Step Finance Shuts Down After Suffering $40M Hack
Step Finance, a portfolio management dashboard on the Solana network, announced it is shutting down its operations following a significant security breach that drained...
Indonesia Upholds Data Transfer Rules for US Firms
Indonesia is holding firm on its data governance regulations, signaling to U.S. technology firms that compliance with cross-border data transfer and localization requirements is...
Crypto Fraud Leader Gets 20 Years for $73M Scam
Daren Li, a dual citizen of China and St. Kitts and Nevis, received a 20-year federal prison sentence in the U.S. in early 2026...
AI Used to Breach 600+ Systems in 55 Countries
A small group of threat actors has successfully used commercial generative AI services to breach more than 600 security systems across 55 countries. According...
X Threatens Suspensions Over Undisclosed Ads as Bier Expands Crackdown
X's head of product Nikita Bier issued his strongest enforcement threat yet on February 21, 2026, demanding accounts disclose paid partnerships or face suspension....
Android AI Apps Expose User Photos and Private Data
Security researchers have discovered widespread data exposure across popular Android AI applications, with user photos, videos, and identity documents publicly accessible due to misconfigured...
AI Chatbots Show Bias Against Non-Native English Speakers
Large language models (LLMs) from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta show significant bias against non-native English speakers and users with less formal education, according to...
Google Cloud Expands MCP Support for PostgreSQL and NoSQL Databases
Google Cloud announced on February 10, 2026, that it now provides managed Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for six database services and documentation tools,...
Google App Pushes Odd Grok AI Alerts to iPhone Users
The Google app for iPhone recently sent an unsolicited push notification featuring the term "Grok" to an unknown number of users. According to user...
Ireland Probes X’s Grok AI Over Data Privacy Concerns
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has initiated a formal, large-scale inquiry into X's generative AI model, Grok, following significant data privacy and safety concerns....