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Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
An industry-wide standard Microsoft invented to protect Windows, and later Linux, devices from firmware infections has been trivial to bypass for 13 of its 14 years of existence. The discovery was made by researchers at security firm ESET after identifying 11 firmware images, at least one from 2013, that were known to be defective but remained signed by the software company anyway. The images are known as shims, which were invented to extend Secure…
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OpenAI’s first hardware device sounds half-speaker, half-robot
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. OpenAI has been talking up its move into hardware for some time, but the shape of its first device has remained unclear. According to a new report, the company is starting with a movable, screenless smart speaker designed to act as a physical manifestation of ChatGPT in the home. Bloomberg reports that the details come from people familiar with the project, who…
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Trump admin puts Americans in Congo on "do-not-board" list, barring return
The Trump administration on Monday barred US citizens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from returning home amid an Ebola outbreak that continues to outpace response efforts. Reuters first reported late Monday that Americans currently in the DRC or those who have recently traveled to the Ebola-stricken country have been put on a “do-not-board” list. They cannot travel back to the US until they have spent 21 days in a third country. The…
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OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit
OpenAI pushed back Tuesday against allegations made by Apple in a trade secret lawsuit, suggesting the complaint lacks merit. “While we take these allegations seriously, we’re not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit,” OpenAI said in a statement, first shared by Bloomberg reporter Ed Ludlow on X. “We believe in fair competition and allowing people the freedom to work wherever they choose, and we’re focused on building innovative technology that empowers…
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OpenAI’s new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning
Users of OpenAI’s latest coding and cybersecurity-oriented flagship model, GPT-5.6 Sol, are posting horrifying accounts on social media, claiming the model just up and deleted their files, data, even entire databases on its own, without asking first. “GPT-5.6-Sol just accidentally deleted almost ALL of my Mac’s files,” wrote Matt Shumer, the founder and CEO of AI startup OthersideAI, maker of HyperWrite, in a now viral post on X. “GPT-5.6 Sol just deleted my whole…
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The WGA is also suing to block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger
It seems some people take issue with one billionaire family overseeing a third of the US’ entertainment media. The Writers Guild of America East and Writers Guild of America West have combined forces for an antitrust lawsuit against Paramount Skydance's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. Their case claims that the deal violates US antitrust laws as well as creating specific business harms to writers. The writers' unions complaint raises concerns that "the merged Paramount-Warner…
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OpenAI's first hardware device will be a HomePod, but don't tell them that
The description for OpenAI's first hardware device suggests it will be a speaker that can wiggle around a bit while it reads your email, so a HomePod, but more annoying and privacy-invasive. Just moments after OpenAI shared an empty statement on Apple's trade secret lawsuit, new information was shared about the company's upcoming hardware. While it offered no public comment, internally it wants everyone to believe it is a completely unique product. The newly…
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OpenAI's First AI Device Will Be a Portable Smart Speaker
OpenAI's first AI hardware product is a mobile smart speaker without a display, reports Bloomberg. The device is at the heart of a new legal dispute with Apple, with Apple accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets that have contributed to the development of the product. OpenAI's speaker-like product is designed to "serve as a humanlike AI companion that lives in the home," according to Bloomberg. It will be able to control smart home accessories,…
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Cybersécurité
Microsoft’s biggest ever patch Tuesday lets you hold off updating for longer
You can now pause updates for up to 35 days and continue extending the deadline. You can now pause updates for up to 35 days and continue extending the deadline. Microsoft just released a long list of improvements for Windows 11 as part of its bigger patch Tuesdays, patching at least 570 security holes, almost triple the number fixed in last month’s record-breaking release, according to Krebs on Security. It also includes the ability…
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OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year
The company wants to release the gadget, its first major hardware device, in 2027. The company wants to release the gadget, its first major hardware device, in 2027. OpenAI’s first device is set to be a smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT, according to a report from Bloomberg. The device apparently won’t have a screen, but will use a camera and additional sensors to “understand” your environment. The report comes just days…
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Former employees sue over Meta's alleged use of biased AI systems during layoffs
Twenty-six former Meta employees are suing the company for allegedly using biased AI tools that "disproportionately selected" people who took medical leave as candidates to be laid off, Reuters reports. All the plaintiffs in the lawsuit were impacted by Meta's most recent round of layoffs, which cut around 8,000 employees in the hopes of offsetting the company's investments in AI and data center infrastructure. Meta is accused of using "a constellation of artificial intelligence…
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Report: OpenAI’s first device will be a portable speaker with a camera and other sensors
According to Bloomberg, OpenAI’s anticipated entry into the hardware market is slated to begin with a portable, screenless smart speaker. Here are the details. Although OpenAI first announced its entry into the hardware market in May 2025 alongside Jony Ive’s io Products, the subject had largely faded into the background before Apple’s trade secret lawsuit brought renewed attention to what the company might be building. Soon after the initial announcement, company iyO filed a…
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OpenAI shrugs, denies responsibility for trade secret theft with vague statements
OpenAI's second official statement concerning Apple's trade secret lawsuit says nothing and is so generic that only an AI could have generated a statement so bland and empty. Apple has alleged that OpenAI systematically recruited Apple employees that could help funnel secret information from within the company. Two individuals were specifically named , Tang Yew Tan, and Chang Liu. On Tuesday, Bloomberg shared OpenAI's latest statement on the matter. It's a little more official…
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OpenAI: No Evidence Apple's Trade Secret Complaint Has Merit
OpenAI says it is "not aware" of any evidence that Apple's allegations of trade secret theft have merit in a statement provided to Bloomberg. While we take these allegations seriously, we're not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit. We believe in fair competition and allowing people the freedom to work wherever they choose, and we're focused on building innovative technology that empowers people everywhere. Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI on…
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Google’s latest Pixel AI push keeps your data on your phone
Credit: Google TL;DR Google is shifting Pixel intelligence from the cloud to the device, enabling faster performance and offline functionality. Gemma 4 E2B for TPU is built specifically for Pixel’s Tensor chip, allowing apps to process requests locally. Pixel 10 gains practical offline capabilities, including trip planning, recipe suggestions, smart home controls, and Mobile Actions for hands-free device commands. Google’s been hard at work making Pixel phones smarter with AI, but its next big…
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Three publishers challenge Google over AI copyright infringement
It’s the latest in a barrage of efforts to win compensation from AI companies over training materials. A trio of publishers and one author are seeking a class action lawsuit against Google on claims that the tech company broke copyright law by using their works to train its Gemini AI. Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning and Elsevier are the plaintiff companies and writer Scott Turow is the individual behind this effort. "Google reproduced millions…
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Smartphones
This phone beat Google and Samsung as the best Moto G Power alternative in our survey
Affiliate links on Android Authority may earn us a commission. Learn more. The Moto G Power (2026) gets plenty right for a $400 phone, including excellent battery life, solid durability, and some increasingly rare extras like expandable storage and a headphone jack. It also comes with the usual budget-phone compromises, though, and factors like the Dimensity 6300 chipset may well have you looking elsewhere. We recently laid out some of the best alternatives from…
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The next wave of emoji could help you evoke beauty and existential dread
Here's a peek at nine new emoji that are coming your way, including a cracked face and a meatball meteor. Bless the Unicode Consortium for enabling humans to express themselves more freely through the universal language of emoji. Ahead of World Emoji Day on July 17 (i.e. the date shown on the calendar icon), Unicode Emoji Subcommittee-Chair Jennifer Daniel offered a peek at nine new designs that should hit your devices by next spring.…
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OpenAI says it has seen no evidence supporting Apple’s trade secret theft claims
OpenAI has issued a new statement in reaction to Apple’s lawsuit accusing the company of trade secret theft. Here are the details. Last Friday, Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company and several former Apple employees of stealing confidential hardware information to advance OpenAI’s consumer-device ambitions. Shortly after Apple filed its lawsuit, OpenAI’s Director of Strategic Communications, Drew Pusateri, took to X to comment on the company’s behalf. In his post, he…
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Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
Meta’s AI-fueled layoffs of 8,000 employees targeted workers with disabilities and those who took protected medical or family leaves, alleged a lawsuit filed by 26 employees who were selected for termination. Meta used internal AI tools to select employees for layoffs, according to the complaint filed yesterday by 26 “Doe” plaintiffs in US District Court for the Northern District of California. “Meta did not assemble the termination list through the considered judgment of managers…
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Gmail’s Help Me Write now lets you tell it how you want your email edited
Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Gmail users will now be able to edit and revise email drafts via the prompt bar. Using the custom refine instructions in Help Me Write, you can type a follow-up prompt to describe what you want changed. This feature is available for Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra users, in addition to Enterprise and Business customers. When you need help writing out an email, Google’s “Help…
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iCloud $32.8B CSAM lawsuit dismissed, Apple protected under Section 230 laws
A judge has dismissed an attempted class action lawsuit against Apple, which accused the tech giant of failing to stop the storage of child sexual abuse material on iCloud. A lawsuit from August 2024 that accused Apple of "privacy-washing" and failing to properly deal with the issue of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on iCloud has been dismissed. In a ruling reported by Reuters on July 14, U.S. District Judge Noel Wise in San…
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Apple opens its new Siri AI to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta
Apple is opening up its biggest-ever Siri overhaul to a broader audience with the release of the iOS 27 public beta, giving everyday users the chance to try out the new AI assistant ahead of its broader launch later this fall. The public beta marks the first time Apple has made its AI-powered Siri widely available beyond developers. With some 2.5 billion active devices worldwide, even if only a fraction of users install the…
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Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out
Anthropic is known for its creative marketing, but the AI company may have been a little bit too creative when it conjured up its most recent advertisement. Titled “There’s hope in hard questions,” the company’s latest ad has been unsettling viewers with its weird imagery and doomer-ist tone. The ad begins with a video of a burning house (not exactly a heartwarming start) before pivoting to a series of still images. These images include…
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