Manager of botnet used in ransomware attacks gets 2 years in prison

A Russian national has been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting that the phishing botnet he managed was used to ...

Self-propagating malware poisons open source software and wipes Iran-based machines

A new hacking group has been rampaging the Internet in a persistent campaign that spreads a self-propagating and never-before ...
al.com

Here’s the average American’s net worth at 20, 30, 40, 50 and beyond

What does age have to do with net worth? Your age is one of the strongest predictors of your net worth, according to a recent report. A report by financial services company Empower found that the ...
Morningstar

8 Charts on US Fund Flows in 2025: Highest Net Inflows Since 2021

8 Charts on US Fund Flows in 2025: Highest Net Inflows Since 2021 Passives, ETFs, bonds, and gold were among the big winners for the year. Drew Carter and Joe Bullard Jan 16, 2026 ...
PC World

Pretty much no one is using Microsoft’s Copilot AI, report suggests

PCWorld reports that Microsoft’s Copilot AI holds only 1.1% of the web AI market share, declining from 1.5% over the past year. ChatGPT dominates with 64.5% market share while Google’s Gemini has ...
Education Week

More Teachers Are Using AI in Their Classrooms. Here’s Why

The percentage of teachers who are using artificial intelligence-driven tools in their classrooms nearly doubled between 2023 and 2025, according to data from the EdWeek Research Center. In 2023, a ...
Pew Research Center

What we know about internet use, smartphone ownership and digital divides in the U.S.

For 25 years, Pew Research Center has tracked some of the biggest technological shifts in history. Note: We conducted polls via phone from 2000 to 2021; via web and mail in 2023; and via web, mail and ...
Newsweek

How Nancy Pelosi’s Net Worth Changed Dramatically in Congress

Representative Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic former House Speaker, announced her retirement on Thursday. Pelosi, the only woman to ever hold the office of House Speaker, said she would not seek ...
Futurism

Lawyer Gets Caught Using AI in Court, Responds in the Worst Possible Way

What is it with lawyers and AI? We don’t know, but it feels like an inordinate number of them keep screwing up with AI tools, apparently never learning from their colleagues who get publicly crucified ...
NPR

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship or knows someone who has

New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone ...
CNN

Your kid is using AI for homework this year. Now what?

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ...
Scientific American

ChatGPT Is Changing the Words We Use in Conversation

After its release in late 2022, ChatGPT reached 100 million users in just two months, making it the fastest-growing consumer application in history. Since then the artificial intelligence (AI) tool ...