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Millions of tracks are freely available in datasets, even if they’re not supposed to be. by Terrence O'Brien Jun 20, 2026, 6:46 PM UTC Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Terrence O'Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for
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TL;DR Wordfence blocked 17M+ attempts to exploit a Gravity SMTP bug that leaks API keys and system data from WordPress sites without authentication. Attackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in the Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin that exposes API keys, OAuth tokens, and detailed system configuration data to anyone who
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TL;DR Claude Guillemot, who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986 and led gaming peripherals maker Guillemot Corp, has died at 69 in a plane crash in western France. Claude Guillemot, one of five brothers who co-founded Ubisoft in 1986, has died in a plane crash near the coastal town of La
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SK hynix just announced the delivery of its 12-layer HBM4E memory samples to major hardware clients, intensifying the competition to supply the memory backbone for future AI accelerators. The new fat stacks of RAM represent a significant leap in data density and throughput, offering 48 gigabytes of capacity per single
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Earlier this week, at TechCrunch’s newest StrictlyVC event in El Segundo, Shinkei Systems founder Saif Khawaja and Founders Fund partner Delian Asparouhov sat down for a conversation that kept circling back to a question that doesn’t usually come up at a venture event: How do you know if
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Why You Can Trust CNET Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement The two Group E front-runners meet in Toronto. 5 min read 73% off with
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Launcher V2 will go through a private beta before a public release. After an Epic Games exec admitted to Eurogamer that its launcher sucks earlier this year, the company reportedly revealed that it's working on a "ground-up rebuild" of its launcher that will be much faster
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TL;DR CNET Labs found AirPods Pro 3 averaged 1.67% heart rate error vs a Polar H10 chest strap, second only to Apple Watch at 0.98%. Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 heart rate sensor averaged 1.67% error compared to a medical-grade Polar H10 chest strap in testing
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TL;DR Microsoft found a USB worm active since February that hijacks clipboards to swap crypto wallet addresses and routes stolen data through a portable Tor client. Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified a new strain of self-propagating malware that spreads through USB drives, monitors the Windows clipboard for cryptocurrency wallet
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TL;DR HBR says companies that went all-in on AI face “knowledge decay” as low-quality outputs pile up, erode trust, and cost $9M a year in rework. Companies that pushed hardest to adopt generative AI are now contending with a problem the technology was supposed to prevent: their work is
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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Big quote: Yann LeCun isn't buying the current AI boom – or at least not the way it's unfolding. In a recent interview with CNBC, one of the "Godfathers of
