What Is ActiveX? How It Works and Ensures Computer Security

ActiveX is a Microsoft software framework that enables applications to share data across web browsers, enhancing functionality and security in computing.
TechCrunch

Google’s Gemini app has surpassed 750M monthly active users

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has surpassed 750 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to the company’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings. This figure illustrates the rapid consumer adoption of Gemini ...
Sacramento Bee

When are traffic meters active on California highway onramps? How they work

What do the traffic meters on some California highway onramps do, and do you have to obey them? Here’s what to know. The meters are intended to control the flow of traffic onto state highways to ...
The Hindu

India now has 958 million active internet users; 57% of these are from rural areas

India’s Internet user base reached cusp of 1 billion led by AI adoption, short-video consumption and E-Commerce, reported the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), a not-for-profit body ...
London Free Press

Chemicals capable of creating explosives seized from London home

Four men face charges after a trespassing call at Western University led police to discover a cache of chemicals that could be used to build explosives, London police say. Officers seized a gun and ...
Android Authority

Amazon is forcibly upgrading Prime members to Alexa Plus, and some users are not happy

Alexa users who are Amazon Prime members are reportedly being automatically upgraded to Alexa Plus. Users who have been upgraded can revert to the old Alexa by saying, “Alexa, exit Alexa Plus.” One ...
PC World

Copilot+ laptops can now automatically create captions in Word and PowerPoint

PCWorld reports that Microsoft 365 subscribers with Copilot+ PCs can now access automatic alt text generation for images in Word and PowerPoint. This accessibility ...
Bleeping Computer

Fortinet FortiWeb flaw with public PoC exploited to create admin users

A Fortinet FortiWeb path traversal vulnerability is being actively exploited to create new administrative users on exposed devices without requiring authentication. The issue is fixed in FortiWeb ...
GitHub

Create DX Script App

A modular toolkit for scaffolding modern React applications on HCL DX using Vite. This tool helps you quickly create production-ready React applications with JavaScript or TypeScript that integrate ...
The Conversation

Politically aggressive social media users are creating most of the anti‑immigrant content

Toronto Metropolitan University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. Toronto Metropolitan University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Despite the ...
ABC 7 Chicago

False reports of active shooters on college campuses creating chaos for students and police

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Active shooter hoaxes, known as "swatting," have gotten so out of control that U.S. law enforcement says it's now at crisis level. Law students at Villanova University outside ...