Technology

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) 8/10 ?

Cops Play Hide and Seek About Using Spy Tech to Avoid Scrutiny and Bad PR

Law enforcement agencies across the country are increasingly relying on spying technologies—automated license plate readers(ALPR),cell-site simulators, andfacial recognition, to name a few--causing an...

2026-09-09

Slashdot 7/10 ?

Anthropic Researcher Believes More Than 10% Chance AI 'Could Kill All Humans'

Longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shares a report from the BBC: A top safety researcher at Anthropic has warned AI is advancing so quickly he believes there is a greater than 10% chance it "could k...

2026-09-09

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Apple’s new CEO is reviving a Steve Jobs strategy from 25 years ago

Apple CEO John Ternus wants you to know that the iPhone isn’t going anywhere. Ternus threw his weight behind the venerable device on Wednesday during his first keynote as CEO, placing it firmly at the...

2026-09-09

Ars Technica 7/10 ?

4 groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit

A patch gap and the hastened pace of AI-based vulnerability discovery are likely contributors.

2026-09-09

Engadget 7/10 ?

Blizzard employees have ratified their first union contracts

Gaming Blizzard employees have ratified their first union contracts The Communications Workers of America represents about 1,900 workers at the game company. By Anna Washenko Sept. 9, 2026 4:47 pm EST...

2026-09-09

The Verge 7/10 ?

Read the Apple document explaining how new listening features still protect your privacy

At Wednesday's iPhone Duo launch event, Apple announced a handful of new Siri AI Audio Intelligence features, including Siri Recap, Live Rewind, Sound Recognition, and Music Recognition. Alongside its...

2026-09-09

The Register 7/10 ?

AI models don't kill people – people kill people

AI fearmongers forget we could just jail tech execs until morale and model safety improve

2026-09-09

Hacker News 7/10 ?

Factoring RSA 260

Article URL:https://cognition.com/blog/factoring-rsa-260Comments URL:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49633534Points: 3# Comments: 1

2026-09-09

Hackaday 7/10 ?

Reverse Engineering The Philips PM5139

The Philips PM5139 is not famous. It won no great victories on the battlefield, nor was instrumental in changing the political landscape. It was just a useful function generator that…read more

2026-09-09

Slashdot 7/10 ?

OpenAI's Rogue Agents Used At Least 10 More Sites For Unauthorized Communications

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year, according to six se...

2026-09-09

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening

Apple says its new watches won’t save raw audio, but features that can transcribe recent speech and summarize ambient conversations raise new questions about consent, privacy, and how people behave wh...

2026-09-09

Ars Technica 7/10 ?

Europe may finally have found a space entrepreneur who is meeting the moment

"We will not be relevant without a massive rocket at a massive cadence."

2026-09-09

Engadget 7/10 ?

iPhone Duo vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: here's how they stack up

Big Tech Amazon iPhone Duo vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: here's how they stack up Apple's first foldable competes well with the Z Fold 8, at least in terms of specs. By Max Miller Sept. 9, 2026 4:35 pm ...

2026-09-09

The Verge 7/10 ?

How the new Apple Watches compare to the last-gen models

Apple rolled out the Apple Watch Series 12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 at the "Surprise and shine" event. The new watches feature sizable improvements to the health sensors and tracking, plus the ability ...

2026-09-09

The Register 7/10 ?

Apple hawks $2k folding fondleslab

Another new form factor for devs to adapt to

2026-09-09

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

Everything Apple announced at its fall iPhone event, from the foldable iPhone Duo to an always-listening Apple Watch

Apple on Wednesday unveiled its latest iPhones and Apple Watches at its first fall event under newly appointed CEO John Ternus. The main event was the tech giant’s highly anticipated first foldable ph...

2026-09-09

Ars Technica 7/10 ?

Six Chinese AI firms accused of aggressively copying US frontier models

US urges AI firms to ID, then secretly switch, Chinese users to less-capable models.

2026-09-09

The Verge 7/10 ?

Verge staffers react to the iPhone Duo: What we love and don’t love

Apple has just announced its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo. The new phone has a 5.4-inch outer screen and a 7.6-inch inner screen, two back cameras, Touch ID for authentication, an IP68 rating...

2026-09-09

The Register 7/10 ?

Samsung to help fortify OpenAI's semiconductor supply chain

Semiconductor supply chains are hard, but Samsung offers OpenAI relief in many forms spanning compute and memory

2026-09-09

TechCrunch 7/10 ?

There are new shiny iPhones, so Apple is making you pay more for older models

Apple is raising the price of its existing iPhone models by $100, including iPhone 16, iPhone 17, and iPhone Air.

2026-09-09