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Policy violations linked to GenAI applications more than doubled year-on-year, with the average organization now recording 223 GenAI-related data policy violations per month. Among the top 25 percent of organizations, this figure rises to 2,100 incidents per month.

A new report from Netskope Threat Labs also highlights the continued prevalence of shadow AI, despite growing investment in company-approved AI tools.

Other World Computing (OWC) has introduced an 8TB version of its Envoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5 SSD, expanding the range with what it says is the first bus-powered Thunderbolt 5 drive at this capacity. The new model joins the existing Envoy Ultra lineup and is aimed at users who need large, fast external storage without external power.

The Envoy Ultra uses the Thunderbolt 5 interface and is designed to function as high-speed external storage for demanding workloads. With 8TB of capacity, it can handle large project libraries, raw media files, and backups that exceed the limits of internal SSDs on laptops and compact desktops.

Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, DuRoBo’s Krono ePaper Focus Hub is coming to buyers in the United States and mainland Europe, offering a dedicated device for reading, note-taking, and basic audio use without the distractions of a full tablet. New accessories are also launching alongside it, including fitted cases and a Bluetooth remote.

Krono uses a 6.13-inch Carta 1200 ePaper display with a 300ppi resolution. The screen is designed for text clarity rather than color or motion, making it better suited to long reading sessions than conventional displays. Glare is kept low, and the panel remains readable across different lighting conditions.

Amazon has decided to allow Alexa+ to break out of its cage. No longer confined to Amazon devices, the artificial intelligence-powered assistant is gradually rolling out to the web, ready to be used by anyone – eventually.

For now, the availability of Alexa+ on the web is limited to Early Access users, but even this marks a significant change in approach by Amazon.

If you’ve been looking for a reason to ditch Windows 11, the latest version of Manjaro Linux might just be it. Manjaro 26.0 Anh-Linh (Vietnamese for a noble or sacred soul), updates all three of its main desktop editions with changes to app performance, window behavior, theming controls, and remote access.

This release focuses on parts of the system people use every day. App loading, desktop layout options, permissions, and system controls have all been improved, and are noticeable as soon as you start using the desktop.

Cherry Xtrfy is launching its first magnetic switch keyboards, using tunnel magnetoresistance sensing instead of Hall effect. Magnetic switches are increasingly used in gaming keyboards for their speed, adjustable actuation, and consistent input behavior.

Magnetic switch keyboards work without physical electrical contacts. Instead they detect key presses by measuring changes in a magnetic field as a key moves, which allows actuation points to be tuned and inputs to register earlier in the press.

Referred variously as a pirate site, a media archive and a shadow library, Anna’s Archive is notorious. The site was only recently in the headlines after it claimed to have “backed up” almost all of Spotify’s music catalog.

Like many sites of its ilk – think PirateBay – Anna’s Archive uses various domains to try to avoid being taken offline completely. However, the site's main domain, Annas-archive.org, has now been suspended.

For people who like to have access to all of their emails in one handy location Gmail has long offered the facility to import messages from other accounts using POP3.

From this month that feature is going to be withdrawn. A note on Google’s support pages says, “Fetching emails from third-party accounts into your Gmail account, with POP, will no longer be supported.”

NuraLogix has announced a home wellness device designed to turn a short selfie scan into insights about your long term health. The Longevity Mirror targets users who are interested in understanding how daily habits relate to future health outcomes, without relying on wearables, physical sensors, or manual measurements.

The device combines a full size mirror with an integrated camera and processing system. Users sit or stand in front of it for about 30 seconds while it captures a short facial video.

While AI promises lightning-fast transformation, many organizations are running into problems when outdated, complex networks bog down deployments, forcing costly redesigns and leaving businesses waiting months instead of weeks to implement AI at scale.

We spoke to Amir Khan, CEO at Alkira, to learn why fixing the network has become foundational to unlocking real AI value.

A hacking group claiming to have breached the defenses of Resecurity and gained access to internal data was actually fooled by a honeypot stuffed with synthetic data, says the security firm at the center of the story.

Dating back a few weeks, the data breach was originally thought to have been the work of the notorious ShinyHunters group. It is now clear that this group was not involved, and that no real data was accessed.

Every social media platform needs to not only attract but then keep different types of audience. TikTok has already bet big on sport, and now it is doubling down on it with TikTok GamePlan.

Available globally, the resource provides fans of sport – including football and athletics – with detailed, up-to-the-minute analysis not of sport itself, but of the behavior of other fans, trending conversations and more.

The start of a new year is often seen as a reason for starting new routines, ditching bad habits, and improving health. And, of course, there are plenty of companies ready to jump on the “new year, new you” bandwagon to provide tools, ideas and apps; and Apple is no different.

The company has announced new programs for Apple Fitness+ which it says will help to transform the fitness of Apple Watch owners. In addition to new workout programs, there are also new playlists from featured artists to help with motivation.

Generative AI (GenAI) is reshaping software development, closing the long‑standing gap between surging demand for new applications and the limited supply of skilled developers. But this AI‑driven leap in productivity comes with an unexpected twist: it’s also dissolving the traditional technological edge that once set companies apart.

So where does sustainable advantage come from in this new world? We sat down with Matthias Steiner, senior director of global business innovation at Syntax, to explore how enterprises can redefine their competitive edge in the GenAI era.

Instagram head Adam Mosseri has ended 2025 in a reflective mood, looking at the social media trends he sees being the hallmarks of the year ahead. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he sees the onslaught of AI continuing, and has some thoughts about what this means and how to handle it.

Mosseri makes a couple of statements that are difficult to disagree with: “Deepfakes are getting better and better”, and “AI is generating photographs and videos indistinguishable from captured media”. Interestingly, though, he does not necessarily see this as a problem.