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With everything being done digitally nowadays, there’s little reason to keep all those receipts like before (you know, “just in case”). And if you don’t carry cash, there’s no good reason to have those old-fashioned wallets, either. Minimal wallets allow you to carry just those few cards you can’t be without, while looking modern and stylish to boot. Modern wallets seem to be trending toward simplicity and minimalism, with card slots for an ID, credit cards and a couple of other items. These wallets tend to be highly durable — with some offering RFID protection — and are secure enough…

Here’s the thing about distributed denial-of-service attacks: for years, terabit-scale floods were the cybersecurity equivalent of a hundred-year storm.You’d read about them in incident reports, nod gravely, and go back to worrying about ransomware. 2025 ended that comfortable abstraction.Jérôme MeyerSocial Links NavigationLeads security research for Nokia Deepfield.Terabit-level DDoS attacks are now a daily occurrence for major telecommunications providers. Not weekly. Not “several times a month.” Daily. The first attack exceeding 10 Tbps landed in September. By October, we were tracking incidents past 30 Tbps. You may like The industry is already bracing for 100 Tbps: not as a theoretical ceiling,…

If you’re still sad that Micron retired its Crucial brand late last year to focus on providing system memories for the development of artificial intelligence, here’s some good news: The storage and memory maker today announced at CES 2026 the Micron 3610 NVMe, its first PCIe Gen 5 QLC NVMe SSD for mainstream PCs, both desktops and laptops. As it seems, Micron’s support for general consumers hasn’t died completely, just the Crucial brand. Still, the effect of AI in the whole process remains true. Related stories on Micron SSD and general storage The Micron 3610 M.2 NVMe SSD is available…

On Sunday, Google removed some of its AI Overviews health summaries after a Guardian investigation found people were being put at risk by false and misleading information. The removals came after the newspaper found that Google’s generative AI feature delivered inaccurate health information at the top of search results, potentially leading seriously ill patients to mistakenly conclude they are in good health. Google disabled specific queries, such as “what is the normal range for liver blood tests,” after experts contacted by The Guardian flagged the results as dangerous. The report also highlighted a critical error regarding pancreatic cancer: The AI…

We learned that Lego and Pokémon would be joining forces and the first results of their partnership are here. Pre-orders for all three kits are open now, with an expected ship date of February 27. As one might have guessed from the lightning bolts on the previous promotional image, one of the debut pocket monsters getting the brick treatment is , complete with a Poké Ball. The 2,050-piece kit can be built to show Pikachu either leaping out of the open Poké Ball into battle or at rest staring up at the builder, closed Poké Ball between his paws. The…

Grok, the AI chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, welcomed the new year with a disturbing post.”Dear Community,” began the Dec. 31 post from the Grok AI account on Musk’s X social media platform. “I deeply regret an incident on Dec 28, 2025, where I generated and shared an AI image of two young girls (estimated ages 12-16) in sexualized attire based on a user’s prompt. This violated ethical standards and potentially US laws on CSAM. It was a failure in safeguards, and I’m sorry for any harm caused. xAI is reviewing to prevent future issues. Sincerely,…

Picture this: you’ve just moved into a beautiful basement apartment with exposed brick walls and loads of character. Within weeks, though, you notice a musty smell creeping in, and dark spots are appearing on the walls.Or perhaps you have a different problem: you live in a humid climate where your clothes never quite seem to dry indoors, and your windows are constantly fogged with condensation.If either of these scenarios sound familiar, you might need a dehumidifier. These appliances have become household heroes in recent years, and for good reason. In this article, I’ll explain how they work. But first let’s…

I’ve been to CES way more times than I can count with my fingers. Upon returning, friends and family ask about the “coolest” thing I’ve seen at the show, and I often don’t have a clear answer. This time around, though, at CES 2026, I ran into something totally worth talking about. These T10 Bespoke Earbuds, demo at CES 2026, cost $7500 a set, and that’s far from the most expensive of the type. CES 2026: The same show with a different perspective No, that cool thing had nothing to do with artificial intelligence, robots, or screens—the usual suspects of…

In September 2025, a Widerøe Airlines flight was trying to land in Vardø, Norway, which sits in the country’s far eastern arm, some 40 miles from the Russian coast. The cloud deck was low, and so was visibility. In such gray situations, pilots use GPS technology to help them land on a runway and not the side of a mountain. But on this day, GPS systems weren’t working correctly, the airwaves jammed with signals that prevented airplanes from accessing navigation information. The Widerøe flight had taken off during one of Russia’s frequent wargames, in which the country’s military simulates conflict…

X may soon provide more insight into how its algorithm works. On Saturday, Elon Musk posted on the platform to say that the company “will make the new X algorithm, including all code used to determine what organic and advertising posts are recommended to users, open source in 7 days.”X’s recommendation algorithm has been the subject of investigations by France and the European Commission, the latter of which recently extended through 2026 a retention order that it sent to the company at the beginning of last year. And scrutiny into the platform, along with demands for accountability, have only increased…