Author: The Tech Guy

OpenAI is launching a new way for developers to build applications inside of ChatGPT. Starting Monday, users in ChatGPT will be able to access interactive applications from companies like Booking.com, Expedia, Spotify, Figma, Coursera, Zillow, and Canva. OpenAI is also launching a preview of the Apps SDK, the developer-facing toolkit to build these apps. OpenAI made the announcement at its annual developer conference, DevDay 2025. “We want ChatGPT to be a great way for people to make progress, to be more productive, more inventive, to learn faster, to do whatever they’re trying to do in their lives better,” said CEO…

Kindles are one of the best single-use devices on the market. I hate to even say single-use, since I read so much more than Amazon’s e-books. But at their core, Kindle devices serve as a platform for distraction-free reading without straining your eyes, no matter the time of day or how much sunlight is beating down on the screen. E Ink really is worth the hype, I fear. What I love most about my Kindle is its simplicity. Yet within that simplicity, there’s no shortage of settings and accessibility options to make the reading experience my own. Amazon toes the…

Enterprises expanding AI deployments are hitting an invisible performance wall. The culprit? Static speculators that can't keep up with shifting workloads.Speculators are smaller AI models that work alongside large language models during inference. They draft multiple tokens ahead, which the main model then verifies in parallel. This technique (called speculative decoding) has become essential for enterprises trying to reduce inference costs and latency. Instead of generating tokens one at a time, the system can accept multiple tokens at once, dramatically improving throughput.Together AI today announced research and a new system called ATLAS (AdapTive-LeArning Speculator System) that aims to help enterprises…

SecurityWeek’s cybersecurity news roundup provides a concise compilation of noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar. We provide a valuable summary of stories that may not warrant an entire article, but are nonetheless important for a comprehensive understanding of the cybersecurity landscape. Each week, we curate and present a collection of noteworthy developments, ranging from the latest vulnerability discoveries and emerging attack techniques to significant policy changes and industry reports.  Here are this week’s stories: Gladinet vulnerability exploited in the wild A vulnerability affecting Gladinet’s CentreStack and Triofox products has been exploited in the wild, Huntress warns. CentreStack…

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images AI bots are everywhere now, filling everything from online stores to social media. But that sudden ubiquity could end up being a very bad thing, according to a new paper from Stanford University scientists who unleashed AI models into different environments — including social media — and found that when they were rewarded for success at tasks like boosting likes and other online engagement metrics, the bots increasingly engaged in unethical behavior like lying and spreading hateful messages or misinformation. “Competition-induced misaligned behaviors emerge even when models are explicitly instructed to…

Verdict Xiaomi’s latest premium mid-ranger brings the fight to proper flagships, featuring a premium design, a top-end screen, flagship performance and surprisingly capable cameras for its £649 price tag. Is it the perfect flagship replacement? No, but for most people, it’ll be close enough. Great camera performance Looks and feels like a top-end phone Flagship-level power Massive 6.82-inch AMOLED screen No LTPO screen tech Rarely hits the full 144Hz HyperOS is far from the stock Android experience Key Features Review Price: £649 Capable cameras The flagship-level 50MP main and 50MP periscope lenses are surprisingly capable for the price Flagship performance…

Hopper Technology Solutions launched a breakthrough artificial intelligence system Wednesday that can autonomously handle complex travel customer service issues from start to finish, a major advance in AI-powered automation for the trillion-dollar travel industry.The new system, called HTS Assist, can conduct entire customer service conversations through voice or chat, accessing airline booking systems to cancel flights, process refunds, and even book replacement accommodations — all without human intervention.In demonstrations with VentureBeat, the AI agent seamlessly navigated complex scenarios like rebooking missed connections and arranging rental cars, completing transactions that typically require multiple system logins and policy checks."We're one of the…

In the UK’s increasingly digitized economy, where trust underpins everything from online banking and NHS communications to legal and supply chain operations, that trust is being undermined by a growing threat: lookalike domains.These deceptive web addresses are designed to mimic legitimate ones and are now widely used in email impersonation attacks targeting British businesses and public institutions.Elia OkulovskiSocial Links NavigationCyber Threat Intelligence Analyst at BlueVoyant.For example, cybercriminals reportedly registered a lookalike domain mimicking a well-known logistics platform used by UK freight brokers. The fake domain was reportedly nearly identical to the legitimate one, differing by just a single character or…

Microsoft’s new sustainability report, released late last week, shows how a carbon-heavy economy can weigh on a company that wants to be carbon light. Since 2020, the company’s carbon emissions are up 23.4%, mostly a result of breakneck data center buildout to support its growing cloud and AI operations. Buying enough clean electricity is actually the easy part — it’s the facilities themselves that are laden with carbon-intensive materials and products, including steel, concrete, and computer chips. “We reflect the challenges the world must overcome to develop and use greener concrete, steel, fuels, and chips,” a Microsoft spokesperson told TechCrunch…

Three exploitation campaigns targeting Cisco and Palo Alto Networks firewalls and Fortinet VPNs originate from IPs on the same subnets, GreyNoise has discovered. The threat intelligence firm initially warned of scanning attempts targeting Cisco ASA devices in early September, roughly three weeks before Cisco disclosed two zero-day vulnerabilities impacting Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software. The bugs, tracked as CVE-2025-20333 (CVSS score of 9.9) and CVE-2025-20362 (CVSS score of 6.5), were exploited in attacks linked to the ArcaneDoor espionage campaign, which has been attributed to hackers based in China. Last week, GreyNoise warned…