US and Canadian authorities arrest 23-year-old Jacob Butler, known online as "Dort", for allegedly operating the Kimwolf DDoS botnet, which infected ~2M devices (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

US and Canadian authorities arrest 23-year-old Jacob Butler, known online as "Dort", for allegedly operating the Kimwo…

Meta releases Forum, a Reddit-like standalone app for Facebook Groups, with a feed showing Group conversations and an AI-powered "Ask" feature, on iOS (Mariella Moon/Engadget)

Meta releases Forum, a Reddit-like standalone app for Facebook Groups, with a feed showing Group conversations and an AI-powered…

Sources and data: billions in crypto went through Binance to Iranian regime-linked networks in the two years before the US-Iran war; Binance denies wrongdoing (Wall Street Journal)

Sources and data: billions in crypto went through Binance to Iranian regime-linked networks in the two years before the US-Iran …

AMD CEO Lisa Su projects the CPU market will grow over 35% annually through 2031, up from 3% to 4% historically, driven by AI inference and agentic AI demand (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

AMD CEO Lisa Su projects the CPU market will grow over 35% annually through 2031, up from 3% to 4% historically, driven by AI in…

Analysis: Samsung could distribute ~$26.6B to chip employees, or ~$340K each for its 78,000 staff, as a bonus in early 2027 as part of a last-minute union deal (Bloomberg)

Analysis: Samsung could distribute ~$26.6B to chip employees, or ~$340K each for its 78,000 staff, as a bonus in early 2027 as p…

Nvidia's record result fails to impress investors

Nvidia's record result fails to impress investors https://bit.ly/42OfNYz The chip giant reported more stellar results but it…

AMD pledges to invest $10B+ in Taiwan's chip industry to make advanced chip packaging for AI, and says TSMC will ramp up production of its next-gen Venice chips (Sherry Qin/Wall Street Journal)

AMD pledges to invest $10B+ in Taiwan's chip industry to make advanced chip packaging for AI, and says TSMC will ramp up pro…

Sam Altman says OpenAI offered to invest $2M in tokens in each startup in the current YC batch; a source says the offer is in exchange for equity via SAFE (Jemima McEvoy/The Information)

Sam Altman says OpenAI offered to invest $2M in tokens in each startup in the current YC batch; a source says the offer is in ex…

GitHub confirms breach of ~3,800 internal repositories after one of its employees installed a malicious VS Code extension; TeamPCP claimed responsibility (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

GitHub confirms breach of ~3,800 internal repositories after one of its employees installed a malicious VS Code extension; TeamP…

Elon Musk's OpenAI loss is set to speed up the AI juggernaut amid rising opposition; the case offered a rare glimpse into tech's workings, ending with a whimper (New York Times)

Elon Musk's OpenAI loss is set to speed up the AI juggernaut amid rising opposition; the case offered a rare glimpse into te…

Monzo reports FY 2026 revenue up 39% YoY to £1.7B, pre-tax profit up 44% to £87.3M, users up 3M to 15M+, and deposits up 55% to £25.7B, as it expands lending (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)

Monzo reports FY 2026 revenue up 39% YoY to £1.7B, pre-tax profit up 44% to £87.3M, users up 3M to 15M+, and deposits up 55% to …