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X users have reported receiving unsolicited password reset emails following the rollout of the platform's new X Money payment service. X engineer Mridul Singhai confirmed the company is investigating the surge of reset requests, stating no evidence of actual account breaches has been found so far.
YouTube TV has finished folding ESPN Unlimited directly into its platform, meaning eligible subscribers no longer need to open a separate ESPN app to stream its content. The rollout, promised as part of last year's carriage deal after ESPN briefly left YouTube TV, covers events like the US Open, college football, WWE, La Liga and out-of-market NHL games, plus ESPN Originals and the 30 for 30 library.
A developer designed a credit-card-sized PCB business card featuring an NFC chip that opens his website when tapped and a red LED that lights up on a printed Charizard's tail, powered entirely by the phone's own NFC radio field rather than any onboard battery. He had to write a custom Core NFC app for iPhone because standard NFC apps couldn't write to the blank NTAG I2C Plus chip he used, so his app sends the chip's native write commands directly.
Mozilla has rolled out a new feature called Ad Blocker within Firefox for iPhone and iPad, designed to stop many third-party ads and ad trackers from loading on web pages. The tool is off by default and must be manually switched on through Settings > Browsing > Ad Blocker, and it requires iOS or iPadOS 15 or later. Mozilla says the rollout is gradual, so not every user will see the option immediately.
Dyson has launched an electric toothbrush combining brushing with an integrated water-jet cleaning system, marketed under Brush, Auto-jet, Deep clean, and Variable modes. The company cites clinical and lab-based testing, including a six-week 204-participant study, to support claims of improved plaque removal and cleaning in hard-to-reach areas compared with manual toothbrushes. The device connects to the MyDyson app for tracking and settings, expanding Dyson's product lineup beyond appliances into personal care.
A commentator pushes back against a wave of criticism aimed at Mozilla's Firefox browser for maintaining a presence on X, noting that critics who switched to alternatives like Vivaldi remain active on the same or similar platforms. The piece frames this backlash as misguided given Firefox's shrinking market share and its role as one of the few browsers not built on Google's Chromium engine.
Small businesses are increasingly offering retirement savings plans to employees, a benefit once considered exclusive to larger companies with more resources. This shift is driven by improved retirement plan tools, lower barriers to entry, and rising employee expectations around financial security benefits.
Ahead of Apple's September event, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman shared new details on the upcoming iPhone Ultra foldable in a Tom's Guide interview, confirming MagSafe support, a 5.5-inch cover display paired with a 7.8-inch inner screen, and Apple's latest Pro chip and modem. He also described a durable liquid metal hinge designed to minimize the crease, plus iOS 27 multitasking features including drag-and-drop between apps.
OpenAI announced that its forthcoming Astra AI model is the first to cross the company's 'Critical' cybersecurity capability threshold, meaning it can discover unknown vulnerabilities and exploit them autonomously without human step-by-step direction. The company says Astra will still launch soon, but access to its most sensitive cybersecurity abilities will be restricted, with further safety details to come in a system card at release.
The company behind the Astra model says new testing shows it has crossed a 'Critical' cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework, meaning it could independently discover unknown vulnerabilities and craft exploits against well-defended systems without step-by-step human guidance. This is the first model the company has classified at that severity level, prompting delays to strengthen safeguards before release.
METR, a nonprofit that evaluates risks in frontier AI models, revealed it suffered two cybersecurity incidents this year. In March, attackers stole an API key used for public-model inference and used it for weeks to run up a large number of credits, while in May attackers unsuccessfully probed an exposed endpoint attempting to reach internal data.
A user inspecting disk usage discovered that OpenAI's Codex desktop app, now rebranded as part of ChatGPT, stores a 1.7GB cache folder containing full Python and Node.js runtimes alongside native binaries for Poppler, git, and the LibreOffice office suite. Accompanying 'skills' files instruct Codex on how to locate and invoke these bundled tools when handling document-related tasks.