Google is automatically enabling AI features that scan and summarize everything in your Google Drive, including private documents. This opt-out change has users questioning the safety of their data and moving to encrypted alternatives.
Microsoft has confirmed it complies with government requests for BitLocker encryption keys, handing them over about 20 times a year. This exposes a major flaw in the default backup to your Microsoft Account. So what are your alternatives?
The fight for AI talent is fiercer than ever, with CEOs like Sam Altman lamenting the tiny pool of qualified people. A new recruiting platform, HelloSky, is betting that the answer lies in data, not pedigree, by using AI to map experts based on real work, not just resumes.
Andreessen Horowitz has secured a colossal $15 billion across multiple new funds. The capital is earmarked for everything from AI infrastructure to biotech and, notably, American defense technology. This move cements the firm’s ambition to be a geopolitical and cultural force, not just a financial o
The Setapp third-party app store has shut down, with developer MacPaw citing Apple’s “still-evolving and complex” business terms. Apple, in a pre-emptive statement, blamed the European Commission’s “political delay tactics” for the failure. The EC is reportedly set to rule that Apple is at fault.
The Chinese AI startup MiniMax saw its shares jump as much as 90% on its first day of trading in Hong Kong on Friday, March 28. The company raised $620 million, significantly outpacing the debut of its rival Zhipu AI just one day earlier.
Eir Partners, a Miami-based private equity firm, has closed its third fund at $1 billion, more than double its 2024 predecessor. The firm focuses on control and minority stakes in healthcare technology companies, from early-stage to mature businesses.
Meta has hired Bill McGinley, a lawyer who served as top counsel for Elon Musk’s DOGE and worked on Trump’s “election integrity” team. The $120,000 lobbying hire is the latest move in Meta’s full-scale political realignment towards Trump’s Washington.
Raspberry Pi Connect is the new official way to access your Pi desktop, but it’s not the only game in town. For users who want more control, better performance, or a simpler local setup, several mature alternatives exist. This guide breaks down five powerful options, including WayVNC, xrdp, RustDesk
Intel’s open-source graphics stack is getting significant upgrades. The new Mesa 26.0 release enables GPU hardware replay for debugging, and the kernel driver is adding Transparent Hugepage support for a major performance lift in shared virtual memory workloads.
