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Galaxy Watch Ultra users rejoice: Wear OS 6 rolls out ahead of schedule!

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-09 18:00:09

Kaitlyn Cimino / Android Authority TL;DR The Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra (2024) is receiving the One UI 8 update with Wear OS 6 earlier than expected. The rollout has started for T-Mobile, AT&T, and Google Fi models in the US, as well as in some overseas markets. New features include better notifications, new gestures, improved health tracking, and more personalization options. The Samsung Galaxy Watch 8, Watch 8 Classic, and Watch Ultra (2025) are the first smartwatches to get Wear OS 6 upda

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iOS 18.6 RC beta and more now available as launch nears

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2026-01-09 00:11:10

Apple has released new RC (release candidate) betas of iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, and more to developers and public beta testers alike. Here’s what to expect. RC indicates iOS 18.6 launch is imminent Today Apple released brand new betas to developers and public beta users at the same time. However, those betas are not part of the iOS 26 release cycle. Instead, they’re the RC betas for iOS 18.6 and its companion updates. New RCs include: iOS 18.6 iPadOS 18.6 macOS 15.6 tvOS 18.6 watchOS 11.6

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Microsoft: Windows Server KB5062557 causes cluster, VM issues

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-09 21:24:10

Microsoft is asking businesses to reach out for support to mitigate a known issue causing Cluster service and VM restart issues after installing this month's Windows Server 2019 security updates. As the company explains in a private advisory seen by BleepingComputer, the Cluster service (a system component essential to cluster operation) might fail to function correctly after installing the KB5062557 update released on July 8th. The same bug is also causing some nodes to fail when attempting t

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X Data Center Fire in Oregon Started Inside Power Cabinet, Authorities Say

wired.com Paresh Dave 2026-01-09 22:01:20

A recent, hours-long fire at a data center used by Elon Musk’s X may have begun after an electrical or mechanical issue in a power system, according to an official fire investigation. WIRED was the first to report on the blaze, which occurred on May 22 in Hillsboro, Oregon. Data center giant Digital Realty operates the 13-acre site, and multiple people familiar with the matter previously told WIRED that the Musk-run social platform X has servers there. Data center fires are rare, with about tw

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Serial spyware founder Scott Zuckerman wants the FTC to unban him from the surveillance industry

techcrunch.com Zack Whittaker 2026-01-10 06:40:44

The founder of a spyware company who was banned from the surveillance industry following an earlier data breach is now seeking to undo the ban, according to the Federal Trade Commission. In a notice on Friday, the federal watchdog said Scott Zuckerman sought to rescind or modify the 2021 ban imposed by the FTC on his company Support King and its subsidiaries. The ban included a provision requiring Zuckerman to maintain certain cybersecurity practices and undergo frequent audits for any of his

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Chinese startup Manus challenges ChatGPT in data visualization: which should enterprises use?

venturebeat.com Ujas Patel 2026-01-10 11:38:23

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 The promise sounds almost too good to be true: drop a messy comma separated values (CSV) file into an AI agent, wait two minutes, and get back a polished, interactive chart ready for your next board presentation. But that’s exactly what Chinese startup Manus.im is delivering with its latest data visualization feature, launched this month.

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CoreWeave stock rises after company announces $1.5 billion bond sale

cnbc.com Samantha Subin 2026-01-10 16:36:48

Michael Intrator, Founder & CEO of CoreWeave, Inc., Nvidia-backed cloud services provider, reacts during the company's IPO at the Nasdaq Market, in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2025. CoreWeave stock rose more than 1% after the renter of artificial intelligence data centers said it plans to sell $1.5 billion worth of bonds. The company said in a release that the notes, due in 2031, will use the capital for general purposes, such as paying off debt. In May, the company announced a $2 billion

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Google just forced some Pixel 4a holdouts to finally install their battery-nerfing update

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-10 16:30:19

David Imel / Android Authority TL;DR Google’s been dealing with the fallout of bad batteries on the Pixel 4a and Pixel 6a. So far, that’s involved updates that limit charging capacity after a certain number of cycles. While there was a trick to avoid that update on the Pixel 4a, Google seems to have closed the loophole. This year, Google has found itself forced to confront and deal with an awkward problem that’s been casting a shadow across its otherwise largely well-received Pixel smartphon

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I know genomes. Don't delete your DNA

news.ycombinator.com Steven Salzberg 2026-01-10 20:52:26

As word spread last year that 23andMe was about to go bankrupt, many of their millions of customers wondered if they should delete their data. Social and conventional media were quick to offer advice, sometimes coming from experts in genetics and genomics–my field, I should note–on how to go onto the 23andMe website and delete all of your data. In March of this year, the California attorney general issued a warning that 23andMe was “in financial distress,” and he told Californians that they oug

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Best Prepaid Home Internet Plans for July 2025

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-10 11:00:00

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How to remove personal information to protect yourself from stalkers

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2026-01-08 17:00:00

With data brokers making big money by selling your personal details, it’s never been easier for bad actors to get access to your phone number, email address, physical address, and even sensitive data like your social security number. That doesn’t just leave you at risk from spammers and scammers, but some people unfortunately have to worry about their contact details being used for stalking and harassment … How to remove personal information Data brokers are companies whose business is buying

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Google adds separate work and personal accounts to Chrome on iOS

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-11 06:00:32

Google has introduced new features for Chrome on iOS that help users bifurcate work and personal data by using separate Google accounts. As more employers implement bring your own device (BYOD) policies, employees increasingly access company resources from browsers on their personal devices. Devices connected to a managed Google Workspace are able to leverage these additions. Chrome now supports easy account switching and data separation on iOS, similar to its approach on Android and Chrome for

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Chrome for iOS makes it easier to switch between work and personal Google accounts

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2026-01-11 06:00:00

Google announced Monday that it’s introducing a new feature that lets iOS users easily switch between work and personal Google accounts in Chrome. Previously, iOS users had to completely sign out of a Google account and then log in with another, and repeat this process every time they want to access a different account. “People often use their mobile device for both work and personal tasks, requiring them to sign in and out with different Google accounts,” the company wrote in a blog post. “To

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Memory Efficiency in iOS: Reducing footprint and beyond

news.ycombinator.com Anton Gubarenko 2026-01-11 10:59:40

Previously, we explored how memory is measured and what tools are available for inspecting usage in iOS apps. Now, let’s shift our focus to reducing memory consumption using a set of practical techniques and development best practices. But first let’s discuss different approaches to treat this problem. Initial Source of a Problem Every spike in memory has a cause, and memory optimization is no exception. Sometimes it’s a 3rd-party library — Lottie is a classic example, especially if you export

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The New ‘Predator: Badlands’ Trailer Is Half Android and Full Awesome

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-11 11:25:16

While shooting Predator: Badlands, director Dan Trachtenberg and his team called it by a codename: “Backpack.” The origin of that name becomes very clear, very quickly in a brand-new action-packed trailer for the film, which features Elle Fanning as a Weyland-Yutani android being carried around by a Predator on his back. Here’s the incredible new trailer for Predator: Badlands: Clearly, there is so much going on in this trailer. So much mythology. So many teases of what’s possible. For example

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Researcher threatens X with lawsuit after falsely linking him to French probe

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-01-11 11:25:47

Elon Musk's X is refusing to hand over data to French authorities, claiming it's defending its users' free speech and privacy while branding a criminal investigation into alleged algorithm manipulation as "politically motivated." In a post on Monday, X's Global Government Affairs account denied the allegations, insisting the French investigation "egregiously undermines X’s fundamental right to due process and threatens our users’ rights to privacy and free speech." Preparing to fight the alleg

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We made Postgres writes faster, but it broke replication

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-11 17:26:04

We Made Postgres Writes Faster, but it Broke Replication +2 By Stu Hood, Ming Ying, Mathew Pregasen, and Olive Ratliff on June 30, 2025 When we built pg_search , the Postgres extension for search and analytics, write throughput was a priority. To be an effective alternative to Elasticsearch we needed to support high ingest workloads in real time. This is because many Elasticsearch use cases — like real-time dashboards, e-commerce search, and recommendation systems — involve continuous writes t

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This ‘violently racist’ hacker claims to be the source of The New York Times’ Mamdani scoop

theverge.com Elizabeth Lopatto 2026-01-11 21:25:45

is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science editor. Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg. The ultimate source for The New York Times’ story about Zohran Mamdani’s college application is an open secret. It’s an anime-loving neo-Nazi whose hobbies include furry drawings, posting fan art of a video game character, and hacking universities. On X, the alleged hacker is followed by New York Times freelancer Benjamin Ryan, who was the

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Musk's X refuses to hand over data in 'politically motivated' French investigation

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2026-01-12 06:24:13

Elon Musk's X on Monday denied allegations made by French authorities as part of a criminal investigation into alleged data tampering, adding that it would not submit to the prosecutor's demand to hand over data. X's global government affairs account said the French investigation, which ramped up this month, is "politically-motivated" and designed to "restrict free speech." "French authorities have launched a politically-motivated criminal investigation into X over the alleged manipulation of

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Apple details how it trained its new AI models: 4 interesting highlights

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2026-01-12 06:58:15

During WWDC25, Apple announced new versions of its on-device and cloud-based foundation models. Now, they have published a tech report detailing how those models were trained, optimized, and evaluated. And the report includes some genuinely interesting under-the-hood tidbits. In a comprehensive document called “Apple Intelligence Foundation Language Models – Tech Report 2025“, the company walks through multiple aspects of the new models, including their architecture, data sources, pre-training,

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Musk's X refuses to hand over data in 'politically-motivated' French investigation

cnbc.com Arjun Kharpal 2026-01-12 16:10:24

Elon Musk's X on Monday denied allegations made by French authorities as part of a criminal investigation into alleged data tampering, adding that it would not submit to the prosecutor's demand to hand over data. X's global government affairs account said the French investigation, which ramped up this month, is "politically-motivated" and designed to "restrict free speech." "French authorities have launched a politically-motivated criminal investigation into X over the alleged manipulation of

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The best Good Luck modules are getting One UI 8 support with cool new features

androidauthority.com Unknown 2026-01-12 14:25:28

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority TL;DR Good Lock modules like Home Up, MultiStar, NavStar, and QuickStar have been updated with support for One UI 8. Home Up’s update also brings several new features and improvements to the DIY Home Screen feature. One UI 8 stable is expected to reach many more smartphones across Samsung’s lineup in the near future. The Galaxy Z Fold 7, Flip 7, and Flip 7 FE are out, and they are the first phones to get a stable version of One UI 8. With their launch done a

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British government set to back down on secret iCloud backdoor after US pressure

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-01-12 17:16:30

We learned earlier this year that the British government had secretly ordered Apple to create a backdoor into encrypted data for all iCloud users worldwide. Specifically, it wanted a way to see personal data protected by Apple’s introduction of Advanced Data Protection (ADP), which extended end-to-end encryption to almost all iCloud data, meaning not even the iPhone maker could access it. Apple has been fighting the secret order in secret court hearings, but it now appears that the US governmen

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Dell confirms breach of test lab platform by World Leaks extortion group

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-12 17:00:00

A newly rebranded extortion gang known as "World Leaks" breached one of Dell's product demonstration platforms earlier this month and is now trying to extort the company into paying a ransom. Dell acknowledged the incident to BleepingComputer, confirming that the threat actor had breached its Customer Solution Centers platform, which is used to demonstrate Dell products and solutions to customers. "A threat actor recently gained access to our Solution Center, an environment designed to demonst

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Over 1,000 CrushFTP servers exposed to ongoing hijack attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-12 17:34:21

Over 1,000 CrushFTP instances currently exposed online are vulnerable to hijack attacks that exploit a critical security bug, providing admin access to the web interface. The security vulnerability (CVE-2025-54309) is due to mishandled AS2 validation and impacts all CrushFTP versions below 10.8.5 and 11.3.4_23. The vendor tagged the flaw as actively exploited in the wild on July 19th, noting that attacks may have begun earlier, although it has yet to find evidence to confirm this. "July 18th,

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I Just Discovered a Travel Hack That Can Save You Time and Money on International Trips -- And It's Completely Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-01-12 17:00:07

Debalina Ghosh/Getty Images I've been traveling around the world for a year and a half, and one of my favorite money-saving travel hacks is using an eSIM. If you're unfamiliar with the concept of an eSIM, it's a digital SIM installed onto your phone that lets you access a mobile network without a physical SIM card. Using an eSIM for all my mobile data abroad means I don't have to worry about expensive roaming charges from my US mobile provider or buying a physical SIM for a local network every

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Here’s how Apple Intelligence keeps privacy in mind versus the competition

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2026-01-12 09:10:43

Artificial intelligence has obviously been the industry craze for the past couple years. While large language models are incredibly capable, they’ve always come with a bit of a compromise: privacy. Ultimately, you’re still using a model hosted in the cloud, and all of your conversations are stored on some server. Apple’s always had privacy at the core of its products – so in the months leading up to the debut of Apple’s AI features, many people wondered: how would Apple handle it? Today, we del

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Microsoft releases emergency patches for SharePoint RCE flaws exploited in attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-12 15:41:46

Microsoft has released emergency SharePoint security updates for two zero-day vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2025-53770 and CVE-2025-53771 that have compromised services worldwide in "ToolShell" attacks. In May, during the Berlin Pwn2Own hacking contest, researchers exploited a zero-day vulnerability chain called "ToolShell," which enabled them to achieve remote code execution in Microsoft SharePoint. These flaws were fixed as part of the July Patch Tuesday updates; However, threat actors were

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5 tips for building foundation models for AI

zdnet.com Mark Samuels 2026-01-12 12:00:18

imaginima/Getty Many businesses are just beginning to grapple with the impact of artificial intelligence, but some have been using machine learning (ML) and other emerging technologies for over a decade. Also: Most AI projects are abandoned - 5 ways to ensure your data efforts succeed For Manish Jethwa, CTO at Ordnance Survey (OS), the UK's national mapping service, the priority is to combine his organization's AI and ML experiences with recent advances in generative AI to refine, distribute,

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Digital vassals? French Government ‘exposes citizens’ data to US'

news.ycombinator.com Anne-Laure Dufeal 2026-01-11 18:26:09

France’s deepening reliance on US tech giants is raising alarms about digital sovereignty and exposing public data to foreign jurisdictions. In a French Senate report on economic and digital sovereignty, Senators accused the French State of “political fault”. That was in regard to outsourcing essential data infrastructure to US companies subject to US extraterritorial laws, including Microsoft, despite repeated warnings and alternatives. “France is subject to US extraterritorial law,” the repo

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Galaxy Watch Ultra users rejoice: Wear OS 6 rolls out ahead of schedule!

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X Data Center Fire in Oregon Started Inside Power Cabinet, Authorities Say

Serial spyware founder Scott Zuckerman wants the FTC to unban him from the surveillance industry

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Musk's X refuses to hand over data in 'politically-motivated' French investigation

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