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Man pleads guilty to hacking networks to pitch security services

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-28 03:03:40

A Kansas City man has pleaded guilty to hacking multiple organizations to advertise his cybersecurity services, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday. 32-year-old Nicholas Michael Kloster was indicted last year for hacking into the networks of three organizations in 2024, including a health club and a Missouri nonprofit corporation. According to court documents, Kloster accessed the systems of a health club that operates multiple gyms in Missouri after breaching a restricted ar

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The ‘Spider-Man 2’ Extended Edition Is Finally Swinging Into Theaters

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-02-28 03:45:47

Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man trilogy is heading back into theaters once more, but this time things will look slightly different for the webslinger. For the first time, the home-release exclusive extended edition of Spider-Man 2 will be part of the theatrical release. Today Fathom Events announced that Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films will return to theaters for a limited time beginning September 26. All three movies will screen in 4K, but for the first time, the version of Spider-Man 2 hitting theate

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The BBC is launching a paywall in the US

theverge.com Emma Roth 2026-02-28 03:41:05

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. The BBC wants to make people in the US pay for its content. The public broadcaster announced on Thursday that it will start offering US-based users an $8.99 per month (or $49.99 per year) subscription for “unlimited” access to news stories, feature reports, and the BBC News channel livestream. Users in the US will still get free access to “select”

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Insta360’s new $110 Flow 2 gimbal sacrifices some useful pro features

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2026-02-28 03:46:14

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Insta360 has announced a new version of its entry-level smartphone gimbal. The new Insta360 Flow 2 includes many of the upgrades introduced on the Insta360 Flow 2 Pro that launched earlier this year including multi person tracking and the ability to use the Apple Watch as a remote control. But you’re also going to lose useful features like the ab

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YouTube adds an AI Overviews-like search results carousel

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-02-28 03:08:38

YouTube is rolling out new AI-powered features to help users find content and information more easily, the company announced on Thursday. The platform is launching an AI-powered search results carousel similar to Google’s AI Overviews and is also testing conversational AI with more users. The new AI-powered search results carousel, available only to YouTube Premium users in the United States, will suggest videos and display brief AI-generated topic descriptions to help users find what they’re l

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Easier not being green: Why I ditched Bissell for the Tineco CARPET ONE Cruiser

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-28 08:00:39

Ryan Haines / Android Authority I’ll admit it — I’m pretty new to the carpet life. Having spent most of my adulthood in apartment buildings, I just accepted laminate and tile as ways of life. Now that I live in a house, though, I have a couple of new surfaces to worry about. I have rugs from room to room and carpet throughout my living area, and I’ve quickly learned that a weekly pass with a vacuum is like trying to fight a fire with a teacup. So, I decided it was time to venture into the wide

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New iPhone Fold leak details display size, cameras, and more

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-02-28 08:37:22

We’re getting closer to September’s launch of the iPhone 17, but Apple is already well on its way to finalizing its 2026 lineup. The first iPhone Fold is expected to arrive next fall, and a new leak has outlined the device’s display details, cameras, and more. iPhone Fold current specs detailed with new render Weibo leaker Digital Chat Station posted today with the latest on Apple’s iPhone Fold prototype. Recently, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated that Apple is still working to finalize many specs

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Microsoft 365 'Direct Send' abused to send phishing as internal users

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-28 08:00:00

An ongoing phishing campaign abuses a little‑known feature in Microsoft 365 called "Direct Send" to evade detection by email security and steal credentials. Direct Send is a Microsoft 365 feature that allows on‑premises devices, applications, or cloud services to send emails through a tenant's smart host as if they originated from the organization's domain. It’s designed for use by printers, scanners, and other devices that need to send messages on behalf of the company. However, the feature i

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I swapped my favorite JBL speaker for this new Bose, and it'll be hard to give it up

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2026-02-28 08:00:00

ZDNET's key takeaways The Bose SoundLink Plus is available in Black, Blue Dusk, and Citrus Yellow for $269. For its relatively small size, this speaker offers big bass, great sound, and plenty of features for outdoor adventures. You can find speakers with similar audio output and even more software features for less money. View now at Bose I test plenty of Bluetooth speakers, and one common misconception I hear is that they're all the same. As a result, I get really giddy explaining how that'

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The $177 million AT&T data breach settlement could mean a payout for you - how to qualify

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2026-02-28 08:48:00

NurPhoto/Getty Images If you're a current or former AT&T customer, a new class action settlement means you might be in line for a little cash. Earlier this year, the company confirmed two major data breaches -- one from 2019 or earlier and one from 2024. The stolen data, which ultimately ended up for sale on the dark web, included social security numbers, names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and more. Also: 184 million passwords leaked across Facebook, Goo

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Bose SoundLink Plus Review: The Grass-Type Pokémon of Portable Bluetooth Speakers

gizmodo.com James Pero 2026-02-28 08:00:11

2025 There are lots of different types of speakers out there for lots of different kinds of people. You’ve got rugged speakers for the outdoorsmen and doomsday preppers; you’ve got little speakers for anyone that needs to travel light; you’ve got party speakers for anyone that needs to annoy the ever-loving-shit out of their neighbors. And, of course, you have your regular old portable Bluetooth speakers for your everyday carry—sorry for the loaded terminology, pun intended. It’s hard to stand

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Updates From ‘Superman’, and More

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-02-28 08:00:53

Lee Cronin offers an update on his new take on The Mummy. Go behind the scenes of the new I Know What You Did Last Summer. Babs Olusanmokun teases what’s in store for Dr. M’Benga in the new season of Strange New Worlds. Plus, what’s coming on Murderbot. Spoilers, assemble! Superman According to “multiple attendees” at a recent screening of James Gunn’s Superman (via Comic Book Movie), the film begins with a Star Wars-esque opening text crawl contextualizing the new DCU. Relatedly, Perry White

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Samsung’s Project Moohan XR headset could be similar to Vision Pro in more ways than one

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-28 12:33:31

Lanh Nguyen / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung will reportedly procure some displays for its upcoming Project Moohan headset from Sony. Sony also produced displays for the Apple Vision Pro. Samsung’s display arm will also develop some of the headset’s displays, in a bid to cut dependence on Sony. Samsung and Google are openly collaborating to create the first extended reality (XR) headset based on Android. The headset, codenamed Project Moohan, is expected to be unveiled some time in 2025, an

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Amazon's James Bond film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-28 12:30:23

Amazon MGM Studio's James Bond movie, the first of what could be many in a series, will be directed by Denis Villeneuve. The company has revealed that he will be leading the production in an announcement, where it also named Villeneuve's wife Tanya Lapointe as an executive producer. Villeneuve is perhaps best known for directing Dune and Dune: Part Two, the latest adaptations of Frank Herbert's novel starring Timothée Chalamet. He also directed the sci-fi drama Arrival with Amy Adams and Jeremy

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Can these $100 Android phones replace my flagship? The result after weeks of testing

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-02-28 10:53:00

ZDNET's key takeaways Both of these Blackview smartphones retail for under $100 Both handsets have what it takes for tasks such as messaging, taking photos and video, social media, and browsing the web Both benefit form bumping up the virtual RAM to the max. $94.99 at Amazon It's easy to think that you have to drop hundreds -- if not thousands -- of dollars to get a new smartphone. If you want a flagship smartphone from the big brands, then yes, you're going to experience some serious weight

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Meta Wins Blockbuster AI Copyright Case—but There’s a Catch

wired.com Kate Knibbs 2026-02-27 20:11:11

Meta scored a major victory in a copyright lawsuit on Wednesday when a federal judge ruled that the company did not violate the law when it trained its AI tools on 13 authors' books without permission. “The Court has no choice but to grant summary judgment to Meta on the plaintiffs’ claim that the company violated copyright law by training its models with their books,” wrote US District Court judge Vince Chhabria. He concluded that the plaintiffs did not present sufficient evidence that Meta’s

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Ring adds AI summaries to video alerts, describing what your camera sees

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2026-02-28 23:45:00

In a nutshell: Amazon-owned Ring is a familiar name in home security, recognized for its video doorbells and cameras that allow homeowners to keep an eye on their property from anywhere. Now, the company is introducing AI "video descriptions," a feature designed to make home monitoring faster and more informative. Instead of the usual vague notifications like "motion detected," Ring's new system sends users a concise, text-based summary of what the camera actually sees. For example, a homeowner

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Pixel setup could soon include a key step to keep scammers off your phone calls (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-28 20:39:15

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Google seems to be planning to integrate Scam Detection and Call Screen features into the Pixel device setup process. Currently, these protective features need to be manually enabled by users, so there’s a fair chance many people don’t know these features exist on their phones in the first place. This change could thus increase user adoption of these crucial security features. Google announced Scam Detection features for Pixel devices through the Goog

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Microsoft confirms Family Safety blocks Google Chrome from launching

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-28 21:50:18

Microsoft has confirmed that its Family Safety parental control service is blocking users from launching Google Chrome and other web browsers on Windows systems. Microsoft Family Safety helps parents monitor their children's activity across desktop and mobile devices, providing screen time management, content filtering, app controls, location tracking, communication monitoring, and activity reports. Redmond acknowledged the bug after widespread user reports since early June that they were unab

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Microsoft fixes Outlook bug causing crashes when opening emails

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-28 22:26:17

Microsoft has fixed a known issue that will cause the classic Outlook email client to crash when opening emails or starting a new message. The bug impacts users across all Microsoft 365 Office channels who updated Outlook for Microsoft 365 earlier this month. "When you open or start a new email, classic Outlook crashes. This issue occurs because Outlook cannot open the Forms Library. The emerging cases for this issue are on virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)," the Outlook team said when it a

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Both these Android handsets are under $100

zdnet.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes 2026-02-28 22:53:00

ZDNET's key takeaways Both of these Blackview smartphones retail for under $100 Both handsets have what it takes for tasks such as messaging, taking photos and video, social media, and browsing the web Both benefit form bumping up the virtual RAM to the max. $94.99 at Amazon It's easy to think that you have to drop hundreds – if not thousands -- of dollars to get a new smartphone. If you want a flagship smartphone from the big brands, then yes, you're going to experience some serious weight r

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MCP in LM Studio

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-28 02:27:35

LM Studio 0.3.17 introduces Model Context Protocol (MCP) support, allowing you to connect your favorite MCP servers to the app and use them with local models. LM Studio supports both local and remote MCP servers. You can add MCPs by editing the app's mcp.json file or via the new "Add to LM Studio" Button, when available. Also new in this release: Support for 11 new languages, thanks to our community localizers. LM Studio is now available in 33 languages. Many bug fixes, as well as improvemen

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Unreal Amber Fossils Show ‘Last of Us’ Zombie Fungus Terrorizing Bugs During the Cretaceous

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2026-02-28 22:00:21

In the video game The Last of Us and its spin-off HBO series, humans fight to survive against cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that turns its hosts into zombies. While the infections are wildly dramatized in both the game and the show, these fungi aren’t mere science fiction. In fact, some species have been around since the age of the dinosaurs, a new study suggests. An international team of researchers led by Yuhui Zhuang, a doctoral student of paleontology at China’s Yunnan University, recently

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Before 'Hacks,' Jean Smart Kicked Ass in This Wild Marvel Superhero Series

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-28 22:00:05

I'll just come right out and say it: Jean Smart deserves all the flowers. Audiences everywhere have fallen in love with the Emmy-winning comedy Hacks and Smart's ascerbic, quick-witted Las Vegas comic Deborah Vance, and rightfully so. But hr brilliance extends far beyond the hit HBO series. I could point to her delightful performance as Charlene in the classic sitcom Designing Women, her formidable turn as first lady Martha Logan in 24, or her mafia-flavored bravado in season 2 of Noah Hawley's

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One of the most stylish earbuds I've tested are also budget friendly

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2026-03-01 00:00:15

The silver dial on the top left of the case controls volume, pause and play functions, among other things you configure in the app. I had trouble saving these configurations for regular use, however. Nina Raemont/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways The Nothing CMF Buds Pro 2 A 43-hour battery life and great sound quality seal the deal on these earbuds. Plus, you can enable ChatGPT through the Buds Pro 2 if you have a Nothing phone. The noise cancellation is weak, and the case's dial is unreliable.

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Don't delete Netflix yet: I used these codes to find shows I didn't know existed

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2026-03-01 00:30:13

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Netflix wasn't the first streaming platform, but it was the first to make video-on-demand mainstream. Fourteen years ago, as it phased out its mailing service, it took a massive bite out of the global market. Also: Slow Roku TV? This 30-second fix made my system run like new again Remember that? Physical DVDs showing up in your actual mailbox -- the one at the end of your driveway (or your hallway)? To my surprise, that was still actually a thing up until late 2023. Whaaat? S

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I've worn the Meta Ray-Bans for half a year, and these 5 features still amaze me

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-03-01 00:45:12

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET As a tech reporter, I attend events and conferences with other gadget aficionados. A telltale sign that a product is good is when reporters and attendees rave about it and even use their money to buy it. And no matter where I went, I couldn't escape the glowing Meta Ray-Ban reviews. Also: Meta's new $399 Oakley smart glasses beat the Ray-Bans in almost every way These experiences weren't just ones that I noticed; sales told the same story. EssilorLuxottica, the glasses pro

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Build a Sentence-Level Text-to-Speech Reader in JavaScript

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-02-25 15:34:26

In this article, we’ll build a simple web tool to explore how Text-to-Speech (TTS) works in JavaScript. We’ll also dive into the logic of sentence-level highlighting. These two features are often combined to create accessible, dynamic reading experiences in the browser. We’ll go step-by-step: Learn how TTS works in the browser Explore how to highlight sentences dynamically Build a working mini tool with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Demo & Code) 📢 What is TTS in the browser? JavaScript provides

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This amazing Samsung gaming monitor is $300 off and comes with a free headset!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-02-28 22:42:16

Samsung makes some of the best gaming monitors around, especially if you’re looking for one of those fancy, huge, curved, ultrawide ones. The Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 (G91SD) 49-Inch Curved Gaming Monitor is an excellent option if you want something less expensive, and today’s deal makes it much more enticing. It is $300 off, and you also get a free headset! Get the Samsung Odyssey OLED G9 (G91SD) with a free JBL Quantum ONE headset for $999.99 ($599.95 off) This offer is available directly from

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You’re not alone: This email from Google’s Gemini team was concerning (Updated: Google statement)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-03-01 02:23:10

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google recently notified users that, starting July 7, 2025, Gemini will be able to assist with apps like Phone, Messages, and WhatsApp, regardless of whether Gemini Apps Activity is turned on or off. The vague wording in the email raised privacy concerns, with users unclear if Gemini will still access these apps even after opting out. While the email said users can disable these features in the “App settings,” it does not offer specific steps for doin

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Man pleads guilty to hacking networks to pitch security services

The ‘Spider-Man 2’ Extended Edition Is Finally Swinging Into Theaters

The BBC is launching a paywall in the US

Insta360’s new $110 Flow 2 gimbal sacrifices some useful pro features

YouTube adds an AI Overviews-like search results carousel

Easier not being green: Why I ditched Bissell for the Tineco CARPET ONE Cruiser

New iPhone Fold leak details display size, cameras, and more

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Updates From ‘Superman’, and More

Samsung’s Project Moohan XR headset could be similar to Vision Pro in more ways than one

Amazon's James Bond film will be directed by Denis Villeneuve

Can these $100 Android phones replace my flagship? The result after weeks of testing

Meta Wins Blockbuster AI Copyright Case—but There’s a Catch

Ring adds AI summaries to video alerts, describing what your camera sees

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Microsoft confirms Family Safety blocks Google Chrome from launching

Microsoft fixes Outlook bug causing crashes when opening emails

Both these Android handsets are under $100

MCP in LM Studio

Unreal Amber Fossils Show ‘Last of Us’ Zombie Fungus Terrorizing Bugs During the Cretaceous

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One of the most stylish earbuds I've tested are also budget friendly

Don't delete Netflix yet: I used these codes to find shows I didn't know existed

I've worn the Meta Ray-Bans for half a year, and these 5 features still amaze me

Build a Sentence-Level Text-to-Speech Reader in JavaScript

This amazing Samsung gaming monitor is $300 off and comes with a free headset!

You’re not alone: This email from Google’s Gemini team was concerning (Updated: Google statement)

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