LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Britain will start regulating cryptoassets from October 2027, the finance ministry said on Monday, rules it hopes will give the industry certainty while keeping out "dodgy actors". Read full story

PLUS: Crims could burn your AI budgets thanks to weak defaults; CISA's top 25 vulns for 2025; And more Infosec In Brief The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has found that cyber-deception tactics such as honeypots and decoy accounts designed to fool attackers can be useful if implemented very carefully.

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An anonymous reader shared this report from the BBC: A billionaire investor keen on buying TikTok's US operations has told the BBC he has been left in limbo as the latest deadline for the app's sale looms. The US has repeatedly delayed the date by which the platform's Chinese owner, Bytedance, must sell or be blocked for American users. US President Donald Trump appears poised to extend the deadline for a fifth time on Tuesday. "We're just standing by and waiting to see what happens," investor ..

The Pixel Watch 4 is Googles latest stab at the premium smartwatch market. As the successor to last year's Pixel Watch 3, the new model may not look all that different on the surface. But underneath that domed exterior is a slew of improvements, including a new display, an updated chipset, longer battery life with faster charging, improved fitness tracking, and Google's latest Wear OS software with Material 3 Expressive design. Starting at $349 for the 41mm version, the Pixel Watch 4 appears ..

Google seems to be cracking down on the use of Disney characters in AI- generated videos on YouTube after it was hit with a cease and desist letter. According to reports by Variety and Deadline , the company removed dozens of videos featuring Deadpool, Moana, Mickey Mouse, Star Wars characters and other Disney IP as of Friday, just days after Disney accused it of "infringing Disneys copyrights on a massive scale." The letter, seen by both publications earlier this week, called out Google not ..

An anonymous reader shared this report from the Los Angeles Times: Popular podcast host Steven Bartlett has used an AI clone to launch a new kind of content aimed at the 13 million followers of his podcast "Diary of a CEO." On YouTube, his clone narrates "100 CEOs With Steven Bartlett," which adds AI- generated animation to Bartlett's cloned voice to tell the life stories of entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs and Richard Branson. Erica Mandy, the Redondo Beach-based host of the daily news podcast ..

In his Sunday column for Investing Club subscribers, CNBC's Jim Cramer writes about the issues facing Broadcom and Costco.

In the same month that Grok opted for a second Holocaust over vaporizing Elon Musk's brain, the AI chatbot is on the fritz again. Following the Bondi Beach shooting in Australia during a festival to mark the start of Hanukkah, Grok is responding to user requests with inaccurate or completely unrelated info, as first spotted by Gizmodo . Grok's confusion seems to be most apparent with a viral video that shows a 43-year-old bystander, identified as Ahmed al Ahmed , wrestling a gun away from an ..

AI "has gutted entry-level roles in the tech industry," reports Rest of World. One student at a high-ranking engineering college in India tells them that among his 400 classmates, "fewer than 25% have secured job offers... there's a sense of panic on the campus." Students at engineering colleges in India, China, Dubai, and Kenya are facing a "jobpocalypse" as artificial intelligence replaces humans in entry-level roles. Tasks once assigned to fresh graduates, such as debugging, testing, and ..

Toshibas new roadmap shows a 40TB hard drive arriving in 2026 and a push toward 55TB models by 2030 as it advances platter stacking technologies.

"Polar bears are still sadly expected to go extinct this century," with two- thirds of the population gone by 2050," says the lead researcher on a new study from the University of East Anglia in Britain. But their research also suggests polar bears "are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive," reports NBC News, in "the first documented case of rising temperatures driving genetic change in a mammal." "I believe our work really does offer a glimmer of hope a window of opportunity ..

If you're several chapters into a novel and forgot who a character was, Amazon is hoping its new Kindle feature will jog your memory without ever having to put the e-reader down. This feature, called Ask this Book , was announced during Amazon's hardware event in September, but is finally available for US users on the Kindle iOS app. According to Amazon, the feature can currently be found on thousands of English best-selling Kindle titles and "only reveals information up to your current reading ..

America's solar industry "just delivered another huge quarter," reports Electrek, "installing 11.7 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in Q3 2025. That makes it the third-largest quarter on record and pushes total solar additions this year past 30 GW..." According to the new "US Solar Market Insight Q4 2025" report from Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, 85% of all new power added to the grid during the first nine months of the Trump administration came from solar and ..

Android devices could work better for passengers if this anti-motion sickness feature finally sees the light of day.

SPhotonix says it has moved its so-called 5D Memory Crystal technology out of the lab and closer to real-world deployment.

If youre willing to use an older AM4 platform, this Newegg deal pairs a B550 motherboard with 32GB of DDR4 RAM, a full-size liquid cooler, and a case, offering a strong foundation for a Ryzen 5000 gaming PC at a reduced cost.

Close enough, welcome back Xperia Play . After releasing a teaser video in early November, Ayaneo fully revealed its first smartphone called the Pocket Play . As suspected, the Ayaneo Pocket Play features a sliding mechanism that transforms it from a chunky smartphone into a gaming handheld. In its gaming configuration, the Pocket Play features a controller setup with a D-pad, ABXY buttons and four shoulder buttons. However, Ayaneo has modernized the Xperia Play design by incorporating two ..

Following prior benchmarks, the man himself, der8auer, has disassembled the RTX Titan Ada prototype he's had for months. Inside, the card is a maze of wires, connections, and side-plate wizardry, holding together a beastly quad- slot design that had not one but two 12VHPWR (600W) connectors and a side- mounted PCB.

Nonprofit Code.org released its 2025 State of AI & Computer Science Education report this week with a state-by-state analysis of school policies complaining that "0 out of 50 states require AI+CS for graduation." But meanwhile, at the college level, "Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in AI," writes former college president Michael Nietzel, "starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026." The new "AI working ..

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said Friday he was moving to file a bipartisan bill to repeal Section 230 of America's Communications Decency Act. "The law prevents most civil suits against users or services that are based on what others say," explains an EFF blog post. "Experts argue that a repeal of Section 230 could kill free speech on the internet," writes LiveMint though America's last two presidents both supported a repeal: During his first presidency, U.S. President Donald Trump called ..

A collaborative research team has demonstrated what it says is the first monolithic 3D integrated circuit manufactured at a commercial U.S. foundry.

Software company ServiceNow is in advanced discussions to acquire Armis, a cybersecurity startup last valued at $6.1 billion.

Grab kini mengumumkan penawaran perkhidmatan GrabShuttle di Johor, sekaligus memudahkan pengguna di Johor yang ingin menaiki Perkhidmatan Tren Elektrik 3 (ETS3) yang telah memulakan operasi sejak 12 Disember 2025. Grab menyokong kawasan berdekatan dengan Stesen JB Sentral, membolehkan pengguna membuat tempahan seru-pandu bagi perjalanan ke dan dari stesen berkenaan. Melalui GrabShuttle, anda akan berkongsi pemanduan []

The Google Pixel 10a, which will arrive early next year, will have identical core specs to the 9a - a 6.3-inch 120Hz AMOLED display, a 13MP selfie camera, and the same dual camera on the back. Next up is a 5,100mAh battery (same as 2025's a series phone), same 23W charging, and possibly even the same Tensor G4 SoC. Speaking of same, many rumors have painted a picture of a very same- same Galaxy S26 series. But one of the few upgrades will seemingly be the addition of MagSafe. Samsung will likely ..

Some of the most exciting phones in years could be landing in 2026, from the iPhone Fold to the Ayaneo Pocket Play and beyond.

These compact walking pads fit under your desk and make staying active so much easier.

Thin, light, and flexible electronics technology commercialized in new Fabric Speaker Portable product.

Whether youre going off-grid or safeguarding against blackouts, these beefy, WIRED-tested batteries can keep the lights on.

The innovative smart baby monitor ecosystem adds a tablet to its lineup. Is it worth overlooking some quirks?

The Godlike X is an excellent flagship motherboard offering the best of whats available. The Xs limited run and included goodies make it collectible, but the price for exclusivity could be prohibitive.

Commodore International Corporation has initiated legal action against Italian start-up Commodore Industries, claiming that a set of Commodore trademarks registered in Europe in 2017 were improperly granted.

Split View and Slide Over are getting more straightforward with the latest iPadOS update, available now.

35 years ago today, Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons - Episode 1: Marooned on Mars was released by a dev team including John Carmack and John Romero.

At Dells APJC Predictions: 2026 & Beyond briefing, executives shared how AI is moving into a more mature phase, where scalability, governance, and sovereign infrastructure are shaping how businesses and governments across the region actually put AI to work. The post Dell Technologies maps out how AI adoption in Asia is shifting from hype to real-world impact appeared first on Nasi Lemak Tech .