Category: IT NEWS & UPDATES

Cloudflare has successfully mitigated a record-breaking DDoS attack in May 2025 that peaked at an unprecedented 7.3 terabits per second (Tbps), making it the largest distributed denial of service attack ever recorded.

A recent bug in Microsoft’s Family Safety feature has been preventing Google Chrome from opening on Windows PCs, frustrating users since early June.

Meta has confirmed that it won’t roll out ads on WhatsApp’s Updates tab in the European Union until 2026.

The launch of Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), has been postponed again on Friday, as NASA and its partners continue technical evaluations.

Adobe has quietly launched a new computational photography app for iPhones, called Project Indigo, developed by Adobe Labs.

OpenAI appears to be testing Gmail and Google Calendar integration within ChatGPT, aiming to enhance how users manage emails and schedules using AI.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance faced an unexpected hiccup while joining Bluesky on Wednesday evening, as his newly created account was briefly suspended by the platform.

One of SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicles exploded late Wednesday night during a test on a stand in Texas, raising new questions about the timeline of the company’s next orbital launch.

DuckDuckGo has enhanced its built-in scam protection tool to now detect and warn users about fake e-commerce websites, fraudulent crypto exchanges, and misleading virus scam pages.

Midjourney has officially launched V1, its long-awaited AI video generation model, allowing users to turn images into short animated clips.

Facebook is rolling out passkey support on its mobile app, enabling users to log in using device-based authentication methods, such as fingerprint, face scan, or PIN.

YouTube is set to integrate Google’s latest AI video generation model, Veo 3, into YouTube Shorts later this summer, as announced by CEO Neal Mohan during a keynote at Cannes Lions.

US President Donald Trump has once again extended the deadline for TikTok to separate from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a ban in the United States.

Amid a growing conflict with Israel, Iran has started restricting internet access for its citizens and is reportedly preparing to completely disconnect from the global internet by Tuesday night.

NASA has again rescheduled the launch of the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), until Sunday, June 22.

Adobe has officially launched its first dedicated artificial intelligence smartphone app, bringing powerful generative tools to users on iOS and Android.

UK-based payment processor Paddle.com and its U.S. subsidiary will pay $5 million to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) allegations that it facilitated deceptive tech support scams targeting U.S. consumers, including vulnerable older adults.

Meta’s Threads is expanding its support for the federated social network, known as the fediverse, with two major updates: a new dedicated feed for federated posts and the ability to search for users across platforms like Mastodon directly from the Threads app.

Intel is reportedly preparing to lay off as much as 20 percent of its factory workforce within its Foundry division, according to an internal memo obtained by The Oregonian.

The Department of Defense has announced a $200 million contract with an AI company to develop advanced tools for national security, including systems for proactive cyber defense.