Apple’s rumored plan to enter the smart glasses market by late 2026 is already reshaping the global AR optics supply chain, according to DigiTimes. According to the paywalled report, demand for smart glasses from the likes of Meta is rising steadily, but the industry now expects Apple’s equivalent product to act as the primary catalyst for large-scale commercialization.
Malwarebytes announced Malwarebytes in ChatGPT, a new way for individuals and small businesses to get fast, trusted security assistance directly within ChatGPT. Users can ask Malwarebytes to check whether something is a scam or spam, tapping into the company’s deep cybersecurity expertise and decades of threat intelligence.
This initiative represents a step toward building user confidence in AI by pairing Malwarebytes’ expert threat intelligence with ChatGPT’s functionality.
Scams aren’t a fringe issue – they’ve become a global crisis, draining $442 billion from consumers over the past year, according to GASA’s Global State of Scams 2025 report, a statistic that has increased more than 600% over the past four years.
The Night Manager viewers have shared their reactions to the season two finale, which aired yesterday evening (Sunday February 1).
The hit spy thriller returned for an unexpected second season at the beginning of January, with Tom Hiddleston reprising his role as former military officer Jonathan Pine a few years after the events of the first set of episodes.
The new season also took a surprise turn halfway through, with Hugh Laurie back as the presumed-dead villain Richard Roper.
The actor is set to play the Hogwarts headmaster Dumbledore in the new HBO series adaptation of Rowling’s books, which has attracted controversy amid the author’s views.
Speaking at the Rotterdam Film Festival, Lithgow said he takes “the subject extremely seriously”.
In just the past week, France has banned its public officials from using American technology, more governments are considering keeping young people off Silicon Valley’s biggest social media platforms, and UpScrolled saw a surge in users over censorship fears on TikTok in the U.S. All of these moves point to a growing unease with U.S. tech firms and tech policy.
NME’s latest star of The Cover, COBRAH, has created an exclusive playlist to accompany the story’s launch – check it out below.
The boundary-pushing Swedish pop artist is on this week’s (February 2) edition of The Cover, a manifestation of NME’s commitment to supporting emerging talent across the globe on a weekly basis. Every week, a rising artist will feature on The Cover – you can read COBRAH’s profile here, written by Bailey Slater and featuring photography by Julius Hayes.
