Outages, cable cuts, power failures, and more – 2025 was a rough year for the internet; these were its toughest moments

Internet outages in 2025 were driven by power failures, weather damage, cable cuts, and routine technical faults across diverse regions.
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When agentic AI systems fall into the wrong hands

Agentic AI is transforming daily life, but its autonomy raises urgent privacy, security and ethical risks.

Why so many businesses are still on the wrong side of the AI divide

There’s a big mismatch between what organization’s priorities are and what they should be and how they are handling their operations.
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I tested the KYY X90E laptop screen extender – a heavyweight dual-screen portable monitor with a lightweight price-tag

The KYY X90E Portable Monitor is an easy way to give more screen space to a laptop

Xi Jinping says ‘epoch-making technological transformation’ of AI can change the human race – but unsurprisingly wants Chinese firms to lead the way

Xi Jinping sees AI as a national priority while China manages overcapacity, promotes domestic breakthroughs, and prepares the 15th Five-Year Plan.
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Nvidia’s next-gen full Earth-2 digital twin AI models will predict and forecast the next big storm faster and more accurately

Nvidia Earth-2 AI models integrate high-resolution data and open source tools to deliver faster, more accurate global and local weather forecasts.
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This startup, backed by Bill Gates, is looking to transform computing as we know it – optical transistors could upend Moore’s Law and allow more powerful GPUs

Neurophos develops optical GPU Tulkas T100, achieving 470 petaFLOPS, high RAM, and SSD integration, aiming to advance AI computation.
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This $110 standing desk deal from our favorite maker fixes the biggest design flaw found on almost every other budget model

FlexiSpot’s EN1 standing desk features a sturdy one-piece 48×24-inch desktop with smooth electric height adjustment, and it’s just received a $60 price cut.
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The biggest DDoS attack ever has been detected – but fortunately you probably barely noticed it

Cloudflare mitigated a major attack on a telco which broke all previous records.

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Over 175,000 publicly exposed Ollama AI servers discovered worldwide – so fix now

Exposed servers are being used for LLMjacking, creating malicious content and being sold on the black market.

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