An interesting start to the week for WhatsApp. Just hours after Telegram’s Pavel Durov warned that Meta’s messenger has “multiple attack vectors,” comes a report that Google has found a serious WhatsApp vulnerability that “opens up (an) attack surface.”Any warning from Google’s Project Zero threat hunters is taken seriously. This is the team behind many of the zero-day spyware discoveries plaguing Android and iPhone. This threat affects WhatsApp on Android, and relates to zero-click media downloads. The attack works when a victim and one of the victim’s contacts are added to a new WhatsApp group. The attacker then makes the…
Key TakeawaysGoogle Photos is testing a new “Optimize backup for battery life” featureThe app can currently cause significant battery drain in the backgroundThe feature is under development with no set release dateJan 20 Update below: This article was originally published on Jan 17Your smartphone works hard when shooting photos and…
WhatsApp is about to introduce a major new capability, it’s reported and it will finally allow users of the WhatsApp web app to take part in voice and video calls. The report comes from the authoritative WhatsApp watcher, WABetaInfo, which cautions that the new features are not quite live yet,…
Updated on Jan. 18 with a new warning for Gmail users as an attack is confirmed underway, tricking users into changing their email addresses to hijack accounts.Google has just changed Gmail after twenty years. In among countless AI upgrades — including “personalized AI” that gives Gemini access to all your…
For decades, humans have assumed that recognizing faces, especially our own faces, is a task that requires a large, complex brain. It’s also why animals like primates and birds are central in conversations about intelligence. Fish, on the other hand, are usually dismissed as instinct-driven and forgettable. However, there’s one…
At the 2026 CES Jensen Huang made many announcements associated with the introduction of Nvidia’s Rubin Vera AI architecture and the various open-source AI foundational models that the company created for various applications, including Alpamayo for automotive. One interesting announcement from NVIDIA was about an Inference Context Memory Storage Platform…
Thanks to Chance Mathisen for his contributionIn the current wave of generative AI innovation, industries that live in documents and text — legal, healthcare, customer support, sales, marketing — have been riding the crest. The technology transformed legal workflows overnight, and companies like Harvey and OpenEvidence scaled to roughly $100M…
Updating your operating system has never been more vital, given the number of critical security vulnerabilities being fixed across iOS, macOS, and, of course, Windows right now. The very last thing anyone needs to read is a confirmation from Microsoft that yet another Windows security update has broken stuff. This…
Updated December 12 with further technical details regarding the Shai-Hulud 2.0 Dune Worm attacks, alongside original reporting of the Microsoft mitigation recommendations for rapid credentials rotation and replacement.In response to what the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team has called “one of the most significant cloud-native ecosystem compromises observed recently,” it…
WiiM seems to be one of the fastest-growing audio brands with a never-ending schedule of product releases in 2025. The global technology company makes a range of affordable audio products with an emphasis on streaming music all around the home. Now the company has announced the WiiM Sound Lite, a…
Windows users are no strangers to critical security updates and urgent warnings urging them to act now. Given the security footprint of Windows, in all its various forms, this is hardly a surprise: cybercriminals look for the route of least resistance that can impact the largest audience. The latest Microsoft…
Apple warns iPhone users to stop using Google Chrome. “Unlike Chrome,” it says, “Safari truly helps protect your privacy.” Apple’s warning now includes secretive fingerprinting. And Chrome’s not the only Google app you need to stop using. Apple says “Safari works to prevent advertisers and websites from using the unique…
Fred Moll, the cofounder of $200 billion Intuitive Surgical, has invested in some 15 companies building robots that could help make both complex and common surgeries more accessible to everyone.Dr. Fred Moll left the practice of medicine more than four decades ago. But he’s responsible for some 3 million surgeries…
Your Google account password is the key to unlocking far more than just your Gmail inbox. It’s the silver bullet that can shatter your carefully constructed cyber defenses, leaving your accounts, data, and ultimately money open to attackers. But what if hackers already have your Gmail password? Here’s how to…
Uber is expanding its push into the rapidly growing self-driving vehicle market with a new robotaxi service in Dallas that begins today. The rideshare giant is deploying a fleet of autonomous vehicles developed by startup Avride, which also makes delivery robots. Avride’s vehicles can be booked with the Uber app…
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