January 2025

210 million people are now addicted to social media: This is how to detox from your phone 2025-01-25 at 22:49 By Brooke Kato Is a digital detox calling your name? This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Someone is slipping a hidden backdoor into Juniper routers across the globe, activated by a magic packet 2025-01-25 at 13:18 By Jessica Lyons Who could be so interested in chips, manufacturing, and more, in the US, UK, Europe, Russia… Someone has been quietly backdooring selected Juniper routers around the world in key sectors including semiconductor,

UK telco TalkTalk confirms probe into alleged data grab underway 2025-01-25 at 11:37 By Connor Jones Spinner says crim’s claims ‘very significantly overstated’ UK broadband and TV provider TalkTalk says it’s currently investigating claims made on cybercrime forums alleging data from the company was up for grabs.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

Fitbit pinched for $12.25M after not immediately reporting known defect in recalled smartwatch 2025-01-25 at 02:04 By Fox Business Fitbit recalled millions of Ionic smartwatches in 2022 after 78 Americans reported burn injuries. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

AI chatbot startup founder, lawyer wife accused of ripping off investors in $60M fraud 2025-01-25 at 01:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo GameOn? It’s looking more like game over for that biz The co-founder and former CEO of AI startup GameOn is in a pickle. After exiting the top job last year under a cloud, he’s now

Stargate, smargate. We’re spending $60B+ on AI this year, Meta’s Zuckerberg boasts 2025-01-25 at 01:03 By Tobias Mann Can’t keep the drama Llama out of this race Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed plans on Friday to blow through as much as $60 to 65 billion in 2025 on plenty more AI resources for his social

Fitbit pays Uncle Sam $12M, sprints away from claims of burning-hot smartwatches 2025-01-25 at 00:20 By Brandon Vigliarolo Your workout warm-up instructions didn’t say anything about setting wrists on fire – allegedly! Years after recalling one of its smartwatches over overheating batteries that burned people, Fitbit has agreed to pay a $12.25 million civil penalty

Wall Street banks to sell billions in loans given to Elon Musk for purchase of X 2025-01-25 at 00:02 By Reuters Banks are hoping to sell the X debt at around 90 to 95 cents on the dollar. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View

Exchange update refusenik? Consider yourself warned by Microsoft 2025-01-24 at 23:49 By Richard Speed If you have a ‘significantly out of date’ Exchange Server, emergency mitigation might stop working Exchange Server administrators lagging on their cumulative and security updates be warned: Microsoft has stated that the Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service (EEMS) might stop working on

The state of Right to Repair: Progress made, but key barriers remain 2025-01-24 at 22:33 By Richard Speed Schematics, repair manuals, and part numbers still out of reach for many industries The US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) has released a report on the state of Right to Repair. The good news is that things

Linux rolls out the welcome mat for Microsoft’s Copilot key 2025-01-24 at 21:49 By Richard Speed But what the heck should it do? Great news, Linux fans! Support for the Copilot key is coming in 6.14. What do you think it should do?… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

What happens when we can’t just build bigger AI datacenters anymore? 2025-01-24 at 20:34 By Tobias Mann We stitch together enormous supercomputers from other smaller supercomputers of course Feature  Generative AI models have not only exploded in popularity over the past two years, but they’ve also grown at a precipitous rate, necessitating ever larger quantities

Qualcomm big cheese Cristiano Amon’s pay award jumps 10% 2025-01-24 at 19:36 By Paul Kunert At $25.91 million, CEO is worth 261 employees Qualcomm’s top dog Cristian Amon enjoyed a ten percent year-on-year bump in total financial compensation for fiscal 2024 that amounted to $25.91 million.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View

Meta to spend up to $65B on massive AI data center: ‘Defining year artificial itelligence’ 2025-01-24 at 18:33 By Reuters Zuckerberg expects Meta’s AI assistant — available across its services, including Facebook and Instagram — to serve more than 1 billion people in 2025. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews

EU and UK weigh options on response to Trump’s proposed tariffs 2025-01-24 at 18:33 By Lindsay Clark Could a post-Brexit romance be on the cards? The UK and EU must decide whether to coordinate a response to Donald Trump’s proposed US import tariffs or cut separate deals with the new president, the House of Lords