Month: July 2025
Google makes it easier to let friends and kids control your smart home
Google Home’s latest update will make it easier to decide who in your household can control your smart home. It comes with a new feature, which Google first started testing last year, that will let you assign people “Admin” and “Member” roles. People with Admin status have full control of…
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Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace could put sensitive data at risk because of a blind spot in default email behavior
Experts warn emails sent with sensitive data are still getting delivered unencrypted, and no one gets notified Microsoft 365 sends email in plain text when encryption fails, without alerting the user at all Google Workspace still uses insecure TLS 1.0 and 1.1 without warning senders or rejecting messages Most users…
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Ultra Mobile raised its data caps without a price increase
T-Mobile is bringing some of its Uncarrier energy to Ultra Mobile, the carrier’s international-focused MVNO that operates on its network. It announced that its plans now have slightly higher data caps and more international perks, but with the same prices as before for new and existing subscribers — a rare…
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The GOP’s big spending bill could kill renewable energy projects
Senate Republicans today passed a sweeping spending bill that narrowly avoided punitive tax measures on renewable energy but still threatens to stall its growth in the US. After wrangling over hundreds of amendments for more than 24 hours in a so-called “vote-a-rama” on Monday and Tuesday, Senate Republicans advanced the…
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Apple is reportedly looking to power Siri’s AI with OpenAI or Anthropic, here’s why I hope they do
If you’re getting impatient waiting for Apple to release its long-promised AI upgrade for Siri, well, Apple might agree. There have been reports that Apple is talking with OpenAI and Anthropic about letting one of them power the next generation of Siri. This would be truly surprising considering how close…
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Google Gemini is set to become a significantly better phone assistant thanks to these two small upgrades
Google Gemini can more easily access your Phone and Messages apps Previously, you had to allow Gemini Apps Activity, reducing your privacy That’s no longer the case, and comes as Gemini RCS support leaks too Google looks set to give Google Gemini some serious upgrades by allowing it greater access…
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