Synaptics kicks off 2026 with solid tech but a lingering image problem. Many still see it as the go to for laptop touchpads a reliable gig that kept the lights on for years. But that’s yesterday’s story. The company has pivoted hard, blending sensing, wireless connectivity, and edge AI compute into full device platforms. The…
Back in the early days of today’s AI boom, keeping things safe and trustworthy seemed simple: just put a human in the loop. If the AI messed up, a person could spot it and fix it on the spot. This idea comforted regulators, executives, and risk teams, promising real control, accountability, and safety baked right…
Imagine a lobster that’s smarter than your average chatbot clacking its claws to manage your calendar, send messages, or check you into flights. That’s Moltbot, the personal AI assistant that exploded in popularity just weeks after launch. Originally Clawdbot, it rebranded to dodge a legal snag with Anthropic but kept its crustacean charm. If you’re…
Picture this: Your credit card stops working, Amazon locks you out, and everyday apps vanish because they’re tied to US systems. For Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, this nightmare became real last year. The Trump administration sanctioned her for her role in an International Criminal Court probe into alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan. Suddenly, her…
Microsoft kicked off 2026 with a Windows 11 update that turned into a real headache, marking one of the most turbulent Patch Tuesdays in recent years. The January 13 security update (KB5074109 for many builds), meant to deliver critical protections against over 100 vulnerabilities including remote code execution flaws, instead sparked a wave of bugs…
CISA added CVE 2024 37079, a severe VMware vCenter Server vulnerability, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on January 23, 2026, confirming active real world attacks. This heap based buffer overflow allows unauthenticated remote code execution, posing major risks to enterprise virtualization environments. What Makes CVE 2024 37079 Dangerous This critical flaw carries a CVSS…
SpotDraft just scored an $8 million boost from Qualcomm Ventures, pushing its valuation to around $380 million nearly double last year’s mark. This Series B extension fuels their push into privacy focused, on device AI for contract reviews, perfect for industries drowning in sensitive legal docs. Why On-Device AI Matters for Legal Teams Demand for…
7AI’s Forge in the Wet Lab Imagine firing up a lab notebook and telling an AI: “Fix this cloning protocol so we get more real clones.” In a recent experiment, GPT‑5 did just that. Working with biosecurity startup Red Queen Bio, it took a standard molecular cloning workflow and optimized it until the lab saw 79…
Apple is quietly planning one of the most ambitious upgrades to Siri in years, turning it from a simple voice assistant into a full, AI powered chatbot that could stand toe to toe with ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and other leading AI tools. With the upcoming iOS 27 update, Apple aims to enter the generative AI…
A freshly discovered strongmalicious PyPI package strong is impersonating SymPy, the go-to library for symbolic math in Python. This sneaky upload deceives developers into installing it, unleashing an XMRig cryptocurrency miner on Linux machines. Dubbed sympy dev and uploaded January 17, 2026, it has snagged over 1,100 downloads in days. Such strong malicious PyPI tactics…
