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Musk on Silicon Valley spying report: “If she’s a 10, you’re an asset”
Elon Musk has responded to a report by The Times, which claims that China and Russia send female spies to steal Silicon Valley secrets. He believes that beautiful women are “100% spies.”
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Steam update sends Counter-Strike 2 skin market into disarray, wiping out $2B of value
Gamblers, speculators, collectors, and other Counter-Strike 2 skin buyers report losing thousands of dollars following the Steam update, which massively increases the supply of rare items.
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Xiaomi: rising memory chip prices are driving up smartphone costs
Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi on Friday said surging memory chip prices have raised the cost of making handsets, after pricing of its new Redmi K90 series drew market disappointment.
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Meta ignores Dutch court’s ruling, says it needs more time to adjust Instagram and Facebook timelines
Meta hasn’t adjusted Facebook and Instagram's timelines despite an order from the Amsterdam Court. The Menlo Park-based tech company says it needs more time to make modifications. The court will decide Meta’s fate next week.
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Apple hints at easier app data migration to and from Android devices
Apple has published a document that hints at the company building a framework for the data transfer of third-party apps between iOS and Android. The framework is still in progress, so developers should keep an eye out for changes.
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Tinder makes facial verification a must for US users
Tinder will now ask users in the US to verify their identities via its “Face Check” feature. This move should reduce impersonation attempts and help real users avoid scams
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Relief for those who hate liquid glass: Apple offers “tinted” option
Apple is testing new ways to customize the appearance of Liquid Glass. Beta versions for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS include a highly requested toggle for increasing opacity and adding more contrast.
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Who profits from UFO/UAP hype? Inside the attention economy that drives alien fever
As online debate has become more about flaming the opposition than ever before, pouncing on the individual themselves can be more significant than the fact that they saw a flying saucer in the sky.
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Samsung enters the trifold phone race, but the competition is already way ahead
South Korean Samsung has finally entered the race for foldable fans’ attention, which has so far been led by Huawei. Can it catch up to its competitor?
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Librephone project announced: Free Software Foundation aims for complete Android freedom
Free Software Foundation (FSF), a non-profit promoting computer user freedom, has announced a long-term project to reverse-engineer and replace proprietary Android files for all systems of the chips (SOCs), aiming to completely free mobile phones for users.
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Australia calls on businesses to replace legacy IT
The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) recommends that business and network owners improve their cybersecurity by focusing on four “big moves,” including replacing legacy IT.
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State AI threatens democracy and freedom: expert warns of Orwellian future
Vahan P. Roth, CEO at Swissgrams AG, has warned about an Orwellian future in which governments will abuse AI tools to centralize power, force compliance, and devalue human life, eroding democratic principles and accountability.
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Beginner's guide to software-defined radio for SIGINT
I love radio, particularly when it bleeds into signals intelligence. Since the onset of the sweeping power grid blackouts across the Iberian Peninsula and into Western Europe, I’ve been surfing the airwaves and learning new things about the fascinating world of radio frequencies. That’s why I bought an RTL-SDR, or Realtek Software Defined Radio.
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Netflix, YouTube ordered to turn down ad volume
Some commercials could bring the dead to life just because of how loud they are
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Google says there is no change to “Work from Anywhere” limits
Google is changing its Work From Anywhere policy, counting even a single remote day as a full week amid a tech-wide push for in-office work.
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German state ditches Microsoft Exchange, Outlook in push for digital sovereignty
Schleswig-Holstein is one of the 16 states of Germany attempting to completely ditch Microsoft tools like Teams, Word, Excel, and Outlook in public offices. The state has recently announced a milestone: It migrated 40,000 mailboxes from Microsoft Exchange and Outlook to Open-Xchange and Thunderbird. Not everyone seems to be happy.
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Surfshark claims uninterrupted streaming with 10 times faster VPN servers
Surshark has launched the first 100Gbps VPN servers, with ten times larger capacity compared to the industry standard.
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Nobel Prize in physics honors pioneers of quantum mechanics
US-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "experiments that revealed quantum physics in action", paving the way for the development of the next generation of digital technologies.
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Elon Musk to launch Grokipedia, a Wikipedia competitor. Should we be afraid?
Elon Musk has announced the release date of his copycat open-source encyclopedia platform, Grokipedia. But what is this beta Wikipedia project, and should we be worried?
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Bored of receiving unwanted sexts? This app is giving daters control over consent
Cyberflashing is a real problem when it comes to online dating, but one dating app has launched its novel “Consent Guard,” which should put an end to non-consensual sexual content.
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