Qualcomm Technologies Inc. today unveiled a number of advancements across artificial intelligence, the internet of things, and smart home ecosystems that enhance privacy, scalability and user experiences through a variety of means: edge processing, on-premises AI solutions and seamless device interoperability. Leading the list of announcements at the CES consumer electronics show is the launch ...

A report released today by phishing protection company SlashNext Inc. warns of a dangerous new WordPress plugin that is being used by cybercriminals to turn legitimate websites into phishing traps. Called PhishWP, the WordPress plugin is being distributed on a Russian cybercrime forum and allows attackers to create highly convincing fake payment pages, mimicking trusted services such as Stripe, ...

Multinational investment bank and financial services company Morgan Stanley is reportedly considering plans to launch cryptocurrency trading services through its E*TRADE arm amid an expected more favorable regulatory environment under the incoming second Trump administration. The news was first reported by The Information, which claims that the plans are still in the exploratory phase. Morgan ...

Apple Inc. may have ceased production of its first-generation Vision Pro headset after the product, which came to market in 2024, turned out to be a massive flop for the company. Today’s claim comes from MacRumors, which cited reports in October that Apple had abruptly reduced production of the headset ahead of potential plans to ...

One person has died and seven others were injured when a Tesla Inc. Cybertruck exploded outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas in what may have been a targeted attack. According to local media reports, the Cybertruck exploded at about 8:40 a.m. this morning in the valet area of the Trump-owned hotel. The ...

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University have revealed details of how they are training robots with videos to perform surgical tasks with the skill of human doctors, in what could be a significant step forward in medical robotics. Robotics in surgery is not new, with various use cases over a number of years. ...

The U.S. Treasury advised lawmakers today that it had determined that hackers had remotely accessed Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents following the compromise of a third-party software service provider. The details of the hack were in a letter shared by Reuters, which advised that on Dec. 8, the Treasury Department was notified by a ...

Kalshi Inc., a financial exchange and prediction market funded by highly prominent venture capital firms, has been forced to shut betting on the outcome of the alleged killer of United Health Group Inc. Executive Brian Thompson in an apparent breach of financial market regulations. Thompson was murdered in New York on Dec. 4. The main ...

As the deadline for Byteance Ltd. to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok quickly approaches, President-elect Trump, various members of Congress and advocacy groups have made representations to the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of pausing the forced selloff. The forced selloff of the U.S. arm of TikTok was signed into law by President Biden ...

A new report out today from Fortinet Inc.’s FortiGuard Labs details the activities of two different botnets observed through October and November that are being spread through vulnerabilities in D-Link Systems Inc. devices. The botnets and their related malware — one a Mirai botnet variant dubbed “FICORA” and the other a Kaiten botnet variant dubbed “CAPSAICIN” — ...