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The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced plans to implement a digital access system for Social Security numbers (SSNs) in early summer 2025, marking a […]
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MSNBC is rebranding to "MS NOW" and is getting a new logo. Employees are chattering about what the rebrand signals for the cable TV network's future. Read more ›
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Apple today released the fourth public betas of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS 26, allowing the public to test the updates ahead of their September launch. The fourth public betas come a week after the third public betas, and the updates correspond with the seventh developer betas that were released earlier today. Beta testers that have registered on Apple's website can download the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 updates... Read more ›
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Russian state media footage shows the M113 armored personnel carrier driving into combat in the Zaporizhzhia region. Read more ›
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The Trump administration is considering taking a 10% stake in Intel by converting $10.9B in Chips Act grants into equity, a move that would make the U.S. government Intel’s largest shareholder and mark a major shift in how federal chip funding is deployed. Read more ›
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A WIRED review of a now-deleted Twitter account that used the screen name “Dr. Erwin J. Antoni III” shows it posted conspiratorial content about the 2020 election, Covid-19, and Jeffrey Epstein. Read more ›
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced plans to investigate both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for offering AI chatbots that can claim to be health tools, and potentially misusing data collected from underage users. Paxton says that AI chatbots from either platform "can present themselves as professional therapeutic tools," to the point of lying about their qualifications. That behavior that can leave younger users vulnerable to misleading and inaccurate... Read more ›
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Texas attorney-general joins Senate in investigating Meta’s practices around minors using its technology Read more ›
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Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Aug. 19, #800. Read more ›
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We're approaching the iPhone 17 launch, and with less than a month to go, MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera decided to take a look back at his year with the iPhone 16 Pro Max. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. The iPhone 16 Pro Max has held up well over the last 11 months, with no major problems with the durability or battery life. Battery health has held... Read more ›
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Apple today provided developers with the seventh betas of iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 for testing purposes, with the updates coming a week after Apple seeded the sixth betas. Registered developers can download the new beta software using the Software Update section of the Settings app. iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 feature Apple's new Liquid Glass design aesthetic, with a focus on translucency and glass-like interface elements. The design extends... Read more ›
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So far the most Meta has to show for it is a glitchy chatbot, a growing chorus of irritated users, and frustrated shareholders who would like to have something show for the billions of dollars spent on the project. Read more ›
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Goodbye MSBNC, and hello “MS NOW.” In an announcement that has triggered widespread befuddlement and mockery, the progressive cable news network is getting rebranded. The new name isn’t meant to call to mind Microsoft or the honorific “Ms.” Instead, in the style of congressional bill-naming, MS NOW is purportedly an acronym for the following mouthful: […] Read more ›
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Apple is expected to delay the launch of its base iPhone 18 model until spring 2027, marking a major shift in the company's long-established release cycle, according to South Korea's ETNews. The report claims that Apple has informed some of its suppliers that the iPhone 18 will not be part of the September 2026 iPhone lineup. Instead, the company will unveil only higher-end models in the fall of that year,... Read more ›
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Starbucks salaried employees, such as store managers, are set to get a 2% raise in 2025 amid the company's turnaround plan. Read more ›
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Security researchers revealed multiple critical vulnerabilities in Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) products at DEF CON 33 in August 2025, demonstrating serious authentication and access […] Read more ›
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South Africa is significantly expanding access to Smart ID card and passport services through an enhanced partnership between the Department of Home Affairs and major […] Read more ›
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The University of Florida has become the first university in the United States to implement facial authentication for football game admission at its stadium, following […] Read more ›
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Identity verification and passwordless authentication company 1Kosmos has secured $57 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to over $72 million including a […] Read more ›
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Major technology companies are accelerating their push toward passwordless authentication, building on years of collaborative efforts through the FIDO Alliance to replace traditional passwords with […] Read more ›
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The Federal Communications Commission has introduced new regulations designed to strengthen protections against SIM-swap attacks and enhance phone number security in response to increasing fraud […] Read more ›
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A newly discovered vulnerability in FIDO passkey authentication systems allows attackers to bypass their phishing-resistant security by forcing authentication through less secure legacy methods. The […] Read more ›
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The University of Virginia (UVA) has implemented a new smartphone-based system that enables students, faculty, and staff to replace their physical academic ID cards with […] Read more ›
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A comprehensive study by mobile security firm Zimperium has identified more than 2,400 distinct malware variants specifically designed to target mobile authentication systems and multi-factor […] Read more ›
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Kenya is implementing new technology to accelerate the processing of national ID cards as part of a broader initiative to modernize identity management and improve […] Read more ›
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