For a long time, I treated my home lab like a problem that could be solved if I just made one more smart upgrade. There was always a better layout, a cleaner dashboard, a more elegant backup flow, or a more efficient way to run the same handful of services. I kept telling myself I was getting closer to the version that would finally feel finished. What I actually built was a cycle where the lab never sat still long enough to prove it was working. I didn’t stop experimenting. I stopped experimenting without a reason. The strange part is…
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Exploit code has been released for an unpatched Windows privilege escalation flaw reported privately to Microsoft, allowing attackers to gain SYSTEM or elevated administrator permissions. Dubbed BlueHammer, the vulnerability was published by a security researcher discontent with how Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MSRC) handled the disclosure process. Since, the security issue has no official patch and there is no update to address it, the flaw is considered a zero-day by Microsoft’s definition. It is unclear what triggered the public release of the exploit code. In a short post under the alias Chaotic Eclipse, the researcher says “I was not bluffing Microsoft, and I’m…
A new Ipsos survey adds consumer sentiment data to the growing debate over ads in AI search. Most US adults say ads in AI search results would reduce their trust in those results. Early advertiser data from ChatGPT’s ad pilot offers limited context. An Ipsos survey of U.S. adults found 63% say ads in AI search results would reduce trust. Early advertiser data offers limited, mixed signals.
Cleaner UIs aren’t always better UIs, and Google’s latest Play Store change proves just that. Users often rely on reviews to decide whether an app available on the Google Play Store is worth downloading or not, and Google, with its latest UI change, just took away one of the most effective review filters. The last time the Play Store got a major UI change like this was last year. Related Google is redesigning one of the Play Store’s most important menus Revamped account switcher spotted in development Earlier today, we reported on the Play Store review section’s new search bar.…
Malicious web content can be used to manipulate, deceive, and exploit autonomous AI agents navigating the internet, Google DeepMind researchers show. The researchers have identified six types of attacks against AI agents that can be mounted via web content to inject malicious context and trigger unexpected behavior. Web content, they explain in a research paper, allows attackers to set up ‘AI Agent Traps’ that weaponize the agents’ capabilities against themselves, allowing attackers to promote products, exfiltrate data, or disseminate information at scale. Designed to misdirect or exploit interacting AI agents, these content elements can be embedded in web pages or…
Email personalization drives measurable revenue impact. According to HubSpot’s 2026 State of Marketing report, 93.2% of marketers say personalized or segmented experiences generate more leads and purchases, and nearly half are exploring AI to scale those efforts.
Ryan McLeod / Android AuthorityTL;DR Samsung’s expected to introduce a new wider version of the Galaxy Z Fold this summer. Recent renders have attempted to preview what to expect from this so-called Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide. Now we’ve found some new artwork and an animation depicting the Fold 8 Wide. Samsung’s got something new in the works for its foldables this year, as evidence continues to amass for the introduction of a new Galaxy Z Fold 8 Wide model, offering a slightly new form-factor option for the company’s book-style Fold. While we’ve still yet to see the actual hardware…
If you rank your own product #1 in “best of” listicles, it’s not just a search-quality issue — it may violate FTC rules that took effect in October 2024. Driving the news. As Lily Ray noted on LinkedIn, the FTC’s Consumer Review Rule (16 CFR Part 465) prohibits several deceptive practices tied to reviews and testimonials, including: Presenting company-controlled content as independent reviews. Publishing reviews of products or services never actually used. Attributing reviews to people who didn’t write them. Penalties can reach up to $53,088 per violation, and each page may count separately. Ray also shared a reference table…
Bad news, OpenClaw fans: Anthropic wants you to pay more to use its AI models. This wasn’t something Anthropic necessarily announced, either; rather, the company started sending emails to affected users, letting them know they could no longer use their Claude Code subscription limits with third-party “harnesses,” including—and most notabl—OpenClaw. Anthropic confirmed users could still connect to OpenClaw with their Claude account, but they’d have to pay more money in order to do so—including a “pay-as-you-go” option tacked onto the cost of the subscription. According to Anthropic, this policy change isn’t without logic or reason. As highlighted by TechCrunch, Boris…
Amazon’s backlog is now $244 billion, up 40% year over year. “There’s a lot of demand for AWS right now, in the AI space and also in the core AWS space,” Jassy said. CEO Sundar Pichai said that Google plans to spend around $180 billion on capex in 2026. And Google also reported a backlog of $240 billion in February. “The number of deals in 2025 over a billion dollars surpassed the previous three years combined,” said Pichai. The driver for this growth? AI spending. AI companies need more compute capacity to train more powerful models. And enterprises deploying AI…