Tech News: Latest Updates from 2026-02-20
Tech roundup for 2026-02-20.
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Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max: 7 Must‑Watch Picks for Feb 20
Over halfway through February 2026, Tom Power highlights seven top picks for the weekend. The lineup includes The Night Agent season 3 on Netflix, 56 Days on Prime Video, Rental Family on Hulu and Disney+, The Last Thing He Told Me season 2 on Apple TV, and Murder in Glitterball City on HBO Max.
Netflix’s The Night Agent season 3 follows maverick FBI agent Peter Sutherland as he pursues a young Treasury agent across Istanbul, Mexico City, Washington, New York, and the Dominican Republic. Prime Video’s 56 Days, starring Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia, is a romantic crime thriller with all eight episodes already released.
Rental Family, a dramady starring Brendan Fraser, appears on Hulu and Disney+. Apple TV’s The Last Thing He Told Me season 2 continues the story of Hannah, played by Jennifer Garner, while HBO Max presents the true‑crime documentary Murder in Glitterball City, exploring the 2010 murder of Jamie Carrol in Louisville, Kentucky.
ExpressVPN launches hybrid VPN extension and Meta Quest app
ExpressVPN has rolled out a new hybrid browser extension that combines a lightweight proxy with full-device control, and a dedicated app for Meta Quest VR headsets. The extension, available for Chrome and Firefox, lets users switch between browser-only and device-wide encryption, and includes Smart Routing to assign different VPN locations to specific sites.
Shay Peretz, Group Chief Operating Officer at ExpressVPN, said the hybrid tool is the first-of-its-kind in the industry, offering flexibility that previous extensions lacked. The Meta Quest app, available through the Meta App Store, encrypts all headset traffic, protecting against ISP throttling during high-bandwidth VR streaming.
Both the extension and the Quest app support ExpressVPN’s Lightway protocol, which now includes post-quantum protections. The hybrid extension will also soon be available for the Meta Quest browser, providing a lighter option for gaming sessions that demand maximum performance.
AI Threats Surge, Cyber‑Resilience Grows
Cyber-attacks have more than doubled worldwide in just four years, rising from 818 per organization in 2021 to almost 2,000 per organization last year, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). Small businesses are now seven times more likely to report insufficient cyber-resilience than in 2022, and AI tools have amplified both the volume and sophistication of attacks. Attackers use large language models (LLMs) to craft convincing phishing campaigns, write polymorphic malware, and automate social-engineering at scale, creating a threat environment that learns, adapts, and scales faster than human analysts can respond.
AI systems are built in layers—environment, model, context, tools, and application—each with its own weak spots. Prompt injection, non-compliant content generation, and data exfiltration are top threats in the model layer, while the context layer, home to retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) databases and memory stores, is a prime target for data theft. Over-privileged APIs and compromised AI agents can give attackers keys to entire workflows, expanding the attack surface in every direction.
To counter these risks, organizations are deploying AI-driven security operations that use multi-agent models to analyze billions of daily events, flag emerging risks in real time, and automate first-response actions. According to PwC’s Digital Trust Insights 2026 survey, AI now tops the list of investment priorities for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) worldwide. Meanwhile, shadow AI—unapproved generative tools used by employees—poses a largely self-inflicted risk, with around 90 percent of enterprises now using GenAI applications and more than 70 percent of those tools falling under shadow IT. Nearly 45 percent of AI-related network traffic contains sensitive information, underscoring the need for comprehensive security frameworks that span the full AI lifecycle.
Conclusion
Tech trends today highlight a surge in immersive media consumption, with streaming giants offering fresh content across multiple platforms. Meanwhile, cybersecurity is intensifying, as AI-driven attacks double in frequency and sophistication, prompting companies like ExpressVPN to innovate hybrid VPN solutions for both browsers and VR headsets.
FAQ
What new feature did ExpressVPN launch for Chrome and Firefox?
A hybrid browser extension that combines a lightweight proxy with full-device control and Smart Routing to assign different VPN locations to specific sites.
Which streaming service is offering The Night Agent season 3 on its platform?
Netflix is offering The Night Agent season 3.
How many cyber-attacks per organization were reported last year, according to the World Economic Forum?
Almost 2,000 cyber-attacks per organization were reported last year.