I’ve really enjoyed using the iPhone 17 Pro over the last six months, and the new design along with the orange color option and internal upgrades make it noteworthy. Of course, the iPhone Air is plenty intriguing in its own right, but after using these devices extensively, I think the iPhone 17 may just be the biggest upgrade if you’re considering a new phone this year.While not as flashy as the iPhone 17 Pro or as svelte as the Air, the iPhone 17 comes with upgrades you’ll actually end up using, with Apple finally delivering features that have been missing…
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Meta Platforms is embedding newly acquired AI agent tech directly into Ads Manager, giving advertisers built-in automation tools for research and reporting as the company looks to show faster returns on its AI investments. What’s happening. Some advertisers are seeing in-stream prompts to activate Manus AI inside Ads Manager. Manus is now available to all advertisers via the Tools menu. Select users are also getting pop-up alerts encouraging in-workflow adoption. The feature rollout signals deeper integration ahead. What is Manus. Manus AI is designed to power AI agents that can perform tasks like report building and audience research, effectively acting…
Ravie LakshmananFeb 18, 2026Threat Intelligence / Vulnerability The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added four security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows – CVE-2026-2441 (CVSS score: 8.8) – A use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome that could allow a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. CVE-2024-7694 (CVSS score: 7.2) – An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware versions 3.4.5 and earlier that could allow an attacker to upload malicious files and achieve…
Published Feb 17, 2026, 9:53 PM EST Timi has been writing about technology for over a decade, focusing on smartphones, computers, and anything that he finds interesting in the space. He started writing for XDA, covering all things mobile, but has transitioned to covering deals, with a mission to shed light on some of the best discounts around the internet on the greatest tech products. If you’re thinking about ditching cloud storage, or just want to upgrade your existing NAS setup, this Seagate IronWolf 12TB HDD is going to be a good way to go. Not only is this drive reliable,…
Cyber threats against the defense industrial base (DIB) are intensifying, with adversaries shifting from traditional espionage toward operations designed to disrupt production capacity and compromise supply chains. In this Help Net Security interview, Luke McNamara, Deputy Chief Analyst, Google Threat Intelligence Group, explains how attackers target the broader defense ecosystem and why identity has become the new security boundary. At a strategic level, how do cyber operations against the defense industrial base differ from espionage campaigns against government agencies? Operations against government agencies often focus on immediate intelligence collection to gain tactical advantages during policy and trade negotiations, or even…
This post was sponsored by No Fluff. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. When ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity mention a company, these large language models (LLMs) are deciding whether that business is safe to reference, not how long it has existed. Most business leaders assume one thing when they don’t show up in AI-generated answers: We’re too new. In reality, early testing across multiple AI platforms suggests something else is going on. In many cases, the problem has less to do with company age and more to do with how AI systems evaluate structure, repetition, and…
Google has been rapidly improving NotebookLM, rolling out major new updates or improvements almost every other week. Just a few months ago, the AI tool gained the ability to generate Slide Decks from added information sources. Now, Google is making it even better by adding one of the most-requested features: prompt-based customizations. Generating Slide Decks in NotebookLM is relatively easy. You can choose between Detailed Deck or Presenter Slides depending on your use case, along with the slide’s length and language. Then, describe the deck you want to create and hit Generate to let Gemini build it for you. The…
Vulnerabilities with high to critical severity ratings affecting popular Visual Studio Code (VSCode) extensions collectively downloaded more than 128 million times could be exploited to steal local files and execute code remotely. The security issues impact Live Server (CVE-2025-65715), Code Runner (CVE-2025-65716), Markdown Preview Enhanced (CVE-2025-65717), and Microsoft Live Preview (no identifier assigned). Researchers at application security company Ox Security discovered the flaws and tried to disclose them since June 2025. However, the researchers say that no maintainer responded. Remote code execution in IDE VSCode extensions are add-ons that expand the functionality of Microsoft’s integrated development environment (IDE). They can add…
SAN FRANCISCO — A new report released today offers journalists tips on cutting through the sales hype about police surveillance technology and report accurately on costs, benefits, privacy, and accountability as these invasive and often ineffective tools come to communities across the nation. The “Selling Safety” report is a joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the Center for Just Journalism (CJJ), and IPVM. Police technology is often sold as a silver bullet: a way to modernize departments, make communities safer, and eliminate human bias from policing with algorithmic objectivity. Behind the slick marketing is a sprawling, under-scrutinized industry…
Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityTL;DR The Google Home app is getting pre-defined voice assistant actions in the automation editor. Google is also making it possible to remove pre-made routines. Google Home for web now supports continuous video clip downloads of up to five minutes. The biggest change is the addition of pre-defined voice assistant actions in the automation editor. Instead of typing out custom commands every time, you can now pick from a list of common actions and add them to your automations with just a tap. Don’t want to miss the best from Android Authority? These actions live under…