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Cyberhackers Just Turned 150 Browser Extensions Into Viruses
Ilexx/Getty Images While some consumers spend hours researching must-add Google Chrome extensions, most don’t consider which ones they need to delete. Following a seven-year cyberhacking campaign that infected roughly 4.3 million Chrome and Edge browsers with spyware, it might be time to do just that. Dubbed ShadyPanda by the cybersecurity research firm Koi Security, which first reported...
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The Top 7 Energy Stories of 2025
Powering the AI data center boom dominated the conversation in the global energy sector in 2025. Governments are racing to develop the most advanced AI models, and data center developers are building as fast as they can. But no one is going to get very far without finding ways to generate and move more electricity...
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Tiny implant ‘speaks’ to the brain with LED light
A small device (left) is designed to be implanted under the skin of the scalp and deliver LED light into the brain tissue beneath. (Image credit: Mingzheng Wu/Rogers Research Group) A new brain-machine interface (BMI) uses light to “speak” to the brain, mouse experiments show. The minimally invasive wireless device, which is placed under the...
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First iOS 26.3 beta arrives as launch of new Siri nears
Image: Foundry Following the release of iOS 16.2 on Friday, December 12, the first beta release of iOS 26.3 was made available to developers a few days later, on December 15. We expect a final release to the public sometime in late January or early February. This is reportedly the last minor refresh before iOS...
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Hallelujah! Easier switching between iPhone and Android is on the way soon
Image: Thomas Deehan / Foundry According to 9to5Google, the latest developer test built (Canary) of Android includes a new feature that should make it easier to switch between iPhone and Android devices. The corresponding feature on iPhones should roll out in a coming iOS 26 update. We first wrote about this last year, when the...
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Apple reveals the 17 winners of its 2025 App Store Awards
Image: Apple Apple on Thursday announced the winners of its annual App Store Awards. From the 45 finalists that the company announced in November, 17 developers were recognized for “their technical ingenuity and lasting cultural impact.” “Every year, we’re inspired by the ways developers turn their best ideas into innovative experiences that enrich people’s lives,”...
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These new AI features are coming to macOS Tahoe 26.2 and Mac Studio
Image: Foundry Apple released the macOS Tahoe 26.2 beta 3 earlier this week and it has a couple of new features that will be of interest to AI developers. The first was actually introduced in the 26.2 beta 2 a few weeks ago and enhanced in the current beta. Developers implementing the open-source MLX framework...
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First iOS 26.2 beta hints at new AirDrop feature for secure sharing
Image: Foundry Just one day after releasing iOS 26.1 to the public, Apple has made the first beta of iOS 26.2 available to developers. While it’s too early to know everything that will be coming in the update, we already have a clue about something Apple has been working on: making AirDrop more secure and...
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F-Droid Says Google Is Lying About the Future of Sideloading on Android
Credit: Joe Fedewa / How-To Geek Sign in to your How-To Geek account Summary Google’s developer-ID decree forces gov IDs, fees, and approval for every Android app by Sept 2026. Though Google says sideloading remains, the rule gives Google control — sideloading is effectively dead. Security rationale is weak; Play Store has malware, and F‑Droid warns...