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An analysis of application security infrastructure finds that CDNs, WAFs, bot management, and identity systems each examine only isolated aspects of a session, leaving gaps that attackers exploit. By routing traffic through residential IPs or commercial VPNs and pairing valid credentials with convincing device fingerprints, malicious actors can pass through multiple defensive layers undetected.
Google has begun automatically inserting a Gemini AI shortcut into Google Messages, even though there is no dedicated toggle for it in the Connected Apps settings within Gemini itself. Users who don't want the floating AI icon hovering near their chat button can still remove it through an in-app setting, according to Android Authority.
Philip Johnston, co-founder of the orbital data center company Starcloud, has joined other entrepreneurs to announce the 'Fermi Explorer' project, aiming to raise $15 million to build and launch a small spacecraft carrying a 1-kg payload toward Alpha Centauri. The stated goal is to have the probe reach that star system in under 80,000 years, testing assumptions behind the Fermi paradox about why humanity hasn't detected extraterrestrial civilizations.
CNET's People's Picks community survey asked readers to rate their internet service providers on cost, speed, reliability and customer support. GFiber, formerly Google Fiber, emerged as the overall favorite with a 4.72 out of 5 satisfaction score, beating close competitors Verizon Fios and AT&T Fiber, while T-Mobile Home Internet topped the 5G category with a 4.20 satisfaction rating.
Sonos held an event in New York to launch the Beam Ultra soundbar and Ace Ultra headphones alongside a major software update called Sonos 27, marking its largest product reveal since the troubled 2024 app relaunch. The update introduces an in-house voice assistant, Sonos 27voice, plus Sonos 27mcp, which lets users link outside AI models like ChatGPT or Gemini to control their systems, though Google Assistant remains unsupported. A future feature will let users build up to 10 custom AI agents with distinct voices and personalities to handle tasks like news updates or motivational prompts.
The latest Apple @ Work episode, sponsored by Mosyle, features Dr. Gleb Tsipursky discussing how organizations manage the human dynamics of adopting artificial intelligence at work. The conversation also touches on his published books and broader themes around workplace technology change.
Apple unveiled iOS 27 at WWDC in June and has since pushed several beta versions containing Siri AI upgrades and other features to developers. The company has only confirmed a general fall release, but based on its consistent pattern of shipping new iOS versions within about a week of its September hardware event—set for Sept. 9 this year—analysts predict a public rollout on Monday, Sept. 14.
Modern smart thermostats, including the Ecobee Premium and Google Nest models, now include built-in humidity sensors that continuously track moisture levels inside a home. Users can check these readings remotely through apps like Google Home and Alexa, and some devices let owners set custom alerts that trigger when humidity crosses a set threshold.
A feature traces the experience of Lisa Schrenk, a federal IT worker who battled severe mood symptoms and suicidal thoughts before learning from fellow hikers about hormone therapy for perimenopause. Her account illustrates a broader trend of women turning to hormone treatments after standard care, including oral contraceptives, failed to address their symptoms, often after doctors dismissed their concerns.
Starcloud founders Philip Johnston, Adi Oltean, and Ezra Feilden, along with program manager Garret Jameson, have unveiled Fermi Explorer, a nonprofit aiming to send a 1-kilogram spacecraft toward Alpha Centauri using existing space technology. The mission, budgeted at roughly $15 million and targeting a 2029 launch, would take about 80,000 years to reach the star and would be the sixth object to leave our solar system after Voyager and its peers.
Android Authority discovered a hidden feature in Google app version 17.54.10 that lets the Gemini overlay automatically shrink into a floating button while it processes a request. This would let users keep using their phone instead of waiting with the overlay locked on screen. The feature isn't live yet and appears to still be in internal testing.
An unfinished version of Nvidia's upcoming DLSS 5 feature, already nicknamed 'slop tracing' by critics, leaked online and modders tested it on classic games like Halo: Combat Evolved. The results showed blotchy, over-processed visuals and uncanny hyperrealistic faces that stripped away the games' original look, and one tester reported it also sharply reduced frame rates when tried on Final Fantasy.