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Update your iPhone, iPad, and Mac ASAP to fix this dangerous security flaw - here's why

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Apple has patched a serious security flaw on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Patch fixes a flaw that could allow an attacker to install spyware. The flaw has been exploited in the wild against targeted individuals. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. I know you're probably tired of constantly updating your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to fix one issue or another. But there's yet anothe

Nancy Mace Hitches Her Wagon to the Hertz AI-Scanner Controversy

Car rental giant Hertz is in the hot seat, after customers have come out of the woodwork to complain that the company’s newly instituted AI scanners are charging them outrageous fees over minor issues. Now the system reportedly has the attention of one of Congress’s most artificially intelligent members. The company recently rolled out the scanners as part of a partnership with Israeli firm UVeye, whose products were originally developed as a homeland security device—designed to detect guns and

Microsoft employee arrested at headquarters while protesting Israel contracts

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A Microsoft employee has been arrested as part of protests at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington this week. On Tuesday, a group of current and former Microsoft employees, as well as community members, took over a plaza at Microsoft’s headquarters to protest against the compan

Here’s how Google Photo’s new Tinder-like swiping feature works (APK teardown)

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos is getting a swiping mechanism to keep or delete photos, and we got it working. With this, you will be able to weed out unwanted photos by swiping left on them. It currently lets you keep or delete images and videos from daily or monthly clusters in the Google Photos app. Among the many reasons to use Google Photos is the ease of backing up valuable memories to Drive and accessing them across multiple devices. But enabling automatic upl

Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit

Using Podman, Compose and BuildKit 2025-02-23 For my day job, I need to build and run a Docker Compose project. However, because Docker doesn’t play well with nftables and I prefer a rootless + daemonless approach, I’m using Podman. Podman supports Docker Compose projects with two possible solutions: either by connecting the official Docker Compose CLI to a Podman socket, either by using their own drop-in replacement. They ship a small wrapper to select one of these options. (The wrapper has t

The Illumos Cafe: Another Cozy Corner for OS Diversity

Introducing the illumos Cafe: Another Cozy Corner for OS Diversity From the BSD Cafe to illumos Cafe The idea for this new project was born from the success of the BSD Cafe, an initiative I introduced to the world in July 2023, which received an incredibly positive response. Far more than I ever anticipated. The BSD community already had its well-established hubs: in the Fediverse, places like bsd.network, exquisite.social, and others were already thriving, not to mention all the forums, chann

Microsoft's gutting of discounts for some clients likely baked into guidance, analyst says

Microsoft said last week that it plans to stop providing discounts on enterprise purchases of its Microsoft 365 productivity software subscriptions and other cloud applications. Since the announcement, analysts have published estimates on how much more customers will end up paying. But for investors trying to figure out what it all means to Microsoft's financials, analysts at UBS said the change is already factored into guidance. "In our view, it is safe to assume that the impact of the pricin

TikTok parent company ByteDance releases new open source Seed-OSS-36B model with 512K token context

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now TikTok is making headlines again today after the White House joined the popular social media application — but its parent company ByteDance, a Chinese web giant, also had a surprise announcement up its sleeve. The company’s Seed Team of AI researchers today released Seed-OSS-36B on AI code sharing website Hugging Face. Seed-OSS-36B is new

Video Games Weekly: Silksong and Gamescom

Welcome to Video Games Weekly on Engadget. Expect a new story every Monday or Tuesday (or Wednesday, whatever), broken into two parts. The first is a space for short essays and ramblings about video game trends and related topics from me, Jess Conditt, a reporter who's covered the industry for more than 13 years. The second contains the video game stories from the past week that you need to know about, including some headlines from outside of Engadget. Please enjoy — and I'll see you next week.

iOS 26 public beta 4 is here: Everything to know about Apple's big software changes coming to iPhone and iPad

In just few weeks, Apple's annual iPhone event will likely be upon us, which means we'll finally get a look at the newest iPhone 17 lineup. In addition, the company will also give us an official date for downloading iOS 26. Until that happens, you can download and install the newly released public beta 4 (or iOS 26 developer beta 7 for developers). I've been playing around with it for the past couple of weeks, and have found that taking screenshots is way better in the new operating system — Goo

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Introduction to AT Protocol

Some time ago I wrote a long blog post I called “Complete guide to Bluesky”, which explains how all the user-facing features of Bluesky work and various tips and tricks. This one is meant to be a bit like a developer version of that – I want to explain in hopefully understandable language what all the pieces of the network architecture are and how they all fit together. I hope this will let you understand better how Bluesky and the underlying protocol works, and how it differs from e.g. the Fedi

How to Track Hurricane Erin: See Which States Are Currently at Risk

As Hurricane Erin heads north up the East Coast this Wednesday, residents are paying close attention to see where the storm will land and which cities may be in danger. As we write this on Wednesday afternoon, Erin is now a 110-mph Category 2 hurricane, but that can change quickly. Read more: Beyond Boarding Up: How to Prep Your Smart Home Security for a Hurricane The latest projections show the storm aiming for Boston, but veering back out into the Atlantic before causing too much damage. How

Amazon could shake up the tablet market with a higher-end model running real Android

Amazon TL;DR Amazon is reportedly working on a higher-end Android tablet codenamed Kittyhawk. Sources claim that the company is tossing around the idea of a $400 price tag. It’s said there are still plans to launch some lower-priced tablets that run on Vega OS, but its full slate will eventually be powered by a version of Android. Many of Amazon’s products use a forked version of Android called Fire OS. However, the company has long been trying to separate its products from Google’s operatin

How to Track Hurricane Erin: See Which States Are Currently At Risk

As Hurricane Erin heads north up the East Coast this Wednesday, residents are paying close attention to see where the storm will land and which cities may be in danger. As we write this on Wednesday afternoon, Erin is now a 110-mph Category 2 hurricane, but that can change quickly. Read more: Beyond Boarding Up: How to Prep Your Smart Home Security for a Hurricane The latest projections show the storm aiming for Boston, but veering back out into the Atlantic before causing too much damage. How

The game studio building a new BioShock just had mass layoffs

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The team working on the next BioShock game is losing a third of its staff. According to Bloomberg, Take-Two is laying off more than 80 people at Cloud Chamber, which has been working on a new BioShock title, and the game has been delayed from a planned launch in late 2026 or early 2027. T

CodeSignal’s new AI tutoring app Cosmo wants to be the ‘Duolingo for job skills’

Want smarter insights in your inbox? Sign up for our weekly newsletters to get only what matters to enterprise AI, data, and security leaders. Subscribe Now CodeSignal Inc., the San Francisco-based skills assessment platform trusted by Netflix, Meta, and Capital One, launched Cosmo on Wednesday, a mobile learning application that transforms spare minutes into career-ready skills through artificial intelligence-powered micro-courses. The app represents a strategic pivot for CodeSignal, which bu

Apple just dropped a security update for all its platforms

With iOS 26 coming within the next month or so, Apple doesn't have many reasons left to update iOS 18. But this is one of them. The company pushed a security update for its platforms on Wednesday. iOS 18.6.2 patches a vulnerability related to image processing. Apple's security notes say the update plugs a hole related to Image I/O. (That's a development framework for reading and writing image data.) "Processing a malicious image file may result in memory corruption," the company wrote. Apple sa

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Introduction to Bluesky's AT Protocol

Some time ago I wrote a long blog post I called “Complete guide to Bluesky”, which explains how all the user-facing features of Bluesky work and various tips and tricks. This one is meant to be a bit like a developer version of that – I want to explain in hopefully understandable language what all the pieces of the network architecture are and how they all fit together. I hope this will let you understand better how Bluesky and the underlying protocol works, and how it differs from e.g. the Fedi

Windows 11 test brings AI file search to the Copilot app

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. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Microsoft is testing out a Windows 11 update that lets you use AI to search through your files and images directly from the Copilot app. This test is currently rolling out to Windows Insiders on Copilot Plus PCs and allows you to use more descriptive language wh

These iPadOS 26 features make me want the M5 iPad Pro

Apple is launching a brand new M5 iPad Pro this fall, alongside its biggest iPad software release ever in iPadOS 26. Here are the iPadOS 26 features that have me excited to get a new iPad. New iPad Pro hardware will offer the best iPadOS 26 experience For years, iPad users have been asking for software that truly takes advantage of the increasingly powerful iPad hardware. iPadOS 26 is Apple’s long-awaited answer. I’ve been using an iPad since the first model launched in 2010, and the iPad Pr

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Apple releases iOS 18.6.2 for iPhone, here’s what’s new

iPhone users have a new software update to install: iOS 18.6.2 is now available. Here’s what to expect from the latest release. Apple has just released new software for iPhone users, available from Settings ⇾ General ⇾ Software Update. The previous update, iOS 18.6.1, brought Blood Oxygen support back to compatible Apple Watch models. iOS 18.6.2, however, isn’t expected to include any new features for users. Rather, this update focuses on “important security fixes.” Here are Apple’s release

Apple updates macOS Sequoia to version 15.6.1

In addition to releasing iOS 18.6.2, Apple has updated macOS Sequoia to version 15.6.1. The release is likely just a security update as all attention shifts to macOS Tahoe 26, due out as soon as next month. Apple released macOS 15.6, which focused on another bug fix, at the end of last month. Alongside macOS 15.6.1, Apple has issued two older macOS updates: macOS 14.7.8 and macOS 13.7.8. Apple supports older macOS versions, especially with security updates, for several years. Apple will like

How to turn your Google Photos into videos in seconds - it's free and so much fun

The photo-to-video feature animated my Jeep truck toy across the shelf. Jack Wallen/ZDNET ZDNET's key takeaways Google has added an exciting feature to Photos. You can animate your photos with a surprising level of realism. The results aren't always perfect, but still impressive. Get more in-depth ZDNET tech coverage: Add us as a preferred Google source on Chrome and Chromium browsers. Artificial intelligence strikes again. Yes, we're back to that subject; only this time, it's kind of fu

Google’s Pixel 10 Lineup Is Here, and I’ve Found All the Cases Worth Buying Right Now

Google just revealed the Pixel 10 lineup, including the Pixel 10 Pro XL and Pixel 10 Pro Fold, during its Made by Google event. New phone days are always filled with excitement, but as you secure your new Pixel 10, don’t forget to pick up protection. If you’re spending hundreds, even thousands, on a piece of hardware, you’ll want to keep it safe. Between random scuffs and scratches from daily use to accidental drops, not using a case for your Pixel 10 is risky. While I regularly walk around wit

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Xbox unveils its Handheld Compatibility Program

Microsoft announced Wednesday during Gamescom 2025 that not only will its Xbox Ally handhelds be released on October 16, but the company is spinning up a new initiative to support optimized gaming on these devices called the Handheld Compatibility Program. The initiative seems to be similar to Valve's Steam Deck Verified , where Xbox will test games to ensure their compatibility with the new Xbox Ally handhelds. "We have worked with game studios to test, optimize, and verify thousands of games

You can now talk to Google Photos to make your edits

At Wednesday’s Made by Google event, the company announced new features in Google Photos that will allow users to ask the app to edit their pictures for them. The functionality will launch first on Pixel 10 devices in the U.S., allowing people to describe whatever edits they want to make to the photo by either voice or text. Google is also adding support for C2PA Content Credentials in Google Photos. The Pixel 10 phones will be the first from Google to adopt this standard, which is designed to

Amazon may abandon its Fire tablet software

Amazon could finally be ditching its proprietary software on Fire tablets, according to a report by Reuters . The company is reportedly prepping a higher-end tablet that'll run on Android. This device could come next year and will reportedly cost around $400. Amazon's Fire tablet software is itself a heavily modified version of Android, but the upcoming tablet will reportedly use the actual OS. This is great news for those who want easy integration with other Android devices. It's also great n

Hackers steal Microsoft logins using legitimate ADFS redirects

Hackers are using a novel technique that combines legitimate office.com links with Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) to redirect users to a phishing page that steals Microsoft 365 logins. The method lets attackers bypass traditional URL-based detection and the multi-factor authentication process by leveraging a trusted domain on Microsoft's infrastructure for the initial redirect. Legitimacy of a trusted redirect Researchers at Push Security, a company that provides protection solut

Police investigating death of French streamer seize equipment and videos

Police investigating death of French streamer seize equipment and videos On Tuesday, French government minister Clara Chappaz described Mr Graven's death as an "absolute horror", adding he had been "humiliated" for months. He was found dead at a residence in a village north of the southern French city of Nice on Monday. Raphaël Graven, also known as Jeanpormanove, was known for videos on the platform Kick in which he endured apparent violence and humiliation. Police investigating the death o

Nvidia, Bill Gates-backed robotics startup Field AI hits $2 billion valuation after recent raise

Bill Gates-backed Robotics startup Field AI has raised $405 million in two funding rounds, with investments from Nvidia 's venture capital arm and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' family office. The funding comes during an "aha moment," founder and CEO Ali Agha told CNBC, as software and hardware reach an inflection point. "We are growing," he said. "This funding announcement is to respond to the customer demand." The latest round values the two-year-old startup at $2 billion, according to a person