If you have a Galaxy S25 or S24 phone, you may have a serious problem. Samsung’s must recent security update has reportedly left owners of these recent flagships with a daily nightmare as batteries drain rapidly and devices start to overheat. Samsung users are not alone, with Google’s Pixel owners also reporting “severe” battery drain after the moist recent security update. Given that, one might assume this is a generic Android problem, but it seems it may not be linked.Android Authority reports that most Galaxy S25 and S24 users may be affected — at least according to its own reader…
What’s next for Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton? It’s unclear as to whether Rhodes will be cleared for action after suffering a nasty head and eye injury at WrestleMania 42. However, you’ve got to believe that feud will continue. Trick Williams’ U.S. championship coronation figures to be interrupted by Carmelo…
In today’s column, I examine the diabolical use of unassuming poetry as a conniving form of AI prompting that can potentially overcome AI safeguards and get generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to do or say things they aren’t supposed to do or say.Here’s the deal. We normally think…
Despite its control of hardware and firmware, Google triggers a surprising number of serious issues for Pixel users after security updates are installed. This pattern has repeated in recent months, and now there’s a new worry for users.Per 9to5Google, “following the rollout of the April 2026 update on Google Pixel…
HIGHLIGHTSA long-running collaboration between two heavyweight brands gets its biggest swing yet next month.The release date moved in the rare direction fans actually want.A premium edition stacks early access with a hefty bundle of post-launch content.The LEGO Batman series is one of the most iconic collaborations either IP has ever…
How do you build a $1 billion direct-to-consumer business without relying on the traditional venture capital playbook? Forbes’ Alex York sits down with Levi Conlow, co-founder and CEO of Lectric eBikes, to unpack how his company became North America’s largest e-bike brand. Despite a shrinking post-boom market, supply chain friction,…
In case you missed Monday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here:How to Play the NYT MiniThe NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five…
Enterprise data used to center on a single core platform. Usually, it was the ERP system backed by relational databases. Vendors competed on query speed, storage efficiency and architectural improvements. The standard path forward was to pick the best platform and standardize around it — but that no longer works.After…
Marketing budgets have increasingly moved toward short-form vertical platforms such as TikTok and Instagram, where speed, algorithmic distribution and performance measurement offer clear advantages. At the same time, YouTube has quietly strengthened its position across long-form content, connected television viewing and recurring audience engagement.Industry data shows that YouTube now accounts…
Today, Square Enix announced that it’ll be replacing the PC port of the original Final Fantasy VII on Steam with a new version. However, Square Enix didn’t exactly say when the change will take place, or what the new version entails.The company was quite vague on its announcement, only providing…
It’s Thor’s Day, and we have yesterday’s Wordle Wednesday riddle to solve before we get to the daily Wordle. This was the riddle:The answer: The letter “e” which you can find in a tree, but in the woods, and in the sea, but not in light. Okay, Wordle time!Looking for…
It’s Odin’s day, Wednesday, known around here as Wordle Wednesday. On this day, every week I hand out a special challenge. A riddle, brain-teaser or logic puzzle for you to solve before the daily Wordle. Here’s today’s riddle:I’m not in the woodsbut I am in a treenot in the mountainsbut…
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…
According to genetic evidence published in a 2023 study from Science, our ancestors experienced an extreme population bottleneck around 900,000 years ago. This means just over a thousand breeding individuals persisted for more than 100,000 years. If true, this would’ve been one of the most severe population crashes ever inferred…
The weekend is here. Huzzah! It looks like we’re going to get snow this weekend, but I won’t believe it until I see the white fluffy stuff on the ground. At least it’s not supposed to be too terribly cold. A friend of mine sent a screenshot of the temperature…
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