Wayne Williams

Artificial intelligence shapes our daily lives in all manner of ways, which raises a simple but awkward question: when an AI system causes harm, who should be responsible? A new study from South Korea's Pusan National University says the answer isn’t one person or one group, arguing instead that responsibility should be shared across everyone involved, including the AI systems that help shape the outcome.

The paper published in Topoi looks closely at the long-running responsibility gap. That gap appears when AI behaves in ways nobody meant, creating harm that can’t easily be pinned on the system or the people behind it.

Threats are getting harder for organizations to deal with because attackers now have access to generative AI, faster tools, and a growing criminal marketplace that keeps pushing new tactics into the wild.

Plenty of companies still lean on older threat intelligence processes that just weren’t built for this pace. ISACA’s new white paper, Building a Threat-Led Cybersecurity Program with Cyberthreat Intelligence, lays out practical steps to help teams move toward a setup that’s easier to use day to day.

Although AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and Grok are now part of daily life for many Americans, regular users don't fully trust the answers the AI gives them.

A new survey from ChatOn shows that while conversational tools are widely used for speedy answers, writing tasks, and idea generation, concerns about accuracy and privacy are guiding user behavior and many users will turn to Google and other sources to double-check what they’re told rather than blindly trusting responses.

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You may think your passwords are strong, with their mix of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters, but new analysis from Messente shows that they likely aren't as safe as you think. The company's study looked into how quickly AI can crack common passwords, revealing that most were defeated in seconds and only very long, mixed-character passwords offered any kind of real barrier to modern cracking tools.

Messente reviewed 14.2 million real-world passwords using AI systems such as PassGAN alongside GPU-based simulations. The goal was to see how quickly an AI-powered model could crack passwords of different lengths and structures.

Humanity’s search for life beyond Earth took center stage at the Dubai Future Forum 2025, held on November 18 and 19, where scientists said new methods for studying distant worlds could lead to the discovery of extraterrestrial life within a decade. The event also explored advances in gene editing, AI and global demographics, offering a wide view of the forces shaping the future.

Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan, Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, said there is a “good chance” researchers will detect life on another planet soon. He said ongoing studies of exoplanet atmospheres are revealing traces of carbon-based molecules that could point to biological activity. He added: “In my mind, the question is not whether we will find life, because there’s a good chance we will -- the question is: are we prepared to find life as we don’t know it?”

BlueVoyant has released its sixth annual State of Supply Chain Defense report, offering a detailed look at how third-party risk is handled across regions, industries, and maturity levels.

The findings show widening gaps between investment and outcomes, rising breach rates, and growing use of AI to support vendor oversight. The research surveyed one thousand eight hundred senior IT leaders across eleven countries, including three hundred from the UK, and reveals how UK organizations compare with global trends.

Tuxedo Computers has paused development of its planned Linux ARM notebook based on Qualcomm’s first-generation Snapdragon X Elite chip, bringing the eighteen-month project to a halt.

The company says the device won't now move forward in its current form due to technical limitations that prevent it from meeting the standard expected of a Linux-first laptop.

Microsoft has begun rolling out a new Notepad update to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels. The update introduces two big additions to the Windows 11 text editor: table support, and faster streaming-style output for its AI writing tools.

The update, released as version 11.2510.6.0, expands Notepad’s lightweight formatting features while also customizing how AI responses appear.

Microsoft, in conjunction with Activision, Team Xbox, and its Open Source Programs Office, has announced plans to open source some of Infocom’s most iconic interactive fiction. Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III will be released under the MIT License, placing the code for one of the most recognisable early computer game series into accessible public repositories. As someone who spent many hours playing the Zork trilogy (and other Infocom games) over the years, this is fantastic news.

Developers, students, and researchers will be able to examine the structure of the original titles directly rather than relying on secondary documentation or archived binaries. It will also provide a clearer view of how Infocom’s early work was built, maintained, and adapted across platforms.

IBM and Cisco have announced plans to work together on a connected network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers. The collaboration will unite IBM’s progress in quantum hardware with Cisco’s research into quantum networking, creating a system designed to link together multiple advanced quantum machines.

The companies expect this direction to expand quantum computing beyond the limits of individual systems, supported by a planned demonstration of networked quantum computers within five years and further work towards distributed quantum computing in the early 2030s.

Logitech is preparing to open a pop-up store in San Francisco’s Union Square, giving visitors access to its latest products and a closer look at its MX line. The walk-in hub will remain open until late December.

A preview session for media and creators is planned for the first afternoon, offering early access to the layout and product stations. The store will allow Logitech to show how its MX products fit into creative and productivity workflows, and the MX Master 4 mouse is placed at the center of the experience --literally. There will be a giant version of it there for people have photographs taken with.

AdGuard has released a mobile app for DNS-level protection on iOS and Android, offering a simple way to block ads, trackers and harmful sites via encrypted DNS. AdGuard DNS targets users who want network-level filtering while avoiding the complexity of full ad-blocking or VPN tools.

The app is easy to set up and use. After installing it, users can link a device to their AdGuard DNS account by entering a Setup ID from the dashboard or by scanning a QR code.

Google is taking the fight to AI rival ChatGPT with the launch of Gemini 3, the search giant's new flagship AI model built to handle complex reasoning, interpret multiple types of media and power new agent features across Search, the Gemini app, developer tools and enterprise platforms.

In a note announcing the new model, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said, “Nearly two years ago we kicked off the Gemini era, one of our biggest scientific and product endeavors ever undertaken as a company. Since then, it’s been incredible to see how much people love it.”

Vibe coding has surged in popularity in the last year. Tools like Lovable, Replit, and v0 are giving anyone the ability to generate apps without writing a single line of code. The experience is fast, intuitive, and surprisingly powerful, fueling a wave of innovation across both consumer and enterprise settings.

But as companies rush to adopt these tools, a new challenge has emerged. Employees are beginning to build their own AI-powered applications using whatever platforms they can find, often connecting them to live business data. It is a trend some experts are calling the rise of “shadow AI,” where software is created outside of established security and governance frameworks.

Anyone creating projects on a Raspberry Pi can now link their devices directly to ChatGPT via a new tool from noBGP called pi GPT. The integration lets users vibe code, build and manage software on their own devices without relying on cloud services.

Instead of preparing network settings, handling ports, or moving between multiple consoles, pi GPT users can work inside ChatGPT and direct tasks to a Raspberry Pi on a desk or in a workshop. The platform connects Pi devices through noBGP’s deterministic networking system, which delivers consistent routing, private links, and predictable behavior across different environments.