Back in 2019, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued the dating app giant Match Group, accusing it of deceiving Match.com users into purchasing subscriptions through misleading means. Now, after six years, the company — which operates popular dating apps Match, Tinder, OkCupid, Hinge, and Plenty of Fish — has agreed to a $14 million settlement, as announced by the FTC on Tuesday. The … [Read more...]

Microsoft has released the Windows 11 August 2025 Cumulative Updates, KB5063878 for version 24H2 and KB5063875 for versions 22H2 and 23H2, delivering critical stability fixes and new features released along with Microsoft patch Tuesday august 2025. These updates address performance issues reported since May 2025, including frame rate drops in games like Fortnite and device unresponsiveness, … [Read more...]

Electronic Arts has revealed that their Javelin anti-cheat system successfully prevented 330,000 attempts to cheat or tamper with anti-cheat controls during the Battlefield 6 Open Beta launch period. The gaming giant’s SPEAR Anti-Cheat Team disclosed these statistics while addressing community concerns about cheating incidents in the highly anticipated military shooter’s beta testing … [Read more...]

Aug 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Container Security New research has uncovered Docker images on Docker Hub that contain the infamous XZ Utils backdoor, more than a year after the discovery of the incident. More troubling is the fact that other images have been built on top of these infected base images, effectively propagating the infection further in a transitive manner, Binarly REsearch … [Read more...]

Microsoft disclosed a significant remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in its Teams collaboration software as part of its August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. The critical flaw, identified as CVE-2025-53783, could allow an unauthorized attacker to read, write, and even delete user messages and data by executing code over a network. The vulnerability is a heap-based buffer overflow, a type … [Read more...]

The company is moving at a “fast clip,” in part to compete with OpenAI.Aug 12, 2025, 6:10 PM UTCHayden Field is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets.The AI coding wars are heating up. One of the main battlegrounds? “Context windows,” or an AI model’s working memory — the … [Read more...]

Previously, if you wanted a monitor for competitive gaming, you had to choose between an IPS or VA panel to get something with a super high refresh rate or opt for a slower OLED display with richer colors and better contrast. But today, Samsung is changing that with the Odyssey OLED G6, which is the first 500Hz OLED gaming monitor in the world.Available for $1,000, the Odyssey OLED G6 (G60SF) only … [Read more...]

Many designers have that one paid tool they swear by to bring their work to life, but I wanted to challenge that and run real-world projects with nothing but free tools. I’ve tried all of them, from open-source and self-hostable to proprietary, but there’s one tool that managed to do everything I needed — Figma. Source: xda-developers.com … [Read more...]

Demand for AI “companion” applications outside of bigger names, like ChatGPT and Grok, is growing. Of the 337 active and revenue-generating AI companion apps available worldwide, 128 were released in 2025 so far, according to new data provided to TechCrunch by app intelligence firm Appfigures. This subsection of the AI market on mobile has now generated $82 million during the first half of the … [Read more...]

Hackers claim to have compromised the computer of a North Korean government hacker and leaked its contents online, offering a rare window into a hacking operation by the notoriously secretive nation.  The two hackers, who go by Saber and cyb0rg, published a report about the breach in the latest issue of Phrack magazine, a legendary cybersecurity e-zine that was first published in 1985. The … [Read more...]

Alien: Earth delivers everything you'd want from a series with "Alien" in the title: The iconic Xenomorphs hunting down hapless humans; gratuitous body horror; and androids who you can never fully trust. But writer/director Noah Hawley (Legion, Fargo) and his team also manage to push the franchise to new heights, delving into the philosophical questions that Ridley Scott's Prometheus and Alien … [Read more...]

Microsoft released its August Patch Tuesday security updates, addressing a total of 107 vulnerabilities across its product ecosystem. The update includes fixes for 90 vulnerabilities, classified as follows: 13 are Critical, 76 are Important, one is Moderate, and one is Low. Notably, none of these vulnerabilities are listed as actively exploited zero-days, which provides some relief for IT … [Read more...]

The small, powerful Bluetooth speaker is a favorite for park days, pool parties, and more.Aug 12, 2025, 5:30 PM UTCBrandon Russell is a commerce writer covering deals and buying guides. Previously, he was a freelance writer for Popular Mechanics, Men’s Health, and Esquire.If you’re hosting a small get-together or hangout at the park, a small speaker like the UE Wonderboom 4 can provide the … [Read more...]

The latest version of the React Native framework is less about flashy new APIs and more about keeping pace with Android and iOS platform advancements, while also delivering some quality-of-life improvements that developers have been asking for.Perhaps the most pressing change for developers in React Native 0.81 is the framework’s alignment with the upcoming Android 16. Apps will now default to an … [Read more...]

In early 2023, David Petrou, a distinguished engineer and a founding member of both Google Goggles and Google Glass, made a surprising move. After more than 17 years at the company, he departed to launch his own startup. “I was seeing how fast technology was changing, and I felt there are certain ideas that are best explored in the context of a startup,” Petrou told TechCrunch. His … [Read more...]

In a moonshot move, AI search engine Perplexity has offered to buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 billion cash in an unsolicited offer, Reuters reported and Perplexity has confirmed to TechCrunch. Perplexity tells TC the terms of the offer include a commitment to keep Chrome’s underlying engine, Chromium, open source and continue to invest in it. Perplexity’s offer includes a promise to invest $3 … [Read more...]

In recent months, a new phishing toolkit known as PoisonSeed has emerged, targeting both individual users and enterprise organizations with unprecedented sophistication. Unlike traditional phishing kits that harvest only usernames and passwords, PoisonSeed employs an adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) approach to intercept multi-factor authentication (MFA) tokens and session cookies. Victims … [Read more...]

Riot is making a major change to League of Legends after 16 years. It's adding the option to move around by using WASD controls instead of relying on a mouse to point and click, according to a video detailing the upcoming change.Paul Bellezza, an executive producer on the game, says this is an attempt to attract new players. "We found that a lot of new or returning players struggle a lot with … [Read more...]

Aug 12, 2025Ravie LakshmananThreat Intelligence / Enterprise Security Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a "significant spike" in brute-force traffic aimed at Fortinet SSL VPN devices. The coordinated activity, per threat intelligence firm GreyNoise, was observed on August 3, 2025, with over 780 unique IP addresses participating in the effort. As many as 56 unique IP addresses have been … [Read more...]

Within the past decade, one style of game that has become immensely popular is the Soulsborne subgenre. These are video games that are modeled heavily on releases like Dark Souls or Bloodborne, and most recently, Elden Ring, which was made by FromSoftware. Since their explosion in popularity, other companies have taken inspiration from the grueling, difficult experiences that look and play very … [Read more...]