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Google has announced a significant holiday promotion offering a 50% discount on its AI Pro annual plan, though the deal comes with a major restriction. The price cut is exclusively available to new subscribers, meaning existing Google One members are ineligible to redeem the offer.
Another gift before 2026
The Pentagon announced on Monday via press release the addition of frontier AI systems based on the Grok family of models to its AI Arsenal, integrated into the GenAI.mil platform, to enhance efficiency across operations.
The GenAI.mil platform launched earlier this month and incorporates Google’s Gemini for Government, as detailed in a prior press release. This platform serves as a comprehensive...
Generative AI is democratizing e-commerce fraud, with scammers increasingly using AI-generated images to secure refunds for items they never return. According to Wired, online shopping platforms—which have long relied on customer-submitted photos to validate refund requests—are struggling to distinguish between real and fabricated damage claims.
The issue has become particularly acute on Chinese...
Amazon announced on Thursday that its AI-powered digital assistant Alexa+ will integrate with Angi, Expedia, Square, and Yelp starting in 2026 to enable users to book hotels, obtain home-service quotes, and schedule salon appointments.
The expansions target practical consumer needs by connecting Alexa+ directly to service providers. Angi provides quotes for home services such as repairs and...
U.S. insurance giant Aflac confirmed a data breach on Tuesday it has begun notifying 22.65 million customers after hackers stole their personal and health information in a June cyberattack.
In June, Aflac disclosed the data breach, revealing that hackers accessed customers’ personal information, including Social Security numbers and health information, but did not specify the number of victims at...
Xbox has expanded its cloud gaming support to select Amazon Fire TV smart TV models, specifically the Fire TV 4-Series and the Fire TV Omni QLED Series. This integration allows users to play Xbox games directly on their televisions without requiring a console or an external streaming stick. The service is accessible via the Xbox app on these devices, joining the lineup of previously supported...
Porsche released a Christmas advertisement featuring hand-drawn and 3D animation, produced by Parallel Studio. The short depicts a man and his Porsche attending car meets and taking nighttime drives during the festive season.
Parallel Studio, experts in animation and illustration, created the advertisement. It presents a slice-of-life storyline centered on the man and his vehicle. The production...
ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the cybersecurity firm Armis for $7.75 billion in cash. This represents the largest acquisition in the company’s history. While the deal expands ServiceNow’s capabilities in device security and creates a unified “security exposure and operations stack,” the announcement has weighed heavily on ServiceNow stock as investors...
As 2025 draws to a close, the bill for the Artificial Intelligence boom has officially come due. While corporate roadmaps remain cluttered with generative pilots, the gap between “magic” and “margin” in AI revenue generation is widening.
Recent data paints a stark picture of this “ROI Gap.” According to a December 2025 study from MIT, nearly 95% of enterprise AI projects are currently failing to...
China launched its first state-owned reusable rocket, the Long March 12A, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Monday. The mission succeeded in orbital insertion and payload deployment but failed to recover the first-stage booster during a vertical landing attempt 250 kilometers downrange.
The Long March 12A, developed by the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology...