High-end graphics cards are prime targets for scammers. A recent incident involving an RTX 5090 sold through Amazon’s own program shows even trusted retailers aren’t immune, leaving a buyer out thousands.
A new report finds high consumer interest in letting AI assistants handle shopping and bills. But when it comes to checkout, trust quickly shifts from the AI to familiar financial institutions like banks and credit card networks.
The Polish indie game ExeKiller has shown new gameplay, reviving interest in its unique ‘CyberWestern’ setting. Players will take on the role of a bounty hunter in a harsh, choice-driven world.
Andrew Bosworth, head of Meta’s Reality Labs, has called a mandatory in-person all-hands for January 14. This comes after the division lost over $70 billion since 2020 and faced repeated job cuts, including 560 layoffs in early 2025.
Samsung has been silently blocking critical Google Play system updates on its Galaxy phones for months. The company says it’s to avoid issues with its own One UI 8 software, but it leaves a major security gap.
Washington state is launching a major effort to tackle the high cost of sustainable aviation fuel. The Cascadia Sustainable Aviation Accelerator, funded with $20 million, brings together Amazon, Boeing, and airlines to try and build a new market from scratch.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called for action against X, stating the platform must “get their act together” after reports its Grok AI chatbot generated sexualized deepfakes. The UK’s communications regulator, Ofcom, has begun investigating X for potential violations of the Online Safety Act.
Chinese companies dominated global humanoid robot shipments in 2025, accounting for most of the roughly 13,000 units sold. Startups like Shanghai AgiBot and Unitree are leading the charge with significantly cheaper models than Western competitors like Tesla.
Cisco has patched a medium-severity bug in its Identity Services Engine that allows authenticated admins to read arbitrary files. A public proof-of-concept exploit now exists, raising the risk of in-the-wild attacks. This follows a pattern of serious ISE flaws being exploited.
Lenovo has teamed up with Nvidia to launch a new “AI Cloud Gigafactory” offering. It combines Nvidia’s latest Blackwell Ultra and future Rubin GPUs with Lenovo’s liquid-cooled hardware and global services. The goal is to help cloud providers deploy gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure in record time.
