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Apple Releases Safari Technology Preview 256 With Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
Apple today released a new update for Safari Technology Preview, the experimental browser that was first introduced in March 2016. Apple designed Safari Technology Preview to allow users to test features that are planned for future release versions of the Safari browser. Safari Technology Preview 256 includes fixes and updates for Accessibility, Animations, CSS, Editing, Forms, HTML, JavaScript, Media, Networking, Rendering, SVG, Security, Web API, Web Extensions, Web Inspector, WebGL, and WebRTC. The current…
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Apple now lets developers offer discounts when users move to cancel subscriptions
Apple today rolled out a new subscription retention tool for developers looking to reduce cancellations. Here are the details. During WWDC earlier this year, Apple announced Retention Messaging, a new feature that lets developers display personalized messages and special offers to users as they attempt to cancel their subscriptions. Now, as the company explained in a new post on its developer blog, the feature is available, allowing developers to configure messages that “appear in…
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Cybersécurité
Multiples vulnérabilités dans OpenOffice (05 novembre 2026)
Objet : Multiples vulnérabilités dans OpenOffice Une gestion de version détaillée se trouve à la fin de ce document. De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans OpenOffice. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance, une atteinte à la confidentialité des données et une atteinte à l'intégrité des données. Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation). Bulletin de…
Lire l’article completVulnérabilité dans OpenSSH (05 novembre 2026)
Une gestion de version détaillée se trouve à la fin de ce document. Le 5 novembre 2026, OpenSSH a publié un avis de sécurité concernant une vulnérabilité qui permet à un attaquant de contourner l’authentification d'un service SSH. En effet, sur les systèmes Linux qui utilisent la bibliothèque standard C musl, compilés sans support PAM ou avec PAM désactivé, un attaquant peut se connecter en fournissant deux mots de passe, dont le deuxième est…
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Apps & Logiciels
From in-app agents to the Android intelligence system: What’s new in intelligent apps at the Android Developer Summit
In the intelligence era, users are no longer just tapping through apps, they express high-level goals and expect AI agents like Gemini to complete multi-step workflows, sometimes across multiple apps on their devices. To help you meet users where they are, we’re unlocking new ways to build intelligent, agentic experiences in your Android apps: You’ve already seen some of these new APIs and developer tools at the Android Developer Summit keynote. Now, learn with…
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Cybersécurité
Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Edge (05 novembre 2026)
Objet : Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Edge Une gestion de version détaillée se trouve à la fin de ce document. De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans Microsoft Edge. Elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une atteinte à la confidentialité des données et un problème de sécurité non spécifié par l'éditeur. Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation). Bulletin de sécurité Microsoft Edge CVE-2026-118309 du…
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Cybersécurité
Multiples vulnérabilités dans MongoDB (05 novembre 2026)
Objet : Multiples vulnérabilités dans MongoDB Une gestion de version détaillée se trouve à la fin de ce document. De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans MongoDB. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance, un déni de service à distance et une atteinte à la confidentialité des données. Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation). Bulletin de…
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Smartphones
Report: Apple and Samsung outperform rivals as smartphone chip shipments tumble 21%
According to Counterpoint Research, Apple and Samsung were the only major smartphone chip vendors to gain market share in Q3 2026, as global shipments declined 21% year-over-year. Here are the details. At this point, most 9to5Mac readers are probably familiar with the challenges that smartphone vendors have been facing due to rising memory costs, and how Apple has managed to weather the impact better than many of its competitors. Over the past few months,…
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Smartphones
9to5Mac Daily: November 4, 2026 – iOS 27.3 beta 1 now available
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by Backblaze: Backup you can rely on. Save 20% with code 9to5daily. New episodes of 9to5Mac Daily are recorded every weekday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to…
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'Super Mario Odyssey' Can Now Run on Apple TV Thanks to AI
A Reddit user was able to get Nintendo's "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" and "Super Mario Odyssey" to run natively on the Apple TV 4K, continuing a string of ports made possible with the use of AI (via Engadget). TVPort, Reddit user FloatingFalafel's open-source project, is a fork of the nxnative toolkit used to recompile Switch and Switch 2 games for the Apple TV using a Mac. It was built using Claude Opus 5.5. "Super…
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Apps & Logiciels
Snap has more than 30 million paid subscribers across Snapchat+ and other plans
Power users seem more than willing to pay for AI-powered effects. More than 30 million power users are paying for one of Snap's subscription plans, including Snapchat+ and its ad-free "platinum" tier. The company announced the milestone as part of its third-quarter earnings, saying that its non-advertising "other" revenue grew 84 percent compared with last year. Snap introduced Snapchat+, which offers users bonus features like the ability to see which friends re-watched your Story,…
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Nintendo's biggest ROM chip supplier is bowing out of the business
For years, the AI industry's insatiable demand for memory and storage has had plenty of knock-on effects on the price and availability of PC components like RAM, SSDs, and GPUs. Now those shortages are also squeezing the supply of ROM chips that power physical Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 game cartridges. Chip manufacturer Macronix announced in its third-quarter earnings report that the company's production of ROM chips "has reached its end" and that it…
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IA
AI PACs spent millions trying to shape Congress — here’s how they fared
Political groups both supporting and opposing the AI industry spent millions of dollars trying to influence Tuesday’s midterm elections and shape the future of AI regulation. That spending produced mixed results, with some of the most heavily backed candidates losing their races. On the industry side, two AI-focused political action committees (PACs) that raised and spent money to influence the elections — American Mission and Building the Future — collectively spent $4.8 million to…
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Smartphones
Qualcomm is betting big on data centers as smartphone sales sink
Qualcomm expects data center chips will eventually account for 30% of its business. Qualcomm expects data center chips will eventually account for 30% of its business. With smartphone sales tanking by around 20 percent compared to 2025, Qualcomm is looking to data centers to help boost its bottom line. During its Q4 2026 earnings call, the company laid out its plans to make a splash in the AI data center business, through partnerships with…
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Apple TV reportedly getting Justin Timberlake docuseries, announces new Toni Collette show
With one official announcement and one report, two new Apple TV projects have been revealed this week. Here are the details. As reported by Variety, Justin Timberlake is set to return to Apple TV, this time for a four-part “tell-all” docuseries. This will mark Timberlake’s second project at Apple TV, after “Palmer,” a 2021 drama about an ex-convict who befriends a boy from a troubled home. One source says the series will feature Janet…
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Cybersécurité
Hackers exploited iOS and Android flaws to infect phones
Hackers possibly linked to the Kremlin exploited previously patched iOS and Android flaws in an attempt to hack visitors of multiple websites, including one celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence, researchers said Wednesday. The attackers, which the researchers assessed with “moderate to high confidence” were part of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, targeted other sites, many with links to that country’s ongoing war against Ukraine. The attacks began when iPhone or Android users visited…
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IA
Nothing CEO says company’s mysterious AI-first device is dropping next month
Nothing, the smartphone startup behind the distinctive Nothing Phone, is working on an AI product, but what it is remains unclear. On Wednesday, CEO Carl Pei posted on X that the company’s first “AI-native product” ships in December. “It’s a tool, but one built with the personality and care that have come to define a Nothing product. It has no new screen, and it couldn’t have been an app,” Pei wrote. Pei has teased…
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Smartphones
How 'Resident Evil' Director Zach Cregger Uses His iPhone to Make Movies
Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak today shared an Apple TV video that offers a look at how "Resident Evil" director Zach Cregger uses an iPhone during filmmaking. Cregger said he uses his iPhone and the Cadrage app to plan out filming sequences ahead of time. He decides what shots to take, what lenses to use for each shot, and what's in each frame. He then prints out the images so the crew knows exactly…
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Uranium cubes reveal why the German nuclear project failed
During World War II, physicists on the Manhattan Project worried that the Nazi German nuclear program might achieve the first nuclear bomb before the US and its allies. That's not what transpired, but historians have debated just how close the Germans came to achieving criticality in their last attempt at building a reactor: the B8 pile. Werner Heisenberg, who led that effort, claimed that they were close and had only needed a little more…
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IA
Almost no one uses AI agents to book their Uber, company says
Very few people are using personal AI agents to order Ubers, apparently. On the transportation giant’s third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, the company said that only four rides were ordered through an AI agent during its busiest week in October: the week of Halloween. While more people used an AI agent to order food through its delivery service, Uber Eats, the volume was still fairly small compared to the overall number of trips. Uber’s…
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Apps & Logiciels
Snapchat surpasses 30M paid subscribers
Snap has surpassed 30 million paid Snapchat+ subscribers, the company announced Wednesday in its third-quarter 2026 earnings release. The milestone marks an increase of 5 million subscribers since February, when Snap reported crossing the 25 million mark. Launched in 2022, Snapchat+ gives subscribers access to exclusive and pre-release features for $3.99 per month. Following a successful launch, Snap introduced additional paid tiers beyond the core Snapchat+ subscription to further diversify its revenue streams. These…
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17 better ways Elon Musk could have wasted $446 million
One of the basic problems of spending too much time on social media is that you are cooking your brain by reading posts from a pack of attention-seeking lunatics. If your social media of choice is the site formerly known as Twitter, and it is your main source of contact with the outside world, you may delusionally throw away nearly $500 million dollars on midterm elections, just like Elon Musk. In particular, $47 million…
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VMware releases vSphere Express for virtualization on up to 128 cores
After alienating many long-time small- to medium-sized business (SMB) customers, Broadcom’s VMware is trying to appeal to its smaller customers. Today, the virtualization company announced vSphere Express, a lower-end virtualization offering for organizations that require “cost-effective essential virtualization.” vSphere Express comes after many customers reported that VMware was pushing them to VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), the flagship private cloud bundle that has many features SMBs don’t need and is expensive. Some SMB users have…
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Smartphones
How I learned to love an obnoxious phone grip
Making the case for a loud smartphone accessory. Making the case for a loud smartphone accessory. If you buy something from a link, The Verge may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Much like a great recipe, it started with a stick of butter. This wasn’t real butter; it was a friend’s new phone grip, complemented by a phone case with bold stripes. Butter is in vogue now, or at least that’s what…
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