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Kia reveals its most potent three-row SUV in the all-electric and slightly wild EV9 GT model.

The new Kia EV9 GT will sprint from 0-60mph in 4.3 secondsGT button unleashes full power, firms suspension and makes noises happenIt’s the first Kia SUV to receive electronically-controlled adaptive suspension

While this year’s LA Auto Show has been disappointingly bereft of exciting new launches, Kia chose it as the platform to showcase the upcoming EV 9 GT – a model that will delivers 501hp from twin electric motors and a 0-60mph sprint time of just 4.3 seconds… despite weighing 5,886lbs (or 2.6-tonnes for imperial fans).

Based on the enormous, three-row electric SUV that was released late last year in some markets, the GT version, which will go on sale in 2025, sees a 160kW motor drive the front wheels and a 270kW motor bolted to the rear.

It’s tipped to use the same 100kWh battery as the Long Range model, which can manage around 300 miles on a single charge when driven sensibly.

But driving sensibly won’t exactly be the order of the day, as Kia has introduced a very tempting and very shiny GT button to the steering wheel that firms up the suspension, thanks to the introduction of electronically-adjustable dampers, sharpens the steering and throttle response, while adding more heft to the brake feel.

(Image credit: Kia)

Not purely a straight-line drag champion, Kia says the EV9 GT will be able to handle the twistier routes and disguise some of its planet-like mass with clever calibration of the suspension and steering. Customers are also treated to heavily bolstered sports seats and flashes of ‘GT’ throughout the cabin.

The brake calipers have also been sprayed in a fetching neon green, similar to the Kia EV6 GT, while the electronic Limited Slip Differential (e-LSD) from that model, which senses a loss of traction at each wheel and reduces torque for improved handling, has also been borrowed and implemented.

The final party piece is what Kia refers to as Virtual Gear Shift (VGS), which simulates the thumps of a traditional step-shift automatic transmission and is operated by paddles mounted to the steering wheel.

To compliment this, Kia has also been inspired by the Ioniq 5 N from sister company Hyundai and has seen fit to kit the EV9 GT out with similar fake engine noises (electric Active Sound Design) that are mapped to the accelerator pedal and virtual gear shifts, with the resulting soundtrack pumped in to the cabin.

Analysis: Fast, fun but probably very juicy

(Image credit: Kia)

Efficiency was never the big EV9’s strong point, as a potent cocktail of massive kerb weight and its blunt, un-aerodynamic styling means the electric range gets eaten into fast, especially when driving at constant motorway speeds or like a bit of a hooligan.

This hot GT version is only going to tempt the inner driving devil further, which will inevitably mean more time spent charging. Thankfully, the EV9’s 800V fast charging architecture means a 10-80 percent top up takes less than 25 minutes from a DC fast charger.

Plus, as of May or June next year (there is no firm date yet), Kia has also stated that all EV9 models sold in the US will come fitted as standard with Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) port, with CCS adaptors available as an optional extra for those who want the widest possible network coverage.

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Norton has launched its Small Business Premium, offering antivirus, firewall, 24/7 expertise, and much more.

Norton has unveiled its Small Business Premium planProvides SMB teams with antivirus, firewall, VPN, password manager, and cloud backupPlan also offers 24/7 support, and financial and social media monitoring

Norton, one of the best antivirus providers around today, has launched a new offering for small businesses looking to protect themselves.

Recent government statistics have claimed small businesses account for 36% of the UKs economic turnover, but are being increasingly targeted by cyber attacks, with 58% reporting an attack or breach in the last year.

Norton’s new Small Business Premium plan is built to help weather the storm while also keeping them running in the event of a breach.

Small Business Premium from Norton

The plan provides a suite of security solutions to help protect businesses from a wide range of threats, while also offering support in financial and social media monitoring. Beyond this, the plan also offers 24/7 business tech support not only for security issues, but also for your devices, network, and software.

Small Business Premium is primarily an antivirus, as may be expected, but also includes a firewall, a VPN to keep your networks secure, along with a password manager for encrypted credential storage, and a 500GB cloud backup to keep your data safe in the event of a ransomware attack or system crash.

Suspicious transactions and unauthorized logins to social media are constantly monitored and immediately alerted to prevent fraud, scams and account takeovers. It doesn’t require any security expertise to install and quietly protects devices in the background.

The plan can be customized to support 10 or 20 devices, with the 10 device plan at £149.99 for the first year, and the 20 device plan at £199.99 for the first year. For entrepreneurs or smaller teams, the standard Small Business tier can cater to 6, 10, or 20 devices, and is £ £54.99, £69.99, and £99.99 respectively for the first year.

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Apple is preparing a huge upgrade to Siri to make it more like ChatGPT, but it won’t land until 2026.

Apple’s Siri virtual assistant is currently bested by competitors like ChatGPTApple wants to change that by developing an “LLM Siri” chatbotIt might not launch until 2026, though

Siri has long lagged behind rivals like Google Assistant, and with the introduction of ChatGPT and other chatbots powered by large language models (LLMs), that gap has widened. But when Apple Intelligence appeared on the scene, it looked like Siri was finally turning a corner – and a new report claims Apple is planning its own LLM upgrade for Siri. Before we get too excited, though, there might be a while to wait until it arrives.

The rumor comes from Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman, who has earned a reputation for accuracy when it comes to Apple leaks and rumors. In a new report, Gurman claims that Apple has been internally tested a version of Siri infused with LLM powers (predictably, it’s been dubbed “LLM Siri”), and the result is a more conversational, powerful version of Apple’s virtual assistant.

This new Siri will be able to conduct natural-feeling back-and-forth conversations, Gurman says, and it can also “handle more sophisticated requests in a quicker fashion” compared to the current Siri iteration.

Other new features will include the ability to “interact more like a human and handle tasks in a way that’s closer to ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini,” and it will make extensive use of Apple’s App Intents feature to precisely control third-party apps. It will also be able to use Apple Intelligence features, such as generating and summarizing text.

Coming in iOS 19?

(Image credit: Apple)

Apple will announce the upgraded Siri in 2025 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16, the report predicts.

However, as with the current slow implementation of Apple Intelligence, the new Siri won’t immediately be ready to use. Instead, it will be rolled out in spring 2026, according to Gurman.

Will that be too late for Apple, considering rivals like ChatGPT are already far ahead of Apple’s best efforts? Time will tell, but LLM Siri will need to be a monumental effort to close the gap. If Apple can pull it off, the firm’s fans will have a lot to look forward to.

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One of the bugs is critical and allows crooks to drop malware, Palo Alto admits.

Palo Alto Networks releases patch for two serious flaws impacting its firewallsThe flaws were being abused in the wild to drop malwareCISA added them to its KEV catalog

Palo Alto Networks has revealed it fixed two major vulnerabilities plaguing its firewalls.

The bugs are an authentication bypass in the PAN-OS management web interface (CVE-2024-0012), and a privilege escalation flaw in PAN-OS (CVE-2024-9474). The former has a severity score of 9.3 (critical), and grants crooks the ability to gain admin privileges on the target endpoint, and the latter has a lower score, 6.9 (medium), but helps run commands on the firewall.

Cybercriminals were chaining the flaws to gain admin privileges and run commands on exposed endpoints, it confirmed. Therefore, users are advised to apply the patches as soon as possible.

Added to CISA’s KEV

Palo Alto said it was looking into ongoing attacks in which the two bugs were chained to strike “a limited number of device management web interfaces” with malware and arbitrary commands.

“This original activity reported on Nov. 18, 2024 primarily originated from IP addresses known to proxy/tunnel traffic for anonymous VPN services,” the company said in an advisory. “At this time, Unit 42 assesses with moderate to high confidence that a functional exploit chaining CVE-2024-0012 and CVE-2024-9474 is publicly available, which will enable broader threat activity.”

Both vulnerabilities have since been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, confirming in-the-wild abuse. Federal agencies have until December 9 to patch the bugs, or stop using the affected firewalls altogether.

Palo Alto said that only a “very small number” of firewalls is being targeted. However, citing data from the threat monitoring platform Shadowserver, BleepingComputer reported that there are more than 2,700 vulnerable PAN-OS instances.

Since a working exploit is already available, and evidence of abuse exists, Palo Alto “strongly” advises its customers to patch up, and restrict access to trusted accounts only.

“Risk of these issues are greatly reduced if you secure access to the management web interface by restricting access to only trusted internal IP addresses according to our recommended best practice deployment guidelines,” the company said.

Via BleepingComputer

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We’re now hearing chatter from the grapevine about another possible next-gen GPU from Nvidia – could we see the RTX 5070 Ti as soon as CES 2025?

Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti has joined the roster of leaked Blackwell GPUsIt will purportedly use the GB203 chip that’s in the RTX 5080Obviously it would be a cut-down GB203, possibly with 8,960 CUDA cores

Nvidia’s next-gen GPUs are supposedly arriving at CES 2025, and we’ve just caught a fresh rumor about a new model – a purported RTX 5070 Ti.

So far, the rumor mill has been sharing details about the RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070, so the 5070 Ti is a fresh leak, coming from one of the more regular providers of GPU-related rumors on X, Kopite7kimi.

In this case, Kopite7kimi hasn’t posted any details on X, but instead shared some info directly with VideoCardz.

We’re told that the RTX 5070 Ti is going to have 8,960 CUDA cores, which would mean 70 SMs (Streaming Multiprocessors), and indicates that the graphics card will use a cut-down take on the GB203 chip from Blackwell.

That’s the same chip as the RTX 5080 is rumored to run with (with the GB202 being the flagship GPU for the RTX 5090 alone).

Kopite7kimi also claims power usage will be pitched at 300W for the RTX 5070 Ti, but it isn’t clear what metric the mentioned figure might be (TGP or TDP). At any rate, this is only speculation, so season it liberally.

There’s no info provided about clock speeds at this point, or the crucial video memory loadout. The RTX 5070 has been rumored to run with 12GB of VRAM in the past, worryingly, but other gossip has suggested that a higher-tier variant – like a 5070 Ti or Super – could run with more (to the tune of 18GB).

(Image credit: Future / John Loeffler)

Analysis: The ever-swirling rumors around Blackwell

It’s certainly interesting to see the RTX 5070 Ti popping up in leaks now.

It remains unclear if, as per original rumors, Nvidia might just launch a pair of Blackwell GPUs at CES 2025, the RTX 5090 and 5080 – or whether Team Green might just squeeze in another model, such as the RTX 5070, as is already rumored. Or perhaps this RTX 5070 Ti is a possibility? We doubt it, on balance, and Kopite7kimi couldn’t be drawn to comment on that speculation (VideoCardz did pose the question).

If the core count mentioned is correct, it’d be a 16% uplift on the RTX 4070 Ti (as was before Nvidia discontinued that model). Previous leaks around the RTX 5070 have suggested its core count could be relatively low – a 6,400 CUDA core count has been mentioned in the past, for example – and so that looks a bit shakier in light of this latest leak.

It’d be a pretty hefty jump from the 5070 to 5070 Ti if that was the case, a more pronounced leap than with their predecessor graphics cards – although that could be Nvidia’s plan. Either that, or the previous RTX 5070 speculation is off the mark.

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It seems more and more likely we’re going to get a rival to the tri-fold Huawei Mate XT that launched in September.

A Galaxy tri-fold is coming in 2025, according to a South Korean tipsterCould launch alongside Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7Tri-fold will apparently fold inwards to rival Huawei Mate XT

We’ve already heard murmurs that a Samsung Galaxy tri-fold phone – a foldable with three screens and two hinges – is being prepared for a 2025 launch, and now another well-placed source has added more credibility to the claims.

South Korean tipster Yeux1122 (via Android Authority) reckons that a Galaxy tri-fold is indeed in the pipeline, ready to launch alongside the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 – so presumably around July 2025.

And… that’s all the information we’ve got from this particular leak. We don’t get any more details in terms of specs or design, just another piece of evidence in the case for Samsung releasing a competitor to the Huawei Mate XT.

The Huawei Mate XT, which was unveiled to the world in September, is the first tri-fold phone to be made available to consumers (well, consumers in China at least). It’s unlikely to be the last though, as other manufacturers will want to copy the form factor.

More foldables

We can expect a successor to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 next year too (Image credit: Lance Ulanoff / Future)

Back in October we heard that Samsung had plans for a tri-fold foldable in 2025, which would apparently be launching alongside a budget version of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 (see our Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 review for details of this year’s model).

While none of these rumors are confirmed just yet, it seems as though Samsung is ready to mix up its foldables strategy in order to get more market share – extra hinges, cheaper prices, and whatever else it can try to tempt more people to make the switch to a foldable.

Google’s latest effort in this category has been pretty well received – see our Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold review for details – and it seems inevitable that we’ll eventually see a foldable iPhone (or iPad), even if it takes Apple a few years to catch up.

That means Samsung, which has been something of a pioneer as far as foldables go, will have to keep upping its game. We can expect to hear more rumors about this tri-fold – which is apparently going to fold inwards – between now and its launch.

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Security researchers discovered 300,000 private emails leaked for months from popular online gift shop.

300,000 emails from EnamelPin, owner of gs-jj.com, exposed onlineMany originate from .gov or .mil sources, which are used by military or government workersThe leak exposed the sites links to China

Researchers at Cybernews recently discovered over 300,000 emails from EnamelPin customers were exposed for months thanks to an open Elasticsearch instance.

EnamelPin Inc is the owner of popular gift site gs-jj.com, which sells medals, lapel pins, emblems, and more.

The leaked emails contained personal information such as full names and email addresses, around 2,500 were from .gov and .mil domains. The site is unsurprisingly popular amongst US government officials and military officers, who had ordered products such as coins, patches, and medals.

National Security Concerns

“The emails and attachments exposed sensitive information about high-ranking military officials. They could be used to determine their position in certain Army units, phone numbers, email addresses, and shipping addresses,” Cybernews researchers said.

Other security issues were discovered on the site, such as the exposure of hidden git repository configuration, folder, and file structure of the website.

The data was left exposed for months, according to researchers. The information was publicly accessible from April 22 until December 5, which left many customers at risk, particularly of identity theft.

Whilst EnamelPin Inc is registered in California and aimed at civilians, the leak exposed previous unknown links to China. Researchers found a publicly accessible Git configuration file which revealed the website’s source code repository is hosted on a Chinese server.

The company also has an ‘complete expert team in China’, long delivery times suggest overseas fulfilment, and the customer support team communicate in broken English.

“Due to the Chinese government’s broad powers to access data, it may be risky for US Government and Military officials to use Chinese services, especially in the official settings,” Cybernews added.

“This leak raises OPSEC concerns, as ordering patches, emblems, and other items can inadvertently expose ranks, divisions, and personal information.”

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UK data centers get permission to grow.

A study by data center specialists Onnec has revealed that local authorities in the UK’s 20 largest cities have overwhelmingly approved data center projects, with 89% of applications receiving planning permission over the past five years. Of the 88 applications reviewed, only three were rejected, five were withdrawn, and one remained undecided.

Onnec looked at 44 local councils and their planning applications for the report. The researchers found that data centers are generally approved, which shows local support for digital infrastructure. To provide computing power and data storage for AI deployment makes that support crucial. Only three applications in Sheffield were rejected. Local authorities looked into possible issues around the design and impact of the centers, along with whether they would fit the character of the surroundings or damage the Green Belt.

Data Center Spread

Notably, the British government has made data centers critical national infrastructure to emphasize their report. That said, the report urges a holistic approach to planning and a nationwide approach to achieve the best outcomes. The UK has pledged £6.3 billion in data center investment as part of its work to make the UK a hub for AI. The UK’s Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology (DSIT) is trying to reduce the friction in building data centers. It has looked into rejected projects to see where there is room for improvement.

“Data centers are critical for driving AI growth, and with the race for AI supremacy in full swing, the UK has recognized that to get ahead, the right infrastructure must be in place,” Matt Salter, Data Centre Director at Onnec. “Data centers can become the new oil for regions and cities, but only if they are planned holistically – this means considering every aspect of the data center instead of focusing solely on factors such as power and cooling. For example, thinking about the importance of cabling in providing the bandwidth needed to get the most from data center hardware.

London is the largest data center market in Europe, but the report suggests trying to up the availability of data centers elsewhere in the country. Relying solely on London means there is limited power availability along with problems around sustainability. Spreading data centers to other regions would also mean spreading the benefits to the people there. That means improved job opportunities not only for the data centers but for anywhere that the digital skills required for data centers are useful.

“Failing to take a holistic approach will result in sites that aren’t fit for purpose, don’t deliver on the UK’s needs, and degrade over time – poor planning could mean a new data center can feel five years old after the first year of operation, and in need of an expensive retrofit,” Salter said. “The UK risks losing ground in the race for AI supremacy if data centers aren’t built to last.”

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New update for Windows 11 24H2 adds polish to the taskbar, Start menu, File Explorer and more besides.

Windows 11 24H2 just got a new optional update (still in testing)It makes useful tweaks to the taskbar, Start menu, File Explorer and moreMicrosoft also provides fixes for a range of bugs in this preview release

Windows 11 24H2 has just received an optional update which comes with some useful tweaks to the interface.

This is patch KB5046740 and it’s in preview – so as ever, you might come across glitches if you install it – and the main changes on the desktop are applied to the taskbar and Start menu.

Beginning with the taskbar, Microsoft has streamlined the system tray – on the far right of the bar – with the date and time being displayed in a more compact fashion. The year is no longer shown (as, let’s face it, that’s pretty much redundant anyway), so you only see the day and month for the date, allowing for the time and date to be shown in a small square (instead of the longer rectangle needed to also fit the year in).

The overall effect is a more neatly-sized system tray, especially when you consider that Microsoft has also made it so that when ‘Do not disturb’ mode is on, the bell icon (for notifications) no longer appears in the tray. Again, that saves space and you can still open the notifications center by clicking on the date and time area.

On top of that, a taskbar bug has been fixed whereby if you have the bar set to ‘automatically hide,’ the search box turns into an icon.

As Windows Latest, which spotted all these changes, also points out, Microsoft has tinkered with the Start menu so that you can right click on pinned apps to produce a jump list.

If you’re not familiar with the jump list, it offers quick access to common functions used with the app in question, or files that’ve been recently opened by the app – it’s basically a handy bank of shortcuts.

Elsewhere, KB5046740 adds a fresh bit of functionality to File Explorer’s context menu, so when you right click on a file, there’s a new Phone link option – selecting this shares the file in question to your smartphone. Also with File Explorer, Microsoft has fixed a bug which caused some weirdness with too much spacing between the icons in the left panel.

In fact, a collection of bug fixes is applied here, including the cure for a Windows Update fail, and the resolution of a problem where the Windows clipboard history got deleted, leaving it blank.

(Image credit: Future)

Analysis: An option you should probably pass on

It’s worth noting that with those tweaks to the system tray in the taskbar, if you don’t like the new space-saving measures, you can turn them off and revert to normal (displaying the full date, with year) if you wish.

This update represents a solid polish of the Windows 11 interface, and also applies a raft of bug fixes which are handy, too. Speaking of bugs, however, we should remind you that this is a preview update, and as such, still in testing – so it could have glitches of its own (or said bug fixes may not work, or they could have unintended side effects).

For this reason, we generally recommend steering clear of preview updates, unless you’re really desperate to get the functionality therein. Just think of them as a glimpse of what you’re going to get soon, anyway, because this update will become the December patch for Windows 11 next month (in just over two weeks, on December 10, in fact).

If you follow Microsoft’s update schedule closely, like us, then you’ll likely recall that in December, the company takes a break for the holidays, so while there’s a main cumulative update issued (on December 10, as noted), there’s no preview or optional update for Windows 11 coming later in December. The next release will be the finished patch for January, which will likely be a minor affair.

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Arcane season 2 is almost over, but the award-winning Netflix show’s creators “can’t say” what they’re working on next – and it’s the internet’s fault.

Arcane‘s showrunners have suggested it’ll be a long time before their next project is releasedMultiple League of Legends (LoL) movies and TV shows are in development, but none are in full productionThe award-winning Netflix animated show’s creators will only make something they’re “really passionate about”

Arcane‘s creators have implied it’ll be a long time before their next League of Legends (LoL) movie or TV adaptation is released into the wild.

Speaking exclusively to TechRadar before Arcane season 2 made its initial Netflix debut on November 9, Christian Linke and Alex Yee warned fans not to expect another LoL project, animated or live-action, in the near future. Indeed, while multiple projects were in development, the pair were keen to stress that “we’re not in production on any of those”.

The disappointing update comes five months after it was announced that Arcane‘s second season would also be its last. Speaking on a pre-recorded video posted on Arcane‘s various social media accounts, though, Linke tempered fans’ sadness – mine included – by confirming more LoL adaptations were in the works. Even better, one of the best Netflix shows‘ co-creators said he hoped to have more news to share before the end of 2024.

With Arcane season 2’s final three episodes set to arrive tomorrow (November 23), viewers may be hoping for a reveal of some sort – either as a post-credits scene or a new project announcement on social media – before 2024 is over. The latter is certainly possible but, considering what Linke and Yee told me when I asked for a status update on what’s coming next, I wouldn’t bank on the former.

“That’s the fun part for us right now,” Linke replied when I asked which part of LoL champions and/or regions of Runeterra we’d see in Arcane‘s follow-up. “Really, we’re just focusing on what’s next.

“Look, we’ve played the game [League of Legends] forever and there are a lot of characters we’re passionate about,” Linke continued. “The way we’re exploring this is: ‘what are we really passionate about?’ and ‘what do we have that’ll be a great story that our audience will also be passionate about?’. We’re not in production on any of those yet. We’re really just developing stories and scripts right now, so I can’t say anything yet, unfortunately. I wish I could. I wish there was this maturity on the internet where everyone goes ‘it’s okay if it doesn’t work out’. Anything we say to you [Tom] is considered to be a hard commitment that’ll ends our lives if it doesn’t happen!”

“I think that if we were to say, at any point in Arcane‘s development, that we definitely knew what the end result of this show would be, we would’ve lied many times,” Yee added. “So yeah, I guess it’s good that we did the right thing [not say anything] and continue in that manner as we develop these things.

“A lot of the stories that’ll excite [LoL] players and Arcane fans are the same ones that excite us. So, the big message from us is, rest assured, we still have the hunger to tell these stories.”

I wish there was this maturity on the internet where everyone goes ‘it’s okay if it doesn’t work out’

Christian Linke, Arcane co-creator

Considering it took six years to make Arcane‘s first season and then over three years to make its sequel, it sounds like we’re all in for a long wait for another LoL adaptation to launch on Netflix, aka the world’s best streaming service. As I said, we won’t have another nine-episode installment of Arcane to tide us over in the interim, either, even though there were rumors that Arcane was initially supposed to last for five seasons. Despite reports to the contrary, Linke and Yee told me it was “never the plan” for Arcane to last more than two seasons. In short: while we wait for an official unveiling on its sequel show, you and I will just have to watch Arcane re-runs for many months and years to come.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves too much. Season 2’s third and final act will be with us imminently, so remind yourself what happened in the previous three chapters by reading my Arcane season 2 act 2 ending explained piece. Alternatively, check out Arcane season 2’s final trailer to see what it teases ahead of act 3’s release.

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