A data breach at SoundCloud exposed information tied to 29.8 million user accounts, according to Have I Been Pwned. While SoundCloud says no passwords or financial data were accessed, attackers mapped email addresses to public profile data and later attempted extortion. BleepingComputer reports: The company confirmed the breach on December 15, following widespread reports from
Read MoreA data breach at SoundCloud exposed information tied to 29.8 million user accounts, according to Have I Been Pwned. While SoundCloud says no passwords or financial data were accessed, attackers mapped email addresses to public profile data and later attempted extortion. BleepingComputer reports: The company confirmed the breach on December 15, following widespread reports from
Read MoreThe Emmy-nominated Apple TV series “Shrinking” will officially return for a fourth season for more therapeutic hijinks. ‘Shrinking’ has been renewed for a fourth season on Apple TV. On January 27, only a day before the premiere of its third season, the popular comedy show “Shrinking” was renewed for a fourth season. The announcement was
Read MoreThe Emmy-nominated Apple TV series “Shrinking” will officially return for a fourth season for more therapeutic hijinks. ‘Shrinking’ has been renewed for a fourth season on Apple TV. On January 27, only a day before the premiere of its third season, the popular comedy show “Shrinking” was renewed for a fourth season. The announcement was
Read MoreEveryone knows that bearings are a consumable wear item, and that the power head of a vacuum likely contains bearings that will eventually need to be replaced. Yet when the manufacturer wants you to toss out the entire roller and pay $80 for the privilege, that feels rather steep and unnecessary. In the case of
Read MoreTL;DR Razer supports hardware configuration through its Synapse utility for PC and Mac. If you’d rather not install software, you can now access Synapse over the web. The Synapse web beta is getting started with Huntsman V3 keyboard support. One day, our phones may fully replace our PCs, but until we make that leap, a
Read MoreTL;DR Nothing is opening a second retail location on February 14, in Bengaluru, India. In its announcement for the Bengaluru location, Nothing shared its plans to open stores in New York and Tokyo, as well. Nothing currently operates a single retail location in London. Nothing is planning to open a store in the United States.
Read MoreAn anonymous reader shares a report: Meta plans to test new subscriptions that give people access to exclusive features on its apps, the company told TechCrunch on Monday. The tech giant said the new subscriptions will unlock more productivity and creativity, along with expanded AI capabilities. In the coming months, Meta said it will offer
Read MoreWhatsApp is launching new “Strict Account Settings” that add even more protections against cyberattacks. The feature is built for people at a high-risk of attacks – such as journalists or public figures – and automatically blocks attachments and media from senders you don’t know, while silencing calls from unknown contacts. The new setting limits other
Read MoreWhatsApp is launching new “Strict Account Settings” that add even more protections against cyberattacks. The feature is built for people at a high-risk of attacks – such as journalists or public figures – and automatically blocks attachments and media from senders you don’t know, while silencing calls from unknown contacts. The new setting limits other
Read MoreCredit: Supplied by Google TL;DR Google has announced a variety of theft protection improvements for Android devices. This includes a toggle for Failed Authentication Lock, a more comprehensive Identity Check feature, and a more secure Remote Lock tool. Google is also enabling Remote Lock and Theft Detection Lock by default in Brazil. Google introduced some
Read More69pc of the overall job growth was outside of Dublin, with much activity in the midlands and the south east. Read more: Despite economic hardships, EI companies create net job growth
Read MorePinterest is making cuts to fund its AI plans. Pinterest is planning to lay off hundreds of workers and reduce its office space to reallocate resources for its artificial intelligence initiatives. In a regulatory filing posted Tuesday, Pinterest says the reduction is expected to impact “less than 15 percent” of its current workforce, and that
Read MorePinterest is making cuts to fund its AI plans. Pinterest is planning to lay off hundreds of workers and reduce its office space to reallocate resources for its artificial intelligence initiatives. In a regulatory filing posted Tuesday, Pinterest says the reduction is expected to impact “less than 15 percent” of its current workforce, and that
Read MoreAnthropic has added a new capability inside its generative AI-based chatbot Claude that will allow users to directly access applications inside the Claude interface. The new capability, termed as interactive apps, is based on a new extension — MCP Apps — of the open source Model Context Protocol (MCP). MCP Apps, first proposed in November and subsequently developed with
Read MoreWhile smartphones have pushed the limits of mobile photography and straight-line performance in recent years, one frontier that remains largely untouched is battery life. Some OEMs have placed an emphasis on battery capacity, but that’s certainly not true for Google Pixel phones. Google is certainly aware of this perception, and a new patent suggests that
Read MoreAlibaba Cloud’s latest AI model, Qwen3-Max-Thinking, is staking a claim as one of the world’s most advanced reasoning engines after posting benchmark results that delivered competitive results against leading models from Google and OpenAI. In a blog post, Alibaba said the model was trained using expanded capacity and large-scale computing resources, including reinforcement learning, which
Read MoreAlibaba Cloud’s latest AI model, Qwen3-Max-Thinking, is staking a claim as one of the world’s most advanced reasoning engines after posting benchmark results that delivered competitive results against leading models from Google and OpenAI. In a blog post, Alibaba said the model was trained using expanded capacity and large-scale computing resources, including reinforcement learning, which
Read MoreAn airline’s boarding policy shake-up shows the limits of efficiency. (Spoiler: It’s money.)
Read MoreThe community’s hatred of AI is completely valid. Even I can’t help but scoff when I hear about new features landing on operating systems that don’t need them, or apps with additions that offer no tangible benefit. This was my reaction when the first AI web browsers appeared on Windows and the Play Store. However,
Read MoreTL;DR Belkin will shut down its Wemo cloud service for smart home devices later this week. Around two dozen devices are at risk of going obsolete, but you might be eligible for a partial refund if you bought them recently. However, if your device supports Apple HomeKit or Thread, it is immune to the shutdown.
Read MoreTL;DR Belkin will shut down its Wemo cloud service for smart home devices later this week. Around two dozen devices are at risk of going obsolete, but you might be eligible for a partial refund if you bought them recently. However, if your device supports Apple HomeKit or Thread, it is immune to the shutdown.
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Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from The Telegraph: China hacked the mobile phones of senior officials in Downing Street for several years, The Telegraph can disclose. The spying operation is understood to have compromised senior members of the government, exposing their private communications to Beijing. State-sponsored hackers are known to have targeted the phones
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