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WhatsApp provides no cryptographic management for group messages
The flow of adding new members to a WhatsApp group message is: A group member sends an unsigned message to the WhatsApp server that designates which users are group members,...
Genetically engineered bacteria break down industrial contaminants
Once that was done, the researchers started looking through the genomes of species that have been identified as breaking down industrial contaminants. The breakdown of complex molecules typically involves more...
Matter update may finally take the tedium out of setting up your smart home
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We have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution
French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren’t the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL! shenanigans one usually reads about. No, these crimes involve abductions, (multiple) severed...
Cue: Apple will add AI search in mobile Safari, challenging Google
Apple executive Eddie Cue said that Apple is “actively looking at” shifting the focus of mobile Safari’s search experience to AI search engines, potentially challenging Google’s longstanding search dominance and...
Starlink: Here’s a free satellite dish—if you pay $120 a month instead of $90
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VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom
Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed. Following its November 2023 acquisition of VMware, Broadcom ended VMware...
Ars Technica’s gift guide for Mother’s Day: Give mom some cool things
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OpenAI Claims Nonprofit Will Retain Nominal Control
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Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users
A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of...
The company with the world’s largest aircraft now has a hypersonic rocket plane
“Demonstrating the reuse of fully recoverable hypersonic test vehicles is an important milestone for MACH-TB,” said George Rumford, director of the Test Resource Management Center, in a statement. “Lessons learned...
Trump and DOJ try to spring former county clerk Tina Peters from prison
President Donald Trump is demanding the release of Tina Peters, a former election official who parroted Trump’s 2020 election conspiracy theories and is serving nine years in prison for compromising...
Trump admin picks COVID critic to be top FDA vaccine regulator
Oncologist Vinay Prasad, a divisive critic of COVID-19 responses, will be the next top vaccine regulator at the Food and Drug Administration, agency Commissioner Martin Makary announced on social media...
FAA green-lights Starship launches every other week from Starbase
Although we are still waiting for SpaceX to signal when it will fly the Starship rocket again, the company got some good news from the Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday....
Apps like Kindle are already taking advantage of court-mandated iOS App Store changes
As of an update released today, the iOS app still doesn’t allow books to be purchased directly in the app, but you can search Amazon’s virtual bookstore inside the app...
2025 Alfa Romeo Tonale Turbo review: Italian charm that cuts both ways
While it’s nice to see that this feature is standard equipment, the ACC system can be a bit overeager to close the gap between you and the car in front...
Nvidia GeForce xx60 series is PC gaming’s default GPU, and a new one is out May 19
Nvidia will release the GeForce RTX 5060 on May 19 starting at $299, the company announced via press release today. The new card, a successor to popular past GPUs like...
How long will Switch 2’s Game Key Cards keep working?
You could even argue that Nintendo is more likely to offer longer-term support for Game Key Card downloads since backward compatibility seems to be a priority for the Switch hardware...
Trump administration cuts off all future federal funding to Harvard
The ongoing war between the Trump administration and Harvard University has taken a new twist, with the government sending Harvard a letter that, amid what appears to be a stream-of-consciousness...
