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Acer’s new concept hardware is a gaming handheld with a keyboard
Acer unveiled Project DualPlay Mini, a concept gaming handheld featuring a flip-and-swivel keyboard design that transforms between traditional controller layout and typing configuration.
Acer’s new MacBook Air rival is nearly a pound lighter than Apple’s laptop
Acer unveiled the Swift Blade 14 laptop, weighing 1.76 pounds and measuring 0.51 inches thin, positioning it as a lightweight alternative to Apple’s MacBook Air with carbon fiber construction.
Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers
Google Chrome has added device-bound session credentials to prevent account takeovers by securing session cookies with encryption keys stored in hardware security modules.
DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight
Passengers aboard a Delta flight from Las Vegas to Atlanta allegedly created a fake Wi-Fi hotspot to harvest passenger credentials, prompting an FBI investigation.
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
A supply-chain attack on LiteLLM, an open source AI development tool, exposed terabytes of credentials from over 2,500 organizations including Microsoft, Amazon, and Cisco during a 40-minute window in March.
Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals
The Trump administration has authorized private security firms to conduct offensive cyberattacks against overseas criminal organizations targeting US entities, marking the first government-approved program of its kind.
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground
OpenAI and Anthropic have slashed prices for mid-tier AI models by up to 80 percent as Chinese competitors gain market share among cost-conscious customers.
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider
A PBS affiliate is suing a data center provider to recover 50TB of archived TV content after its cloud storage provider shut down without warning, leaving the station unable to access decades of irreplaceable material.
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation
A high-severity macOS vulnerability allowing remote code execution without authentication is under active exploitation, with attackers installing cryptocurrency miners on affected systems.
Is Vine back? Short-form video-sharing app Divine opens to public
Divine, a new short-form video app featuring six-second looping videos, has launched publicly as a spiritual successor to the defunct platform Vine, backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey.
Trump is upping the price of Big Tech’s favorite visa
The Trump administration announced a $103,000 fee on H-1B visas and plans to revoke up to 200,000 asylum seeker visas, marking the largest mass visa revocation in US history.
London rollout of robotaxis delayed amid lack of guidance for firms to follow
London’s robotaxi rollout faces delays as regulatory guidance remains unpublished, pushing back commercial operations expected to begin later this year.
TreeSize won’t renew perpetual-license support unless users subscribe
TreeSize’s developer JAM Software has ended support for perpetual licenses unless customers subscribe, requiring payment to continue receiving updates and assistance.
Thousands of servers can be backdoored by exploiting buggy motherboard controllers
Thousands of enterprise servers contain critical vulnerabilities in baseboard management controllers that can be remotely exploited to install persistent backdoors, according to research presented at a security conference.
New Pass-ta-key attack reveals all the things we didn’t know about passkeys
A researcher revealed vulnerabilities in passkey systems, particularly for Windows devices, demonstrating that these authentication mechanisms can be compromised through malware despite widespread assumptions about their security.
Chrome adopts what may be the best protection yet against account takeovers
Google Chrome has introduced device-bound session credentials, a new security feature that protects against account takeovers by storing encryption keys in device hardware rather than allowing them to be stolen.
Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked
Researchers discovered that Microsoft 365 Copilot could be tricked into revealing sensitive user data through a secret parameter that bypassed security safeguards, requiring only a malicious link click.
Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial
A former Meta safety engineer testified that the company was aware of harms to children on its platforms but took a “don’t ask, don’t tell” approach, according to a landmark trial brought by 29 state attorneys general.
TikTok to pay $400m to US in one of largest child privacy settlements
TikTok has agreed to pay $400 million to the US government to settle a lawsuit over alleged violations of children’s privacy laws, one of the largest such settlements on record.
‘Digging the grave of my profession’: the Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
Hollywood creatives are earning $12-$200 hourly training AI models to replicate their skills, amid a 28% decline in motion picture industry jobs since 2022.
Twitch and Amazon face lawsuit over use of streamers’ content to train AI
Amazon faces a class action lawsuit over using Twitch streamers’ videos to train AI models without permission or compensation, following backlash from the August announcement.
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