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Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement platform, disclosed on Sunday that roughly 4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in its Federation wallet were withdrawn without authorization, totaling about $320 million. The network described the perpetrators as "purported white-hat hackers" and warned that user wallets on the platform would be affected by the breach.
The developer of the Android Auto app Xtream Player (formerly Fermata Xtream) released version 1.6.0, adding an experimental feature that lets users send videos from their phone directly to their car screen. The update also introduces a Winamp-inspired music visualizer with nine styles, available to both free and premium users.
An investigation by Gamers Nexus, working with Level1Techs and independent security researchers, found that LG OLED TVs including the G5 actively scan home networks to identify phones, smartwatches and other nearby devices, while also capturing microphone audio even when the display appears off. The collected data, including Wi-Fi network names, signal strength and location details, is later uploaded once the TV reconnects to the internet and feeds into LG's advertising arm, LG Ad Solutions.
Microsoft is expanding GitHub Copilot's coding agent to manage more of the software development pipeline, including setting up Windows development environments, running linters and tests, and opening pull requests for human review. GitHub also added agent support for Windows Subsystem for Linux, helping teams that build on Windows but test or deploy on Linux. Microsoft Distinguished Engineer David Fowler said on X that 'typing code is absolutely over,' pointing to a shift in what developers actually spend time doing.
Bentley let journalists ride in a heavily disguised preproduction version of its upcoming 2027 Torcal, an electric SUV built on the same platform as the electrified Porsche Cayenne. The vehicle features artificial exterior body panels and interior coverings to hide its true design, and despite being smaller than the Bentayga, it offers a notably spacious cabin and refined ride quality using off-the-shelf two-chamber air suspension.
Three men had to be rescued after getting lost overnight while descending California's Mount Shasta, a hike they had planned using Google's Gemini chatbot. Local authorities said Gemini advised the group to pack far less food and water than needed, a problem that worsened when their planned eight-hour climb turned into a multiday ordeal.
Oura has acknowledged in SEC paperwork filed ahead of its IPO that some Ring 4 units suffered battery performance problems, which contributed to an $84.4 million rise in warranty expenses during fiscal 2025. The company replaced affected rings free of charge, sometimes even after the standard one-year warranty had lapsed. Oura has not specified which production batches were affected.
OpenAI is testing a new 'Writing Style' feature for ChatGPT with a limited set of users. It works by connecting to apps like Gmail, Slack, Google Drive, and Notion, analyzing existing messages, emails, and documents to learn a person's natural tone and voice for future drafts.
Attackers are combining two newly disclosed MikroTik RouterOS vulnerabilities, an SSH authentication bypass (CVE-2026-67276) and a privilege escalation bug (CVE-2026-86060), to seize full control of routers with SSH exposed to the internet. Poland's CERT, which found the flaws with AI assistance, calls the combined exploit 'MikroTrick' and confirms it is being used in real-world attacks. MikroTik patched the issues in RouterOS versions released September 3, alongside a related bandwidth-test flaw that can leak memory or crash devices.
The RIAA reported that US recorded music revenue rose 6.9% in H1 2026 versus H1 2025, with physical formats up 25.9%—vinyl grew 17.7% and CDs jumped 58.6%. Streaming still dominates overall revenue at $4.9 billion, but the outsized physical growth stands out amid rising anger over digital ownership issues.
Huawei launched the Mate XT 2 in China, its third trifold phone, switching to an inward-folding design similar to Samsung's Galaxy Z TriFold rather than the accordion style of prior models. The device also introduces a privacy OLED screen, akin to the one on Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra, that narrows viewing angles to shield content from onlookers when enabled as a paid option.
ConnectWise disclosed a new security flaw in its ScreenConnect remote access platform affecting file transfer behavior in both cloud and on-premises deployments. The vulnerability has no CVE identifier yet and no official patch, though the company says a fix is coming later this week. In the meantime, ConnectWise published manual mitigation steps requiring administrators to disable file transfer permissions across user roles.