent capable of complex tasks like market research and coding.
According to TechRadar, Surfshark’s 2025 was all about infrastructure, not flashy features. They launched a patented self-healing VPN technology called Everlink and deployed their first 100Gbps bandwidth servers. CEO Vytautas Kaziukonis said the goal was to “significantly raise the bar for VPN perfo
Microsoft is ending support for Windows 11 SE in 2026. This marks a major retreat from its strategy to compete with Chromebooks in K-8 classrooms and leaves schools with a budget headache.
Virtualizing Windows 11 on a Proxmox server isn’t just for homelab tinkerers. It’s becoming a compelling strategy for isolating Microsoft’s telemetry and security risks, while gaining powerful snapshot and backup controls. You can even pass through a GPU for gaming.
The Bazzite Linux distro just rolled out a significant update aimed at improving core system stability. The headline change switches the default Wi-Fi handler to IWD for better speed and connection reliability. It also replaces a key file deduplication tool with a faster alternative called bees.
