Elastic Security Labs uncovered a malware toolkit called KREMLIN, active since mid-2025, that tricks victims into opening fake invoice or receipt files to install malicious Chrome and Edge extensions without any user approval. The toolkit recreates Chromium's cryptographic integrity checks so the browser treats the rogue extension as legitimate, then harvests login credentials, session tokens and other sensitive data. Elastic ties the operation to a Brazilian group that has run at least seven campaigns impersonating 12 banks since May.
Ars Technica's review of macOS 27 Golden Gate reports that Apple has removed the option to disable Apple Intelligence, eliminating the toggle that once let users skip downloading its AI models. The release also ends support for Intel-based Macs entirely, running only on Apple Silicon, while bringing design fixes and performance polish to areas criticized in macOS 26 Tahoe.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has proposed placing outside safety evaluators inside frontier AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI, giving them access similar to internal risk teams and the ability to publish findings with limited redactions. He compared the idea to embedded bank examiners, but banking law expert Julie Andersen Hill says the analogy breaks down because these evaluators would have no authority to halt operations, unlike government bank supervisors who can restrict growth or shut institutions down.
Retailers are discounting the Pixel Watch 5 LTE model by roughly 20%, or about $100 off, just weeks after its launch. The smartwatch includes heart-rate tracking, over 50 workout modes, cellular connectivity, and fast charging.
Google disclosed that a vulnerability in Pixel phones' modem software, tracked as CVE-2026-58704, was exploited in a limited number of targeted attacks before being patched this week. The flaw allowed attackers to escalate privileges from the isolated modem component into the phone's broader system without any user interaction, a so-called zero-click exploit. Google has not identified who carried out the attacks.
Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil film reimagines Capcom's franchise around Bryan, an invented medical courier played by Austin Abrams, who gets pulled into a zombie outbreak while making a delivery run near Raccoon City. Unlike Paul W.S. Anderson's earlier film series, this version pares the story down and blends comedy with genuine scares rather than expanding an elaborate mythology.
9to5Mac's daily podcast episode for September 16, 2026 rounds up the day's top Apple stories, including discussion of features expected in the next macOS release, internally referred to as 'Golden Gate.' The episode is distributed via major podcast platforms including Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, and Google Play.
PieceMakers, a DRAM designer majority-owned by Nanya Technology, began trading on Taiwan's Emerging Stock Board at a NT$740 reference price and closed its first session up 23.6% at NT$915, valuing the company near $1.4 billion. Rather than competing in HBM, the firm is pursuing custom memory designs that bond DRAM directly to processors via hybrid bonding, positioning the technology between SRAM-only chips like Nvidia's Groq LPU and traditional HBM for AI inference workloads.
Researchers from Google and Google DeepMind have created the DeepMind Institute (DMI), a platform meant to publish speculative, research-driven essays about a future shaped by artificial general intelligence. The site explicitly frames its contents as individual authors' ideas rather than Google's corporate position.
Amazon is boosting minimum starting pay for its core U.S. operations staff, including delivery drivers and fulfillment center workers, to $20 per hour, pushing average hourly pay to nearly $24. The company is also adding perks like access to a low-cost banking service called Day 1 Financial, a credit union membership, and discounts on Whole Foods purchases both in-store and online.
Uber and Costco have widened their delivery partnership from 17 states to 47, meaning almost 600 Costco warehouses now offer Uber Eats delivery to members. Shoppers must verify Costco membership before ordering, and the app will let some members buy Costco memberships or get discounts on Uber One, its paid subscription.
Andy 'TheFlow0' Nguyen, the veteran PlayStation hacker behind the PS5 Linux project that let PS5 owners run a full Linux OS, has announced he is quitting the PS5 modding scene entirely. He says the decision follows frustration with AI-assisted contributors submitting exploit code they don't understand, including a case where such a group reported a hypervisor bug he had also discovered to Sony for a bounty before it could be used for the Linux project.
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