Technology

Hackers use fake Adobe and Zoom updates to load malware onto victim devices — here's what to look out for

Hackers use fake Adobe and Zoom updates to load malware onto victim devices — here's what to look out for

Securonix uncovers SMOKE#SCREEN, a campaign tricking users into installing weaponized ScreenConnect via fake Zoom/Adobe updates and business docs Attackers gain persistent remote access, evolving tactics to disable protections and abuse…

Sunbird's iMessage app for Android is back after a major privacy snafu

Sunbird's iMessage app for Android is back after a major privacy snafu

This was one of the interoperability tools people used before Apple adopted RCS.

Save $220 on Dell's 16-inch 2K touchscreen laptop — perfect for business and the back-to-school season

Save $220 on Dell's 16-inch 2K touchscreen laptop — perfect for business and the back-to-school season

There's no question about it - Dell is behind some of our favorite business laptops, and right now the Dell 16 is down to $760 (was $980) . And whether you're prepping for back-to-school or looking for an office upgrade, this everyday…

Hacker Noon

The HackerNoon Newsletter: What It Really Means to Be a 10x DevRel (8/5/2026)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, August 5, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, First traffic lights installed in 1914, eOne PC launched in 1999, Google…

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Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop

Wired

Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop

Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.

Wired

Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI

The Verge

Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI

Reddit is enlisting AI to help moderate new subreddits - and eventually the rest of site. The company is introducing automated moderation tools that rely on LLMs to help mods manage their communities, and it's expanding who can use those…

The Verge

Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit's war on AI scraping

Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit's war on AI scraping

The company is also planning to retire its public API.

TikTok kept a safety fix from 15 million US users “by design,” a sealed document shows. One was a teenager who died.

The Next Web

TikTok kept a safety fix from 15 million US users “by design,” a sealed document shows. One was a teenager who died.

In 2021, TikTok changed its algorithm to stop users being flooded with harmful content. But it did not give the safer version to everyone. It held 10% of US users on the old version, about 15 million people at the time. It wanted to test…

The Next Web

Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

TechCrunch

Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google

Shopify says AI isn’t cannibalizing search traffic the way it has for publishers. Instead, AI-driven traffic and orders to Shopify stores tripled year over year in Q2.

TechCrunch

Roads blocked, traffic disrupted as PTI holds rally near Karachi Press Club

Dawn

Roads blocked, traffic disrupted as PTI holds rally near Karachi Press Club

KARACHI: The PTI held a protest near the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Wednesday to mark three years since the imprisonment of party founder Imran Khan and demand his release. The demonstration led to traffic disruptions in the surrounding…

Dawn

Why haven't we seen images of SpaceX Moon crash yet?

BBC

Why haven't we seen images of SpaceX Moon crash yet?

The SpaceX rocket part has crashed into the Moon, forming a new crater, images from orbiting satellites should arrive in the coming hours and days.

BBC

Atiku: Under Tinubu, debt has become a policy

Daily Trust