Oct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Secure Coding Eclipse Foundation, which maintains the open-source Open VSX project, said it has taken steps to revoke a small number of tokens that were leaked within Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions published in the marketplace. The action comes following a report from cloud security company Wiz earlier this […]
Continue ReadingHonor GT 2 series is tipped to launch before the end of this year. It is said to come with the Snapdragon 8 Elite or the newer Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC. Honor could pack a larger battery on the upcoming GT series smartphone, potentially exceeding 9,000mAh capacity. It is tipped to feature a […]
Continue ReadingGoogle Pixel 10 Pro, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, and Razr+ (2025) offer higher levels of security than Apple’s iPhone 17, according to a Leviathan Security Group report, which was commissioned by Google. The cybersecurity firm tested the phones on 33 parameters, such as their “Advanced protection programs”, password managers, account change protection features, and […]
Continue ReadingOct 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cyber Attack The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware Tools and VMware Aria Operations to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-41244 (CVSS score: 7.8), which […]
Continue ReadingSamsung has launched the beta version of Samsung Internet for PC, making its mobile browser available on desktop for the first time. The beta, released on October 30, 2025, supports Windows 10 and 11 in the US and South Korea, with wider availability expected soon. The browser syncs data through Samsung Pass, features Galaxy AI […]
Continue ReadingMeta Platforms on Friday announced a new security measure for keeping WhatsApp chat backups safe by encrypting them with passkeys. With passkey-encrypted chat backups, users will not be required to memorise a password or a 64-digit encryption key anymore. Instead, they can utilise the handset’s buil-in security methods, such as fingerprints or facial recognition, or […]
Continue ReadingJensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during the keynote address at the Nvidia GTC (GPU Technology Conference) in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty Images Korean semiconductor giant Samsung said on Thursday that it plans to buy and deploy a cluster of 50,000 Nvidia graphic […]
Continue ReadingApple CEO Tim Cook announced holiday quarter forecasts that beat Wall Street expectations, driven by strong demand for iPhone 17 models despite supply constraints and shipping delays to China. Although iPhone sales missed fiscal Q4 targets, Apple compensated with robust performance in other areas, including AI-powered AirPods that translate languages. Overall revenue …
Continue ReadingRealme GT 8 Pro, which debuted in China on October 21 as part of the Realme GT 8 lineup, was recently confirmed to launch in India in November. The smartphone is confirmed to go on sale in the country via Flipkart. Now, a tipster has revealed that the Realme GT 8 Pro could launch in […]
Continue ReadingApple has expanded its Self Service Repair programme to include the iPhone 17 lineup, covering the iPhone 17, iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max. Customers in the US, Canada, and parts of Europe can now buy genuine parts to repair displays, batteries, cameras, and more through Apple’s online store. Prices start […]
Continue ReadingGoogle and Magic Leap showcased a prototype of their new Android-powered XR glasses at the Future Investment Initiative event in Riyadh. Both companies have extended their partnership with a new three-year agreement. The device uses Magic Leap’s waveguide and optical technologies with Google’s Raxium microLED light engine. It features a camera, microphones, an in-…
Continue ReadingPhoto illustration of the YouTube TV logo displayed on a smartphone, with the YouTube logo in the background. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Content from The Walt Disney Company, including channels like ABC and ESPN, was removed from Google‘s YouTube TV on Thursday after the two companies failed to renew a streaming contract. “Despite […]
Continue ReadingApple has intentions of integrating with more artificial intelligence (AI) companies beyond OpenAI, CEO Tim Cook said in a conversation with a publication on Thursday. The Cupertino-based tech giant has long been rumoured to form partnerships with AI firms to have their large language models (LLMs) power features on iPhone and other Apple devices. The […]
Continue ReadingOct 31, 2025The Hacker NewsEndpoint Security / Network Security A design firm is editing a new campaign video on a MacBook Pro. The creative director opens a collaboration app that quietly requests microphone and camera permissions. MacOS is supposed to flag that, but in this case, the checks are loose. The app gets access anyway. […]
Continue ReadingTalk about a monster quarter. Apple delivered a great September quarter Thursday evening, even as iPhone supply was constrained by strong demand. The stock really got going after the company’s strong forecast for the holiday quarter. Revenue in Apple’s fiscal 2025 fourth quarter, which ended Sept. 27, rose 8% year over year to $102.47 billion, […]
Continue ReadingSpaceX’s Starship rocket 38 launches during the 11th test flight on October 13, 2025 as seen from South Padre Island in Texas. Gabriel V. Cardenas | Afp | Getty Images SpaceX said it has pitched NASA a “simplified mission” to put astronauts back on the moon following criticisms over delays by Sean Duffy, the space […]
Continue ReadingNovember is shaping up to be an exciting month for phone enthusiasts in India. Several flagship smartphones were launched in October, but many of them did not debut in the Indian market, but that is set to change. Several flagship-grade and mid-tier handsets are expected to be launched in India next month. From OnePlus 15 […]
Continue ReadingWhile many of the largest tech companies race to build massive data centers for their artificial intelligence ambitions, Apple is taking a more modest approach. Instead of simply buying as many AI chips as possible, Apple buys computing capacity from outside partners, finance chief Kevan Parekh explained Thursday on the company’s fourth quarter earnings call. […]
Continue ReadingCEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Palantir‘s head of global communications said Wednesday that the company’s political shift toward the Trump administration is “concerning.” “I think it’s […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie speaks during a press conference at San Francisco City Hall on Oct. 23, 2025 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who was recently thrust into a national debate about the safety of big cities, told CNBC on Thursday that he feels “pressure […]
Continue ReadingReddit CEO Steve Huffman stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after ringing a bell on the floor setting the share price at $47 in its initial public offering (IPO) on March 21, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Reddit reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday in which […]
Continue ReadingAmazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garman delivers a keynote address during the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas on Dec. 3, 2024. Noah Berger | Getty Images Amazon said Thursday that revenue in its cloud computing business increased 20% in the third quarter, exceeding analysts’ estimates. Revenue at Amazon Web Services for the third […]
Continue ReadingEvery weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. Markets: The S & P 500 and Nasdaq were dragged down Thursday on post-earnings slumps from Club holdings Meta Platforms and Microsoft. While both reported better-than-expected […]
Continue ReadingOct 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Vulnerability A severe vulnerability disclosed in Chromium’s Blink rendering engine can be exploited to crash many Chromium-based browsers within a few seconds. Security researcher Jose Pino, who disclosed details of the flaw, has codenamed it Brash. “It allows any Chromium browser to collapse in 15-60 seconds by exploiting an […]
Continue ReadingScientists using the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope have detected Alfvén waves in the Sun’s corona, potentially solving the long-standing mystery of its extreme heat and helping refine models of solar and stellar energy transfer.
Continue ReadingVivo X300 Pro was launched globally on Thursday, alongside the vanilla Vivo X300. Both handsets are powered by the recently unveiled 3nm octa core MediaTek Dimensity 9500 chipset. While the Vivo X300 features a 200-megapixel primary rear camera, the Pro model gets a 200-megapixel periscope telephoto camera. The standard model sports a smaller AMOLED display […]
Continue ReadingCanva has unveiled Video 2.0, its first native AI model, and Canva Grow, a full-scale marketing platform, as part of a major update to its Visual Suite. The Sydney-based firm also added Ask Canva, Email Design, and Forms tools, enhancing usability for its 260 million monthly users while positioning itself as an all-in-one creative operating […]
Continue ReadingGoogle on Thursday revealed that the scam defenses built into Android safeguard users around the world from more than 10 billion suspected malicious calls and messages every month. The tech giant also said it has blocked over 100 million suspicious numbers from using Rich Communication Services (RCS), an evolution of the SMS protocol, thereby preventing […]
Continue ReadingCorporate travel and expense management platform Navan fell by as much as 15% in its first trading day on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “NAVN” after its successful initial public offering. The Navan IPO, which priced on Wednesday night, valued the business-to-business software vendor at $6.2 billion, raising $923 million and with shares settling […]
Continue ReadingOct 30, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cybercrime The open-source command-and-control (C2) framework known as AdaptixC2 is being used by a growing number of threat actors, some of whom are related to Russian ransomware gangs. AdaptixC2 is an emerging extensible post-exploitation and adversarial emulation framework designed for penetration testing. While the server component is written in Golang, […]
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