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Most people assume that once Microsoft ships a patch, the danger quietly goes away. However, the events around CVE-2026-21510 proved that assumption wrong. This turned into one of the more instructive data breach 2026 stories this year. In February, Microsoft closed a Shell flaw. That flaw let attackers slip past SmartScreen using a booby-trapped shortcut. However, for a couple of months, everyone treated the
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AI chatbots have quietly become one of the most personal pieces of software we use. People ask them about health symptoms, relationship problems, money troubles, work conflicts, and legal questions — things they might hesitate to type into a search engine, let alone say out loud. Yet most users have never stopped to ask a basic question: where does all of that go? If
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Creating an AI image or short video is easier than ever. The harder part is choosing the right model. New models promise better text, editing, motion, and control, but impressive demos do not always reflect everyday needs. A model that works well for posters may be less effective at editing photos. The newest or most expensive model is not always the best choice. As
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A Canadian man spent 18 months in prison after investigators confused his Skyrim themed username with a nearly identical account used by another person. The mistake involved two usernames on the messaging service Kik. Brandon Klayme had registered the handle “fus_ro_dah,” a reference to the well known dragon shout from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The account investigators were actually looking for was named
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MediaTek is preparing a major expansion beyond smartphones after approving a flexible financing plan worth up to $5 billion for artificial intelligence data center hardware. The Taiwanese chip designer plans to use the funding when needed to secure manufacturing capacity, support advanced packaging, reserve chip production, and develop larger systems for data center customers. The company is targeting a fast growing market where cloud
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NASA’s Curiosity rover has discovered a wide field of tightly packed polygon patterns on Mars, adding new evidence that liquid water once shaped the planet’s surface. The formations were found in Valle Grande, a Martian valley near the lower slopes of Mount Sharp inside Gale Crater. The small cells measure roughly 1.5 to 3 inches across and form a continuous network around a 20
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Tecno has shown a new concept smartphone built around a display that appears to stretch across nearly the entire front of the device. The company describes the prototype as having a 0mm display bezel, although a very thin outer frame is still visible around the panel. Even with that small border, the design removes most of the unused space normally found around a smartphone
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Google has started testing a faster update schedule for Chrome as artificial intelligence tools discover security problems at a much higher rate. The company is piloting two Chrome releases each week, while major browser versions could arrive twice a month. Weekly security updates would continue alongside those larger releases. The change is intended to reduce the time between a vulnerability being fixed and the
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Astronomers have observed a supermassive black hole destroying a star more than 30,000 light years from the center of its host galaxy, offering rare evidence that large black holes can wander far beyond galactic cores. The event occurred in the galaxy WISEA J014656.04-152214.7, located about 750 million light years from Earth in the constellation Cetus. The black hole is estimated to have a mass
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Alienware’s latest Area 51 desktop combines AMD’s Ryzen 7 9850X3D processor with NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090, targeting players who want top level gaming performance without building a PC themselves. The reviewed configuration costs $5,899, while the wider product range starts at $4,049. That places the system firmly in the premium category, but the price includes some of the fastest consumer hardware currently available, a
