TriZetto Provider Solutions, a healthcare-technology subsidiary of Cognizant, has disclosed a large data breach that exposed the protected health information of 3,433,965 patients. The company classified the incident as an external system hacking event after threat actors gained unauthorized access to TriZetto’s external infrastructure. Timeline and discovery Initial unauthorized access occurred on November 19, 2024. TriZetto did not detect the
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From Tunnel to Cloud: The 2026 Strategy Guide to Self‑Hosting vs Third‑Party VPN
In 2026 the boundary between “VPN” and “personal cloud” is fuzzier than ever. A third‑party VPN still sells one‑click privacy and wide geo-hopping, but for many users that convenience now trades away transparency, extensibility, and long‑term value. Renting a small VPS and running WireGuard, AdGuard Home, Vaultwarden, and automation tools like n8n converts a disposable privacy tool into a persistent
OpenAI’s Next Frontier: Smart Speakers, Glasses, and the Hardware Bet on Everyday AI
The idea that artificial intelligence lives only in the cloud or behind a chat window is changing. OpenAI—best known for conversational models that scale across apps and businesses—is reportedly building a family of physical devices, starting with a smart speaker and potentially expanding into smart glasses and even a smart lamp. This move represents a pivotal moment in how AI
When AI Gets Affordable: Sam Altman’s Forecast and Jio’s ₹10 Trillion Investment
The India AI Impact Summit in Delhi crystallized a striking convergence: a global prediction about rapidly falling AI costs paired with one of India’s largest private investments in the technology. OpenAI’s CEO observed that the expense of obtaining difficult answers from advanced models has plunged by orders of magnitude in just over a year, and he expects further dramatic declines
OpenAI for India: Building AI Infrastructure, Skills, and Sovereign Capability
Today marks a pivotal moment for India’s AI journey as a major global AI organization launches a country-focused initiative to expand access, build local infrastructure, and accelerate economic and societal benefits. The program aims to pair advanced AI models with domestic partners to meet India’s unique needs: lower latency, data residency, security, and large-scale workforce adoption. A cornerstone of the
From The Blinking Cursor to The Thinking Machine: A Memoir of Automation
There is a specific kind of silence that only exists in a server room late at night. It isn’t actually quiet—the fans are screaming, the air conditioning is humming like a jet engine, and the hard drives are clicking in a chaotic rhythm. But for those of us who have spent the last two decades in IT, it feels silent