Windows 11 KB5101684 Update Released With 42 Fixes, Voice Isolation, and File Explorer Improvements
Microsoft has started rolling out the optional Windows 11 KB5101684 preview update for versions 24H2 and 25H2, giving users an early look at dozens of fixes and new features that are expected to become part of next month's Patch Tuesday release.
Elon Musk’s X Ends Legal Fight With Global Advertising Group After Settlement
Elon Musk’s X has officially settled its long-running legal dispute with the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA), bringing an end to a high-profile case over advertising practices on the social media platform.
Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorism, Issues International Arrest Warrant
Russia has formally charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities and issued an international arrest warrant, marking a major escalation in the Kremlin's long-running dispute with the messaging platform.
Apple Briefly Touches $5 Trillion Market Value, Becomes Second Company to Hit Historic Milestone
Apple briefly crossed the $5 trillion market capitalization mark during trading on Tuesday, becoming only the second publicly traded company ever to reach the historic valuation.
Anthropic AI Discovers New Cryptography Attacks on HAWK and Reduced-Round AES
Anthropic has revealed that its experimental AI model, Claude Mythos Preview, independently helped uncover two new cryptographic attacks, including a complete key-recovery attack against the HAWK-256 digital signature scheme and a significantly faster attack on a reduced version of AES-128.
HBO Max Adds TikTok-Style Video Feed and AI Search to Make Finding Shows Easier
HBO Max is introducing two new features designed to help viewers spend less time searching and more time watching.
eBay to Pay $56 Million Over Harassment Plot Targeting Journalists
eBay has agreed to pay $56 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Ina and David Steiner, the husband-and-wife team behind the EcommerceBytes newsletter, bringing an end to a legal battle over a shocking harassment campaign orchestrated by former company employees.
Apple Launches ‘Apple Upgrade’ Leasing Program for iPhone, Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch in the US
Apple has officially announced Apple Upgrade, a new leasing program that gives customers in the United States a more flexible way to get the latest iPhone, Apple Watch, Mac, and iPad.
24,000 Internet-Exposed Servers Found Leaking Password Hashes Through Decades-Old IPMI Flaw
More than 24,000 internet-connected servers have been found exposing authentication password hashes because of a long-standing weakness in the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI), a remote management technology introduced more than two decades ago.
ChatGPT Now Refuses to Copy Famous Authors’ Writing Styles
OpenAI has quietly changed how ChatGPT responds to requests that ask it to write in the exact style of well-known authors.
Critical TeamCity Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution Without Login, JetBrains Warns
JetBrains has patched a critical TeamCity vulnerability that could let attackers execute code remotely without authentication.
T-Mobile Restores Service After Widespread U.S. Network Outage
T-Mobile has restored service after a nationwide outage left thousands of U.S. users without mobile connectivity on Monday.
Hugging Face AI Models Accused of Creating Nude Deepfakes With Simple Prompts
A new report claims several Hugging Face AI models can generate nonconsensual nude deepfakes with minimal safeguards in place.
Microsoft Unveils MAI-Cyber-1-Flash to Power MDASH With Faster, Lower-Cost Vulnerability Testing
Microsoft has introduced MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, its first cybersecurity-focused AI model, as part of MDASH, the company's multi-model platform for identifying and fixing software vulnerabilities.
Elon Musk Launches X Money in the US With Digital Wallet, Visa Card, and 6% APY
Elon Musk has officially started rolling out X Money, a new payment platform built into X as part of his long-term plan to transform the social media platform into an "everything app."
Coca-Cola Confirms Data Stolen in Fairlife Ransomware Attack
The Coca-Cola Company has confirmed that hackers stole data from its dairy subsidiary, Fairlife, during a ransomware attack that disrupted production earlier this month.
FastJson Flaw Under Active Attack, Exposes Java Apps to Remote Code Execution
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the FastJson open-source Java library that allows remote code execution without requiring user interaction or elevated privileges.
Apple Sued After Fake Crypto Wallet on App Store Allegedly Costs Users $1.8 Million
Apple is facing a new lawsuit in the United States after three users claimed they lost more than $1.8 million by downloading a fake cryptocurrency wallet from the App Store.
Nvidia Reportedly Plans $250 Billion Financing Backing for OpenAI’s Giant AI Data Center
Nvidia is reportedly in advanced discussions to provide around $250 billion in financing guarantees to OpenAI for one of the world's largest artificial intelligence infrastructure projects.
Fact Check: Does Facebook’s New Selfie Video Verification Give You a Blue Tick?
Facebook's selfie verification can add a free verification badge, but it is not the paid Meta Verified blue checkmark many users expect.
