First 2026 cyber recap covering IoT exploits, wallet breaches, malicious extensions, phishing, malware, and early AI abuse.

Google Search Console’s blind spot is costing you visibility into one of the biggest SERP changes in years. AI Overviews now appear for millions of queries, yet Search Console lumps these impressions ...

Prosecutors trying a Massachusetts man in the murder and dismemberment of his wife traced his gruesome online tracks in court Tuesday through dozens of internet searches conducted after Ana Walshe ...

The internet makes connecting with old friends and acquaintances easier than ever, but it also exposes personal information to advertisers, scammers and potential criminals. Hundreds of websites have ...

The internet you know—the one you're surfing to read this article—is just the tip of the iceberg. Beneath the surface lies the dark web: a hidden layer of the internet that's invisible to most users, ...

Bing published a blog post about how clicks from AI Search are improving conversion rates, explaining that the entire research part of the consumer journey has moved into conversational AI search, ...

Here’s a college football story via the Associated Press: No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana are closing in on a historic matchup in Indianapolis. If the Buckeyes and Hoosiers win this week against ...

Silicon Valley has increasingly pointed at rapid digital changes to blunt government efforts to rein in its power. By David McCabe and Steve Lohr For years, Meta has been locked in a fierce rivalry ...

Some VPNs are better than others, but we will show you an easy way to know how much your VPN is slowing you down. Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, ...

September non-farm payroll data will be the first key economic release since the government shutdown, with markets already pricing in recent employment trends. Retail sector job cuts were modest, ...

In the popular children’s book “Charlotte’s Web,” the title character, a spider, uses her web as an instrument of good to help secure the freedom of Wilbur, a pig on her farm. Federal immigration ...

Adobe Firefly feels like the best-kept secret in software right now. Adobe is aggressively talking up the app and its capabilities at events like Adobe MAX, but even with so much limelight, it doesn’t ...