11+ hour, 11+ min ago   (341+ words) Beta Build 26220.9343 lets Windows 11 recover over Wi-Fi or Ethernet directly from WinRE, no boot drive needed The recovery path runs through WinRE, and setup is straightforward before anything starts downloading. Getting there takes two routes: boot into the Windows Recovery…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (212+ words) Firmware graphics buried in a Horizon app update reveal a sub-110-gram frame, tethered compute puck, and 2027 launch target A prescription lens pairing update quietly pushed through the Horizon mobile app turned into Meta‘s most revealing Phoenix disclosure yet....

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (662+ words) University of Texas researchers found review length patterns alone can map 60% of real friendships, enabling highly profitable fraud A detailed Yelp review feels like a civic contribution. Researchers now show it can also sketch your social network for anyone willing…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (260+ words) As cities drop Flock Safety over privacy concerns, Axon steps in with fewer cameras but no hard limits on how long plate data is stored The backlash against Flock didn’t kill license plate readers — it handed Axon a market opportunity....

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (190+ words) Stolen browser cookies let attackers drain Claude Max accounts in minutes, exposing a gap in Anthropic’s usage transparency tools Infostealer malware doesn’t need your password — it just needs the session your browser already saved. “He had no way of determining…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (304+ words) ACR technology on LG and Samsung sets scans your screen up to 100 times per second — and three steps can stop it Opting out of ACR actually works — but only if you can find where manufacturers hid the toggle. These names…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (231+ words) Vendors market AI cameras as active deterrents, but no law stops property owners from aiming automated warnings at public sidewalks AI deterrence systems don’t act alone — a property owner drew the fence, a vendor sold the voice. How AI deterrence…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (184+ words) Warrantless plate-reader networks span U.S. highways as Florida pulls 700 cameras and Congress debates federal limits Here’s what Flock Safety’s system captures, stores, and hands over — and what’s changed under pressure. “What we don’t want in the state of Florida is to…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (262+ words) GPT-6 Astra spent 23 hours and 3,336 decisions clearing Valve’s 2007 puzzle game via screenshot-driven tool calls The pause-think-act loop ran 3,336 times before Portal’s end credits rolled. Cozyblaze connected Astra to Portal using Model Context Protocol — MCP, a framework for wiring AI models…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (158+ words) New York’s 7,500 LinkNYC kiosks log MAC addresses, GPS coordinates, and browsing data from passersby who never touch a screen A sensor grid at eye level is a different thing entirely from a camera mounted on a rooftop. According to NYCLU,…...