Ransomware’s new strategy: naming and shaming victims

The do’s and don’ts of payment apps

Schools are using AI tracking software on student devices, recent investigation shows

Bytes: Week in Review – AI that reads emotions, Waymo expands its services, and the industry pushes back on federal tech cuts

Futurist couldn’t predict our inability to plan for the future

The pandemic made teachers learn to love tech

Keeping remote workers close to the action

How the pandemic gave a huge boost to wastewater virus tracking

Bytes: Week in Review – Tariff tensions hit tech stocks, TSMC expands its U.S. investment and a tech leader joins bid to buy TikTok

Maryland’s message to Big Tech: Think different.

Can close connections with AI chatbots harm kids?

Parents want their kids to be social, but with less social media

Youngsters’ social media habit has developmental impact, researcher says

Bytes: Week in Review — Apple’s huge investment, Nvidia’s strong earnings and Bybit hack batters bitcoin

As followership wanes, TikTok resets relations between creators and fans

If AI writes code, is coding still crucial for kids to learn?

How will Australia’s teen social media ban work?

Satellites provide internet access and a lot more, but the skies are getting crowded

Bytes: Week in Review — deep cuts at AI agency, DOGE sued again and pulling the plug on the Ai Pin

Responsible ways to use AI for government efficiency