Month: September 2026
Over 5,000 Dropbox accounts have been hacked, and the attackers only needed an email address
Hackers exploited Lenovo’s flawed email verification to hijack ~5,000 Dropbox accounts Attackers created Lenovo IDs with victims’ emails, bypassing login; 2FA absence worsened impact Dropbox ended Lenovo ID logins, expired sessions, and urged password changes plus 2FA setup Around 5,000 Dropbox user accounts were compromised when hackers found a vulnerability…
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Amazon’s AI assistant can now spot fake emails from the company
Amazon is trying to combat impersonation scams with a new feature that allows you to use its AI assistant to determine whether an email, text message, or phone call actually came from the company. With the update, you can ask Alexa for Shopping about a message you received, and it…
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Modding platform Nexus Mods now owns SteamDB
Nexus Mods said the community-led SteamDB site will operate as it always has, while becoming stronger and better resourced. Source
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You can stop searching because I’ve found the best headphones in the Labor Day sales: Sony’s 5-star cans, now half price!
Call off the sniffer dogs: I’ve found the best Labor Day weekend headphone deal (some might say, the only such discount worth considering), so you can stop hunting around for good bargains. I’ll cut to the good bit: the Sony WH-1000XM5 are now just $198 (was $399.99) at Amazon —…
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The Trump administration is supporting OpenAI in the NYT copyright lawsuit
The Trump administration has intervened in The New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, making an argument in favor of the AI lab. The landmark lawsuit, filed in December 2023, alleging that OpenAI unlawfully trained its AI systems on articles from The New York Times and seeks to recoup “billions…
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I’ve watched all of The Paper season 2 and still think it’s trying too hard to be Parks and Recreation — but the Brits are the best part of The Office spinoff
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. I shouldn’t still be on the fence about a show’s existence as it enters its second season, but here…
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