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TECHi Impact examines how technology reshapes markets, regulation, and society. From antitrust battles and AI policy to tariff wars and geopolitical tech conflicts — Impact covers the forces that move stock prices and change industries overnight. The intersection of technology, power, and consequence.

How to Vet a Crypto Exchange: 5-Point Checklist for Every Investor

How to Vet a Crypto Exchange: 5-Point Checklist for Every Investor

As the crypto market grows in value, every investor wrestles with the same question: which exchange can I actually trust...

Gmail Passwords Found in Massive 183-Million-Account Data Leak

Gmail Passwords Found in Massive 183-Million-Account Data Leak

The recent massive data breach has once again posed a risk to the security integrity of online security systems. About...

Australia explores plans to modernize its interbank settlement system

Australia explores plans to modernize its interbank settlement system

Australia's main bank said that it would start to check out ways to fix its bank payment setup next year....

Meta cuts 600 jobs from its ‘overstaffed’ AI division as Wang strengthens leadership role

Meta cuts 600 jobs from its ‘overstaffed’ AI division as Wang strengthens leadership role

Meta said more people are getting fired around 600 workers from their computer brain division. This action seems like the...

OpenAI to introduce UK data residency through new government partnership

OpenAI to introduce UK data residency through new government partnership

OpenAI is doing something big by growing its UK work. Starting Friday, British companies and offices can keep data in...

Full Story Behind Iraq’s National Security Ban on Roblox

Full Story Behind Iraq’s National Security Ban on Roblox

On a quiet Sunday evening in October 2025, Iraq became the latest nation to sever access to Roblox, the massively...

Is the UN Cyber Security Pact Legitimizing Surveillance? 

Is the UN Cyber Security Pact Legitimizing Surveillance? 

The United Nations has signed a new Cyber Crime Pact in Hanoi. The pact sounds like a landmark step towards...

Venmo Restores Service After AWS Outage Disrupts Payments and More

Venmo Restores Service After AWS Outage Disrupts Payments and More

Guess what? Venmo, a super liked way to pay friends in the U.S., got shut down Monday when Amazon Web...

Amazon AWS Cloud Service Back Online After Global Outage Disrupts Businesses

Amazon AWS Cloud Service Back Online After Global Outage Disrupts Businesses

After a huge global mess, Amazon put its cloud back, helping folks get back to work. On Monday, a big...

Snapchat Outage Stokes ‘Internet Crisis’ Fears as ‘C14A’ Error Spreads

Snapchat Outage Stokes ‘Internet Crisis’ Fears as ‘C14A’ Error Spreads

Snapchat users woke to a digital nightmare this morning as thousands reported being locked out of their accounts, greeted only...

AWS Outage Takes Down Thousands of Apps, Raising Questions About Cloud Monopoly

AWS Outage Takes Down Thousands of Apps, Raising Questions About Cloud Monopoly

On Monday morning, October 20, 2025, millions worldwide found themselves locked out of essential digital services when Amazon Web Services...

The Role of Encrypted Networks in Modern Communication

The Role of Encrypted Networks in Modern Communication

Communication has always been important for human progress. With just a few steps, we can talk to friends all over...

Wikipedia Loses 8% of Human Visitors as AI Summaries Replace Click-Throughs

Wikipedia Loses 8% of Human Visitors as AI Summaries Replace Click-Throughs

As the Wikimedia Foundation announced that human pageviews to Wikipedia had fallen 8% year-over-year, Marshall Miller, senior director of product,...

China alleges that the U.S. carried out cyberattacks on its national time center

China alleges that the U.S. carried out cyberattacks on its national time center

China said the US conducted a long-term cyber attack against a science place called the Time Center, which keeps China’s...

TikTok’s Fake Divorce: How ByteDance Keeps Control Through Licensing

TikTok’s Fake Divorce: How ByteDance Keeps Control Through Licensing

When Representative John Moolenaar declared on October 16, 2025, that licensing TikTok's algorithm would raise "serious concerns," he exposed the...

Venmo and PayPal experiencing outages for some users, reports monitoring service

Venmo and PayPal experiencing outages for some users, reports monitoring service

On Thursday morning, many users of PayPal and its mobile payment app Venmo encountered account-related issues. Users began to report...

Why Web3 Isn’t Truly Private

Why Web3 Isn’t Truly Private

Every year, we’re getting more innovations across scientific fields, and nearly all of them are now deeply intertwined with our...

Amazon Leads the AI Layoff Wave as AI Becomes the Boss

Amazon Leads the AI Layoff Wave as AI Becomes the Boss

AI is taking over in every field from people who have learnt those skills after an enormous amount of time...

Microsoft Ends Windows 10 Support While Millions Continue to Rely on It

Microsoft Ends Windows 10 Support While Millions Continue to Rely on It

Microsoft officially stopped offering free security patches on Windows 10, and this move now affects institutions of hundreds of millions...

E-Commerce: Simple Way to Track Any Parcel Online

E-Commerce: Simple Way to Track Any Parcel Online

For most online shoppers, waiting for a delivery has become a ritual, one that’s equal parts excitement and uncertainty. Refreshing...