Nov 26, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage The threat actors behind a malware family known as RomCom targeted a U.S.-based civil engineering company via a JavaScript loader dubbed SocGholish to deliver the Mythic Agent. “This is the first time that a RomCom payload has been observed being distributed by SocGholish,” Arctic Wolf Labs researcher Jacob […]
Continue ReadingPoco has launched the Poco F8 Ultra and Poco F8 Pro globally. The F8 Ultra features a 6.9-inch OLED display, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, triple 50-megapixel rear cameras, a 32-megapixel front camera, and a 6,500mAh battery with 100W charging. The F8 Pro offers a smaller 6.59-inch AMOLED screen, Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, a […]
Continue ReadingiQOO 15 was launched in India by the Vivo sub-brand on Wednesday as the successor to the iQOO 13. Powering the smartphone is Qualcomm’s octa core 3nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, paired with SuperComputing Chip Q3. It is equipped with a 7,000mAh silicon-carbon battery with 100W wired fast charging support. The phone is […]
Continue ReadingJensen Huang is interviewed by media during a reception for the 2025 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, at St James’ Palace November 5, 2025 in London, England, U.K. Yui Mok | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Shares of artificial intelligence czar Nvidia fell 2.6% on Tuesday […]
Continue ReadingDriverless WeRide robotaxis for Uber. Courtesy: Uber Uber on Wednesday rolled out fully driverless rides in its fourth market, launching the service in Abu Dhabi in partnership WeRide, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company. The ride-hailing company said the launch in the United Arab Emirates capital represents the first driverless robotaxi service in the Middle East. […]
Continue ReadingPerplexity AI has released a new shopping assistant that lets users search for products, refine results and complete purchases within the same chat interface. The system uses natural-language prompts, remembers past conversations, and integrates PayPal for checkout. The feature is currently available to US users on the desktop and web interfaces.
Continue ReadingRealme P4x 5G will be launched in India by the Chinese smartphone maker on December 4 at noon, along with the new Realme Watch 5, the company announced on Wednesday. The new handset and wearable are teased to be offered in India via Flipkart. The dedicated microsites for the two products are also live. The […]
Continue ReadingWhatsApp is reportedly testing a new feature for its Android app that adds a celebratory animation in chats. According to details shared by a feature tracker, the platform is working on a confetti effect that appears when users react to messages with certain emojis. The change is purely visual and aims to make reactions in […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned that cybercriminals are impersonating financial institutions with an aim to steal money or sensitive information to facilitate account takeover (ATO) fraud schemes. The activity targets individuals, businesses, and organizations of varied sizes and across sectors, the agency said, adding the fraudulent schemes have led to more […]
Continue ReadingMicrosoft has announced that its Copilot AI chatbot will be discontinued on WhatsApp beginning January 15, 2026. The decision follows Meta’s updated Business API policies, which restrict AI developers and service providers from accessing or operating through the WhatsApp Business Solution. With this change, Microsoft becomes the second major AI company to withdraw i…
Continue ReadingAmazon’s new MK30 Prime Air drone is displayed during Amazon’s “Delivering the Future” event at the company’s BFI1 Fulfillment Center, Robotics Research and Development Hub in Sumner, Washington on Oct. 18, 2023. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Amazon is facing a federal probe after one of its delivery drones downed an internet cable […]
Continue ReadingPoco F8 series global launch is only a few hours away. The launch event will see the unveiling of the Poco F8 Ultra, Poco F8 Pro, Poco Pad X1, and Pad M1. While the pricing of the upcoming phones is yet to be revealed, the tech firm has teased the key specifications of the two […]
Continue ReadingJensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) sports day event in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. Lam Yik Fei | Bloomberg | Getty Images Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Shares of artificial intelligence czar Nvidia fell 2.6% on Tuesday as signs of […]
Continue ReadingThe iQOO 15 is scheduled to launch today (November 26) in India and global markets. The handset made its debut in China last month, and the company has already confirmed several key details ahead of the wider rollout, including its design, display, battery capacity and software. The iQOO 15 will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon […]
Continue ReadingWorkday CEO Carl Eschenbach, right, walks to the morning session during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 11, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Workday shares slid more than 5% in extended trading Tuesday after the finance and human resources software maker issued quarterly […]
Continue ReadingMary Barra, Chair and CEO of General Motors (right to left), Mark Reuss, President, Sterling Anderson, Chief Product Officer, and Dave Richardson, Senior Vice President Software and Services Engineering at “GM Forward” on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 in New York. GM DETROIT – A third high-profile technology executive is leaving General Motors amid a restructuring […]
Continue ReadingEnrique Lores, President and Chief Executive Officer of HP Inc. speaks at COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan June 3, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters PC and printer maker HP Inc. said Tuesday it’ll lower its headcount by 4,000 to 6,000 people, representing a cut of up to 10%. HP also issued a lower-than-expected earnings projection […]
Continue ReadingThe Dell Technologies logo is on display at the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC2025) on Sept. 12, 2025 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Michel Porro | Getty Images Dell reported fiscal third-quarter earnings on Tuesday that missed Wall Street expectations for revenue, but the company forecasted a stronger-than-expected fourth quarter driven by increased AI sales. Dell shares fell […]
Continue ReadingNvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on November 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Nvidia on Tuesday said its tech remains a generation ahead of the […]
Continue ReadingEvery weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Tuesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks were mixed on Tuesday, with the S & P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average up and the Nasdaq Composite down slightly, with Big Tech names under pressure. […]
Continue ReadingNASA’s fractured comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) dazzled stargazers on Monday night, offering a rare live view of a cosmic object breaking apart after a close encounter with the Sun. The livestream, organised by the Virtual Telescope Project, began at 10 p.m. EST on November 24 (0300 GMT on November 25) and will broadcast telescopic views […]
Continue ReadingJames Webb may have discovered the universe’s earliest supermassive black hole in galaxy GHZ2. Observations reveal high-energy emission lines, challenging existing models of rapid black hole and galaxy growth. Upcoming JWST and ALMA studies aim to confirm AGN activity and refine our understanding of early cosmic evolution.
Continue ReadingNASA’s upcoming Roman Space Telescope is expected to measure seismic waves in over 300,000 red giant stars, far greater than early predictions. These signals will help scientists better understand exoplanet systems and the Milky Way’s ancient core. Researchers say Roman’s natural survey design enables this breakthrough even before the telescope has launched.
Continue ReadingNov 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Exposure / Cloud Security New research has found that organizations in various sensitive sectors, including governments, telecoms, and critical infrastructure, are pasting passwords and credentials into online tools like JSONformatter and CodeBeautify that are used to format and validate code. Cybersecurity company watchTowr Labs said it captured a dataset of over […]
Continue ReadingOnePlus 15s and Vivo X300 FE could launch soon in India, a tipster has revealed. The specifications of the rumoured handsets have also been leaked online. While the OnePlus 15s is tipped to be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, the Vivo X300 FE might be equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk attends the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 19, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is expected to close a $15 billion round at a $230 billion pre-money valuation next month, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC’s David Faber. The deadline for allocation is the […]
Continue ReadingNov 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Vulnerability The threat actor known as ToddyCat has been observed adopting new methods to obtain access to corporate email data belonging to target companies, including using a custom tool dubbed TCSectorCopy. “This attack allows them to obtain tokens for the OAuth 2.0 authorization protocol using the user’s browser, which can […]
Continue ReadingTSMC on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against a former senior vice president it accused of leaking “confidential information” to Intel. Wei-Jen Lo joined Intel after 21 years at TSMC, having left in July, the Taiwanese chip maker said in a statement, announcing the lawsuit. The lawsuit is based on Lo’s employment contract and non-compete agreement […]
Continue ReadingCybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that’s leveraging a combination of ClickFix lures and fake adult websites to deceive users into running malicious commands under the guise of a “critical” Windows security update. “Campaign leverages fake adult websites (xHamster, PornHub clones) as its phishing mechanism, likely distributed via malvertising,” Acronis said in […]
Continue ReadingAirtel announced that its Xstream Fiber network has grown rapidly, recording over 50 percent year-on-year growth in home passes and surpassing 500,000 km of fibre. The company said rising connected device adoption is boosting broadband demand and highlighted the expanding Xstream ecosystem, which brings broadband, TV and OTT content together.
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