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Viral app Neon vows to return to sell more of your phone calls to AI companies

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-06 19:02:33

Neon, a service that pays you for recordings of your phone calls and then sells those to AI companies for training data, seems set to return in the wake of a privacy breach. The app swiftly went viral after its debut, but it has been on ice since last week after a security flaw emerged. According to CNET, Neon founder Alex Kiam apologized for the incident in an email to users and said the app would return “soon.” It went offline after TechCrunch found users were able to access other people’s ca

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Brave browser surpasses the 100 million active monthly users mark

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-06 19:07:56

Brave browser reached 101 million monthly active users and 42 million daily active users this September, marking a new record in the project’s history. At the same time, Brave Search, the project’s privacy-focused search engine that launched in 2021 and relies on its own web index, has grown to 1.6 billion monthly search queries and 20 billion per year. The announcement notes that not all queries came from Brave Browser, where it is the default search engine, roughly 8% coming from Chrome user

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T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service just got a huge app upgrade - adding WhatsApp, Maps, and more

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-10-06 19:57:24

Anton Petrus / Moment / Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service now offers app connectivity. Apps include WhatsApp, X, Google Maps, AccuWeather, and more. The service is included on some plans, costs $10 a month on others. T-Mobile's Starlink-powered satellite service is getting a major upgrade with the addition of popular apps. Earlier this year, T-Mobile introduced a satellite connectivity option that

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Perplexity’s Comet AI browser now free; Max users get new ‘background assistant’

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-10-06 19:36:09

AI search startup Perplexity is making its new Comet browser available to everyone in the world for free as it works to position the product against big browsers and search engines. For certain paid subscribers, the startup has also launched a new “background assistant” to handle multiple tasks via Comet. Perplexity first launched Comet to subscribers of its $200-per-month Max plan three months ago, and since then, “millions” have signed up on the waitlist to download the browser. Comet’s main

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Your Service Desk is the New Attack Vector—Here's How to Defend It.

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-06 23:00:10

The service desk is the new perimeter Attackers aren’t picking locks—they’re picking people. The fastest way inside many enterprises is still the service desk. Threat actors like Scattered Spider have turned social engineering into a science, and your help desk agents are their primary target. One convincing phone call can turn a routine password reset into full domain access. The MGM Resorts and Clorox incidents showed how devastating one successful social-engineering call can be, with a nin

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The best early October Prime Day deals on Apple devices

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-07 02:56:44

If you’ve been waiting for a discount before grabbing a new iPad, MacBook or Apple Watch, Amazon’s October Prime Day sale might be worth checking out. Prime Big Deal Days, as it’s formally called, doesn’t officially begin until October 7, but we’re keeping an eye out for the best Apple deals that are going on in the lead-up to the event. So far, we’ve found a few decent prices on devices like the entry-level iPad, MacBook Air, Mac mini and Apple Pencil Pro, as well as a few modest but early disc

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You can already get a discount on the Apple Watch Series 11 at Amazon

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-07 03:50:36

Despite coming out just a couple of weeks ago, the Apple Watch Series 11 is already discounted at Amazon. You can pick up one of the smartwatches for $10 off, starting at $389 right now. Apple revealed the latest generation of its wearable at its iPhone 17 event in Cupertino. The Series 11 packs some new features like 5G connectivity on cellular models, a more scratch-resistant screen, new sleep features, improved battery life and a hypertension alert system that just received FDA clearance. Th

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Perplexity acquires the team behind Sequioa-backed AI design startup Visual Electric

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-07 03:14:26

Sequoia-backed AI design startup Visual Electric said that it is joining search startup Perplexity today. The company noted on its site that the team would be joining a new Agent Experiences group at Perplexity. Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity’s CEO, confirmed the acquisition with a post on X. Deal terms were not disclosed. We've acquired @visualelectric. The team led by @colin_dunn and @adammenges is fantastic and they will work together with us on new consumer product experiences that we're ex

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NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendation system

news.ycombinator.com Rejo Zenger 2025-10-07 06:32:19

Bits of Freedom sued Meta for a breach of the Digital Services Act (DSA). This European legislation is intended to give users more autonomy and control over the major online platforms. One of the core elements of the DSA is that users must have greater influence over the information they see. For many people, and especially for young people, social media platforms are a major source of news and information. Therefore it is crucial that users themselves can decide which content appears on their

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Spotify Car Thing 2.0: Verizon is killing its in-car Google Assistant/hotspot gadget

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-07 13:18:57

Verizon TL;DR Verizon has announced that it’s discontinuing the service for its Hum in-car accessory line. These gadgets offered vehicle diagnostics, roadside assistance, mobile hotspot functionality, and enabled Google Assistant support. Verizon says it’ll discontinue the Hum service on December 31. Verizon launched its Hum accessories for cars back in 2015, and these were novel devices for the time. These gadgets can access your vehicle diagnostics, offer roadside assistance, and more. The

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A lucky customer already has the Pixel Watch 4 before launch, and they’ve shared its core apps

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-07 14:09:40

TL;DR The Google Pixel Watch 4 has begun shipping to some customers a week ahead of its official launch. A Reddit user who received the watch early shared their first impressions of the packaging and design. The user also extracted and shared APKs for the new watch faces and apps from the device. Google announced the Pixel Watch 4 in August 2025, alongside the Pixel 10 series, but retail availability for the watch will only open up on October 9. That’s still a week away, but it appears some c

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Neon app to sell your audio calls says it will return after massive security breach

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-07 16:05:36

Neon, the app that pays you to share your audio recordings with an AI system, says that it will return despite its recent massive security breach. The app shot up the App Store ratings after promising to pay users hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year for allowing their audio conversations to be used to train AI chatbots … The Neon app Neon made headlines last week when it became the second most popular social app in the App Store. It also became the 6th most popular app overall. It

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T-Mobile’s satellite service now supports Google Maps, WhatsApp, X, and more

theverge.com Jess Weatherbed 2025-10-07 16:34:48

is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. T-Mobile has expanded its satellite-to-cell service to several popular apps in the US, allowing users to stay connected without cellular coverage. The Starlink-powered “T-Satellite” service now supports WhatsApp, Google Maps, X, AccuWeather, and T-Mobile

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CSS Unit Might Be a Combination

news.ycombinator.com Miriam Suzanne 2025-10-05 09:13:29

There are many articles and established CSS best-practices that rely on determining the correct or best units to use. Now that comparison functions are well supported in CSS, we don’t have to choose. One thing I want to highlight from the last several posts in this series is that my solutions often involve combining and comparing units. In the post on user font-size preferences, I pointed out that em -based root font-sizes multiply the user setting. If we ask for a 20px font-size by calling it

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Venmo and PayPal Add Payment-Transfer Support, but Do This First

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-07 21:20:00

Venmo and PayPal are getting closer than ever. Here's what you should know. SOPA Images/Getty Images Many Venmo users have received a welcome email in recent days, confirming that direct payments will at last be supported between Venmo and PayPal. It's an integration that users of the payment apps have been waiting for since 2014, when PayPal acquired Venmo. This direct payment support arrives in November, and will work with basic searches on the mobile app and other portals. PayPal users, for

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Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to)

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-07 23:19:51

Instagram head Adam Mosseri posted on his account on Wednesday to dispel the myth that the social networking giant is actively “listening” to its users surreptitiously, in order to target them with relevant ads. The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users’ phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy theory — and one that the company has disputed before. But, ironically, Mosseri’s new myth-busting claim comes just as Meta has announced it will soon target

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Venmo and PayPal Add Payment-Transfer Support: But Do This First

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-08 02:20:40

Venmo and PayPal are getting closer than ever. Here's what you should know. SOPA Images/Getty Images Many Venmo users have received a welcome email in recent days, confirming that direct payments will at last be supported between Venmo and PayPal. It's an integration that users of the payment apps have been waiting for since 2014, when PayPal acquired Venmo. This direct payment support arrives in November, and will work with basic searches on the mobile app and other portals. PayPal users, for

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China’s Latest Digital Headache for American Corporations: ‘Export-Only’ Piracy

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-10-08 07:40:03

Digital pirates in China are getting more sophisticated and are blocking their services domestically to avoid local law enforcement, and U.S. copyright holders would like to speak to the manager. The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), which represents various U.S. entertainment industries from Hollywood to gaming, is calling on China to do more to stop these operations, which have been dubbed ‘export-only’ piracy. The IIPA called out the practice and named notable offenders i

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Anker offered to pay Eufy camera owners to share videos for training its AI

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-10-08 07:24:06

Earlier this year, Anker, the Chinese company that makes Eufy security cameras, offered its users money in exchange for videos of packages and car thefts. The popular internet-connected security camera maker said it would pay its customers $2 per video to train its AI systems to help better detect thieves who steal cars and packages. “To ensure we have enough data, we are looking for videos of both real and staged events, to help train the Al what to be on the lookout for,” the company wrote o

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Deal Alert: Six month’s of Visible’s most expensive plan for just $22.50 a month

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-08 15:16:00

TL;DR Visible is running a promotion where new customers can prepay $135 for three months and get an additional three months free, cutting costs to effectively just $22.50 per month. The deal applies to the Visible Plus Pro plan, which offers premium features such as unlimited 5G UW data, hotspot use, smartwatch service, and international perks. This limited-time offer is available until November 3 and includes taxes and fees in the monthly price. Visible is likely the prepaid service I recom

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UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: Report

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-10-08 11:18:53

The U.K. government is still trying to gain access to encrypted iCloud data, according to the Financial Times, after British officials allegedly filed a new secret order demanding Apple build a backdoor. On Wednesday, the British newspaper reported that the U.K. Home Office sent an order to Apple earlier in September requesting that the tech giant create a system to let officials access encrypted cloud backups of British citizens. Privacy activists have warned that complying with such an order

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T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service now works with a handful of apps

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-08 18:57:33

T-Mobile just announced that its T-Satellite with Starlink service now integrates with several apps . These include AllTrails, AccuWeather, X, WhatsApp and several others. Certain native apps also now integrate with the service, like Google Messages, Apple Music and Samsung's weather app. It's important to note that users won't always have access to the full app experience here, as satellite connectivity is limited. Some features may be limited and everything is likely to be noticeably slower.

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Microsoft to force install Microsoft 365 companion apps in October

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-08 19:01:58

Later this month, Microsoft will start automatically installing the Microsoft 365 companion apps on Windows 11 devices that have the Microsoft 365 desktop client apps. According to Microsoft, this suite of apps includes the People, Files, and Calendar applications, which integrate Copilot for contextual AI assistance. The Microsoft 365 companion apps are designed to help users locate people within the organization, access Microsoft 365 and locally stored files, and manage their schedule using

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IP over Lasers

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-06 23:19:49

CONTENTS YouTube BlueSky GitHub LinkedIn IP Over Lasers September 29, 2025 Introduction A typical computer is connected to the local network using either an Ethernet cable or WiFi. This project connects two computers together through lasers. This project takes advantage of the Linux support for a tun (tunnel) network device. Like any other network device, it gets its own IP address. The difference is, when network traffic is routed to it, a user land computer reads

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OpenAI Ridiculed for Its Latest Cash Grab

futurism.com Sharon Adarlo 2025-10-09 03:18:52

OpenAI just introduced a new shopping feature that allows people to buy items directly from online retailers from inside ChatGPT — a move that instantly attracted online jeers from critics who framed it as another effort to milk cash from a hugely unprofitable and at times flawed platform. “What on earth are you doing?” one X user wrote. “Aren’t you a large language model? Next up, food delivery? Stop calling yourselves AI — just say ‘shortcut’! Where’s the promised ‘Chat’? You’ve gutted the ch

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T-Mobile customers can now use some of their favorite apps even in the middle of nowhere

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-09 03:54:20

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR T-Mobile has expanded its T-Satellite service to include limited satellite data in addition to texting, available to both its own customers and others for $10 per month. Satellite connectivity is restricted to select optimized apps such as WhatsApp, X, AccuWeather, AllTrails, and T-Life, with no support for full web browsing. While the service works reliably once connected, our own testing shows that establishing a satellite connection can often be difficu

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Deals: 24GB M4 MacBook Air $200 off, Apple Watch discounts from $189, Apple Pencil Tips $5, more

9to5mac.com Justin Kahn 2025-10-09 03:46:27

Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break deals are now ready to roll alongside the ongoing offers on M4 Mac mini from $499 and launch deals on Anker’s new 25W Qi2.2 MagSafe gear with displays. Today we are starting off with a $200 price drop on the 24GB MacBook Air alongside some accessory offers – Apple 25W 2-meter MagSafe charger returns to $29 Amazon low and the official official 4-pack of Apple Pencil Tips at just $5. Joining the early deals on Apple Watch Series 11, we also spotted some new Amazon lows

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Google Drive for desktop gets AI-powered ransomware detection

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-09 03:10:45

Google has begun rolling out a new AI-powered security feature for Google Drive desktop, which will automatically pause file syncing when it detects a ransomware attack to minimize impact. While this will not block ransomware from encrypting files on the infected computer, users' documents stored in Google Drive will be protected and can be easily restored on a different device or on the compromised computer after the malware infection has been resolved. The company stated that the feature uti

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Deta’s Surf app is an amalgamation of an AI browser and NotebookLM

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-10-09 03:00:00

We have reached a place in the AI lifecycle where we’re seeing a lot of “X meets Y” applications. Multiple companies are already releasing “AI meets TikTok” apps, for instance. Now, Berlin- and New York-based startup Deta is marrying AI browsers and something like Google’s NotebookLM in a new knowledge management app called Surf. Deta Surf, which is launching in beta today, is both a browser and a research tool that allows you to create notebooks on different topics. You can use AI to get a gis

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UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: report

techcrunch.com Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2025-10-09 07:18:53

The U.K. government is still trying to gain access to encrypted iCloud data, according to the Financial Times after British officials allegedly filed a new secret order demanding Apple build a backdoor On Wednesday, the British newspaper reported that the U.K. Home Office sent an order to Apple earlier in September requesting that the tech giant creates a system to let officials access encrypted cloud backups of British citizens. Privacy activists have warned that complying with such an order

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Latest Tech News

Viral app Neon vows to return to sell more of your phone calls to AI companies

Brave browser surpasses the 100 million active monthly users mark

T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service just got a huge app upgrade - adding WhatsApp, Maps, and more

Perplexity’s Comet AI browser now free; Max users get new ‘background assistant’

Your Service Desk is the New Attack Vector—Here's How to Defend It.

The best early October Prime Day deals on Apple devices

You can already get a discount on the Apple Watch Series 11 at Amazon

Perplexity acquires the team behind Sequioa-backed AI design startup Visual Electric

NL Judge: Meta must respect user's choice of recommendation system

Spotify Car Thing 2.0: Verizon is killing its in-car Google Assistant/hotspot gadget

A lucky customer already has the Pixel Watch 4 before launch, and they’ve shared its core apps

Neon app to sell your audio calls says it will return after massive security breach

T-Mobile’s satellite service now supports Google Maps, WhatsApp, X, and more

CSS Unit Might Be a Combination

Venmo and PayPal Add Payment-Transfer Support, but Do This First

Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won’t need to)

Venmo and PayPal Add Payment-Transfer Support: But Do This First

China’s Latest Digital Headache for American Corporations: ‘Export-Only’ Piracy

Anker offered to pay Eufy camera owners to share videos for training its AI

Deal Alert: Six month’s of Visible’s most expensive plan for just $22.50 a month

UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: Report

T-Mobile's Starlink satellite service now works with a handful of apps

Microsoft to force install Microsoft 365 companion apps in October

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OpenAI Ridiculed for Its Latest Cash Grab

T-Mobile customers can now use some of their favorite apps even in the middle of nowhere

Deals: 24GB M4 MacBook Air $200 off, Apple Watch discounts from $189, Apple Pencil Tips $5, more

Google Drive for desktop gets AI-powered ransomware detection

Deta’s Surf app is an amalgamation of an AI browser and NotebookLM

UK government tries again to access encrypted Apple customer data: report

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