Category: Google

Is the fine print getting harder to read? There’s an app that can help with that.

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/as-wisconsin-cities-flee-flock-its-shared-camera-network-loses-value/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49344114 Points: 8 # Comments:...

A single piece of infrastructure has been pulling records out of Salesforce and ServiceNow customer portals across multiple industries for more than a year, according to research published this week by agent security platform...

Have you ever wanted to run a Linux distribution on your Android device? If so, your best bet is UserLAnd.

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new typosquatting campaign targeting RubyGems users with a Windows-based information stealer. OpenSourceMalware, which discovered the activity on August 15, 2026, is tracking the threat...

There’s some confusion about Ubuntu’s popularity on Windows Subsystem for Linux, so I asked Canonical’s Jon Seager directly.

OpenAI on Tuesday launched ChatGPT for Teens, featuring stronger safety protections and features designed to promote healthy use, along with additional controls for parents. OpenAI says that if its system “estimates” that a user...

Forgot your glasses? You can easily use your iPhone to read small text, or words from far away. Here’s how.

BORK!BORK!BORK! Europe’s airports can be a minefield for the unwary traveler, especially when that traveler inserts a passport into a waiting kiosk and finds Windows staring back. An eagle-eyed Register reader (they said...

Google is leveraging our poor relationship to technology to sell its new phones – the same relationship it had a hand in creating.