How a hacking campaign targeted high-profile Gmail and WhatsApp users across the Middle East

The phishing campaign targeted users on WhatsApp, including an Iranian-British activist, and stole the credentials of a ...
Hackaday

Project Fail: Cracking A Laptop BIOS Password Using AI

Whenever you buy used computers there is a risk that they come with unpleasant surprises that are not of the insect variant. From Apple hardware that is iCloud-locked with the original owner MIA ...
Techlicious

Got That Scary Instagram Password Reset Email? Here's What to Do

Meta fixed a flaw that let hackers send password reset emails to users, but it says no accounts were compromised. Here's what ...
Washington Examiner

Virginia to crack down on youth social media and classroom cellphone use in 2026

On January 1, Virginia teenagers under the age of 16 will be limited to one hour of screen time on each major social media platform. Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) signed into law a bipartisan-supported ...
9to5google

Google says it is ‘gradually rolling out’ option to change your @gmail.com address

On a Google support page, the company says it is rolling out a new option to let users change their email address even if it is an “@gmail.com” address. For quite some time now, Google has allowed ...
InfoWorld

PythoC: A new way to generate C code from Python

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...
KTNV Las Vegas

CCSD police use new funding to crack down on alarming school zone safety crisis

Channel 13's Hailey Gravitt saw just how needed increased school zone enforcement is when I was at Spring Valley High School Wednesday morning. LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — New data from Clark County School ...
Forbes

Has Your Gmail Password Been Hacked? Check Now, Here’s How

Your Google account password is the key to unlocking far more than just your Gmail inbox. It’s the silver bullet that can shatter your carefully constructed cyber ...
The New York Times

Silicon Valley Builds Amazon and Gmail Copycats to Train A.I. Agents

Several new start-ups are building replicas of sites so A.I. can learn to use the internet and maybe replace white-collar workers. John Qian, a co-founder of Matrices. The new shadow sites are part of ...
Mashable

Google says it isn't using your Gmail to train AI

Google says the claims about training Gemini AI with users' emails from Gmail are false. Credit: Mustafa Hatipoglu/Anadolu via Getty Images You may have seen the now-viral warnings that Google is ...
The Verge

Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI

Viral posts claim you need to opt out of Gmail’s ‘smart features’ to avoid having your emails used to train AI, but Google says it doesn’t use the content of your emails for AI training. Viral posts ...
AppleInsider

Google wants to use your emails to train its AI — here's how to turn that off

While Google disagrees, the company may have decided again that your data is its toy. Here's how to try to stop Gmail from training its AI on your email. There's no shortage of big tech companies that ...