Japan's Digital Agency disclosed that an attacker exploited a known, medium-severity vulnerability in a VPN device used by its Government Solution Service to access internal systems. The breach, detected after unusual account activity on June 25 and confirmed on July 9, may have exposed roughly 246,000 rows of data including names, emails, phone numbers and some addresses belonging to government staff and affiliated businesses.
Digital wallets like Apple Pay require device authentication—Face ID, Touch ID, or a passcode—before any purchase can be confirmed, unlike many physical cards that skip verification for small transactions. They also use tokenization, replacing your actual card number with a unique, single-use code so merchants never see real card details, and they sidestep skimming devices since no card is physically inserted.
Kamal is an open-source deployment tool that lets developers run web apps on bare metal, self-hosted servers, or any cloud provider using just a config file with IP addresses and SSH access. It aims to replicate the ease-of-use of managed platforms like Heroku, Fly.io, and Render without locking users into a single vendor's infrastructure.
Donald Trump's federal financial disclosure for 2025 reports roughly $1.436 billion in crypto-related income and proceeds, drawn from CIC Digital, DT Marks Defi and stablecoin ventures tied to World Liberty. A separate Reuters analysis puts total profit from Trump family crypto ventures at over $2.3 billion between mid-2024 and April 2026, though the White House denies any conflict of interest, saying his children manage the businesses while he remains the beneficiary.
Developers behind the proposed Frederick Digital Campus have pitched a $110 million package to Frederick County, Maryland residents to secure approval for the site, which would house tenants including Amazon and Aligned Data Centers. The package includes a $30 million elementary school, $40 million in recreational facilities, a $14.5 million workforce training center, $10.5 million for agricultural preservation, and up to $100 million toward a water reclamation system that would cut potable water use by 80%.
Amid an ongoing lawsuit in which Sony argues customers don't actually own their digital game purchases, the Consumer Rights Wiki has compiled 44 documented instances where Sony's own support pages, store listings, and blog posts describe purchased games as something players 'own.' Examples include PS4-to-PS5 upgrade instructions referencing a game 'you already own' and a PlayStation Store ratings policy requiring users to 'own the game' before rating it.
Google is now widely deploying Gemini as the default digital assistant across Android Auto, replacing the standard Google Assistant for drivers who haven't already switched manually. Users can still enable it themselves via Settings, and once active, Gemini handles voice interactions, messaging, music requests and more inside the car.
A Verge editor traces his discovery of The Units through a synthpunk.org archive found via the Wayback Machine, leading him to the band's 1980 record Digital Stimulation. He argues the album, led by Scott Ryser and Rachel Webber, sounds startlingly modern despite its era-specific production, with tracks resembling contemporary acts like MSPAINT, DFA-era dance-punk, and Single Frame.
Sony has received preliminary court approval for a $7.85 million settlement in the Caccuri v. Sony Interactive Entertainment class-action lawsuit, which accused the company of monopolizing digital game sales by killing off vouchers that let PlayStation owners buy games from rival retailers. Eligible US PlayStation customers can now file claims through a live settlement website ahead of a final approval hearing set for Oct. 15.
A hobbyist developer building Quicktake for Apple II, a program that lets vintage Macs and Apple IIs pull photos off old digital cameras, is now adding support for the so-called 'Sierra-class' camera protocol used across more than 80 models, including Sanyo, Epson and Sierra Imaging devices. The work follows earlier support for the Kodak DC-50 and relies on a newly modular driver system so each camera's code loads separately without bloating the floppy-disk-limited software.
Apple's Wallet app allows iPhone and Apple Watch owners to add a digital version of their driver's license alongside other IDs like passports. The feature uses encryption and biometric authentication via Face ID or Touch ID, letting users control exactly what information is revealed—for example, only confirming legal drinking age rather than sharing a full birthdate. Adoption remains limited, as only some businesses, venues, and airport checkpoints currently accept these digital credentials.
The IEEE Computer Society is partnering with theIPregistry.org to overhaul how institutional subscribers verify access to its digital library. Starting 15 September 2026, the integration will automate the management and verification of IP address updates instead of relying on manual processes.
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