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The Chinese spy operation adds to the growing sense of a melee of foreign digital interference in the election, which has already included Iranian hackers’ attempt to hack and leak emails from the Trump campaign—with limited success—and Russia-linked disinformation efforts across social media. Ahead of the full launch next week of Apple’s AI platform, Apple … Read more

“You’re not ugly; you’re just not doing your makeup according to your facial contrast,” starts one of the over 52,000 videos of women using the “What’s your contrast” filter on TikTok. SEE ALSO: ‘Beetlejuice lips’ TikTok trend celebrates the natural creases of your lips The latest trend in beauty filters plays on women’s insecurities to … Read more

Kelly Ortberg, who took over as Boeing CEO in August, is weighing the sale of the company’s space division as part of an attempt to turn things around, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The plans, which are reportedly at an early stage, could involve Boeing offloading the Starliner spacecraft and its … Read more

Lyft has agreed to a $2.1 million settlement proposed by the FTC over the car-hailing company’s “deceptive earnings claims about how much money drivers could expect to make.” As documented in the FTC’s complaint document, Lyft systematically inflated the incomes it advertised to drivers it was attempting to recruit in 2021 and 2022. For instance, … Read more

What you need to know A discovery in Android 15 QPR1 Beta 3 shows Google is working on adding “rich ongoing notifications.” The feature is similar to Apple’s Dynamic Island or OnePlus’ variant as “ongoing notifications” would occupy a chip beside a user’s clock in the status bar. More in-depth information was unknown; however, this … Read more

TL;DR This preposterous spiked case addresses snatch-and-grab thefts, common in cities like London. The “Unsnatchable” iPhone case seems to actually be a real product — though made from silver, likely quite expensive The project appears primarily aimed at raising awareness about phone theft. Google just gave Android users a powerful new tool to help keep … Read more

Joe Biden’s administration is investigating alleged Chinese efforts to hack US telecoms infrastructure amid reports hackers had targeted the phones of former president Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance. Financial Times: The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said they were investigating “unauthorised access to commercial telecommunications infrastructure by actors affiliated … Read more

Vision Pro users will soon be able to view spatial photos and videos in Safari, according to PetaPixel. The photography site did an interview with Apple product manager Della Huff and designer Billy Sorrentino, who shared that Apple is bringing spatial photo and spatial video support to Safari. Later this year, web developers will be … Read more

It’s official. After an entire month of waiting, Apple has revealed that some Mac-related announcements are coming just next week. The exact timing of the announcements, along with what devices will be launched, however, are still yet to be confirmed. That being said, the leaks and reporting on this launch have been fairly robust, so … Read more

SanDisk now offers a 2TB version of its speedy Extreme Pro SD card, effectively doubling the capacity of its previous top-tier offering. The 2TB Extreme Pro SD card delivers a maximum 250MBps read speed and 150MBps write speed when paired with a proprietary QuickFlow card reader. A fast transfer rate is a major asset when … Read more