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France confirms new Apple spyware campaign alert

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-03 20:38:23

In a threat and incidents report released today, France’s Information Security Agency confirmed that Apple issued a new wave of threat notifications earlier this month. Here are the details. The alert didn’t specify who was behind the recent campaign According to the agency’s report, Apple sent its latest round of security alerts to French citizens on September 3, 2025, marking the fourth campaign just this year. Previous notification waves were sent on March 5, April 29, and June 25. As the

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U.S. Senator accuses Microsoft of “gross cybersecurity negligence”

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-04 00:23:41

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the agency to investigate Microsoft for failing to provide adequate security in its products, which led to ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations. The Senator started the formal asking by saying that Microsoft should be held "responsible for its gross cybersecurity negligence, resulting in ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure, including U.S. health care organizations." The Senat

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Microsoft gives Windows 10 its penultimate update - but saves the best for Windows 11

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-11-04 05:35:19

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways September's Patch Tuesday offers bug fixes for Windows 10 and 11. Windows 11 also received a host of new and improved features. This marks the penultimate Patch Tuesday update for Windows 10. Hey Windows users, it's time once again to install the latest monthly updates on your PC, courtesy of September's Patch Tuesday. Whether you run Windows 11 or are still on Windows 10, you'll find i

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The obstacles to scaling up humanoids

news.ycombinator.com Evan Ackerman 2025-11-04 09:38:58

Over the next several years, humanoid robots will change the nature of work. Or at least, that’s what humanoid robotics companies have been consistently promising, enabling them to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at valuations that run into the billions. Delivering on these promises will require a lot of robots. Agility Robotics expects to ship “hundreds” of its Digit robots in 2025 and has a factory in Oregon capable of building over 10,000 robots per year. Tesla is planning to produce 5

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Is Hollow Knight: Silksong too hard? Well, it depends on what you mean by “hard.”

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-04 10:45:40

For seven years, the discussion around Hollow Knight: Silksong focused on the cult-like levels of devotion among fans patiently waiting for the sequel. Now that Silksong has been available for about a week, though, that discussion has turned decisively toward seemingly endless takes on the game's relative difficulty (or lack thereof). The discussion has gotten so loud that the developers at Team Cherry have vowed to implement a "slight difficulty reduction in early game bosses Moorwing and Siste

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Reality Is Ruining the Humanoid Robot Hype

news.ycombinator.com Evan Ackerman 2025-11-04 15:38:58

Over the next several years, humanoid robots will change the nature of work. Or at least, that’s what humanoid robotics companies have been consistently promising, enabling them to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at valuations that run into the billions. Delivering on these promises will require a lot of robots. Agility Robotics expects to ship “hundreds” of its Digit robots in 2025 and has a factory in Oregon capable of building over 10,000 robots per year. Tesla is planning to produce 5

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The Buyer’s Guide to Browser Extension Management

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-04 18:01:11

While most enterprises lock down endpoints, harden networks, and scan for vulnerabilities, one of the riskiest vectors often slips through unmonitored: browser extensions. These small, user-installed applications can execute privileged code, access sensitive DOM elements, intercept network requests, and even exfiltrate data, all within the context of enterprise-approved browsers. Keep Aware’s new Buyer’s Guide to Browser Extension Management explores how security and IT leaders can achieve comp

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Apple’s Big Bet to Eliminate the iPhone’s Most Targeted Vulnerabilities

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-11-04 23:59:23

Apple launched a slate of new iPhones on Tuesday loaded with the company's new A19 and A19 Pro chips. Along with an ultra-thin iPhone Air and other redesigns, the new phones come with a less flashy upgrade that could turn out to be the true killer feature. A security improvement called “Memory Integrity Enforcement” combines always-on chip-level protections with software defenses in an effort to harden iPhones against the most common—and commonly exploited—software vulnerabilities. In recent ye

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Bluesky Launches Age Verification in Select States

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-11-05 05:00:47

If you live in two particular states, you'll need to verify how old you are to stay on the site. Bluesky, the funky, semi-decentralized Twitter spin-off, is rolling out age verification systems to comply with new regulations instituted in Europe and parts of the U.S. On Wednesday, the platform announced that it was expanding its verification systems in South Dakota and Wyoming. The United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act created new requirements for platforms that want to operate within its borders

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The Long Walk is a dystopian slog where brutality is the main point

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-11-05 05:30:00

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. When Stephen King’s The Long Walk was first published in 1979, dystopian young adult fiction had not yet become a wildly popular genre. With all of its gore and brutality, King’s novel wasn’t really meant for children. But in the book’s story about disillusioned youths being made to march through wastelands as a form of mass entertain

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Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation

techcrunch.com Marina Temkin 2025-11-05 23:59:10

In Brief Perplexity, the AI-powered search startup that compete with Google by providing conversational answers to user queries, has secured $200 million in new capital at a $20 billion valuation, The Information reported. The fresh funding comes just two months after the company raised $100 million at an $18 billion valuation, according to Bloomberg’s July report. Since its founding three years ago, the rapidly growing AI company has raised $1.5 billion in total funding, according to PitchBoo

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Meta tests letting anyone rate Community Notes

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-06 15:12:08

As part of a new test, Meta will let anyone rate a Community Note or request one for a post, Meta's Chief Information Security Officer Guy Rosen shared on X . After testing the feature in March, the company formally introduced Community Notes as a replacement for its fact-checking program in April of this year. You have to apply to actually write Community Notes, but Meta's new test means that anyone who sees one can rate it to signal whether it's helpful or not. They'll also be able to request

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‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ Is Killer With Some Filler, and a Whole Lot of Flashy Anime Action

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-11-06 15:00:39

The beginning of the end has arrived. Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle, the first installment in a climactic film trilogy of one of anime’s most popular series, is finally storming into theaters, bringing with it tons of high-stakes spectacle fans have been salivating over. Infinity Castle may wobble in matching the emotional depth and narrative finesse that Demon Slayer fans have come to expect. Still, it more than earns its place on the big screen, with studio Ufotable delivering gorgeous animati

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Lyft launches autonomous fleet with May Mobility in Atlanta

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-07 00:49:42

Lyft and May Mobility have teamed up to launch a fleet of autonomous vehicles in Atlanta. It's a pilot program, so it's currently only available to Lyft riders in the area of midtown Atlanta. The companies promise a "measured, safety-first approach" with this rollout. The fleet consists of hybrid-electric Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicles equipped with May Mobility’s self-driving technology. Lyft and May Mobility announced this partnership last year, but Atlanta is the first city to get a flee

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Cursor AI editor lets repos “autorun” malicious code on devices

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-07 03:46:24

A weakness in the Cursor code editor exposes developers to the risk of automatically executing tasks in a malicious repository as soon as it’s opened. Threat actors can exploit the flaw to drop malware, hijack developer environments, or steal credentials and API tokens, without developers having to execute any commands. Cursor is an AI-powered Integrated Development Environment (IDE) built as a fork of Visual Studio Code (VS Code) that has deep integration of mainstream AI assistants like GPT-

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Meta adds new features to Community Notes fact checks, including alerts for corrected posts

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-11-07 05:33:21

Meta is introducing a few new features for its crowdsourced fact-checking program, Community Notes, launched in the U.S. earlier this year. Now, users will be notified when they’ve interacted with a post on Facebook, Instagram, or Threads that receives a Community Note. Plus, anyone can now request a note or rate a note if it’s been helpful to them. We’re testing new Community Notes features at Meta: Anyone can now request a note or rate if a note is helpful – Users get notified when posts th

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IEEE Software Receives 2025 Award for Publication Excellence from APEX

computer.org Jasmine Ang 2025-11-07 08:00:10

IEEE Software has won another Publication Excellence award from APEX, a leading annual competition for communication and publishers. The IEEE team is incredibly honored and excited to continue our mission of keeping IEEE members informed on major trends and developments in technology, engineering, and science. The distinguished 2025 APEX Awards were in the Magazines, Journals & Tabloids category for the issue “Well-being for Resilience — Developers Thrive!” (Jul.-Aug. 2024). As a previous APEX

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iOS 26 will give iPhone 16 owners a new camera capability

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-11-07 20:33:40

Yesterday during its iPhone 17 introduction, Apple showed off a brand new ‘Bright’ Photographic Style for users. But it turns out, iOS 26 brings the same new feature to certain iPhone 16 models too. New ‘Bright’ Photographic Style is coming to iPhone 16 One of the tentpole features of the iPhone 16 last year was next-generation Photographic Styles. Photographic Styles might seem like just a marketing term for filters. But Apple’s latest version that launched on iPhone 16 is technically quite

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Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone"

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-07 15:08:14

With the number of passenger vehicles rising across Europe, cities are grappling with air pollution, traffic accidents, and the loss of public space. In Spain, the city of Pontevedra has managed to overcome these challenges, surpassing national air quality standards and creating safer streets. The key, according to the Galician municipality’s mayor, is an urban model that prioritises residents over cars – without imposing an outright ban on private vehicles. It is a bright summer evening in Pon

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Spotify lossless streaming is finally here and it's included with a Premium plan

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-08 00:10:09

Stop me if you've heard this one before: over a half-decade of rumors, infrequent teases and affirmations that something is on the way, only for fans to impatiently bide their time and the thing to eventually arrive with very little advance warning. No, I'm not talking about Hollow Knight: Silksong this time. Spotify is finally rolling out a lossless option that offers higher-quality music streaming. Best of all, the company is offering it to Premium members at no extra charge. You'll get a not

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Microsoft fixes streaming issues triggered by Windows updates

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-08 00:02:44

Microsoft has resolved severe lag and stuttering issues with NDI streaming software affecting Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems after installing the August 2025 security updates. The company confirmed these problems after receiving widespread reports from users who experienced a range of performance issues while using various streaming apps, including OBS (Open Broadcast Software) and NDI Tools. "Severe stuttering, lag, and choppy audio/video might occur when using NDI (Network Device Interfac

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Spotify's long-awaited lossless music is finally here - how to enable it today

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-08 00:00:00

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Lossless audio is coming to Spotify. Lossless audio offers a more accurate and dynamic sound. The feature is slowly rolling out to all users with a paid plan. In 2021, Spotify teased the idea of a high-fidelity tier (hi-fi tier) that would offer lossless audio quality. Unfortunately, licensing issues caused the plan to be put on the back burner. Also: This new Spotify feature almost ma

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Here Come the Robotaxis: Zoox and Lyft Both Launch Driverless Ride Sharing

wired.com Aarian Marshall 2025-11-08 00:00:00

“How do we break down the journey into bite-sized pieces, so it doesn’t feel overwhelming or insurmountable?” says Jesse Levinson, the cofounder and CEO of Zoox. “This moment is a huge one, but the service is still unpaid and fairly limited.” Zoox launched in 2014, and though it’s been testing its technology in San Francisco, at its Foster City, California, headquarters, and in Las Vegas for years, this will be the first time it’s allowing anyone willing to download an app to ride. The company w

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The MechaHitler defense contract is raising red flags

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-11-07 22:00:00

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Ask someone their worst fears about AI, and you’ll find a few recurring topics — from near-term fears like AI tools replacing human workers and the loss of critical thinking to apocalyptic scenarios like AI-designed weapons of mass destruction and automated war. Most have one thing in common: a loss of human control. And the sy

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Lyft and May Mobility launch robotaxis in Atlanta

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-11-08 00:00:00

Riders in Atlanta can now hail a May Mobility robotaxi on the Lyft app, marking the first commercial deployment in the two companies’ partnership. The small fleet of autonomous vehicles is Lyft’s latest attempt to carve out a presence in the robotaxi market. Lyft’s Atlanta launch signals an effort to carve out a piece of the robotaxi market. But it has a lot of catching up to do if it hopes to close the gap with rival Uber. Earlier this year, Bank of America analysts downgraded the stock to “Un

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The Download: AI’s energy future

technologyreview.com Rhiannon Williams 2025-11-08 05:10:00

In May, MIT Technology Review published an unprecedented and comprehensive look at how much energy the AI industry uses—down to a single query. Our reporters and editors traced where AI’s carbon footprint stands now, and where it’s headed, as AI barrels towards billions of daily users. We’ve just produced a short video to accompany that investigation. You can read the original full story here, and check out—and share— the full video on YouTube here. AI is changing the grid. Could it help more

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Android’s anti-theft protections will soon become less annoying thanks to your smartwatch

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-08 05:00:06

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is making its “Identity Check” anti-theft feature more convenient by integrating it with smartwatch proximity. This allows users to use their PIN or password as a fallback to biometrics, even outside a trusted location, as long as their watch is nearby. Expected to land in a future Android 16 quarterly release, the feature may only work with the Google Pixel Watch 3 and newer models. Android offers a number of optional theft protection features

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Wallpaper Wednesday: More great phone wallpapers for all to share (September 10)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-08 05:30:43

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens. For the newest wall

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7 Linux terminal basics every beginner should learn first - and why

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-08 05:29:20

Jack Wallen / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The Linux terminal isn't nearly as hard as you think. Understanding the fundamentals will help get you started. These concepts apply to all Linux distributions. When many think about Linux, they think of awkward and complicated commands that are far beyond the reach of new users. What those people may not know is that modern Linux distributions don't require that they work

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May Mobility and Lyft's Self-Driving Partnership Hits the Road in Atlanta

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-08 05:00:03

Table of Contents May Mobility and Lyft's Self-Driving Partnership Hits the Road in Atlanta Lyft and May Mobility kicked off their self-driving partnership in Atlanta on Wednesday. As part of a pilot program, riders in the area can summon a vehicle equipped with May Mobility's autonomous driving technology directly through the Lyft app, "with plans to expand service hours and vehicle availability in the months ahead," the companies said in a release. Lyft customers in Atlanta could be matched

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Latest Tech News

France confirms new Apple spyware campaign alert

U.S. Senator accuses Microsoft of “gross cybersecurity negligence”

Microsoft gives Windows 10 its penultimate update - but saves the best for Windows 11

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The Buyer’s Guide to Browser Extension Management

Apple’s Big Bet to Eliminate the iPhone’s Most Targeted Vulnerabilities

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Perplexity reportedly raised $200M at $20B valuation

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Lyft launches autonomous fleet with May Mobility in Atlanta

Cursor AI editor lets repos “autorun” malicious code on devices

Meta adds new features to Community Notes fact checks, including alerts for corrected posts

IEEE Software Receives 2025 Award for Publication Excellence from APEX

iOS 26 will give iPhone 16 owners a new camera capability

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