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

Samsung has released a second beta update for its upcoming One UI 8.5 release, but there’s not much added this time around. One UI 8.5 is Samsung’s next Android 16-based update for Galaxy smartphones ...

Apple released iOS 26.2 on Friday, Dec. 12 and, alongside it, iOS 18.7.3. However, reports emerged that while it was installing nicely on iPhones that couldn’t run iOS 26, nobody else was getting it.

Gemini 3 Flash is now rolling out to the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search. (Google) Almost exactly a month after the debut of Gemini 3 Pro in November, Google has begun rolling out the more efficient ...

The aim of this project is to provide a Python 3.13 backport to Debian bookworm. Packages are of course much better manageable than compiling the source from scratch. In my opinion it is also more ...

Bandai Namco has released a new patch for Tekken 8 on December 15, and this is one focused on fixing issues with the new playable character, Miary Zo. which was added two weeks ago. Called the version ...

The Honkai Star Rail 3.8 banners will feature Constance "The Dahlia" in the first phase. The banner is also going to feature Firefly, Fugue, Lingsha, Aglaea, and Sunday as rerun characters. The HSR ...

The AI race between OpenAI and Google is heating up with the release of GPT-5.2. How does it compare to Gemini 3? Credit: Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images OpenAI's latest AI model ...

Hot off the heels of Google’s big Android 16 QPR2 update for Pixel phones, Samsung users are now being treated to an update of their own. On December 8, Samsung officially began rolling out its One UI ...

Honkai Star Rail 3.8 has been extended to 8 weeks, which is 14 days more than usual. The extended period will introduce a new third phase of banners and allow players to obtain new rewards. This also ...

Honkai: Star Rail just closed out its version 3.8 livestream, teasing what’s to come in the next update, which launches the evening of Dec. 16. Alongside new characters and events, Hoyoverse uses the ...

HoYoverse just hosted a sizeable Honkai: Star Rail Special Program, revealing more than just the game’s next major update. Version 3.8 was the big highlight, of course, with the new release arriving ...