Starting this week, Microsoft has begun force-upgrading unmanaged devices running Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro editions to Windows 11 25H2. According to the company’s Lifecycle Policy site, Windows 11 24H2 will reach end of support in roughly six months, on October 13, 2026. Also known as the Windows 11 2025 Update, Windows 11 25H2 began rolling out in September to eligible Windows 10 or Windows 11 devices as a minor update installed through enablement packages less than 200 KB in size. “The machine learning-based intelligent rollout has expanded to all devices running Home and Pro editions of Windows 11,…
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50 years of Apple (Image credit: Future)We’re celebrating Apple’s 50th birthday with a week of content about the tech giant. It covers everything from personal recollections from our writers to the greatest — and worst — Apple gadgets as voted by you, and you can read it all on our 50 years of Apple page.Apple might be responsible for some of the most famous and successful products in human history, but not everything the company touches turns to gold.While billions of iPhones and millions of iPods and iPads have been sold, there’s a rogues’ gallery of Apple creations that had…
Summary AI Desktop 98 runs modern LLMs inside a Windows 98-style desktop for a playful, nostalgic AI experience. Retro touches: Recycle Bin for chats, dial-up style browser loading, plus Minesweeper. Works with Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Groq, and local models; currently iOS only. For me, one of the most interesting ways of exploring retro tech is imagining if the sequence of inventions was different than what we experienced in real life. For instance, what if we managed to figure out how to get LLMs like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini up and running before we went through the Y2K bug…
Ravie LakshmananApr 05, 2026Malware / DevSecOps Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 36 malicious packages in the npm registry that are disguised as Strapi CMS plugins but come with different payloads to facilitate Redis and PostgreSQL exploitation, deploy reverse shells, harvest credentials, and drop a persistent implant. “Every package contains three files (package.json, index.js, postinstall.js), has no description, repository, or homepage, and uses version 3.6.8 to appear as a mature Strapi v3 community plugin,” SafeDep said. All identified npm packages follow the same naming convention, starting with “strapi-plugin-” and then phrases like “cron,” “database,” or “server” to fool unsuspecting developers into downloading them. It’s worth noting…
Mobile gaming is getting better and better. Not only are you able to enjoy some great apps from the Google Play Store, but you can also play top-end PC games as well. And while touchscreen controls are pretty good, nothing beats a physical controller if you’re trying to get the most precise movements. There are a wide range of controllers to choose from, but we think this one from 8BitDo checks all the right boxes and also comes in at a price that’s easier on the wallet. While it’s typically $70, we’re now seeing a steep discount that drops it…
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past month, featuring releases from Beazley, Bonfy.AI, Mend.io, Mimecast, NinjaOne, Novee, Intel 471, Singulr AI, Stellar Cyber, Teleport, and Vicarius. Beazley Exposure Management platform identifies external exposures and prioritizes cyber risk Beazley Security has announced its Exposure Management product, which delivers continuous, automated discovery and intelligence-driven exposure notifications to help security teams accelerate risk mitigation in an era where AI-assisted attackers have compressed the time between vulnerability disclosure, weaponization, and exploitation. Singulr AI’s Agent Pulse delivers enforceable runtime governance and visibility for AI agents Singulr AI has announced the launch…
Ryan Haines / Android AuthorityTL;DR Samsung Messages will be discontinued in July 2026, and users are being asked to switch to Google Messages. The company is positioning Google Messages as the default for a consistent Android messaging experience. Devices running Android 11 or older won’t be affected by the shutdown. Samsung has officially confirmed the end of the road for its long-running default texting app. In a notice posted on its website, the company says it will be discontinuing Samsung Messages in July 2026. Before Samsung Messages is gone for good, Samsung recommends users switch to Google Messages. Don’t want…
A new report dubbed “BrowserGate” warns that Microsoft’s LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan visitors’ browsers for installed extensions and collect device data. According to a report by Fairlinked e.V., which claims to be an association of commercial LinkedIn users, Microsoft’s platform injects JavaScript into user sessions that checks for thousands of browser extensions and links the results to identifiable user profiles. The author claims that this behavior is used to collect sensitive personal and corporate information, as LinkedIn accounts are tied to real identities, employers, and job roles. “LinkedIn scans for over 200 products that directly…
Taking a call from the road has been a thing since the dawn of the car phone, but tech companies are still finding new and innovative ways to make escaping meetings impossible. While CarPlay and Android Auto have traditional phone calls baked into their functionality and support certain other calling apps, Google Meet has never been supported. If you have a work call you need to join while in the car, you either need to go through the potentially cumbersome steps of disconnecting your phone from the car and playing the call through the phone itself, or, if it’s an…
A North Korean threat actor is likely to be blamed for a $285 million heist from decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Drift, executed as part of a carefully planned attack. The incident, Drift said, was a “highly sophisticated operation” involving “the use of durable nonce accounts to pre-sign transactions that delayed execution” and the compromise of multisig signers’ approvals. “Drift Protocol is coordinating with multiple security firms to determine the cause of the incident. Drift is also working with bridges, exchanges, and law enforcement to trace and freeze stolen assets,” Drift said, promising more details in a future postmortem. According to…