THN Weekly Recap: iOS Zero-Days, 4Chan Breach, NTLM Exploits, WhatsApp Spyware & More - Hackers News
20 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far - Techcrunch
4 tips for falling asleep to YouTube like a pro - Pocket Lint
5 Reasons Device Management Isn't Device Trust - Hackers News
5 times Pope Francis impacted the tech world - Technext
A deep dive into AI as a normal technology vs. a humanlike intelligence and how major public policy based on controlling superintelligence may make things worse (Knight First Amendment Institute) - Techmeme
A look at the tactile devices from OneCourt, Field of Vision, and Touch2See that help visually impaired spectators follow live sports with their fingers (Tom Wiggins/Wired) - Techmeme
a16z acqui-hires VC tech podcaster Erik Torenberg, who joins as new partner - Techcrunch
After lobbying US Congress to shelve the Senate-passed KOSA bill in 2024, Meta has now made headway in lobbying for an app store age-verification bill (Ruth Reader/Politico) - Techmeme
Airbnb will now show users the total cost of their stay right away - Techcrunch
Airbus Promised a 'Green' Hydrogen Aircraft. That Bet Is Now Unraveling - Slashdot
An AI doctoral candidate in California says they had their student visa revoked - Techcrunch
An inside look into the worlds 10 wealthiest families - Techpoint
Android's new auto-reboot feature could add fuel to the privacy battle fire - Pocket Lint
Astronomers Confirm First 'Lone' Black Hole Discovery - and It's in the Milky Way - Slashdot
Banks, Telcos consider USSD Fees to Be Taken from Airtime Instead of Bank Accounts - Innovation Village
Bitcoin surges above $87,000, sparking bull run speculations - Technext
Bluesky is getting blue checkmarks and an official verification system - Engadget
Bluesky Is Rolling Out Official Verification - Wired
Bluesky launches blue check verification - Techcrunch
Bluesky starts rolling out blue check verification, initially limiting verification to select organizations and its moderation team (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
Brand aggregator Upexi says it is raising $100M to accumulate Solana, causing its shares to surge over 400%, part of a trend of companies investing in crypto (Ryan Weeks/Bloomberg) - Techmeme
Can You Run the Llama 2 LLM on DOS - Slashdot
CBEX: Influencers, celebrities and bloggers promoting Ponzi schemes risk 10 years in jail- SEC - Technext
ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot - Techcrunch
Conservationists Say 'De-Extinction' Not the Answer to Saving Extinct Species - Slashdot
Exclusive Features of 1Win App That You Didn't Know About - Itnewsafrica
Famed AI Researcher Launches Controversial Startup to Replace All Human Workers Everywhere - Slashdot
Final weeks to secure your spot in the AI spotlight at TechCrunch Sessions: AI - Techcrunch
Finally, streaming services are getting AI features that make sense - Pocket Lint
Google Faces Off With US Government in Attempt To Break Up Company in Search Monopoly Case - Slashdot
Google Found Guilty of Illegal Monopoly in Ad Tech Market in DOJ Antitrust Case - TechCity
Google settles an Android TV case with India's competition regulator, will offer standalone licenses for Play Store and Play Services for Android TVs in India (NDTV) - Techmeme
Hackers Abuse Russian Bulletproof Host Proton66 for Global Attacks and Malware Delivery - Hackers News
Hegseth reportedly shared Yemen attack details on second Signal chat with his wife and others - Engadget
How Apple could fix its awful Magic Mouse - Pocket Lint
How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US Border - Wired
How to watch Bethesda reveal the Oblivion remake - Engadget
I use these 4 apps to back up my pictures instead of Google Photos - Pocket Lint
In a clever attack, hackers were able to send phishing emails that appeared to come from "no-reply@google.com", after a similar attack on PayPal users in March (Ionut Ilascu/BleepingComputer) - Techmeme
Infosys to Acquire MRE Consulting, Expanding Energy Trading and Risk Management Capabilities - Itnewsafrica
Instagram is using AI to find teens lying about their age and restricting their accounts - Techcrunch
Invasion of the 'Journal Snatchers': the Firms That Buy Science Publications and Turn Them Rogue - Slashdot
Kids sure love video game movies - Techcrunch
Kimsuky Exploits BlueKeep RDP Vulnerability to Breach Systems in South Korea and Japan - Hackers News
Meta is testing using AI tools in the US to detect teen Instagram users, even if they've lied about their birthday, and place them under Teen Account settings (Mia Sato/The Verge) - Techmeme
Meta is using its AI age-detection tech to shuffle more young users into teen accounts - Engadget
Models like o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro feel like "Jagged AGI": unreliable, even at some mundane tasks, but still offering superhuman capabilities in many areas (Ethan Mollick/One Useful Thing) - Techmeme
MultiChoice Uganda Introduces Weekly DStv and GOtv Subscriptions with 'Ka Weekie' Campaign - Innovation Village
Next Wave: Banks built the trust. Now they're building the tech - Techcabal
Niger State scraps Right of Way fees to drive rural broadband expansion - Techpoint
Nigerian Chess Master, Tunde Onakoya reclaims Guinness World Record - Technext
Nintendo is going after the person behind last year's massive Pokmon leak - Engadget
OpenAI's o3 AI model scores lower on a benchmark than the company initially implied - Techcrunch
Over 100 Public Software Companies Getting 'Squeezed' by AI, Study Finds - Slashdot
Palantir exec defends company's immigration surveillance work - Techcrunch
Paul Graham likened Palantir's ICE work to "infrastructure of the police state"; a Palantir exec said Paul's view is like Google's when it killed Project Maven (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) - Techmeme
PHNX Materials found a way to decarbonize concrete using dirty coal waste - Techcrunch