Windows 11’s taskbar could be next for an AI overhaul – but I just don’t see the point
Clues in Windows 11 previews hint that AI is coming to the taskbar This could be in the form of an ‘agentic AI’ companion Exactly what its purpose would be…
Perplexity accused of breaking a major online AI scraping rule – but it says it has done nothing wrong
Perplexity seen to be ignoring signals like robot.txt to scrape online sites It even found protected and hidden test sites from Cloudflare OpenAI adheres to responsible crawling, but Perplexity quiet…
Battlefield 6 dev promises the game will return to the ‘gritty’ tone of earlier entries – ‘you’re not running around in a hero cape’
Battlefield 6 will be a “gritty and real” experience like earlier entries in the series Battlefield Studios UX director Alan Pimm said the game will have a different atmosphere to…
Misconfigurations Are Not Vulnerabilities: The Costly Confusion Behind Security Risks
In SaaS security conversations, “misconfiguration” and “vulnerability” are often used interchangeably. But they’re not the same thing. And misunderstanding that distinction can quietly create real exposure. This confusion isn’t just…
How Top CISOs Save Their SOCs from Alert Chaos to Never Miss Real Incidents
Why do SOC teams still drown in alerts even after spending big on security tools? False positives pile up, stealthy threats slip through, and critical incidents get buried in the…
15,000 Fake TikTok Shop Domains Deliver Malware, Steal Crypto via AI-Driven Scam Campaign
Aug 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the veil on a widespread malicious campaign that’s targeting TikTok Shop users globally with an aim to steal credentials…
AI-powered fintech Alaan raises $48M, one of the largest Series A rounds in MENA
When Parthi Duraisamy was a consultant at McKinsey’s Dubai office, he discovered that the American Express cards his company relied on for corporate expenses were rarely accepted in the Middle…
SonicWall Investigating Potential SSL VPN Zero-Day After 20+ Targeted Attacks Reported
Aug 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Network Security SonicWall said it’s actively investigating reports to determine if there is a new zero-day vulnerability following reports of a spike in Akira ransomware…
Uzbekistan’s first unicorn, Uzum, leaps to a $1.5B valuation
At a time when the world feels increasingly divided between East and West, Uzbekistan has emerged as a rare middle ground, as the Central Asian nation’s homegrown unicorn, Uzum, has…
AI Is Reshaping the Developer Role, and GitHub Says the Shift Is Already Underway
The software industry is being reshaped by artificial intelligence at a speed that few anticipated. What was once a slow drift toward automation is now turning into a structural shift…