ByteDance has reportedly agreed to divest TikTok’s US operations to a consortium including Oracle and Silver Lake. The deal, set to close by January 22, 2026, aims to address national security concerns but still needs Chinese approval.
A new wave of automated attacks is hitting enterprise VPNs. Researchers observed a huge spike in scripted login attempts against Palo Alto and Cisco gateways, all following a uniform pattern.
A Snowflake software update triggered a 13-hour outage across 10 regions, with no workaround offered. The failure highlights a deep vulnerability in cloud data platforms when logical, not physical, failures occur.
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
A deal has been struck to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations to an investment group led by Oracle. The move is designed to comply with U.S. national security law and avoid a ban.
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.
Lovable, an AI-powered coding platform, just secured funding from a who’s who of tech VCs after hitting $200 million in annual recurring revenue. Its “vibe-coding” approach lets users describe software in plain language, promising to turn anyone into a builder. But is it too good to be true?
According to VentureBeat, xtype closed 2025 with major momentum, reporting customers achieve 5x faster ServiceNow deployments and 75% less audit prep time. The company also added ServiceNow’s EVP of Customer Excellence to its board, signaling governance is now a top-tier priority.
The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly investigating Instacart’s use of an AI-powered pricing tool. This follows a study showing the app charged different users different prices for identical grocery orders at the same time.
A new report reveals managers at Google and other Fortune 100 companies are aggressively blocking off “focus time” on their calendars. They’re treating these solo sessions as mission-critical meetings to combat constant pings and shallow work.
