The cybersecurity giant is making another massive acquisition, this time targeting observability platform provider Chronosphere. The deal aims to address growing AI infrastructure challenges and will integrate with Palo Alto’s AgentiX platform.
Former President Trump is pushing for federal AI regulation to preempt state-level rules he calls “woke.” House Republicans attempted to include a 10-year ban on state AI regulation in recent legislation. The move signals a major political battle over who controls AI policy.
Scammers are flooding the web with fake stores ahead of Black Friday, with a 250% increase in bogus e-commerce sites. NordVPN’s Threat Protection Pro blocked over 4.5 million malicious domains between March and October 2025 as criminals use AI to create increasingly convincing scams.
Microsoft has deployed a new Extended Security Updates Licensing Preparation Package to resolve installation failures. The fix addresses a licensing component issue rather than the update content itself. Systems must install this after the October 2025 security update KB5066791.
Cloudflare initially thought it was under massive DDoS attack, but the real culprit was a database permissions change that caused configuration files to double in size. The intermittent failures created confusion before the system stabilized in a “failing state” for nearly two hours. CEO Matthew Pri
Xiaomi’s president just dropped some bad news for smartphone shoppers. Memory chip prices are skyrocketing thanks to AI demand, and those costs are coming directly to your next phone purchase in 2026.
Sphere just landed $21 million in Series A funding led by a16z to automate tax compliance for global companies. The startup uses AI to handle registration, calculation, and filing across 100+ tax authorities. Founder Nicholas Rudder built the product after struggling with international taxes at his
A major Cloudflare network outage disrupted access to popular websites including X, ChatGPT, and Shopify for several hours Tuesday morning. The company identified a bug in its bot mitigation service that crashed after a configuration update around 6:30 a.m. EST. Cloudflare reported the incident reso
Roblox is rolling out mandatory age verification for users who want to privately message others. The platform will also implement age-based chat restrictions separating kids, teens, and adults. These changes come amid growing legal pressure over child safety concerns.
Microsoft is transforming Windows 11 into an “agentic” operating system with AI agents integrated directly into the taskbar. The new features include Microsoft 365 Copilot integration, voice commands, and developer APIs for local AI processing on Copilot+ PCs.
