Cybersecurity
Grindr to Pay £26 Million to Settle U.K. Claims Over HIV Status Data Sharing
Grindr has agreed to pay £26 million ($35.1 million) to settle a U.K. lawsuit alleging it shared users' HIV status with third parties.
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Dev & Tools
I ditched my car's basic equalizer for Poweramp and Android Auto
Most car stereos give you a basic equalizer, if that. Poweramp and Android Auto can go much further.
Dev & Tools
I Let Claude Code Run Wild in a Virtual Machine, and It Changed How I Use Auto Mode
Running Claude Code inside a virtual machine lets you use auto mode freely without risking your main system's files or credentials.
Hardware & Gadgets
LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
LG TVs are facing scrutiny due to a video seemingly showing the devices' capability to track users when the TVs are off.
Dev & Tools
One DNS change fixed the "internet is slow" complaint I'd been chasing for months
For about three months, my mother told me the internet was slow. Speed tests showed full bandwidth and barely any packet loss.
Hardware & Gadgets
Top chipmakers embrace ASML's $400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change
Samsung and TSMC plan to adopt ASML's latest chipmaking machines, joining Intel in agreeing to a technology change that could boost production by 40 percent.
Dev & Tools
Two Years of BIOS Tweaking Taught Me the Best Settings Are Never the Obvious Ones
Most PC guides cover XMP, EXPO, and ReBAR - but the BIOS goes much deeper than that.
AI & Startups
AI Jargon Guide: From AGI to Opaque Recurrence
The AI field keeps minting new terms faster than most can track. Here's what the key ones actually mean.
Cybersecurity
Fake IT Calls Target Executives in Microsoft 365 Data Theft and Extortion Attacks
Threat hunters have disclosed details of a widespread data theft and extortion threat cluster targeting Microsoft 365 and other SaaS offerings.
Cybersecurity
PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Execution
Researchers have disclosed details of a Chromium-based post-exploitation toolkit called PEEP that masquerades as a bookmarks extension.
AI & Startups
Authors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlement
Some authors hoping to receive their share of Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement said they received surprising emails this week.
AI & Startups
Travis Kalanick's Atoms Might Be Getting Into the Robotaxi Business
Travis Kalanick's Atoms announced a $1.7 billion funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz earlier this summer.
AI & Startups
Hikers Rescued After Using Google Gemini for Trip Planning
Three hikers were rescued from California's Mount Shasta after using Google's AI chatbot Gemini to plan their expedition.
AI & Startups
OpenAI confirms 'wiki incident,' says it's 'working on a framework' for more disclosure
OpenAI has acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum.
AI & Startups
Seattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over AI Training Data
Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.
Hardware & Gadgets
Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+
Smartphone longevity didn't used to matter. Today, we expect our smartphones to go the distance, but they've become less repairable.
