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AI safety conversations have gotten unbelievable

In the first case, Andrew Yang, the former presidential candidate and current CEO of mobile carrier Noble Moble, told CNN on Thursday that he had “met with the head of a lab” who had “a belief” that OpenAI’s Hugging Face…

How to block and unblock a number on your Android phone

But even the greatest of inventions has its cons. For smartphones, one of those bitter cons is unwanted calls. With all the benefits, convenience and interconnectedness smartphones allow you to enjoy, unfortunately, they…

This Game Boy inspired hi-res music player raised over $500,000 on Kickstarter

From flip phones that reject social media to aesthetic-focused music players , simplified tech is making a comeback. This trend can clearly be seen in the popularity of the AP30 Music Boy's Kickstarter campaign , an…

Agentic security is the billion-dollar challenge for some clever startup to solve

There's also an opportunity here for companies to offer new solutions. This should not come as a shock to anyone, according to cybersecurity investors and accelerator executives. “On one hand, we shouldn’t be surprised…

My Pixel and MacBook work beautifully together; I question the need for an ecosystem

It's not enough to have an iPhone; you must have a MacBook and Apple Watch to make owning any one device worthwhile. But Apple's walled garden is crumbling , and now I question whether it even exists in practice. I was…

How to factory reset your Steam Deck

Most times a simple system restart gets the device back in working shape. Other times, it takes a not-so-simple factory reset to get things back in order. If your Steam Deck has been plagued with performance issues…

Prices go up in 7 days. Get your Disrupt ticket now.

25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices increase. Save up to $200 when you register before the deadline. Why Disrupt? From October 13-15 at San Francisco’s Moscone West, 10,000+ founders, investors, operators, and tech…

Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test

Gemini found "public information online and guessed credentials to access websites it thought were part of the test", a Google official told the BBC, noting that in each instance "the model stopped". The affected…

I abandoned Google Calendar's half-baked task system for an Android app that actually keeps me organized

It reminded me of birthdays and meetings, and of small jobs like grocery runs and chores. That worked until I missed an important work deadline. It fell on a busy day with two birthdays and an event, but nothing on the…

‘The fixes are architectural, not bigger pipes’: OpenSSL President on what businesses can expect and how to prepare for a post-quantum internet

How a physics concept changes the security of the internet isn’t really at the forefront of most people’s worries. But the change is already happening. The internet is preparing for a post-quantum world that renders much…