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Impact assesses the role of technology and its effects on evolving industries, society and environment. It explores moral conundrums, environmentally friendly fixes, and revolutionary technological uses that tackle world issues. This section emphasizes how technology has the power to change people’s lives and create a lasting impact.

Notepad++ Breach Turns a Trusted Tool Into a Cyber Weapon

Notepad++ Breach Turns a Trusted Tool Into a Cyber Weapon

The software product known as Notepad++, which is an open-source text editor, has become involved in a major cybersecurity scandal...

Amazon’s AI Ambitions Drive Second Major Layoff Wave of 16,000 Workers

Amazon’s AI Ambitions Drive Second Major Layoff Wave of 16,000 Workers

Amazon is implementing its second major staff reduction again in three months by announcing plans to terminate 16,000 workers. This...

Amazon Prepares for its Another Layoff Wave

Amazon Prepares for its Another Layoff Wave

Amazon is famous for its quick package deliveries, yet the company, during this week, demonstrates a similar speed to when...

The Amazon Massive Corporate Shake-Up

The Amazon Massive Corporate Shake-Up

According to internal sources that are part of the initiatives, it is preparing to announce a major wave of workforce...

Apple Ecosystem Stumbles as Multiple Services Go Offline

Apple Ecosystem Stumbles as Multiple Services Go Offline

For a firm that is proud of its devices that always works, it got a reminder last Tuesday evening that...

Meta Ignores Crime Ads  

Meta Ignores Crime Ads  

The gambling regulator of Britain has condemned that Meta has allowed the illegal casino advertising to take root in Facebook...

X Goes Dark Again as it Experiences Global Disruption

X Goes Dark Again as it Experiences Global Disruption

For a platform that depends quite a lot on live reactions, controversial takes, and breaking news, X going silent is...

Crew-11’s Splashdown from Orbit to Ocean; NASA’s First Space Medical Evacuation

Crew-11’s Splashdown from Orbit to Ocean; NASA’s First Space Medical Evacuation

A space mission is a delicately coordinated matter. It is scheduled minutes, weeks, months and even years prior to the...

Verizon Network Glitch Sparks Nationwide Frustration, as more than 150,000 Outage Reported

Verizon Network Glitch Sparks Nationwide Frustration, as more than 150,000 Outage Reported

In case your mobile suddenly appeared to be more of an ornament than a tool on a Wednesday afternoon, then...

International Space Station Update Expected in NASA’s News Media Briefing

International Space Station Update Expected in NASA’s News Media Briefing

NASA is scheduled to conduct a live media briefing at 5 pm EST today from its main office in Washington....

Banks Chase Efficiency as AI Threatens 200,000 European Jobs

Banks Chase Efficiency as AI Threatens 200,000 European Jobs

For the longest time, European banks have been the ones to talk about stability, customs, and the nice and reassuring...

Apple Quietly Pulls Back on Vision Pro After Weak Demand

Apple Quietly Pulls Back on Vision Pro After Weak Demand

Apple takes big bets, and most of the time, it pays off. The company has become famous for its ambitious...

SantaStealer Malware Is Hitting Microsoft Windows Users

SantaStealer Malware Is Hitting Microsoft Windows Users

The holiday season may be nearly gone, but for some of Windows users, Christmas might have brought an unwelcome surprise....

Christmas Gaming on Steam Crashes

Christmas Gaming on Steam Crashes

It caused massive inconvenience to millions of gamers around the world at the supposedly biggest PC gaming platform, Steam, which...

Alphabet Turns to Clean Energy to Fuel Its AI Future

Alphabet Turns to Clean Energy to Fuel Its AI Future

The big tech companies used to be worried about updating the software and server racks. Now the issue they are...

ByteDance’s Financial Boom Continues Despite U.S Challenges

ByteDance’s Financial Boom Continues Despite U.S Challenges

The future of TikTok is a topic of heated debate among lawmakers, while users fight over the platform's algorithms, and...

YouTube Goes Down, Comes Back, and Internet Breathes Again

YouTube Goes Down, Comes Back, and Internet Breathes Again

For a tiny fraction of time on Friday, the entire world simultaneously hit the refresh button on their devices, doubted...

Posting Links on Facebook? Meta May Soon Make You Pay for it

Posting Links on Facebook? Meta May Soon Make You Pay for it

Meta is discreetly conducting a trial of a new feature, which has the potential to alter the use of Facebook...

TikTok Spies on Grindr Users  

TikTok Spies on Grindr Users  

In digital surveillance in the modern world, a recent assumption has emerged suggesting that TikTok insidiously spies on user activities...

Oracle Stocks See a Significant Fall even after a solid AI growth

Oracle Stocks See a Significant Fall even after a solid AI growth

On December 10, 2025, Oracle stock lost over 10% in after-hours trading when the company released its fiscal second-quarter revenue...