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My mom was excited and confused when she opened her Apple Watch at Christmas a few years ago. “What a nice gift!” A pause. “What am I supposed to do with this?” We told her the truth: A smartwatch can do all kinds of useful things.Fitness tracking became the thing my mom latched onto. She loved counting her steps and seeing how many miles she walked in a day. It motivated her to become more active, too. We didn’t tell her until much later that the Apple Watch’s fall detection feature was the real reason we got her the watch.…

Every security team has a version of the same nightmare: an employee receives a message that looks and sounds exactly like it came from the boss — and then acts on it. No matter how much training a company provides, something eventually slips through the cracks, leaving the IT department scrambling. This underscores the importance of preparedness across the threat lifecycle. During a recent webinar sponsored by Doppel and hosted by its chief strategy officer, Bobby Ford, two NFL technology leaders, Costa Kladianos, EVP and head of technology for the San Francisco 49ers, and Christina Morillo, senior director and head…

Noise canceling is also top-tier. The buds have the standard noise cancellation, transparency, adaptive, and off modes, and you can fine-tune ANC strength (from one to five) using the case or Soundcore app. The only earbuds that noticeably canceled more noise were the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds (2nd Gen) and Sony WF-1000XM6.Video: Harry RabinowitzVideo: Harry RabinowitzOut of the box, the sound profile (called Soundcore Signature) isn’t an immediate slam dunk like call quality and ANC are. It’s bass-heavy, so much so that I would bet even an untrained ear would notice the bass boost, especially compared to other earbuds from…

Chances are there’s a connection issue between your phone and car if Android auto isn’t working. Gabriel Nica/Shutterstock Android Auto is a neat way to extend your smartphone to your car’s infotainment screen. Maps, messages and more are all accessible once you’ve hooked up your phone up to your car. The experience is designed to be seamless, so long as your phone and car are actually compatible. What happens if Android Auto isn’t working, though? Well, assuming a rare bug isn’t the cause, fixing a faulty Android Auto hookup to your car is a pretty easy…

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.’s most recent earnings print shows that Anthropic PBC’s Mythos model transformed artificial intelligence security from something chief information security officers needed to worry about down the road into an immediate buying event. The company’s entrenched position in endpoint – along with its single lightweight agent, proprietary intelligence and a rapidly expanding portfolio of modules – have converted Mythos urgency into record new logo momentum, record net new annual recurring revenue and what we see as a likely a compressed timeframe to hit $10 billion ARR (a target CrowdStrike set for FY 2031 at last year’s investor day). Falcon Flex is one…

For more than a decade, Apple has, for the most part, released all the phones in its latest iPhone lineup at the same time. For the iPhone 18, though, it’s rumored to be different.  Apple may split the launch of the latest iPhones, staggering a handful of devices for release in spring next year, while the more premium iPhone Pro and the much-anticipated rumored foldable iPhone Ultra will debut in September, according to Bloomberg.  The new iPhones will reportedly ship with smaller dynamic islands, and the cameras may feature a variable aperture — a total geek win for photography enthusiasts.…

Compare the four best intent data providers for B2B teams–Ciente, Foundry, Bombora, and 6sense–and learn which one fits your go-to-market strategy. Intent data shows a change in buyer attention. It does not prove that a purchase will happen. Ciente ranks first because it combines intent-led insight with content, ABM, qualification, and full-funnel campaign execution. Foundry is a strong fit for technology marketers who want signals from an established editorial and IT-buyer ecosystem. Bombora remains a compelling source of portable, third-party account intent through Company Surge®. 6sense suits mature revenue teams that want predictive modeling and activation inside a broader ABM…

Berlin’s state government has confirmed that it is the target of an extortion attempt following the August compromise of the city’s state administrative network, and said it will not meet the extortionists’ demands. The same statement disclosed that forensic work had found further data outflows in the portfolio of the Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and Environment, with the exfiltration dated between August 7 and August 12, 2026. Scope and content are still being examined, and the Senate Chancellery said personal or other non-public data cannot be excluded from what was taken. The department first reported an outflow…

Microsoft may be preparing to rethink what an Xbox console actually looks like. Rather than building a single successor to the Xbox Series X|S, the company appears to be developing a broader range of hardware under the Project Helix name. The revelation came from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma in an interview with BBC News at Gamescom 2026. Sharma described Helix as a “great family of devices”, suggesting Microsoft’s next-generation hardware plans extend beyond one traditional living-room console. Microsoft has previously confirmed that Project Helix is the codename for its next-generation Xbox platform, but Sharma’s latest comments provide the clearest indication…

Candy Cottage turned imported sweets into a growing business through livestreams Chelsea Chan, 31, was working in marketing when she noticed something missing in Singapore: a pick-and-mix candy shop that could satisfy her cravings. The last brand to do it well, Mini Toons, had closed in 2020. What remained were supermarket shelves stocked with the same handful of familiar names—mostly prepacked containers, with pick-and-mix sections, where they existed at all, offering only a limited selection. Then, in 2022, while scrolling through TikTok, Chelsea noticed candy livestreams going viral everywhere except Singapore. She saw an opportunity to shake up the local…