A Tipping Point in Online Child Abuse

In 2025, new data show, the volume of child pornography online was likely larger than at any other point in history. A record ...

Microsoft Excel’s new import functions make handling numbers easier

Excel now supports IMPORTTEXT and IMPORTCSV functions that load external text and CSV files as dynamic arrays, making it ...
PCMag

Even Starlink Wants Your Data for AI Model Training. How to Opt Out

SpaceX uses your data to train its machine learning and AI models and might share that with partners who 'help us develop ...

How to protect your credit cards from 'web skimming' scams

Unfortunately, online shoppers aren't immune from this scheme. Web skimming is a type of cyberattack that uses malicious code ...

One Tech Tip: Californians have a new privacy tool for deleting their data

Californians can now use a new tool to request the removal of their personal information from over 500 data brokers.
Digital Trends

NotebookLM can turn your messy data into structured tables for Google Sheets

Google has added a new feature to NotebookLM that turns messy research into something you can actually use. The company has introduced Data Tables, a tool that pulls information from multiple sources ...
The Verge

Google’s turning off its dark web monitoring service that scoured data breaches for your info

Google’s dark web reports gave users important info, but not enough “helpful next steps.” Google’s dark web reports gave users important info, but not enough “helpful next steps.” is a news writer ...
Ars Technica

Google will end dark web reports that alerted users to leaked data

Google began offering “dark web reports” a while back, but the company has just announced the feature will be going away very soon. In an email to users of the service, Google says it will stop ...
TechCrunch

Google debuts ‘Disco,’ a Gemini-powered tool for making web apps from browser tabs

Google on Thursday introduced a new AI experiment for the web browser: the Gemini-powered product Disco, which helps to turn your open tabs into custom applications. With Disco, you can create what ...
The Verge

The scramble to launch data centers into space is heating up

A solar-powered ‘Galactic Brain’ is supposed to side-step energy constraints new data centers face on Earth. A solar-powered ‘Galactic Brain’ is supposed to side-step energy constraints new data ...
Wall Street Journal

Bezos and Musk Race to Bring Data Centers to Space

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launches its new orbital rocket for the first time with two NASA satellites that will fly to Mars to study the red planet’s atmosphere. Photo: Joe Skipper/Reuters Elon Musk and ...
Windows Report

Agent Mode is Generally Available in Excel Web

Microsoft is finally pushing Agent Mode in Excel to more people. The feature is now live for Excel on the web, and it’s the first major rollout for Microsoft 365 Copilot commercial users and Microsoft ...