Wiz researchers found multiple threat actors exploiting two Artifactory vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-42018 and CVE-2026-42016, to escalate from a low-privileged anonymous session to full administrator access in under five minutes in some cases. Once inside, attackers installed malicious Groovy plugins to run commands and deployed a custom Rust-based backdoor with command-and-control capabilities, alongside webshells and stolen configuration data. A separate critical flaw, CVE-2026-82329, has also been used by other attackers to mint admin tokens on unpatched instances.
A developer inspired by Jonty Hurwitz's anamorphic sculptures built a custom application that arranges arbitrary 3D meshes—like cars, pigs, and pigeons—so their combined silhouette forms a target image when viewed from one specific camera angle. The system starts with randomly placed objects and uses gradient descent with a differentiable renderer to iteratively adjust each mesh's position, size, and rotation until the projected outline matches the target picture.
Apple's iOS 27 introduces iPhone Handoff, letting users share one eSIM number across two iPhones, switching which device is active at any time while calls, texts, and data sync automatically. T-Mobile confirmed it will charge customers an extra $5 per month to use this feature when it launches with iOS 27 on September 14. The feature will also be available through Deutsche Telekom in Germany, though pricing details there weren't specified.
Leaked details point to a new Samsung Galaxy Buds model internally called 'T1,' reportedly aimed at workout use. The leak suggests a larger battery capacity and touch-based controls, though Samsung has not confirmed the product or a launch timeline.
Developer FamBoy32-dev released LiveHaptics, a free app that routes a PC's system audio into the Steam Controller's rumble motors, letting hearing-impaired users feel movies, music and games as vibration patterns. The tool works on Windows and Linux, supports USB, Bluetooth and Valve's wireless receiver, and processes audio through a per-channel DSP chain before converting it into a haptic pulse stream.
Plaion has delayed its hardware-accurate remake of SNK's NeoGeo AES console by roughly 10 months, now targeting a September 16, 2027 launch. The company cites an AI-fueled memory chip shortage alongside stronger-than-anticipated consumer demand as the reasons for the pushback. The AES+ is built to replicate the original system at the hardware level using dedicated ASIC chips rather than emulation, with MiSTER developer Jotego on the team.
Oracle reported fiscal first-quarter revenue of $19.35 billion, topping analyst expectations, with net income climbing 60% to $4.7 billion. The gains were driven by a 62% jump in cloud revenue, including a 121% surge in cloud infrastructure sales, prompting shares to rise more than 6% in premarket trading.
Jon Peddie Research reports desktop discrete graphics card shipments reached 12.5 million units in Q2 2026, the highest quarterly total since early 2022, even as prices climbed to record levels. Nvidia shipped about 11.25 million of those units for roughly 90% market share, while AMD shipped around one million cards for about 8%.
A homeschooled boy in the UK developed erythema ab igne, a lace-like reddish-brown skin rash, after resting his laptop directly on his stomach for up to eight hours a day, often while it charged. Doctors initially suspected bruising before he explained his study habits, leading to the diagnosis. The condition faded and eventually cleared once he stopped placing the device on his skin.
HP is discounting its HyperX Omen Max 16 gaming laptop by $1,000, bringing the price down to $3,699.99. The machine pairs a mobile Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU with a 16-inch 1600p OLED display running at 240Hz, an Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB SSD.
WIRED tested John Deere's Operations Center Pro Service, a self-repair tool built into the company's connected machines, and successfully used it to fix a tractor with guidance from company staff. Despite the demonstration, many farmers remain skeptical that Deere has genuinely opened up repair access, given the digital locks that still require dealer approval for many fixes.
Microsoft is testing a new Windows 11 recovery feature called Cloud Rebuild in Insider Beta Preview Build 26220.9343. It reinstalls Windows directly from Windows Update even when the existing installation is corrupted or won't boot, eliminating the need for a USB recovery drive. The tool is accessed through the Windows Recovery Environment, which can now also reuse saved Wi-Fi credentials to connect during recovery.
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