Category: Biz Tech

  Bluesky has introduced a drafts feature that allows users to save unfinished posts on their own devices, a change that closes one of the most noticeable gaps between the decentralised network and larger rivals while signalling that the platform is shifting from experimental roots towards day-to-day usability. The update enables posts to be paused and resumed without being published, a basic function long taken for granted on established social networks but absent from Bluesky since its public launch. Drafts are stored

Reddit is no longer just a place for discussion threads and niche communities; it has become a primary search destination for tens of millions of users seeking answers without touching traditional search engines. Platform data and industry tracking show that about 80 million people now search directly on Reddit each month, underscoring a shift in how users navigate the internet for information, advice and recommendations. This behaviour reflects growing frustration with conventional search results that are often crowded with search engine

Discord is mandated to introduce a sweeping age verification system for its more than 200 million users globally in March, requiring confirmation that an account holder is an adult before they can access certain content and core features. The update will automatically designate all users as having teen-level access until they complete age verification, with unverified accounts barred from age-restricted channels, live “stage” interactions and the ability to modify some communication settings. The move reflects a broader industry effort to

Papio, a global industrial analytics and AI company, has announced the establishment of its Qatari subsidiary and is now officially registered in Qatar under QFC. Steven Jansen, CEO and founder of Papio, shares insights on the company’s global expansion and long-term commitment to supporting industrial organisations with digital transformation initiatives, serving customers better across Qatar and the wider Gulf, while building its footprint in the region. “The Middle East is in growth mode. Governments have articulated long-term visions that are clear, measurable, and

Abu Dhabi-based technology group G42 has signed a $1bn framework cooperation agreement with a Vietnamese consortium led by FPT Corporation and Viet Thai Group, marking one of the largest cross-border technology collaborations aimed at building sovereign artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in Southeast Asia. The agreement sets out a multi-year plan to deploy large-scale cloud capacity across three data centre locations in Vietnam, alongside the development of domestic AI platforms, data governance frameworks and sector-specific applications. The initiative is positioned as

YouTube Music has begun limiting full lyrics access for users on its free tier, nudging listeners towards paid subscriptions and sharpening competition with Spotify, which continues to offer wider lyrics availability without a mandatory upgrade. The shift has stirred debate among music streaming users and highlighted how platforms are recalibrating features once treated as standard to drive revenue growth. The change affects how lyrics are displayed within YouTube Music’s app and web player. Free users who previously scrolled through complete, time-synced

AI. com has changed hands in a transaction valued at about $70 million, placing the domain among the most expensive digital real estate deals on record and setting the stage for a high-profile consumer launch tied to Super Bowl LX. People familiar with the plans say the new owners intend to unveil the brand during the championship game with a national advertising campaign, betting that mass-market visibility can translate into scale in an increasingly crowded artificial intelligence landscape. The sale price,

Samsung Electronics plans to begin mass production of its next-generation high-bandwidth memory chips, HBM4, next month, positioning the company to step up supplies to key artificial intelligence customers led by Nvidia as competition in advanced memory intensifies. The South Korean chipmaker has been racing to finalise yields and qualification for HBM4, a critical component for the latest generation of AI accelerators that demand faster data transfer and lower power consumption than existing HBM3E products. Industry officials say the company is targeting

Amazon delivered a jolt to markets with a strategic and financial update that re-framed how investors assess the company’s growth engine, profit profile and long-term ambition, prompting analysts to rethink assumptions that had weighed on the stock for much of the past year. The announcement combined a sharp improvement in operating leverage with a clearer articulation of where capital and management attention will be concentrated, signalling a shift from volume-first expansion to disciplined, return-focused execution. The immediate catalyst was a stronger-than-expected

Apple Pay users across multiple regions are being targeted by a coordinated phishing operation that security researchers describe as more sophisticated than conventional digital fraud, exploiting trust in familiar branding and the pressure of urgent security warnings to extract sensitive payment credentials. The campaign blends carefully designed emails with follow-up phone calls, a hybrid tactic that has enabled attackers to bypass user scepticism and some automated security filters. Alerts circulated to users mimic official Apple communications, warning of suspicious activity, account

Plans taking shape inside SpaceX point to an unusual next step in the global race for computing power: data centres operating in orbit by 2026. The company has begun recruiting specialists in power systems, thermal engineering, networking and on-orbit operations, signalling an effort to pair its satellite infrastructure with space-based computing at a time when demand for artificial intelligence processing is colliding with limits on Earth. People familiar with the hiring say the work focuses on designing modular compute platforms that

Big technology groups have entered earnings season facing a sharper set of questions from investors as capital expenditure tied to artificial intelligence accelerates while core cloud businesses show steadier, more measured growth. Quarterly disclosures from the largest United States-based technology companies point to a widening gap between the scale of investment being committed to AI infrastructure and the pace at which that spending is translating into clearly identifiable revenue streams. Results released over the past reporting cycle underline how aggressively companies

A coordinated cyber-espionage and crime-linked campaign has surfaced that repurposes an obscure Windows feature to gain long-term control of corporate systems, according to multiple security firms tracking the activity. Attackers are distributing Windows screensaver files, identifiable by the. scr extension, through carefully tailored phishing emails and using them to install legitimate remote administration software that blends into enterprise environments. The operation hinges on social engineering rather than technical novelty. Victims are prompted to download what appears to be a harmless attachment,

Substack has confirmed that a security breach exposed limited user contact information, including email addresses and phone numbers, prompting renewed scrutiny of data protection practices across creator-focused platforms. The company said the incident did not involve passwords, payment details or private content, and that access was cut off after the activity was identified. According to a statement issued by Substack, an unauthorised third party gained access to certain internal systems used for account management. The company said the breach affected a

ChatGPT experienced a service disruption that prompted widespread user complaints, with tracking platforms registering more than 12,000 reports of errors before OpenAI confirmed that systems were being restored. The incident, which affected users across multiple regions, briefly limited access to one of the most widely used generative artificial intelligence tools, raising renewed questions about the resilience of large-scale AI infrastructure as dependence on such services deepens. OpenAI acknowledged elevated error rates after users reported difficulties ranging from failed responses to incomplete

Microsoft has rolled out an optional Windows 11 update aimed at stabilising the sign-in experience after a bug left some users unable to see the password entry icon on the lock screen. The patch, labelled KB5074105, addresses an issue traced to an earlier cumulative update issued on August 29, 2025, identified as KB5064081, and bundles a wide set of reliability and usability refinements. The missing password icon problem had been most visible on devices configured with certain accessibility and security settings,

Apple has disclosed a new approach to artificial intelligence–driven speech synthesis that restructures how sounds are handled before they reach neural networks, a change the company says can significantly accelerate voice generation while preserving naturalness. The technique groups phonetically similar audio units into clusters prior to processing, reducing computational load and enabling faster output, a development with implications for on-device features, accessibility tools and data privacy. According to details shared by Apple researchers, the method departs from conventional text-to-speech systems that

Python’s packaging ecosystem is under growing strain as development teams move away from pip in production environments, citing performance bottlenecks, fragile dependency resolution and rising operational risk. The shift towards faster tools such as uv reflects more than a search for speed; it exposes structural weaknesses in how Python applications are built, tested and deployed at scale. Pip remains the default package installer bundled with Python, but its design assumptions date back to an era when projects were smaller, dependency trees

Apple has rolled out Safari Technology Preview 236, the latest iteration of its experimental browser platform that previews innovations destined for future mainstream releases. The update delivers a broad set of fixes and technical refinements spanning CSS, HTML, image handling, form functionality, media playback, rendering performance, Web API behaviour, scalable vector graphics and real-time communication protocols. It can be downloaded on macOS Sequoia and macOS Tahoe via the Software Update mechanism for users already enrolled in the preview programme.

  A coordinated cyber-espionage campaign attributed to the Chollima advanced persistent threat group has drawn attention from security researchers after attackers used malicious Windows shortcut files to deliver a multi-stage malware payload aimed at activists and analysts tracking North Korea. Investigations show the operation unfolded in March 2025 and targeted individuals engaged in policy research, human rights advocacy and security analysis related to the Korean peninsula. The attackers initiated contact through carefully crafted spear-phishing emails that impersonated a well-known South Korea-based security

Crypto firms expanded hiring through 2025, with job openings rising 6% to 1,801, as companies pivoted towards compliance, business development and operations roles, signalling a maturation of the sector beyond its engineering-heavy origins. The increase came despite volatile digital asset prices and tighter oversight across major markets, underscoring how crypto businesses are adapting to regulatory scrutiny and a broader push for institutional credibility. While software engineers and blockchain developers remain essential, recruitment patterns show a clear tilt towards non-technical talent as

Gulf Warehousing Company has stepped onto a global technology stage with its debut at Web Summit Qatar 2026, signalling how logistics groups in the Gulf are repositioning themselves around data, automation and artificial intelligence. The Doha-based firm announced a partnership with Apify, a European cloud platform known for web data extraction, automation tools and AI-driven workflows, during the four-day summit held from 1 to 4 February in the Qatari capital. The agreement brings together GWC’s regional and international logistics footprint with

Oracle is preparing to raise about $50 billion during 2026 as it accelerates spending on data centres, specialised chips and network capacity to meet a sharp rise in demand for artificial-intelligence workloads, according to people familiar with the company’s plans. The proposed capital raise, which would rank among the largest ever attempted by a US technology group in a single year, reflects the scale of investment required to compete in an AI-driven cloud market dominated by a handful of global

Sharon AI has unveiled plans to deploy a 1,000-unit NVIDIA B200 GPU cluster at NEXTDC’s Tier IV M3 facility in Melbourne, a move that sharply increases domestic capacity for training and running large-scale artificial intelligence models within Australia’s borders. The announcement places the neocloud provider among a small group globally able to operate Blackwell-generation systems at this scale and underscores intensifying competition to localise high-end compute amid tightening data-sovereignty expectations. The buildout will be housed at NEXTDC’s M3 data centre, a

  Hundreds of Android applications have left massive volumes of user information exposed after developers misconfigured cloud databases, allowing outsiders to access personal records, authentication tokens and internal credentials at an unprecedented scale. Security researchers estimate the exposed data at more than 730 terabytes, making it one of the largest known leakages tied to mobile apps and underscoring persistent weaknesses in how cloud services are deployed and monitored across the app economy. The exposed information was traced largely to improperly secured Firebase

Corporate earnings calls and regulatory filings across the United States and Europe have converged on a familiar explanation for workforce reductions: artificial intelligence. Executives have framed job cuts as an inevitable consequence of automation and efficiency gains driven by new AI tools, presenting the technology as both a disruptor and a justification. Yet a closer examination of disclosures, hiring patterns and capital allocation suggests that AI is often less the cause of layoffs than a narrative device masking conventional cost-cutting

Nvidia Corp chief executive Jensen Huang has pushed back against suggestions that the chipmaker had lined up a $100 billion investment in OpenAI, saying any such figure was never a firm commitment and that the company would assess participation in funding rounds on their individual merits. The remarks seek to clarify Nvidia’s role at a moment when expectations around financing for advanced artificial intelligence models are reshaping capital markets and boardroom strategies across the technology sector. Speaking to investors and analysts,

OpenNebula Systems has formalised a collaboration with OVHcloud that places European digital sovereignty at the centre of enterprise cloud deployment, as the open-source cloud platform becomes available through OVHcloud’s infrastructure under the Hosted OpenNebula Cloud – Ready Certification Program. The move reflects mounting demand from public bodies and regulated industries for cloud environments that guarantee data residency, jurisdictional control and operational transparency within Europe. The partnership allows organisations to deploy OpenNebula-based private and hybrid clouds on OVHcloud’s European data centres while

Google has begun opening access to Project Genie, an artificial intelligence system that generates interactive, game-like environments from simple prompts, signalling a fresh push by the company to redefine how digital worlds are created while reigniting debate over the use of copyrighted material in generative AI. Project Genie allows users to describe a scene, upload an image, or sketch a rough layout and then play inside a dynamically generated world that responds in real time. Characters move, objects interact, and environments

OpenAI has introduced an internal data agent known as Kepler, designed to let employees interrogate one of the largest private data estates in the technology sector through natural-language queries. The system, powered by a GPT-5.2 class model, is built to handle more than 600 petabytes of internal information, a scale that reflects both the company’s rapid growth and the expanding complexity of training, safety, product telemetry and enterprise operations data. People familiar with the rollout say Kepler is not a consumer

Nvidia has issued urgent security updates for its GPU display drivers after identifying multiple high-severity flaws that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code and gain elevated privileges across a wide range of systems. The vulnerabilities, disclosed in a security bulletin dated January 27, affect drivers used on Windows, Linux and virtualised environments, underscoring the broad exposure created by modern GPU deployments in consumer, enterprise and cloud settings. The company said the issues stem from weaknesses in the display driver stack,

OpenAI is exploring the creation of a social media platform designed to sharply limit automated accounts, a move that would place the artificial intelligence firm in direct competition with X while signalling a broader push to shape how online discourse functions in an age increasingly defined by generative systems. People familiar with the matter say the idea has moved beyond casual internal discussion, with early-stage work examining how a network could be structured around verified human participation rather than algorithmically amplified

atNorth has unveiled plans to build a new high-density data centre in Stockholm, strengthening its Nordic presence as cloud providers, enterprises and artificial intelligence developers push demand for low-carbon digital infrastructure across Europe. The Iceland-based operator said the Stockholm facility would be designed to support compute-intensive workloads, including high-performance computing and AI training, with a focus on energy efficiency and heat reuse. The project adds to atNorth’s existing portfolio in Iceland, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, positioning the company to serve customers

SpaceX is weighing internal consolidation across Elon Musk’s corporate universe as it prepares for what investors describe as one of the largest public listings ever attempted, with discussions touching on potential combinations involving Tesla or the artificial intelligence venture xAI, according to people familiar with the matter. The deliberations, still exploratory, reflect a broader strategy to position SpaceX as the backbone of a vertically integrated space, energy and computing platform ahead of an eventual flotation that some bankers believe could