2025

DJI loosens flight restrictions, decides to trust operators to follow FAA rules 2025-01-16 at 00:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo Right after one of its drones crashed into an aircraft fighting California wildfires? Great timing Drone maker DJI has decided to scale back its geofencing restrictions, meaning its software won’t automatically stop operators from flying into areas […]

FTC sues John Deere, alleging decades of monopolized repairs 2025-01-15 at 23:20 By Brandon Vigliarolo Incoming Trump FTC chair dissents, calling suit ‘hasty’ and ‘deeply imprudent,’ so will it stick? America’s top consumer watchdog has sued tractor maker John Deere for monopolizing tech repair services for its machinery, though whether the lawsuit will survive the

China’s Salt Typhoon spies spotted on US govt networks before telcos, CISA boss says 2025-01-15 at 22:33 By Jessica Lyons We are only seeing ‘the tip of the iceberg,’ Easterly warns Beijing’s Salt Typhoon cyberspies had been seen in US government networks before telcos discovered the same foreign intruders in their own systems, according to

China-owned TikTok alternative RedNote’s surge in US sparks alarm over ‘serious’ security risks 2025-01-15 at 21:49 By Thomas Barrabi The bizarre surge in popularity for Chinese social media app RedNote has sparked alarm among policy experts who warned it carries even greater security risks than TikTok. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

IT job market is still shrinking but not as quickly as last year 2025-01-15 at 21:34 By Brandon Vigliarolo Half the number of roles axed, and yes – you can keep blaming AI The IT jobs market has shrunk for a second year in a row, says tech consultancy Janco Associates, but at least things

Man who threw away $750 million worth of Bitcoin says it’s ‘game over’ if Trump doesn’t intervene 2025-01-15 at 21:04 By SWNS “I don’t know what else to do. Maybe Donald Trump could help make something happen. I would certainly cut Trump in on the deal if he could help,” he said. This article is

Even modest makeup can thwart facial recognition 2025-01-15 at 20:49 By Thomas Claburn You may not need to go full Juggalo for the sake of privacy Researchers at cyber-defense contractor PeopleTec have found that facial recognition algorithms’ focus on specific areas of the face opens the door to subtler surveillance avoidance strategies.… This article is

Bay area lawyer drops Meta as client over CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness’ 2025-01-15 at 20:05 By Ariel Zilber “I have fired Meta as a client,” Lemley wrote on Bluesky, the platform which has emerged as an alternative to X for left-leaning internet users This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology

American ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to Chinese-owned social media app RedNote in protest 2025-01-15 at 20:05 By Associated Press An American user made a video addressed to the Chinese users of Xiaohongshu, explaining why Americans are downloading the app: “Our government is … trying to make us think that you guys are bad. A lot of

Nvidia plots Quantum Day at GTC 2025 – for tech it called a distant dream 2025-01-15 at 20:05 By Dan Robinson Don’t believe the hype? GPU maker jumps on the bandwagon anyway A week after Nvidia chief Jensen Huang demolished the market valuations of listed quantum computing brands by saying the technology is 20 years

ChatGPT will now allow you to schedule reminders and recurring tasks — here’s how 2025-01-15 at 19:34 By Adriana Diaz Tasks is part of OpenAI’s venture into AI agents — models that can operate somewhat independently. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Windows Patch Tuesday hits snag with Citrix software, workarounds published 2025-01-15 at 19:21 By Richard Speed Microsoft starts 2025 as it hopefully doesn’t mean to go on Devices that have Citrix’s Session Recording software installed are having problems completing this month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday update, which includes important fixes.… This article is an excerpt from

Google Ads Users Targeted in Malvertising Scam Stealing Credentials and 2FA Codes 2025-01-15 at 19:20 By Cybersecurity researchers have alerted to a new malvertising campaign that’s targeting individuals and businesses advertising via Google Ads by attempting to phish for their credentials via fraudulent ads on Google. “The scheme consists of stealing as many advertiser accounts

Lazarus Group Targets Web3 Developers with Fake LinkedIn Profiles in Operation 99 2025-01-15 at 19:20 By The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group has been attributed to a new cyber attack campaign dubbed Operation 99 that targeted software developers looking for freelance Web3 and cryptocurrency work to deliver malware. “The campaign begins with fake recruiters, posing on

TikTok will completely shut down app in US on Sunday as ban looms 2025-01-15 at 19:06 By Thomas Barrabi TikTok is reportedly planning a total shutdown when the Congressional law requiring a ban or sale of the video-sharing app takes effect. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New

‘Savvy’ shortcuts produce near-instant speech-to-speech translation of 36 languages 2025-01-15 at 19:06 By Lindsay Clark Babel Fish like ML model emerges after training on 4.5 million hours of multilingual spoken audio Meta has developed a machine learning model its researchers claim offers near-instant speech-to-speech translation between around 36 languages.… This article is an excerpt from

AI frenzy continues as Macquarie commits up to $5B for Applied Digital datacenters 2025-01-15 at 17:33 By Tobias Mann Bubble? What bubble? Fears of an AI bubble have yet to scare off venture capitalists and private equity firms from pumping billions of dollars into the GPU-packed datacenters at the heart of the machine-learning craze.… This

Thousands of Instagram users report outage of popular app 2025-01-15 at 16:47 By Ariel Zilber Instagram is down for thousands of users, according to Downdetector. The outage-detecting site found that at least 9,600 people reported that the Meta-owned photo-sharing app was not working properly. Instagram is down for thousands of users, according to Downdetector. The