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Apple Preview Is Secretly Insane - 30+ tips and tricks for Apple Preview on macOS www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMiT...
Apple Preview Is Secretly Insane.
YouTube video by MacVince
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September 26, 2026 at 8:55 PM
After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug

A successful attack allows the hacker to escalate their permissions from a low-level user to full access to the device techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/a...
After Microsoft threatened legal action, a security researcher publishes a new Windows zero-day bug | TechCrunch
This is the latest zero-day released by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse, despite Microsoft publicly threatening to take legal action against them.
techcrunch.com
August 13, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be

The ruling pauses California's effort to limit the recycling symbol to products that are actually recycled grist.org/accountabili...
Is the recycling symbol free speech? A judge just ruled it could be.
The ruling pauses a California law dictating how the recycling symbol is used, teeing up a First Amendment fight over environmental marketing.
grist.org
August 9, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/p...
Physical disc production ending in January 2028 for new games releasing on PlayStation consoles
In response to shifting trends in consumer preference, new games will be released on PlayStation Store and at retailers in digital formats only.
blog.playstation.com
July 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron were sued on June 25th in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where 17 plaintiffs accuse the three memory makers of illegally coordinating to restrict DRAM supply and inflate prices www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Samsung, SK hynix, and Micron sued over alleged DRAM price fixing amid record memory costs — lawsuit claims coordinated HBM shift was cover to curtail DDR3 and DDR4 production
A California class action accuses the three memory makers of choking DDR3 and DDR4 supply.
www.tomshardware.com
June 30, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Valve says that when buying PC memory from the few big companies that produce the stuff globally, it basically has no choice but to take the price offered each month because to try to negotiate would likely lead to the DRAM makers cutting them off completely kotaku.com/valve-says-t...
Valve Says It Can't Negotiate With RAM Makers At All On Price
If that sounds a lot like a cartel, well, you wouldn't be the first person to point that out
kotaku.com
June 24, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Meta patches flaw that allowed MetaAI support bot to hand out password reset links without 2FA www.techradar.com/pro/security...
Meta patches flaw that allowed MetaAI support bot to hand out password reset links without 2FA
The Meta AI support bot was caught sending password reset codes to hackers.
www.techradar.com
June 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled developer. Gamers Nexus followed suit by also rehosting the slicer www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/...
Louis Rossmann taunts Bambu Lab by hosting banned 3D Printer firmware fork, dares $1 billion company to sue him — more creators pledge support and boycotts, Snapmaker donates equipment to embattled de...
Right-to-repair feud gets aggressive.
www.tomshardware.com
May 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM
New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros

This new zero-day disclosure comes as Linux distro maintainers are still rolling out patches for "Copy Fail," another root privilege escalation vulnerability now actively exploited in attacks www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros
A new Linux zero-day exploit, named Dirty Frag, allows local attackers to gain root privileges on most major Linux distributions with a single command.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
May 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow sued Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday, alleging the company illegally used millions of copyrighted works to train its AI language system Llama apnews.com/article/meta...
Mark Zuckerberg 'personally authorized' Meta's copyright infringement, publishers allege
Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement.
apnews.com
May 6, 2026 at 4:24 AM
cPanel’s authentication bypass bug is being exploited in the wild, CISA warns

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-41940, affects all supported versions of cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) released after version 11.40, as well as WP Squared cyberscoop.com/cpanel-authe...
cPanel's authentication bypass bug is being exploited in the wild, CISA warns
A severe cPanel authentication bypass (CVE-2026-41940) with a 9.8 CVSS score is being exploited in the wild. Over 1.5 million instances are potentially at risk; CISA has added the flaw to its KEV list...
cyberscoop.com
May 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The upcoming macOS 27 release will be compatible with Apple silicon Macs only

Intel-based Macs that can run macOS Tahoe but will not be compatible with macOS 27 www.macrumors.com/2026/04/18/m...
macOS 27 Will Mark the End of an Era
During its Platforms State of the Union segment at WWDC 2025, Apple revealed that macOS 26 Tahoe is the final major macOS version for Intel-based Macs. The upcoming macOS 27 release will be compatible...
www.macrumors.com
April 18, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Backblaze has quietly stopped backing up your data

Despite claiming to backup all your data, Backblaze quietly stopped backing up OneDrive and Dropbox folders rareese.com/posts/backbl...
Backblaze has quietly stopped backing up your data | Robert Reese's Website
rareese.com
April 14, 2026 at 6:36 PM
No end in sight to Colorado River water crisis

Projections show that Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border could drop low enough this year that it stops producing hydroelectric power at the Glen Canyon Dam wyofile.com/its-incredib...
‘It's incredibly bad’: No end in sight to Colorado River water crisis - WyoFile
Emergency drawdown of Flaming Gorge is imminent, officials say. The water situation is crashing so rapidly that authorities can't confidently track the extent of it.
wyofile.com
April 12, 2026 at 6:14 PM
US man pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI

Michael Smith, 52, charged after flooding platforms with thousands of AI songs and boosting them with bots www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US man pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI
Michael Smith, 52, charged after flooding platforms with thousands of AI songs and boosting them with bots
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Google Fiber, now officially called GFiber, is being sold to private equity firm Stonepeak and will be combined with cable-and-fiber firm Astound Broadband to create a larger Internet service provider arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company
GFiber and Astound to merge with Alphabet selling majority stake to Stonepeak.
arstechnica.com
March 14, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Apple confirms today’s iOS and iPadOS updates for older devices address the Coruna exploit

The exploit leverages five full iOS exploit chains and 23 vulnerabilities to vulnerable devices running iOS 13 through iOS 17.2.1.
9to5mac.com/2026/03/11/a...
Apple confirms today’s iOS and iPadOS updates fix Coruna exploit - 9to5Mac
Apple has detailed the security content for iOS and iPadOS 16.7.15, 15.8.7, 16.7.15, and 15.8.7, confirming that they address the Coruna vulnerability.
9to5mac.com
March 12, 2026 at 4:24 AM
WordPress 6.9.2 Released: 10 Security Fixes, But It Crashes Websites

A new check in wp-includes/template-loader.php breaks themes built on certain frameworks wordpress.org/support/topi... & mysites.guru/blog/wordpre...
WordPress 6.9.2 Crashes Websites | mySites.guru
WordPress 6.9.2 patches 10 security vulnerabilities but breaks sites using certain theme frameworks. The release has been pulled. Here's what happened and what to do.
mysites.guru
March 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Rising carbon dioxide levels now detected in human blood

Emission reduction may also be important for safeguarding long-term human health, and that the potential physiological effects of rising CO₂ should form part of future climate policy discussions phys.org/news/2026-02...
Rising carbon dioxide levels now detected in human blood
Rising carbon dioxide levels are being detected within the human body, with new research warning a key blood marker for the gas could near its healthy limit within decades if current trends continue. ...
phys.org
March 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Many consumer electronics manufacturers 'will go bankrupt or exit product lines' by the end of 2026 due to the AI memory crisis, Phison CEO reportedly says www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
Many consumer electronics manufacturers 'will go bankrupt' by the end of 2026 thanks to the RAMpocalypse, Phison CEO reportedly says
This could go on for another 10 years.
www.pcgamer.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws

AI Overviews provided false liver test information experts called alarming. The AI feature also failed to adjust these figures for patient demographics such as age, sex, & ethnicity arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/g...
Google removes some AI health summaries after investigation finds “dangerous” flaws
AI Overviews provided false liver test information experts called alarming.
arstechnica.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer & miscarriages

The data centers suck up tens of millions of gallons of water from the aquifer each year to cool their computer equipment, which then gets funneled to the Port’s wastewater system www.theverge.com/news/834151/...
Data centers in Oregon might be helping to drive an increase in cancer and miscarriages
Amazon data centers might be adding to a public health crisis in Morrow County, Oregon.
www.theverge.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:31 AM
The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron

Micron has sold out consumers and terminated its consumer line of house brand memory products, Crucial, to focus on the illusory two-lettered god of money, AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-e...
WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
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December 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
RAM prices are so out of control that stores are selling it like lobster

Micro Center is apparently doing the same: “Due to market volatility, we ask that you please see a Sales Associate for price” www.theverge.com/news/828337/...
RAM prices are so out of control that stores are selling it like lobster
Catch of the day.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM