Google co-founder Sergey Brin has contributed $20 million to a new political effort in California focused on housing affordability. The move comes as the state’s wealthiest residents debate a proposed 5% tax on billionaire assets.
A new AI-powered search of NASA’s 35-year Hubble archive has turned up a treasure trove of cosmic weirdness. The tool, AnomalyMatch, found over 1,300 anomalies in just a few days, with more than 800 being completely new to science.
Security firm Fortra uncovered “HaxorSEO,” a marketplace on Telegram and WhatsApp selling access to backlinks on over 1,000 compromised, legitimate websites. For just $6, threat actors can boost malicious phishing pages to the top of search results, sometimes above the real sites they’re imitating.
Blizzard is hosting a series of developer-led streams over the next few weeks, promising major announcements for its core franchises. This comes as the company skips BlizzCon in both 2024 and 2025. Fans can expect deep dives on upcoming expansions and roadmaps.
Security experts warn of a new, highly convincing phishing scam exploiting Google’s own systems. The fake emails appear to come from legitimate Google addresses and lead to deceptive sites hosted on Google’s own domain. Falling for it can give attackers total control of your Google account and every
Apple has announced the long-awaited AirTag 2, its first update to the tracker in nearly five years. It keeps the $29 price but adds a new Ultra Wideband chip, a 50% louder speaker, and expanded Bluetooth range.
Stocks opened with modest gains on Monday morning. All eyes are on a massive week of corporate earnings from major tech companies and the latest interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve.
According to testing, Intel’s latest Core Ultra X9 388H chip scored 1285 in Cinebench 24 multi-core, beating the M5’s 922. But with the M5 Pro and Max expected imminently, this lead is purely symbolic.
The Glance Weather Widget offers a beautifully visual, color-coded forecast directly on your home screen. But its appeal is completely undermined by a vague and frustrating payment structure that feels designed to trick users.
A major international lawsuit filed Friday in California claims Meta and WhatsApp can secretly access messages protected by end-to-end encryption. Meta has fiercely denied the allegations, calling the suit a “frivolous work of fiction.”
