Meta on Tuesday announced a set of WhatsApp account security features, including support for multiple passkeys to a single account to help users with both iOS and Android devices sign into their accounts using the phishing-resistant method. The tech giant said more than 1 billion people use a passkey to log into WhatsApp. Support for passkeys was first introduced in Android in October 2023,
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Apple has announced two new processors, the M6 and M5 Ultra, as well as updated Mac Mini and Mac studio machines powered by them. The new machines are already available for preorder directly from Apple, with shipping for most configurations starting on September 22nd, 2026. The Mac Mini starts at $899, $300 more than the […]
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Wildfires are raging across Indonesia, affecting at least 10 provinces and blanketing communities in hazardous haze.
Folks have been daisy-chaining Macs for AI—this refresh keeps that in mind.
Wyze announced a new pan-and-tilt security camera today designed for indoor use. The entire Indoor Cam Pan can rotate 360 degrees, while the camera and lens on its front can tilt up and down 103 degrees. When you want privacy, the lens can tilt down until it completely disappears inside the Indoor Cam Pan's body […]
Now exiting stealth mode with a $26 million seed round, Keenable has been building a vast web search index for AI agents.
The social app founded by Bonobos co-founder Andy Dunn is expanding beyond events with new digital homes for groups to connect, organize, and make plans.
When Android users get a call from a non-contact, they will see more information about the caller, including their country. The post WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys and Stronger 2SV in Account Security Update appeared first on SecurityWeek .
The forces raided and seized the Qalandiya Training Centre, a key facility operated by the UNRWA.
Hands-on Cyber Attack Methods course returns to SecurityWeek’s ICS Cybersecurity Conference, October 6–8 at the W Nashville. The post Hands-On Cyber-Physical Systems Training Returns to ICS Cybersecurity Conference appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Marimo has addressed a high-severity security flaw in its notebook software that allowed an attacker to execute an attacker-supplied Model Context Protocol (MCP) command in a specially crafted notebook, according to VulnCheck's CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) record. The CNA record says the command can run as a local subprocess when the notebook is opened in edit mode. The vulnerability, tracked
The US says new sanctions are an "economic D-Day", but Tehran's leaders have survived restrictions before.
UK PM Andy Burnham visited Kyiv on his first foreign trip, pledging to give cruise missile designs to Ukraine.
The Asus Xbox Ally X20 looked like it could be one of the best handheld gaming PCs yet made - but originally, Asus wanted you to buy a bundle pairing it with pricy AR glasses. In July, we told you that bundle would no longer be necessary, and today it's official: you can pre-order a […]
Nvidia is moving its Groq 3 LPX inference chip into full production and reports 3,400 tokens per second on Gemma 4 31B, four times faster than Cerebras. But the numbers don't tell the whole story. Nvidia needs at least 64 accelerators to get there, while Cerebras needs only one or two, according to The Register. How well the architecture scales with large MoE models remains an open question. The article Nvidia says its Groq 3 LPX is four times faster than Cerebras, but the math is more complicated appeared first on The Decoder .
A Palestinian spring now fills a swimming pool that belongs to Israeli settlers. AJLabs on how water became a weapon.
Rwanda says FDLR threat justifies its continued involvement in eastern DRC, as efforts to verify a ceasefire advance.
The UK becomes the first country to get access to Avengers Labs, Ukraine's platform holding roughly five million annotated combat images for training military AI. Three British startups are already working on pilot projects. The deal shows how real war data is systematically becoming the currency for building out autonomous weapons tech. The article Ukraine opens its massive labeled battlefield dataset to British firms in a landmark AI weapons partnership appeared first on The Decoder .
The United Council of Rohingya refugee group says it organised the protest to highlight 'ongoing humanitarian crisis'.
Iranian lawmakers have again raised the possibility of leaving a decades-old international nuclear weapons treaty. Analysts say the threat to quit may offer Tehran more leverage than an actual withdrawal.