Xpander Raises $7.5 Million for AI Management and Governance
Xpander’s platform uses a universal agent harness that executes AI agents as portable workloads and securely renders interfaces on demand. The post Xpander Raises $7.5 Million for AI Management and Governance appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Meta stock sinks as landmark social media addiction trial gets underway. What’s at stake for the tech giant?
Today, opening statements will be heard in an Oakland, California, courtroom in a landmark trial that could determine whether Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook and Instagram, designed its social media platforms to addict younger users, despite the company being aware...
Mozilla Introduces Native Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS
The feature blocks ads before they have a chance to load.
Fortinet Acquires AI Security Company Virtue AI
Fortinet will use Virtue AI technology to enhance its AI security portfolio, including for AI models, applications, and agentic systems. The post Fortinet Acquires AI Security Company Virtue AI appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Government Teams users face another ******* month of filtered captions
Microsoft Teams will continue censoring profanity in captions by default for some government users until the end of August, a month later than planned. In 2023, Microsoft introduced a toggle controlling the profanity filter in Teams Live Captions. Enabled by default,...
I found an Android magnifier app for my aging eyes that beats camera zoom – and it’s free
Is the fine print getting harder to read? There's an app that can help with that.
As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value
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: 1
One Attacker Has Scraped Both Salesforce and ServiceNow Portals Since 2025
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 Reco. The activity, which Reco has named...
Store closures update 2026: See a list of retailers that have shuttered the most locations this year
Coresight Research has released its latest report on retail store openings and closings in the United States. The midyear data from the market research firm covers activity through July 3, 2026, and suggests there will be fewer store openings and closures this year...
Want to run a full Linux distro on your Android phone? I found the easiest way
Have you ever wanted to run a Linux distribution on your Android device? If so, your best bet is UserLAnd.
16 Typosquatted RubyGems Packages Steal Browser Credentials and Crypto Wallets
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 under the moniker StubMaker. The complete...
I asked Canonical if Ubuntu on Windows will outgrow native installs as rumored – it’s a no
There's some confusion about Ubuntu's popularity on Windows Subsystem for Linux, so I asked Canonical's Jon Seager directly.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens
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 is under 18, that user will...
AI-generated bills are reportedly causing problems in the Capitol
According to Politico, the US House Office of Legislative Counsel is swamped with error-riddled AI-generated bills.
Your iPhone’s built-in magnifier does way more than help you see the fine print – how to use it
Forgot your glasses? You can easily use your iPhone to read small text, or words from far away. Here's how.
Passport out-of-control at French airport
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 we could use their name, but we will keep them...
Google wants you to use its phones less – but I’m skeptical
Google is leveraging our poor relationship to technology to sell its new phones - the same relationship it had a hand in creating.
Why no one has a fun couch anymore
Beige probably rules your room. At least, that’s what a new data visualization reveals. A chart from the European Correspondent tracks the color of every sofa found in Ikea’s catalogs between 1960 and 2021. The finding? Color washed out of Ikea’s seating in 2011, and...
How Trump lost his retail appeal
A billboard outside the Trump Superstore west of Knoxville, Tennessee, reads “Going Out of Business” and promotes 50% off everything storewide. Inside, President Donald Trump’s shrinking fan base can now snag Trump- and America-themed hats, shirts, and other...
Apple’s macOS Tahoe preview may have leaked a ton of unreleased products
Apple's macOS Tahoe 27.6 release candidate has leaked a bajillion new product codenames.
Watch Soldering Up Close and From Any Angle, in VR
A manual skill like soldering is so much easier to learn and grasp when one can watch it in action, and there’s a brand new way to do that using virtual reality (VR). It isn’t just a series of 3D videos shot at someone’s workbench, either. See soldering in action from...
Fairphone is finally releasing its first official handset in the US
You can now get Fairphone's reparable handset in the US without jumping through hoops.
ChatGPT’s stricter teen mode starts rolling out today
OpenAI will attempt to automatically enroll all young users in the new experience.
Reach Capital raises $265M Fund V to back AI founders building to ‘expand human potential’
Reach Capital announced Tuesday an oversubscribed $265M Fund V.
Claude’s Invisible Text Watermarks Doesn’t Work the Way You Think
To remain invisible and avoid adding metadata to a piece of text, the watermarking system relies upon Claude's word choices.
300,000 WordPress Sites Potentially Exposed to Hacking Due to Form Plugin Flaw
Tracked as CVE-2026-15748, the arbitrary file upload bug allows unauthenticated attackers to upload executable files. The post 300,000 WordPress Sites Potentially Exposed to Hacking Due to Form Plugin Flaw appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Sponsor gives KDE Plasma 6.6 the LTS treatment
Sponsor gives KDE Plasma 6.6 the LTS treatment Go to Source The new "bullet-proof" KDE Software Initiative brings long-term fixes to Kubuntu – and other distros can take advantage of them too. Announced late last week, the effort aims...
Australia just figured out how to offer electricity cheaper. Why can’t the U.S.?
Electricity prices keep rising in the U.S. Last year, home electric bills surged at more than twice the rate of inflation. By 2030, by one estimate, residential electricity prices in some areas could be as much as 40% higher than they were in 2025. At least one in...
VCs live by FOMO. Smart founders use that against them
In June 2026, a social crypto startup called Fomo raised $75 million in a round led by Index Ventures. The company’s name is apt: It builds virality (and FOMO) by allowing users to follow and copy top traders’ moves on the platform. The FOMO doesn’t stop there. The...
This battery is powered by algae
When bio-designer Lucia Giron was on family vacation at an island off the coast of North Carolina, a tropical storm flooded the shore, leaving behind small pools of water in the sand. “I remember going to the sea at night and when we stepped in the little puddles they...