Forget the 5 a.m. ice baths. Many top CEOs start their day by rolling over and checking their phones, just like everyone else. A report from Fortune details the apps business leaders can’t resist first thing in the morning.
While Grand Theft Auto 6 will dominate 2026, TechRadar’s gaming team highlights a slate of other major titles. Their list includes surprising exclusives, long-awaited sequels, and indie curiosities that could define the year.
A secretive venture led by Eric Schmidt is providing AI drones like the Bumblebee to Ukraine, creating a real-world test bed that worries the Kremlin. Meanwhile, a discussion on Threads highlights the uncomfortable trend of creators selling their very personhood for authenticity.
A sprawling criminal network called “The Com” is recruiting teenagers on Telegram to carry out sophisticated ransomware attacks. Since 2022, they’ve hit companies worth over $1 trillion. Now, a wave of arrests is revealing just how young—and vulnerable—these hackers are.
2025 was a brutal year for digital security and reliability. From a $155K Solana hack to poisoned AI memories and a 15-hour AWS collapse, the foundational tech we rely on showed its fragility. Here’s what went wrong.
In a quiet administrative move, the Treasury Department has delisted three executives tied to the controversial Intellexa spyware consortium. The action reverses part of the sanctions imposed by the Biden administration in March 2024.
In a stunning betrayal of their profession, two cybersecurity experts have admitted to being ransomware attackers. They used the notorious ALPHV BlackCat ransomware to target companies, including a medical device firm that paid a $1.2 million ransom.
OpenAI is creating a new executive role, the Head of Preparedness, to predict and mitigate worst-case AI risks. The job pays roughly $555,000 annually plus equity and will focus on threats from cybersecurity to biosecurity. CEO Sam Altman admits the role will be “stressful.”
In a surprising twist, Meta is deploying a Linux kernel scheduler originally created for the AMD chip inside the Steam Deck on its own data center servers. The move highlights how gaming hardware optimizations are finding their way into massive-scale enterprise computing.
The decision for enterprise voice AI is no longer just about which model is smartest. It’s a strategic architectural choice between cheap, fast “native” systems and slower, but auditable, modular stacks. A new “unified” approach is trying to bridge the gap.
