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You can’t go wrong with a Samsung phone. The brand might not deliver the most exciting devices on the market today, but they’re reliable. It’s built these devices up over time with small refinements here and there, which make for relatively complete devices. The Galaxy Ultra line is still considered one of the best premium devices to buy if you’re looking for a flagship phone. The Galaxy S26 Ultra delivers, with a design and screen that’s stunning, while also offering excellent software and performance. A hard deal to pass up As you can imagine, this phone doesn’t come cheap, starting…

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In a world of autonomous agents, identity and access become the de facto safety rails. Astrix is designed to inventory these non-human identities, map their permissions, detect toxic combinations, and remediate overprivileged access before it becomes an exploit or a data leak. That capability integrates directly with Cisco’s broader zero-trust and identity-centric security strategy, in which the network enforces policy based on who or what the entity is, not on which subnet it resides in. How this strengthens Cisco’s secure networking story Cisco has positioned itself as the vendor that can deliver “AI-ready, secure networks” spanning campus, data center, cloud,…

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Ravie LakshmananApr 14, 2026Mobile Security / Network Security Google has announced the integration of a Rust-based Domain Name System (DNS) parser into the modem firmware as part of its ongoing efforts to beef up the security of Pixel devices and push memory-safe code at a more foundational level. “The new Rust-based DNS parser significantly reduces our security risk by mitigating an entire class of vulnerabilities in a risky area, while also laying the foundation for broader adoption of memory-safe code in other areas,” Jiacheng Lu, a software engineer part of the Google Pixel Team, said. The security boost via Rust integration is…

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Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityAll of these offers are available from Amazon. When available in different colors, the discounts apply to all versions. Hohem iSteady V3 Gimbal Hohem iSteady V3 Gimbal StabilizerHohem iSteady V3 Gimbal StabilizerAI-powered trackingEquipped with its own object detection and tracking system, the Hohem iSteady V3 smartphone gimbal offers 3-axis stabilization and an AI-powered tracker that includes a multi-color light. Get up to 13 hours of battery life, and support for landscape and portrait orientation in this handy unit that folds down for easy transport. The Hohem iSteady V3 is on sale for only $99.99 right now.…

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Microsoft is rolling out an update to Office for the web that removes a long-standing limitation around document protection, adding new control to browser-based apps. Specifying users in the Permissions dialog (Source: Microsoft) Users can now apply sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions directly in the web versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The change brings the web apps in line with capabilities that were previously limited to desktop versions. Previously, browser-based users could only open and edit files that already had custom permissions applied. Creating new labels or changing access settings required switching to desktop applications. With this update, those…

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Google announced Skills in Chrome, a new Gemini in Chrome feature that lets you save prompts and rerun them as one-click tools across selected pages and tabs. What’s New Skills turn a prompt you’ve already written into a saved tool you can trigger again later. After running a prompt in Gemini’s Chrome side panel, you can save it as a Skill from your chat history. The next time you need it, type a forward slash or click the plus sign in Gemini in Chrome, select the Skill, and it runs on whatever page you’re viewing. The feature also works across…

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’re a developer, hobbyist, or just someone trying to keep up with modern programming tools without emptying your wallet, this deal should catch your eye: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 is currently on sale for just $28 on StackSocial right now. The 2026 version is on sale too, for under $50. Once you buy, the redemption code gets emailed to you instantly, and you have 30 days to activate it. There are no recurring fees, just a fully…

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SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation sent complaints today to the attorneys general of California and New York urging them to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices, related to the company’s broken promise to give users prior notice before disclosing their information to law enforcement.  The letters were sent on behalf of Amandla Thomas-Johnson, whose information was disclosed to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) without prior notice from Google.  For nearly a decade, Google has promised billions of users that it will notify them before disclosing their personal data to law enforcement. Many times, the company has done just that. But through a hidden and systematic practice, Google has likely violated that promise numerous times over…

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Today, more and more buyers are beginning their journey with an AI-search. They may ask ChatGPT to compare products or use an AI-powered platform like Perplexity. Or, they’re just Googling an offering and reading the AI Overview, all without clicking a link.  HubSpot realized that our buyers were moving from search engines to answer engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity — but we had no reliable way to measure AI visibility and understand whether our AEO plays were working.

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