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Just over a week ago, Meta’s AI-powered chat assistant unwittingly gave hackers access to thousands of Instagram accounts, including high-profile ones such as makeup retailer Sephora and the top noncommissioned officer of the US Space Force, as well as Barack Obama’s White House account. The exact number was later revealed in a regulatory filing with the … Read More “Hackers Conned a Chatbot to Hijack 20,000 Instagram Accounts” »
Last year, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip7 was available exclusively with the Exynos 2500 chipset – this included markets like the US that traditionally see Snapdragon-based devices. We’ve already heard that its sequel will not repeat this strategy and will use a mix of Exynos and Snapdragon chips instead. Now a report from Korean publication … Read More “Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 will use the Exynos 2600 in these regions” »
Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority Every June, Apple stands on stage to outline the future of its mobile operating system, and the entire Android ecosystem watches closely to see which features look suspiciously familiar. It is a well-established truth that mobile platforms constantly copy each other, and over the last few years, the functional gap … Read More “6 iOS 27 features Android needs to copy immediately” »
Like many on the West Coast, when fire season approaches, I switch on phone alerts from the popular free app Watch Duty. It combines reports from first responders, volunteers and other sources of data into a map and running log of nearby fires and their current status. It’s one of the few apps that goes beyond … Read More “Popular Wildfire App Watch Duty Expands to Cover Floods Nationwide” »
Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority TL;DR iOS 27 introduces massive 4×6 widgets that can occupy an entire home screen pane, a concept Android pioneered in 2009 and expanded with resizable layouts in 2012. Currently in developer preview, the update will allow users to drop extra-large widgets directly or long-press and stretch existing smaller widgets to … Read More “Apple’s iOS 27 copies a classic Android feature: Extra large widgets” »
NASA’s Artemis II crew are the fastest people alive, and now they have the patch to prove it. Mission Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen (the latter with the Canadian Space Agency) spent 10 days in early April flying by the Moon. Their journey took them farther … Read More “The fastest humans in the galaxy just got a spiffy patch to prove it” »
You’ve probably heard someone say something along the lines of, “Apple is losing the AI race” or “Apple’s AI is lagging.” What if being behind on AI was intentional? Or maybe even a winning strategy? For years now, the media has treated Apple’s caution in integrating AI as a failure, approaching every underwhelming developer event … Read More “Apple’s Cautious AI Strategy Could Have Been Its Smartest Move” »
Europe’s fast-growing vibe coding startup, Lovable, tells TechCrunch it has surpassed $500 million in annualized revenue run rate. Lovable last discussed its revenue in February, when the company said it crossed $400 million. In August, 2024, Lovable said it could hit $1 billion in annualized revenue within 12 months. It may not be on track … Read More “Lovable says it has hit $500M in annualized revenue, with 1 million new projects a week” »
Last week, Digital Chat Station posted a fairly detailed list of specs for the Redmi K100 Pro. Now the leakster has refined the details somewhat. The biggest change is to the claimed battery stats – originally reported as being a 9,000mAh or bigger, the latest post from DCS says that the battery capacity will start … Read More “New leak puts the Redmi K100 Pro battery at 8,000mAh (or higher)” »
TL;DR PC World has gone hands-on with the AYANEO Pocket Play ahead of its planned launch later this year. A hands-on video shows a thick yet pocket-friendly design, and gives us a close look at the buttons. There’s still no pricing or release date for the Pocket Play just yet. AYANEO is working on its … Read More “The AYANEO Pocket Play isn’t out yet, but someone went hands-on” »
