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If learning a new skill is one of your New Year’s resolutions, then you might want to know that MasterClass subscriptions are currently 50 percent off. This brings the top-tier subscription with offline mode and use on up to six devices down from $240 annually to $120. The entry-level plan, which supports just one device and doesn’t offer offline viewing, is marked down to $60 from $120.MasterClassOver the past few years, MasterClass has grown to over 200 classes, sessions and original series. You can learn about entrepreneurship from Richard Branson, screenwriting from Aaron Sorkin, cooking from Gordon Ramsay and heaps…
The widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has said the Turning Point USA organisation he founded will help elect JD Vance as president in 2028, despite the current US vice-president having yet to announce he is running.Erika Kirk’s endorsement on Thursday came on the opening day of Turning Point’s annual America Fest conference, the organisation’s largest gathering since her husband was shot dead in September.”We are going to get my husband’s friend, JD Vance, elected for 48 in the most resounding way possible,” Kirk said, referring to the 48th president. Trump is the 47th.Vance, meanwhile, is scheduled to speak at…
Everything you need to know ahead of Aston Villa’s Super Sunday clash with Man United in the Premier League on December 21.
For business leaders, if your security strategy for 2026 still revolves around keeping attackers out, you might already be behind. Businesses must be prepared for every eventuality in the new year. Cyber attacks are becoming faster, more automated and far more disruptive. AI has given attackers the ability to move at incredible speeds, exploit vulnerabilities in seconds, and launch attacks at scale with minimal human involvement. The days of incident response teams having time to think, triage and test are long gone. But the big issue as we go into next year is what happens after the breach. Time…
Behold Mark Zuckerberg: man of principle. Witness the Meta CEO’s dedication to the most high-minded of causes: “currying favor with whoever’s in charge.” In 2013, when Barack Obama was president, Zuckerberg co-founded FWD.us, a pro-immigration advocacy group. For years, he vocally supported providing paths to citizenship for “the most talented and hardest-working people, no matter where they were born.” Now, in 2025, with Donald Trump back in power and pushing draconian immigration policies, Zuckerberg’s philanthropy organization has officially cut ties with the group. Who says Big Tech executives don’t stand for anything?On Friday, Bloomberg reported on the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative…
BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg asked Vladimir Putin about his plans for the future of the country, during the president’s annual end-of-year televised event.The Russian leader responded by saying he’s calling for greater respect from other Western leaders.”Western politicians created the current situation with their own hands”, Putin said, adding that “they constantly talk about preparing for war with Russia”.The president also said that plans to attack Europe are “nonsense”.
Everything you need to know including predictions, expected line-ups and how to watch, as Tottenham clash with Liverpool in the Premier League.
I will remember 2025 as the year when AI agents became the key vulnerability, identity threats pivoted from stolen passwords to convincing synthetic impersonation, and nation-states began targeting the models and data used to train AI. On top of all that, post-quantum cryptography (PQC) moved from academic theory to a potential Millennium Bug-like risk all over again. AI agents became the largest unmonitored attack surface The biggest and most subtle shift in 2025 wasn’t AI-driven attacks from outside; it was what happened inside enterprises. Autonomous AI agents quietly proliferated across ticketing systems, CRMs, developer tools, and even cloud consoles.…
This week, Engadget Managing Editor Cherlynn Low joins us to look back at some of the highlights (and lowlights) of 2025. We dive into our favorite gadgets of the year, the many ways Big Tech bowed to Trump, the disappointment of AI PCs and the rise of smart glasses. We also learn way too much about our skincare routines.Subscribe!TopicsOur favorite gadgets of 2025: Kindle Scribe Colorsoft, Airpods Pro 3, bluetooth lav mics and more – 2:26Favorite Media of 2025: Andor, self-improvement via podcast, and a shoutout to your library – 34:30iRobot declares bankruptcy – 47:29Warner Bros. Discovery board rejects Paramount’s…
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