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A newly discovered strain of macOS malware is taking social engineering to an unsettling new level. Instead of exploiting a software vulnerability or silently stealing information in the background, it simply refuses to let you use your Mac until you type in your login password. Dubbed ClickLock, the malware repeatedly shuts down key macOS processes, disables notifications, displays convincing Apple password prompts, and effectively traps users in a loop that only ends when the correct password is entered. Once that happens, it doesn’t just steal the password. It goes after browser data, cryptocurrency wallets, saved credentials, password managers, and much…

Red Magic has officially confirmed the global launch details for the Astra 2 gaming tablet. The device previously launched in China as the Red Magic Gaming Tablet 5 Pro and will reach international markets later this summer. Early Bird vouchers will become available in mid-August, followed by priority access and the wider global sale in late August through Red Magic’s website and selected retailers. What does the Red Magic Astra 2 have to offer? The Astra 2 starts at $699 or €699 and will be sold in 12GB + 256GB and 16GB + 512GB configurations. Its 9.06-inch OLED display places…

The Sonos app is getting a substantial usability overhaul. Familiar bottom tabs should make it easier to move around, while customizable speaker ordering could take some friction out of managing a multiroom system. Sonos community manager ShaunFromSonos announced that the release may take up to two weeks to reach everyone. Once it arrives, users must switch on Enable Improved Navigation in the app’s settings to unlock the new layout and sorting tools. What does the new layout fix The biggest change replaces the app’s slide-up panels with a conventional tab bar. Home, System, and Search now sit across the bottom…

The Hollywood argument over whether AI belongs in film and television production may already have been overtaken by reality. Netflix has confirmed that its creative partners used generative AI workflows across roughly 300 titles in 2026, with the largest concentration of work happening during post-production. Keep in mind this number describes AI-assisted production workflows and not 300 completely machine-generated films and shows. Regardless, it does show how quickly the technology has moved beyond isolated experiments. Netflix is using AI where productions hit their limits The streaming company highlighted three productions in particular. This includes the Indian title Glory, Brazil’s Brasil…

We were recently invited out to Paris, France to play three hours of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, and while we were there, we got to speak to the development team about how the game was made. In addition to behind-the-scenes details on the relationship between developers Evil Empire and Konami (which you can read more about here), we specifically wanted to know whether the game was made with any generative AI tools and whether the developers had any hard stances about its use. In short, it sounds like neither studio used it. In Paris, I was able to interview three developers at…

Google helped kickstart the modern AI race, but staying ahead has turned out to be far more difficult than joining it. According to a new Bloomberg report, the company has fallen months behind its internal schedule for launching Gemini 3.5 Pro, its next flagship AI model, as engineers continue working to improve one of its biggest weaknesses: coding. The delay isn’t simply about polishing another chatbot. It highlights a broader problem facing Google, where massive engineering teams, multiple product divisions and increasingly strict AI safety requirements are slowing the company’s ability to respond to rivals that seem happy to move…

A few weeks ago, I traveled to Paris to play three hours of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse, and while there, I had the chance to speak with some of the developers who worked on the game. The project is an indie developer’s dream come true, since developer Evil Empire originally worked on Dead Cells, a game heavily inspired by Castlevania, and now it’s getting a chance to make the first new Castlevania entry in years. I asked Konami producer Tsutomu Taniguchi, Evil Empire marketing director Bérenger Dupré, and Evil Empire creative director Emmanuel Nouaille how Evil Empire’s initial pitch to Konami…

Caviar has moved football’s greatest debate onto another fiercely contested battlefield. The Android versus iPhone discussion is getting more heated by adding Ronaldo and Messi to the mix. The luxury-device company’s new Legends collection pairs Lionel Messi with a customized Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, while Cristiano Ronaldo gets an iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max. Both designs use handcrafted cloisonné enamel and 24-karat gold plating, with prices starting at $18,382 for Messi’s foldable and $15,974 for Ronaldo’s iPhone. Messi gets the foldable, Ronaldo gets the iPhone The Messi edition covers Samsung’s upcoming foldable in Argentina’s white…

For decades, engineers have chased the dream of an invisible drone. The usual approaches have involved transparent materials, camouflage coatings, or complex optical systems that bend light around an object. Researchers at Northwestern University decided to take a completely different route. Instead of hiding the drone itself, they chose to fool the human eye. The result is Phantom Twist, an experimental drone that spins so rapidly it almost disappears into the background. It’s not technically invisible, but to anyone watching, it looks more like a faint blur than a flying machine. The research was presented at Robotics: Science and Systems…

Most of us don’t need AI to write sonnets, generate pirate jokes, or explain quantum mechanics for the fifth time. What we really need is much simpler and much harder: help getting through the day. Email. Calendar. Tasks. Chat. Reminders. Follow-ups. Missed messages. Half-finished replies. The bill you meant to pay. The lunch you forgot to confirm. The document someone sent three weeks ago that you now need “right away.” WarpSpeed is trying to solve exactly that problem. In our latest Trending Forward interview, Dan Gall and I sat down with Martin Warner, founder and CEO of WarpSpeed, an AI-powered…