A crew member on the Italian ferry Fantastic has been charged after authorities discovered sophisticated malware on the ship’s systems. The software could have allowed remote control of navigation and propulsion. The incident has triggered a high-stakes probe into potential state-sponsored sabotage.
The financial experience of American workers is splitting along a new fault line: when you get paid, not just how much. Salaried workers see expanding options, while hourly workers face tightening constraints from paycheck delays and penalties. This timing gap is eroding wage gains and defining econ
Google has expanded its AI verification feature from images to videos. The Gemini app can now scan uploaded clips to detect if they were created or edited using Google’s own AI models. The system looks for an “imperceptible” watermark, but its real-world effectiveness is still untested.
Coinbase is launching access to prediction markets through a partnership with Kalshi. The move follows Robinhood’s rapid growth in event-based trading, with billions of contracts traded last quarter.
Intel’s upcoming flagship discrete GPU, the Arc Battlemage BMG-G31, has received new support in official software. The “Big Battlemage” chip is expected to pack 32 Xe2 cores and 16GB of memory. Meanwhile, a 2023 shipping manifest mentions a future “Intel Data Center GPU XE4 Subsystem.”
The energy startup, which supplies 200,000 UK homes, hit $400 million in annual recurring revenue. It plans to launch consumer solar hardware and expand into the US and Europe.
As AI shopping assistants become more common, they create new security headaches. Visa and cybersecurity firm Akamai are teaming up to verify if a bot is legitimate or a scammer in disguise.
Amazon’s Chief Security Officer says his team has blocked over 1,800 attempts by North Korean operatives to land IT jobs at the company. The scheme, which uses stolen American identities, is escalating across the tech industry for financial gain and data access.
ServiceNow shares have tumbled 25% this year, including an 8% drop this week on news of a potential $7 billion deal for Armis. Bernstein analyst Peter Weed now calls it the “cheapest” large-cap software stock, reiterating an outperform rating and a $1,093 price target, about 40% above recent levels.
According to Circana’s Mat Piscatella, Battlefield 6 is poised to finish 2025 as the top-selling game in the US, beating Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. This would mark only the second time since 2018 that a CoD game loses the annual sales crown stateside.
