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FBI Raids Over 40 Texas Homes, Charges Americans in North Korean ‘Laptop Farm’ Scheme
The FBI says American facilitators helped North Korean workers obtain remote jobs under false identities, generating millions for Pyongyang.
Software
After a month of using this open-source Microsoft 365 alternative, I only missed one thing
I swapped Microsoft 365 for OnlyOffice, and this open-source alternative surprised me in more ways than one.
Gaming
Soulslikes Don’t Work in First-Person — Yet
Valor Mortis is a Soulslike from the studio behind Ghostrunner. It has grand ideas, but struggles to replicate Soulslike combat in first-person POV.
Startups
Salience Labs raises $125M for optical AI switches, then expands in California
Salience Labs has raised an oversubscribed $125M Series B led by Bullhound Capital, with AMD Ventures, Intel Capital and the British Business Bank taking part. The Oxfordshire company will use it to scale manufacturing and open a second West Coast office.
Artificial Intelligence
Apate sends AI agents undercover to get scammed so they can gather fraud intelligence
Most companies use AI agents to ship products faster or speed up workflows. Apate.ai sends them undercover to get scammed.
General Tech
Ocean Water Is Seeping Under the Doomsday Glacier—and Its Sea-Level Threat Just Doubled
A new model suggests the Thwaites Glacier could contribute twice as much sea-level rise.
Mobile
Deal drops Anker’s 20,000mAh Travel Essential power bank to just $59.99
Save 14% on the Anker Travel Essential power bank, a 20,000mAh charger with 87W output and a built-in USB-C cable.
Cybersecurity
Ledger asks sellers across Asia to halt sales after supply-chain attack
Ledger has asked resellers and distributors of its wallets in Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Hong Kong to suspend device sales and remove products from shelves while it investigates device tampering.
Mobile
As Microsoft kills off Publisher, LibreOffice steps in with free support for your PUB files
No need to convert them.
Hardware
Why Must Lenovo Raise the Prices of Everything We Love?
Three popular tablets are the latest victims of the company’s growing enthusiasm for price hikes.
Mobile
Why I overhauled my Google security with Private DNS after default safeguards failed
Rethink your Google account security
Mobile
Carrier heavyweight warns that helping SpaceX could come back to bite the big three
SpaceX’s spectrum deal isn’t enough to worry this carrier heavyweight.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Backdoor Nextcloud Servers Through Critical Flaw in Collabora’s Built-in CODE App
Attackers exploited a flaw in an optional Nextcloud app, Collabora Online - Built-in CODE Server, to plant web shells on Nextcloud servers. Three administrators reported the issue on GitHub, with the first logged attack on September 10.
Cybersecurity
One of the world’s worst passwords, 123456, helped a hacker steal 8.8 million people’s data in Denmark
Number sequences starting with 1 dominate lists of the most common passwords – there were ten of them in last year’s top 20. The most popular of them all topped the list: “123456.”
Hardware
Windows 11 26H2 gave my laptop nearly 2GB of RAM back, but there’s a catch for low-RAM PCs
Windows is reducing it’s memory usage, but not where it matters the most
Mobile
No, Siri AI is not coming to the original HomePod mini
Siri AI is a tentpole addition to HomePod mini 2, but a CNET report today originally claimed Siri AI was coming to older HomePod mini models too. However, the story has since been updated with a correction. more…
Cybersecurity
Cisco patches new Secure Email Gateway zero-day exploited in attacks
Cisco has patched another actively exploited zero-day flaw in its Secure Email Gateway (SEG) that lets remote unauthenticated attackers execute commands with root privileges.
Gaming
‘Obsession’ Could Get a Sequel, and Its Breakout Star Is All In
Could Obsession 2 happen? Inde Navarrette is ready to return as Nikki after the hit horror movie’s disturbing ending.
Artificial Intelligence
FBI Arrests OpenAI Employee Suspected of Planting a Surveillance Bug
Espionage in AI labs poses a national security threat, according to US intelligence and security officials.
Mobile
You can now join a WhatsApp call without an account
WhatsApp is making it easier to makes calls with everyone by introducing the ability for non-WhatsApp users to join a call without needing an account. more…
Software
Squarespace and Titan team up to offer $3/month professional email
You can now access a professional email for as little as $3 a month
Mobile
Apple’s new HomeView smart display is $10 cheaper at Amazon
Apple only just announced on Tuesday that its first smart display, the HomeView, will arrive on November 13th, but you can already save a couple bucks on it. Right now, you can buy the display for $289.99 ($10 off) in gray and the creamy white “starlight” colorway at Amazon.
Hardware
US DOW invests in wireless laser self-charging tech to keep autonomous drones airborne almost indefinitely — ARC can deliver ‘kilowatt-class’ power to units 5,000 ft away
The US military is investing in new “power beaming” from PowerLight, with the technology designed to remotely recharge power cells by laser to keep drones airborne.
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