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OpenAI and Anthropic have both had a rough few weeks on the AI safety front. OpenAI recently disclosed that its models broke out of a test environment and hacked into Hugging Face and four other organizations. The news prompted Anthropic to review its own testing, which revealed that Claude had also gained unauthorized access to three companies. Now, the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) has disclosed a new round of incidents (via Wired). It recorded 19 unauthorized actions on the live internet across 122 test runs involving models from both companies, the most serious of which saw an agent invent…

Passkeys have been pushed as the safer successor to passwords. It promised protection from phishing, credential reuse, and password leaks. Google even claims that it cannot be copied or accidentally handed to someone else. But it might not be as secure as the company wants it to be. Security researchers (Via BleepingComputer) have now found three ways malware can undermine those promises for passkeys synced through Google Password Manager. The techniques, collectively named Pass-ta-key, target Google Password Manager inside Chrome on Windows computers equipped with a Trusted Platform Module. Every attack requires malware to already be running on the victim’s…

Building a PC from scratch has already become a lot more expensive, thanks to skyrocketing RAM and storage prices driven by rising AI data center demand. Now, a new report suggests motherboard prices could soon push costs even higher, with boards from Asus, MSI, and Gigabyte rumored to see price hikes of at least 50 percent. Your next PC upgrade could get a lot pricier According to a report from Taiwanese supply chain forum Board Channels (via VideoCardz), the cost of printed circuit boards (PCBs) used in motherboards could climb by at least 50 percent by the end of 2026.…

Google is preparing to add extension review links directly inside Chrome, putting feedback closer to the menus people already use to manage their add-ons. A Chromium change, first spotted by Windows Report, points to review options in the Extensions menu, the chrome://extensions management page, and extension context menus. Only eligible Chrome Web Store extensions in good standing would qualify, and the feature is still under development. That could make newer complaints easier to find. It won’t fix the more serious problem that an extension’s rating may reflect an older, safer version rather than what’s currently running in someone’s browser. Where…

Samsung has finally announced a fix for the reddish tint some Galaxy S26 Ultra users have noticed in the center of their screens. In a notice posted to the Samsung Members app in South Korea, first spotted by SamMobile, the company has revealed that the issue stems from a display calibration problem and is not a hardware defect. Two ways to get it fixed Samsung’s note opens with an apology and offers two paths to a fix. Owners can visit a local service center and get the calibration done immediately, free of charge. That option is available starting now. For…

Copying something on an iPhone and pasting it onto a Windows PC should be one of the least remarkable features imaginable. While this simple process seems effortless between an iPhone and Mac, Windows users are still left waiting. Now, Microsoft is formally asking Apple to provide interoperable clipboard access through the company’s European Union interoperability process. The request, submitted on March 25, argues that iOS restrictions prevent third-party platforms from creating an experience comparable to Apple’s Universal Clipboard. Apple has now reached Phase III and committed to developing a solution. Microsoft wants Windows to borrow Universal Clipboard Apple’s Universal Clipboard…

DuckDuckGo has added a small iPhone feature that can stop tracking identifiers from following links into your chats, emails and social posts. The browser’s new Copy Clean Link option strips unnecessary parameters before placing an address on the clipboard. It arrived in a July iOS update and appears when users hold the address bar. The supplied report shows it working with pages from X, Reddit and YouTube. Some of that URL clutter can be used for link decoration, a tracking technique that carries identifiers from one website to another. How tracking IDs follow a click Tracking parameters usually appear after…

Entering into a meeting with your boss and several familiar coworkers inside a video conference is the next area vulnerable to cybercrimes, and it’s all because of deepfake technology. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT are working on a real-time warning system designed to identify attempted fraud during corporate video conferences. The report states that criminals are increasingly targeting video meetings for identity theft and financial scams, taking advantage of the trust people place in familiar faces and voices. The intention is to flag suspicious activity while the meeting is still taking place. This gives an…

Last September, Electronic Arts announced plans to be acquired by a trio of investor groups, taking the once-publicly traded company private. That acquisition is now complete in a move EA claims will position it to “accelerate creativity and innovation to shape the future of entertainment.”In a press release, EA shares that its acquisition by PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners, collectively known as the “Consortium,” has successfully closed. PIF is the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia (which already had a minor stake in EA for years); Silver Lake is a multi-billion-dollar technology investment firm; Affinity Partners is a Miami-based…

I’ve been using Gemini Notebook ever since it launched, and for the longest time, it was my go-to app for just about everything. Whether I was researching a topic, organizing work, or studying something new, it became one of those apps I instinctively opened without thinking. When Google kept adding new features, I genuinely believed it had secured a permanent spot in my workflow. Then, almost without realizing it, ChatGPT Pro took over. I’ve been using its Work mode for a while now, and somewhere along the way, it replaced Gemini Notebook. Of course, it wasn’t an overnight switch. I…