Month: July 2025
Apple released iOS 26 public beta: Here’s the list of compatible iPhones that can download it today
If you've been ready to see a significant change come to your iPhone's OS, then get ready because a slew of new updates are coming to Apple's operating system this fall. But don't expect to see iOS 19 — it'll be called iOS 26 instead. Included in the list is…
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Your Whistle pet tracker will stop working next month
Tractive, an Austrian company that makes smart location and activity trackers for dogs and cats, is expanding its presence in the US by acquiring a competitor, Whistle, from Mars Petcare. As a result of the acquisition, the Whistle platform is being shut down and its pet tracking devices will stop…
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Amazon’s AI coding agent was hacked – update now to avoid possible risks, users warned
Experts claim Amazon Q Developer Extension for VSC v1.84.0 had some dodgy code This has now been removed, with version 1.85.0 offering a clean fix Around 5.6% of VSC extensions have been compromised A hacker has planted data-wiping code into the Amazon Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code (VSC)…
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Sony sues Tencent over its Horizon Zero Dawn clone
Sony is suing Tencent for copying nearly every aspect of its Horizon games for the upcoming Light of Motiram, an open-world hunting game with some obvious similarities to Sony's franchise, as first reported by Reuters. Tencent first announced the new game in November 2024. The lawsuit goes into detail on…
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Chrome will now display AI reviews of online stores
Google just announced a neat little feature for its Chrome web browser. It'll now show AI-generated reviews of online stores, to make buying stuff "safer and more efficient." The feature is available by clicking an icon just to the left of the web address in the browser. This creates a…
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If you ask ChatGPT why your energy bill is higher, it should probably blame itself
Hate to be a ‘Debbie Downer’ but all those prompts we’re using to make action figures, Ghibli memes, and the countless less exciting life and business prompts we’re stuffing into ChatGPT and other popular generative AI systems are coming at a cost, and one that may be landing on our…
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