149 Hacktivist DDoS Attacks Hit 110 Organizations in 16 Countries After Middle East Conflict
Doj Just Pulled Epstein Files What Are They Trying To Hide
Chrome to start bi-weekly updates in September
Accenture buys Speedtest and Downdetector in $1.2B deal
Alphabet handed Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package
X adds Grok-powered audio option to long-form articles
149 Hacktivist DDoS Attacks Hit 110 Organizations in 16 Countries After Middle East Conflict
Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a surge in retaliatory hacktivist activity following the U.S.-Israel coordinated military campaign against Iran, codenamed Epic Fury and Roaring Lion. "The hacktivist threat in the Middle East is highly lopsided, with two...
Doj Just Pulled Epstein Files What Are They Trying To Hide
The DOJ says it hasn't "deleted" any Epstein files. It just took 47,000 of them offline. That's the department's response to a CBS News analysis that counted the pages in the government's Epstein document release. About 2.7 million pages currently available to the...
Chrome to start bi-weekly updates in September
Starting in September, Google’s Chrome browser will receive a new release every two weeks, the company has announced. Since 2021, Chrome has been on a four-week release schedule for new major versions. The rationale for the faster two-week cycle is to enable faster...
Accenture buys Speedtest and Downdetector in $1.2B deal
Global consulting and technology services firm Accenture has agreed to acquire Ookla, the Seattle-based network intelligence company best known for Speedtest and Downdetector, in a deal valued at $1.2 billion in cash. The acquisition comes from Ziff Davis, which has...
Alphabet handed Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package
Sundar Pichai has run Google since 2015 and Alphabet since 2019. In that time, the company’s market value has grown from roughly $535 billion to approximately $3.6 trillion. On Friday, Alphabet’s board decided what that performance is worth going forward: a three-year...
X adds Grok-powered audio option to long-form articles
X announced a new option that will enable users to listen to long-form articles posted to the app, powered by the voice of xAI’s Grok artificial intelligence chatbot. X’s long-form articles will now be displayed with a “Listen” button when they appear in-stream, which...
Apple geoblocking downloads of ByteDance-owned apps in the US – 9to5Mac
According to Wired, Apple is blocking US users from downloading or updating several ByteDance-owned apps, even when they have a valid Chinese App Store account. Here are the details. Timing coincides with TikTok’s US divestiture Despite being widely known for TikTok...
Indonesia announces a social media ban for anyone under 16
Following in the footsteps of Australia, Indonesia will be the latest country to limit social media usage for children under 16. Meutya Hafid, Indonesia's communication and digital affairs minister, announced that a new government regulation will require "high-risk"...
Here are the 15 products Apple just discontinued as new iPhones, iPads, and Macs arrive
Apple has quietly dropped a bunch of new products this month, and as tradition goes, a bunch of older ones are being discontinued. This week alone has seen a massive 10 new devices arrive. To clear the shelves, a whopping 15 existing products have been pulled from the...
Apple ’HomePad’ to Offer Magnetic Snap-to-Wall Feature and More
Apple's upcoming "HomePad" will offer a magnetic snap-to-wall feature and more, according to the leaker and prototype collector known as "Kosutami". In a new post on X, Kosutami said that one of the HomePad prototypes features a MagSafe-like snap-to-wall capability,...
Pink Shares Sweet Family Pic With Carey Hart After Slamming Breakup Rumors
Weeks after shutting down rumors that she and husband Carey Hart had privately broken up after 20 years of marriage, the Grammy winner shared an adorable family photo of the couple alongside their two kids. In the snap shared to the “So What” hitmaker’s Instagram...
A 3D printed iPhone is possible if Apple overcomes challenges with aluminum
While inventors haven't quite given us a "Star Trek" replicator, 3D printers are the next best thing. After success with titanium printing, Apple will tackle the challenges of 3d printing with aluminum to make products like the iPhone.iPhone's aluminum chassis could...


