General Cyber News via Ars Technica Risk Assessment

New policy requires "buy for me" AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform.
Publish Date: 1/22/2026
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Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.
Publish Date: 1/21/2026
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The web's best guide to spotting AI writing has become a manual for hiding it.
Publish Date: 1/21/2026
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Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.
Publish Date: 1/19/2026
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Reseller says Rackspace plans to charge it 706 percent more.
Publish Date: 1/16/2026
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Ads coming to free tier and new $8/month ChatGPT Go plan in US.
Publish Date: 1/16/2026
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Windows laggards still using the vulnerable hashing function: Your days are numbered.
Publish Date: 1/16/2026
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Amid fears of bubble, world's top chipmaker TSMC says customers just keep asking for more.
Publish Date: 1/16/2026
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Wikimedia Enterprise signs Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral to API access deals.
Publish Date: 1/15/2026
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Exploit exfiltrating data from chat histories worked even after users closed chat windows.
Publish Date: 1/14/2026
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Indie music store says it wants fans to have confidence music was largely made by humans.
Publish Date: 1/14/2026
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“General interest in AI PCs has been wavering for a while..."
Publish Date: 1/13/2026
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VoidLink includes an unusually broad and advanced array of capabilities.
Publish Date: 1/13/2026
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US defense secretary announces plans for integration despite recent controversies.
Publish Date: 1/13/2026
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Company responds to community concerns over electricity bills and water use.
Publish Date: 1/13/2026
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AI Overviews provided false liver test information experts called alarming.
Publish Date: 1/12/2026
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New feature will allow users to link medical and wellness records to AI chatbot.
Publish Date: 1/8/2026
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Will LLMs ever be able to stamp out the root cause of these attacks? Possibly not.
Publish Date: 1/8/2026
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Californians can now submit demands requiring 500 brokers to delete their data.
Publish Date: 1/5/2026
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The past year has seen plenty of hacks and outages. Here are the ones topping the list.
Publish Date: 12/31/2025
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