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You can easily update your AirPods firmware in just a few simple steps
AirPods get updates silently, unlike your iPhone, but you can prep them for a smoother update experience.
Samsung to make AMD and Nvidia HBM parts at second Texas fab, report says
Samsung will use its second chip plant in Taylor, Texas, to make parts for AMD and Nvidia’s AI memory, South Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing industry …
Ex-Legora and Big Law lawyers get a16z backing for AI law firm Athena
Athena, a legal startup founded by former Legora staff, has raised a $2.5M pre-seed round led by a16z Speedrun, Andreessen Horowitz’s startup accelerator, the company said on Tues…
CrowdStrike agrees to buy AI security startups Fiddler and Dreadnode
CrowdStrike has agreed to buy two AI security companies, Fiddler AI and Dreadnode. It announced both on Tuesday at its Fal.Con Europe conference in Barcelona. Fiddler tracks what …
Reddit calls Australia’s under-16 social media ban ‘inept’ in court
Reddit has asked Australia’s High Court to strike down the country’s world-first ban on under-16s holding social media accounts, arguing that the law is unconstitutional. The firs…
NASA's Swift observatory is expected to return to Earth on November 4
The US Armed Forces says NASA's Swift observatory will re-enter Earth's atmosphere in the early hours of November 4.
Apple’s $1,000 home robot may slip to 2028, The Information reports
Apple is developing a tabletop home robot that could cost around $1,000, The Information reported on Monday. It would put a 9-inch screen on a swivelling robotic arm. Apple is aim…
EU court adviser says Google’s Gemini may infringe press copyright
Google’s Gemini chatbot may infringe EU copyright rules when it uses press articles to generate answers, an adviser to the bloc’s highest court said on Tuesday. The opinion draws …
The Arduview might be the ultimate tribute to retro translucent gadgets
Almost every component of the tiny Arduview gaming handheld is see-through.
Zalando tops sales forecasts as it sends AI agents shopping
Zalando beat sales expectations in the third quarter and introduced its first AI-powered shopping tool, but investors focused on weaker margins. Shares in Europe’s largest online …
Apple sees margins falling to 45% as memory chip prices keep climbing
Apple expects its gross margin to fall to between 45% and 46% in the holiday quarter, from 47.9%, as memory chip prices rise. Apple gave the forecast on its earnings call on Monda…
Google adds new $250,000 Cloud VRP reward for Root-in-Cloud bugs
Google has expanded its Cloud Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) with a new top-tier reward for high-impact architectural security flaws. [...]
Yvonne Bajela closes $17M debut pre-seed fund Evertrue Capital
Yvonne Bajela, a former partner at Phoenix Court, has closed Evertrue Capital’s debut fund at $17M. The fund was oversubscribed, meaning investors offered more money than it set o…
Rivian spinoff Also wants to reinvent the wheel — but first, it has to ship
When Rivian quietly spun off its micromobility brand, Also, a lot of observers wondered if the luxury EV maker had bitten off more than it can chew. Chris Yu insists that's not th…
Redmagic upgrades its liquid-cooled gaming phone with extra RGBs
After introducing true liquid cooling to its gaming phones last year, Redmagic is upping the ante in its 12 Pro by building RGB lights into the transparent cooling loop, too. And …
Red Hat Patches 9.8-Rated Linux TCP RCE Flaw While Ubuntu Releases Fixes for Testing
Fixed kernels for a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IPv4 TCP code are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9, and 10, while Ubuntu's fixes for its thre…
The 4 Elements of Exposure Prioritization and How to Operationalize Them
Your team is remediating more vulnerabilities than ever, yet your breach risk has barely changed. You’re spending too much time and effort on exposures attackers may never exploit…
Russia-Aligned Gorbag Hackers Exploit WinRAR Flaw to Deploy Data-Stealing Malware
A Russia-aligned threat actor known as Gorbag has been observed using simple information stealer malware in attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations. "Active since at least Febru…
EU Commission will review supermarket defences after fridge cyberattacks
The European Commission will examine how well the continent’s supermarkets can withstand cyberattacks after cooling systems failed at dozens of stores across at least six EU count…
Harvard University data breach exposed info of 851,000 accounts
Hackers who breached Harvard University's Alumni Affairs and Development systems in November 2025 stole data linked to more than 850,000 unique email addresses, according to breac…
Apple will start mandating age requirements for dating apps
Apple developers will have to declare whether their app enables dating between real people and/or AI companions, so the company can apply the proper age rating.
Wall Street CEOs split over AI risks at Hong Kong summit
Top bankers and fund managers gave clashing views on the risks of the AI boom on Tuesday, at an investment summit in Hong Kong. Some warned that spending and valuations are runnin…
Nvidia tells cloud partners to cap Chinese business at 49%, FT reports
Nvidia has instructed its data centre partners to limit business with Chinese customers, requiring cloud computing providers to sell at least 51% of their services to non-Chinese …
UK also affected by cyber-attack which hit European supermarket fridges
Supermarkets in countries including Ireland, Sweden and Belgium reported fridges being hiked in temperature on Monday.