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Stalkerware apps Cocospy and Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-11-17 12:05:00

A security vulnerability in a pair of phone-monitoring apps is exposing the personal data of millions of people who have the apps unwittingly installed on their devices, according to a security researcher who found the flaw. The bug allows anyone to access the personal data — messages, photos, call logs, and more — exfiltrated from any phone or tablet compromised by Cocospy and Spyic, two differently branded mobile stalkerware apps that share largely the same source code. The bug also exposes t

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Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here’s how to remove it

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2025-11-17 12:30:00

Consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls, and real-time location are an ongoing problem for Android users. This guide can help you identify and remove common surveillance apps from your Android phone, including TheTruthSpy, Cocospy and Spyic, among others. Consumer-grade spyware apps are frequently sold under the guise of child monitoring or family-tracking software, but are referred to as “stalkerware” and “spouseware” for th

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Rivian inches closer to profitability but warns ‘changes to government policies’ could hurt

techcrunch.com Sean O'Kane 2025-11-17 12:28:25

Rivian’s cost-cutting measures have gotten it a lot closer to profitability, but the company is warning that 2025 could still be a challenging year — especially because of the whorl of uncertainty caused by the new Trump administration. The company announced Thursday its fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 financial results, and along with it, shared plans to deliver between 46,000 and 51,000 EVs across 2025. Rivian cautioned that “changes to government policies and regulations, and a challenging

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Amazon pulls the plug on its Android app store that you never used anyway

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 12:30:11

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon will shut down its Android device app store in August 2025. Users will no longer be able to download or use apps from the Appstore on Android after the deadline. Amazon Fire devices like the Fire TV and the Fire Tablet. The Google Play Store is the premier source for downloading and installing apps on Android flagships, but the platform’s open nature also allows third-party app stores to exist. The Amazon Appstore was one of those popular options ou

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Ring beefs up the image quality on its new Outdoor Cam Plus

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-17 12:00:49

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . If there’s one downside to the sheer number of security cameras Ring makes, it’s the sheer darn volume of them. Joining the mob today is the Outdoor Cam Plus, packing a new high-quality lens and 2K imaging sensor promising “a clear, colorful view even in near dark conditions.” It’s cla

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Microsoft fixes Power Pages zero-day bug exploited in attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-17 12:34:14

Microsoft has issued a security bulletin for a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability in Power Pages, which hackers exploited as a zero-day in attacks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-24989, is an improper access control problem impacting Power Pages, allowing unauthorized actors to elevate their privileges over a network and bypass user registration controls. Microsoft says it has addressed the risk at the service level and notified impacted customers accordingly, enclosing instruct

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Can't quit Windows 10? You can pay Microsoft for updates after October, or try these alternatives

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-11-17 12:31:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Your next iPhone may get a significant price increase - this analyst thinks it's inevitable

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-11-17 12:36:00

Jason Hiner/ZDNET The latest US tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump have put Apple at a bit of a crossroads. With multiple tariffs impacting countries worldwide, including a 10% charge on all imports from China, electronics makers like Apple will soon have to decide if they'll take the brunt of the damage or redirect it to end consumers by increasing the price of goods. That includes the iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and more. Also: Apple launches $599 iPhone 16e: Best features, specs, and

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'Wicked' Movie Streaming on Peacock: Release Date and Time

cnet.com Meara Isenberg 2025-11-17 12:12:18

Dust off a broomstick and warm up your pipes -- the first part of Universal's film adaptation of Wicked has a Peacock streaming date. The streaming service is also throwing in the sing-along version, so you can memorize all the lyrics during the wait for part two, titled Wicked: For Good. Committed fans will be able to enjoy more bonus content, including deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes featurettes. The first part of Wicked stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande as Elphaba and Glinda, stude

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Xbox Game Pass was supposed to be the Netflix of gaming — what happened?

theverge.com David Pierce 2025-11-17 12:00:31

is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Hello, and welcome to a special episode of Decoder! This is David Pierce, editor-at-large at The Verge. Nilay is off this week for a much-deserved break from what I can only describe as a pretty bleak news cycle. So I’m filling in for him, and the Decoder team thought this would be a good opportunity to switch gears a little bit from the

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Leaked details reveal potential pricing for Lego’s Nintendo Game Boy

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-11-17 12:50:04

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2011, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Aside from an October 2025 release, the teaser Lego and Nintendo released in January for their upcoming Game Boy collaboration was light on details. But according to an Instagram account that Video Games Chronicle says has a reliable track record for sharing accurate details about new sets before Lego does, the brick-built Game Boy will sell for

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UK healthcare giant HCRG confirms hack after ransomware gang claims theft of sensitive data

techcrunch.com Carly Page 2025-11-17 12:02:57

U.K. healthcare giant HCRG Care Group has confirmed it’s investigating a cybersecurity incident after a ransomware gang claimed to have breached the company’s systems to steal troves of sensitive data. HCRG Care Group is one of the largest independent providers of community health and care services in the United Kingdom. The organization, previously known as Virgin Care and now owned by Twenty20 Capita, partners with National Health Service trusts and local authorities around the U.K. to delive

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Pomera's typewriter smashes crowdfunding target, brings distraction-free writing to the US

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-11-17 14:17:00

Something to look forward to: Another device is joining the list of distraction-free digital typewriters. The Pomera D250 has been available in Japan since 2022, where it's proven very popular. Now, thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign, it's coming to the US for writers who prefer not having the entire internet distracting them. There have been numerous Pomera models since the first was released in 2008, and the DM-250 is said to be the best yet. As with other devices of this ilk, the

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Microsoft Majorana 1 chip promises real quantum computing within years, not decades

techspot.com Zo Ahmed 2025-11-17 17:41:00

Forward-looking: Microsoft has unveiled a new quantum chip called "Majorana 1" that claims will make scaled, real-world quantum computing a reality in just years rather than decades. It's palm-sized and has a delightfully retro look yet Microsoft claims it will eventually pack more theoretical computing power than all the world's current classical computers combined. The Majorana 1 comes after nearly two decades of research. The big claims come thanks to Microsoft's unique approach to the quant

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AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-17 16:08:28

AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years Cases of tuberculosis (pictured) have increased in the UK and worldwide as the disease increases its resistance to antibiotics A complex problem that took microbiologists a decade to get to the bottom of has been solved in just two days by a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Professor José R Penadés and his team at Imperial College London had spent years working out and proving why some superbugs are immune to antibiotics.

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Unit Network raises $18M for decentralized platform enabling real-world and digital asset trading

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-11-17 17:00:00

Unit Network, a decentralized financial ecosystem enabling trading of real-world and digital assets through tokenization, has raised $18 million. The venture capital investment was led by industry leaders such as the Blockchain Founders Fund and Outlier Ventures, alongside notable entrepreneurs including Cristina Venture (White Star Capital), Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar (Rootstock), Joshua Seims (Metastable Capital), Richard Wang (Draper Dragon Fund), Thomas Hessler (Zanox), Yuval Rooz (DigitalAss

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What’s driving electricity demand? It isn’t just AI and data centers.

technologyreview.com Casey Crownhart 2025-11-17 15:00:00

Take the US, for example. The IEA report points to other research showing that the 10 states hosting the most data center growth saw a 10% increase in electricity demand between 2019 and 2023. Demand in the other 40 states declined by about 3% over the same period. One caveat here is that nobody knows for sure what’s going to happen with data centers in the future, particularly those needed to run AI. Projections are all over the place, and small changes could drastically alter the amount of en

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This Google Photos feature is coming to more smart TVs, tablets, and… fridges?

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-17 15:53:29

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos will soon let you display your albums as a slideshow on more devices. Google plans to expand availability to more smart TVs, tablets, fridges, and photo frames. The feature is currently available on the Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max, Chromecast devices, Google TV and Android TV devices, and select photo frames. Google Photos has a neat feature that lets you display an album as a slideshow on a few smart home devices while idling or in ambient mo

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Can you really get Windows and Office for free? These hackers say yes

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-11-17 17:22:00

rob dobi/Getty Images A group of developers who call themselves Massgrave have successfully hacked Microsoft's activation tools for Windows and Office. The collective has uploaded a set of PowerShell scripts to their repository on GitHub, where anyone can download and use the tools to activate any edition of Windows or any perpetual-license Office edition without paying Microsoft's licensing fees. The most recent update includes a module that the group claims will allow users to install Window

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Egg prices are soaring. Are backyard chickens the answer?

news.ycombinator.com Jason Mark 2025-11-17 00:46:02

February 19, 2025 Update: Egg prices may be impacted for reasons beyond the scarcity of laying hens due to bird flu. Farm Action, a farmer-led advocacy group, has written to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, requesting an investigation into “potential monopolization and anticompetitive coordination” by the egg industry. “While avian flu has been cited as the primary driver of skyrocketing egg prices, its actual impact on production has been minimal,” the group wrote. “I

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FAQ on Microsoft's topological qubit thing

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 11:25:20

Q1. Did you see Microsoft’s announcement? A. Yes, thanks, you can stop emailing to ask! Microsoft’s Chetan Nayak was even kind enough to give me a personal briefing a few weeks ago. Yesterday I did a brief interview on this for the BBC’s World Business Report, and I also commented for MIT Technology Review. Q2. What is a topological qubit? A. It’s a special kind of qubit built using nonabelian anyons, which are excitations that can exist in a two-dimensional medium, behaving neither as fermio

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After 20 Years, Math Couple Solves Major Group Theory Problem

news.ycombinator.com Leila Sloman 2025-11-17 14:09:56

After the conjecture was posed in the 1970s, dozens of mathematicians tried their hand at proving it. They made partial progress — and in the process they learned a great deal about groups, which are abstract objects that describe the various symmetries of a mathematical system. But a full proof seemed out of reach. Then Späth came along. Now, 20 years after she first learned about the problem and more than a decade after she met Cabanes, the two mathematicians have finally completed the proof.

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TurboTax Discount Codes: 20% Off | February 2025

wired.com Molly Higgins 2025-11-17 10:00:00

TurboTax has been my go-to for self-filing taxes for years. It’s good enough for me—and literally millions of other users. TurboTax has quickly become a favorite among users for its easy-to-use self-filing services, along with easy access to assistance from tax professionals. TurboTax has free self-service for qualifying people, and TurboTax Live Assisted, where you file online with tax expert help if needed, and TurboTax Full Service, where a tax expert will do your taxes and review them with y

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Volvo’s ES90 sedan will be built with a Nvidia supercomputer

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-11-17 10:00:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Volvo’s next electric vehicle, the ES90 midsized luxury sedan, sounds like its got some serious computing chops. The new EV will come with a dual Nvidia Drive AGX Orin configuration, making it the “most powerful car Volvo ever created in terms of core computing capacity,” the company claims today. The new supercomputer is

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Microsoft's new AI for game development called Muse can generate entire gameplay sequences

techspot.com Daniel Sims 2025-11-17 10:10:00

In brief: Despite the controversy surrounding generative AI, some game designers use the technology to brainstorm concepts during development. Microsoft's new open-source model aims to make this practice feasible for interactive content. It focuses on maintaining consistency across many frames while recognizing and integrating player input. Microsoft researchers recently introduced Muse, a generative AI model designed to extrapolate interactive video game scenarios from images, clips, and recor

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iPhone 16e camera seems to lack latest-generation Photographic Styles

9to5mac.com Filipe Espósito 2025-11-17 10:05:17

With the iPhone 16 lineup, Apple has completely revamped the Photographic Styles feature – which was first introduced with the iPhone 13. However, despite the new iPhone 16e having almost the same hardware as its more expensive siblings, the device seems to lack the latest-generation Photographic Styles. iPhone 16e and Photographic Styles Based on Apple’s official webpage that compares different iPhone models, only the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro feature the latest-generation Photographic Styl

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Australian Critical Infrastructure Faces 'Acute' Foreign Threats

darkreading.com Nate Nelson 2025-11-17 12:00:00

Australian intelligence is projecting that foreign nations will increasingly attempt to sabotage its country's critical infrastructure. On Feb. 19, Mike Burgess, director-general of security in charge of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), delivered an annual threat assessment encompassing the many national security threats facing Australia. Among the most important, he noted, are the ways in which foreign threat actors are weaponizing artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled

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The best password managers for businesses in 2025: Expert tested

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-11-17 11:14:53

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Mexico issues legal threat to Google

news.ycombinator.com Kevin Harrish 2025-11-17 12:03:29

John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports On Jan. 20, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America.” Last week, Google Maps officially changed the name of the gulf on its maps, sparking a flurry of memes and conversation on social media, and Mexico is now threatening legal action if they don’t change it back. In a press conference on Monday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that Mexico will sue Google if the company does not

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Run structured extraction on documents/images locally with Ollama and Pydantic

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-17 11:54:10

Welcome to VLM Run Hub, a comprehensive repository of pre-defined Pydantic schemas for extracting structured data from unstructured visual domains such as images, videos, and documents. Designed for Vision Language Models (VLMs) and optimized for real-world use cases, VLM Run Hub simplifies the integration of visual ETL into your workflows. Image JSON { "issuing_state" : " MT " , "license_number" : " 0812319684104 " , "first_name" : " Brenda " , "middle_name" : " Lynn " , "last_name" : " Sample

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