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* Google’s Threat Intelligence team links BlackFile (now Redact) to phishing and extortion attacks on major hedge funds and law firms * Group impersonates IT staff by phone, steering victims to spoofed login pages to steal SaaS credentials and tokens, then exfiltrates sensitive data * Targets include Blackstone, KKR, Apollo, CME Group,
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* Meta has been hit by another huge fine in New Mexico * The ruling judge compared Meta's apps to polluting factories * Meta says it's going to appeal the decision Meta is in more legal trouble over the harms that its products — specifically Instagram and Facebook — can do
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* A Samsung exec has just done a Reddit AMA * They answered all sorts of questions, including those criticising a perceived lack of innovation, and an undesirable focus on AI * Among the answers, health was pointed to as an area of future innovation, along with technology that understands what you need
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Sometimes, all you need is a little Air in your life. And if that Air happens to be an iPad, your everyday life can become a lot smarter. Apple released the latest M4 iPad Air this year, which replaced the iPad Air with the M3 chip is one of our
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We’re all guilty of doing it: You pick up your phone to answer a quick text or check the weather, and suddenly you’ve wasted two hours scrolling on social media. All this time adds up; more than half (57%) of US adults are spending at least 5 hours
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4 / 5Very good pros and cons * Pocketable, practical design. * Sharp, vibrant and bright screens. * Features a less-reflective folding display with minimized crease. * All-day battery. * No telephoto camera. * Punch-hole cutout on the inner display can be distracting. * No built-in magnets for Qi2.2 charging. aug / 2026 Seven years of folding phone
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Google’s AI-powered search hit a snag when users asking about Flock Safety license plate cameras were told the devices were literal gold mines stuffed with precious metals—information that was not based on facts, but fake data from viral internet memes. When asked "how much gold does a
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SK hynix isn't waiting around to see if the AI boom cools off. The South Korean chipmaker's board of directors has approved a 54.3 trillion won (around $38.1 billion in U.S. currency) investment to build two massive new fabrication plants, cementing its commitment
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Netflix now lets users stream 4K content through Google Chrome on PCs joining the Edge browser in this standard capability. Netflix has updated its support documentation and now lists Chrome 117 or newer versions on compatible Windows 11 as capable of reaching Ultra HD 2160p resolution, finally matching Edge. Like
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Cloudflare, Inc. has launched Identity-Aware AI Gateway and User Insights, two new capabilities designed to help organisations monitor, govern and analyse the use of AI across their enterprise environments. The tools provide IT and security teams with visibility into which employees or AI agents are using AI services, the type
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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Microsoft says it's refocusing Windows on performance and reliability. * File Explorer, Search, and Start are getting responsiveness fixes. * The pressure to add new AI-based annoyances hasn't gone away. Earlier this year,
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The Trump administration is paying another $1.2 billion to cancel an offshore wind lease, this time to German utility RWE. The energy company said in an announcement that the wind farms would have been built off the coasts of California, Louisiana, and New York. Instead, RWE will spend $900
