AI Will Drive Scalable Cyberattacks in 2026: Google Cloud

Google Cloud projects that AI-driven cyberattacks will scale over 2026, impacting manufacturing, retail, and finance sectors tied to global supply chains. Rising risks around AI agents, hypervisors, and third-party providers increase exposure to extortion, IP loss, and regulatory non-compliance, requiring stronger identity and infrastructure controls.   By 2026, AI will transition from an exceptional tool … Read more

ExpressVPN launches private AI platform with secure enclaves

ExpressVPN has launched a private AI platform called ExpressAI, designed to give users access to AI tools without their data being used for profiling or model training. ExpressAI is built around confidential computing enclaves, which process decrypted conversations in a cryptographically isolated environment. According to ExpressVPN, this keeps user messages inaccessible to the host system, … Read more

Apple launches Business platform to streamline company tools

Apple has launched Apple Business, a new platform that combines device management, business tools and support for companies. It will replace Apple Business Manager and Apple Business Connect in more than 200 countries and regions. The new service brings several existing Apple business products into one platform and adds built-in mobile device management. It is … Read more

Intel launches Core Ultra Series 3 AI gaming laptops

Intel has launched a new range of laptops powered by its Core Ultra Series 3 processors, with models from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and MSI. Built on Intel’s 18A process technology, the chips target thin-and-light laptops. Intel says the systems are designed to handle on-device gaming and artificial intelligence workloads while maintaining long battery … Read more

Google closes Wiz deal & unveils AI security tools

Google has completed its acquisition of cloud security company Wiz, bringing it into Google Cloud’s security division. The announcement came alongside a broader set of security product updates, including new AI-based tools for security operations, threat intelligence and cloud protection. Wiz will form part of a broader multicloud security offering for organisations running data and … Read more

Building trust in the algorithm: Indonesia’s emerging AI framework

Indonesia has emerged as a leading player in the region’s digital ecosystem and is increasingly positioned at the forefront of AI adoption. The government set out its long-term AI vision through the Artificial Intelligence National Strategy for Indonesia 2020-2045: AI Towards Indonesia Vision 2045. A 2023 Kearney report analysing global business trends projected that AI … Read more

Apple Blocks Vibe Coding Tools From Store

Some of the biggest tech news today is that Apple has quietly blocked apps like Replit from its app store, constraining the ability of the average user to “vibe code” apps. Experts cite Apple’s concerns about vibe coding that could alter existing app code, and concerns about data privacy. But that leads to the larger … Read more

Adobe adds custom models to Firefly in public beta

Adobe has launched Custom Models in public beta within its Firefly creative AI platform, giving users a way to train image generation on their own visual style. The feature lets creators upload their own images so Firefly can build a reusable model based on a chosen aesthetic, character design or photographic look. The beta is … Read more

Is this privacy-based phone operating system moving mainstream? – The Irish Times

Motorola is the granddaddy of the mobile phone world. In 1983 it unveiled the world’s first commercial handset: a brick-like wodge of a thing that took 10 hours to charge enough for 30 minutes of call-time. Four decades and several changes of ownership later, Motorola’s mobile division – now owned by Lenovo – made an … Read more

How Formula 1 turns data & cyber security into speed

Formula 1 is well known for its precision engineering pedigree and where races are won and lost by mere milliseconds. While it has long been data driven, attention to security and resilience are deepening. To dig into those themes, I was delighted to be joined by industry peers and the Atlassian Williams F1 team on … Read more