Security216 Million LG Smart TVs Caught Recording Audio With the Screen Off
216 million LG smart TVs record audio with the screen off, scan home networks, and buffer data offline — here is what the investigation found and how to stop it.
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SecurityGrapheneOS Overhauls Default Apps With RCS and Ships a Secure Clipboard
GrapheneOS overhauls default apps with RCS support and a secure clipboard to block clipboard snooping, while the Pixel 11 port recovers from an MTE scare.
AITrump Administration Backs OpenAI in Landmark Copyright Fight With the New York Times
The Justice Department sided with OpenAI against the New York Times, calling AI training on copyrighted works fair use. It is Washington's 1st intervention in AI copyright litigation.
AICan AI Design Printed Circuit Boards Yet? Not for Production, Engineers Say
A September 2026 debate asks if AI can design PCBs yet. Frontier models help with drafting, but engineers say production-ready signoff still needs humans.
AIGPT-6 Astra Goes Live on OpenRouter as OpenAI Declares the AGI Era
GPT-6 Astra launched September 3, 2026 at $10/$50 per million tokens and is live on OpenRouter, with SOTA scores on ARC-AGI 3 and TerminalBench-4.0.
Programmingpnpm 12 Rewrites Itself in Rust and Cuts JavaScript Install Times by 90%
pnpm 12 rewrites the JavaScript package manager in Rust, cutting install times by up to 90% while keeping full compatibility with pnpm 11 lockfiles.
SecurityHackers Watched Every ID Document IDScan Verified for Over a Year
Hackers held live access to IDScan's verification feed for over a year, compromising an estimated 153 million driver's licenses and exposing the risks of centralized age verification.
ProgrammingGoogle Antigravity Terms Allow Account Suspension Over Suspected Third-Party Use
Google Antigravity's terms allow suspending your whole Google account over suspected third-party usage like OpenClaw. Here is what developers risk and how to stay safe.
AIGoogle Ships Gemini 3.8 Flash and a Cyber Variant That Hunts Vulnerabilities
Google ships Gemini 3.8 Flash, its 3rd Flash model in 6 weeks, plus a Cyber variant scoring 86.2% on CyberGym for automated vulnerability detection and patching.
AIMistral Now Trains on User Data by Default, and Only Enterprise Plans Opt Out
Mistral AI now trains on user inputs by default, with opt-out only for enterprise plans. Here is what changed, how much Mistral Large 3 costs, and what it means for your data.
HardwareApple Seeds New Public Betas of iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and tvOS 27
Apple ships the 6th iOS 27 public beta plus iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and tvOS 27 builds on August 31, 2026 — 1 week after beta 5. Here's what testers get.
AIFrom Surveillance to Songbirds: Turning Home Security Cameras Into a Bird ID System
One DIY project turned ordinary security cameras into a 24/7 AI bird identifier using BirdNET-class models, motion triggers, and a Raspberry Pi for under $100.
AISteam "Teraleak" Exposes 12TB of Valve Builds, Including Half-Life 2: Episode 3
A 12TB Steam "teraleak" from Valve's legacy Steam2 servers exposed 2003-2013 game builds, including Half-Life 2: Episode 3 assets and early Portal 2 prototypes.
SecurityOmarchy's Security Model Under Fire as $10 Million Foundation Backs DHH's Distro
Omarchy 4.0 ships with serious security flaws letting user processes reach root, even as tech heavyweights pour $10 million into a new foundation.
ProgrammingCPython Adds Official RISC-V Support as the Open ISA Reaches Servers
CPython now officially supports RISC-V, the open CPU instruction set, as SiFive ships a 32-core server and CUDA targets the architecture. Here is what it means.
AIStemDeck Splits Songs Into Vocals, Drums and Bass Locally on Any Desktop
StemDeck is a free, open-source stem separator that isolates vocals, drums, bass, piano and guitar — 5 stem types — locally on Linux, Mac and Windows desktops.
AIOpenAI Cuts Cursor Off After SpaceX Buys the AI Coding Tool for $60 Billion
OpenAI cuts off Cursor after SpaceX's $60 billion acquisition, ending model access on November 12, 2026. Here is what developers should do before the deadline.
AIJailbroken iPhone 14 Pro Max Runs macOS in a Virtual Machine
A jailbroken iPhone 14 Pro Max on iOS 16.3.1 or earlier can boot macOS in a VM via Apple's Virtualization.framework, an open-source project reveals.
AIFederal Judge Rules Pentagon's Blacklisting of Anthropic Was Illegal Retaliation
A federal judge ruled on August 27, 2026 that the Pentagon's March blacklisting of Anthropic over Claude was 'illegal and baseless' First Amendment retaliation.
AINvidia Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion, Taking Control of Open-Source AI
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, home of open-source AI models, for $12.9 billion. Here is what the deal means for open AI, rivals, and regulators.