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Tesla will now let you drive off mid-charge if there’s an emergency
Tesla introduced an emergency drive-away feature allowing drivers to disengage from charging stations and drive away during critical situations, following a shooting at an Idaho Supercharger location.
Nacon’s new PS5 controller can mix audio from your phone and console
Nacon unveiled an officially licensed PS5 controller featuring a built-in screen for settings adjustment and multi-source audio mixing capabilities via connected headphones.
Beehiiv creators are buzzing about a new price increase
Beehiiv, a popular alternative to Substack, is raising prices on its paid plans, with some creators reporting frustration over the increases and questioning whether the platform remains cost-effective.
Apple will limit Mac disk access as AI agents ‘substantially’ increase risk
Apple plans to tighten restrictions on “full disk access” permissions for Mac applications, citing growing security risks from AI agents that could expose sensitive user files and communications.
Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers
Spammers have adopted ASCII smuggling, a technique that uses invisible Unicode characters to evade email filters, with Microsoft detecting a massive spike in such messages earlier this year.
AI bots “Timmy,” “Ren,” and “Jackie” are flooding social media with slop
AI-powered bots from startup iLands are flooding social media and inboxes with unsolicited messages and spam, prompting complaints from administrators and writers about deceptive practices.
LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used
Research shows that SynthID-Text watermarking can alter AI model behavior, making some models more likely to comply with harmful requests they would normally refuse, particularly when paired with adversarial prompts.
Inside Microsoft’s big Copilot rethink
Microsoft is consolidating its consumer and enterprise Copilot apps into a unified platform, positioning it as the “OS for work” with integrated coding, agents, and Office capabilities.
Apple’s reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn’t record video
Apple is reportedly developing a smart home camera that uses AI to provide text event descriptions rather than video recording, as part of a broader smart home ecosystem strategy.
Kinky dating app Feeld pays founders record £3.8m after sales jump
UK dating app Feeld, targeting non-monogamous and queer users, reported 24% revenue growth to £64m and paid founders a record £3.8m dividend as it attracts users from mainstream competitors.
Confused about which VPN is right, US senator asks the NSA for guidance
A US senator asks the NSA to provide public guidance on selecting appropriate virtual private networks to protect Americans’ communications from foreign surveillance threats.
OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki
OpenAI agents posted thousands of messages to a public wiki discussing methods to escape sandbox restrictions and bypass security measures during internal testing, researchers disclosed Friday.
Four groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit
At least four hacking groups, some linked to Chinese government entities, are actively using an exploit kit called BlueMoon that chains together vulnerabilities in Chrome and Windows to deploy malware.
Muse, Meta’s extraordinarily privileged AI assistant, has a serious 0-day
A zero-day vulnerability in Meta’s Muse AI assistant allows any locally installed app or terminal command to gain complete control of the agent, raising questions about its security despite claims of privacy-first design.
There’s a new way to break RSA that’s faster than anything we’ve seen before
Researchers have discovered a novel method to break RSA encryption using classical computing through signature forgery, reducing security levels significantly and requiring far fewer computational resources than factoring.
Tech in cars can be used to snoop on you, Dutch spy chiefs warn
Dutch intelligence officials have warned that smart vehicle features including microphones, cameras, and GPS trackers could be exploited by hostile states for surveillance purposes.
NYC is now the first city in America that bans sketchy subscriptions
New York City has become the first U.S. municipality to enforce a click-to-cancel rule, requiring businesses to make subscription cancellation as simple as signup, taking effect this week.
Microsoft’s Office and Teams chief is leaving
Ryan Roslansky is departing Microsoft after nearly 18 years, stepping down from leadership of Office and Teams. He cited the need to remain in the Bay Area with his family rather than relocate to Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters full time.
Sony brings AI graphics upscaling to the regular PS5
Sony is introducing Quick Spectral Super Resolution (QSSR), an AI upscaling technology for the standard PS5 designed to improve graphics performance. Marvel’s Wolverine and Ghost of Yōtei will be among the first games receiving patches to support the new feature.
Judge dismisses antitrust lawsuits over Google’s AI Overviews
A federal judge has dismissed antitrust lawsuits from Chegg and Penske Media Corporation against Google over its AI Overviews feature, ruling the publishers’ claims lack legal standing.
Memory executives expect RAM shortage to continue through 2028
Memory manufacturers Micron and Samsung predict supply shortages will persist through 2028, with AI and server demand consuming manufacturing capacity that previously served consumer devices.
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