Month: August 2025
Ready for Apple’s iOS 26? These are all the compatible iPhones that can run public beta 2 right now
iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 are coming this fall, bringing huge upgrades to your iPhone and iPad’s operating systems. A pretty cool option available on both is the visual update, called Liquid Glass — it’s like the better-executed version of Windows Vista. We spent two weeks test-driving it — you…
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Watch where you click – adult sites are hiding clickjacking malware in images, and all for Facebook likes
Malicious SVG files are being weaponized to secretly like Facebook posts without user consent Attackers hide obfuscated JavaScript in images to bypass detection and execute dangerous social media hijacks Trojan.JS.Likejack silently boosts targeted Facebook posts by exploiting active sessions of unsuspecting victims Security researchers have uncovered dozens of adult websites…
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Sling TV’s new flexible live TV deals are great for dodging subscriptions and should be the future of streaming services
Sling TV is offering a new way to watch live TV without a subscription Customers can now buy a day, weekend or week pass to the platform From as little as $5, the new passes are available just in time for football season Sling TV is giving its customers more…
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NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1517, Thursday, August 14
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Wordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here. It’s time for your guide…
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OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
The new version of ChatGPT explains why it won’t generate rule-breaking outputs. WIRED’s initial analysis found that some guardrails were easy to circumvent. Source
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Tesla’s graphics are about to get Unreal
Tesla’s in-car visualizations for features like Autopilot and Full Self-Driving might be getting an upgrade with a switch to Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. As reported by Not a Tesla App, Tesla hacker greentheonly says they found evidence of the change in Tesla’s 2025.20 firmware for Tesla Model S and Model…
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