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Meta has spent much of this year trying to calm concerns about facial recognition coming to its smart glasses. A newly public patent application now gives us another look at just how much work the company has been doing behind the scenes. First reported by Patentlyze, the application was filed by Meta in February and describes using AI-powered facial recognition alongside smart glasses to identify people and use information associated with them when creating media. A patent filing does not guarantee any of these features will reach consumers. But it arrives after months of reports showing that Meta has repeatedly…
It comes down to bitrate and the limitations inherent in streaming video. Studiodav/Getty Images Put a 4K stream and an Ultra HD Blu-ray of the same movie on the same TV screen and both can deliver a 3,840 x 2,160 image. However, that doesn’t mean the TV is receiving the same amount of picture information. Resolution describes the grid of pixels on screen, while compression determines how much detail is preserved within that grid. For mainstream streaming, that distinction gives Ultra HD Blu-ray a built-in advantage. A disc can devote far more data to the video,…
Enterprise malware has been a whole new ballgame over the last ten years. The days of traditional viruses and malicious executable files are gone as cybercriminals try to use other techniques to break into systems. Rather, they rely on ransomware, fileless threats, living-off-the-land (LotL) attacks, zero-day attacks, malicious scripts, and stolen credentials to beat the traditional security drills. These attacks often take advantage of legitimate system tools and trusted applications and are much harder to detect using signature-based antivirus solutions. Meanwhile, organizations have increased the number of spaces they occupy online via cloud adoption, hybrid work, and remote access. Employees…
Compare Top 7 Budget LaptopsOther Budget Laptops to ConsiderHere at WIRED, we never recommend products we haven’t tested ourselves—and I’ve tried hundreds of laptops over the years. I left many laptops off this list due to price, quality, or both. While I stand by my top-pick recommendations above, there are a few additional laptops I’ve tested that are still worth buying for a particular use case.Photograph: Luke LarsenLenovo LOQ 15 for $1,400: This fantastic gaming laptop used to sell for $900, despite coming with an RTX 5060. And unlike so many other affordable gaming laptops, this one comes with a…
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The Thermal Master P3 is incredibly easy to use for spotting problems at home or away. / Tyler Lacoma/CNET Art Pros & Cons A simple add-on that plugs into a phone and works within a couple of minutes Supports iPhones and Android phones Effective heat mapping and pinpoint temperature measurement Can zoom in and isolate areas for more focused analysis Effective at detecting hidden cameras, insulation issues, water leaks and more in my tests Comes with its own secure case for traveling High-quality design Tons of customization options, even a birdwatching mode Expensive Struggles with accuracy near reflective, metallic surfaces…
Ravie LakshmananAug 17, 2026Malware / Botnet Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a previously undocumented Linux botnet family dubbed Evooo1Bot that derives its core functionality from the Mirai botnet source code and is equipped to turn internet-facing devices into SOCKS proxies. “While the malware reuses the DDoS engine from the publicly leaked Mirai source code, it extends the original framework with numerous capabilities, including encrypted C2 communications, an SSH brute-force scanner, a SOCKS relay module, a credential sniffer, and an integrated exploit arsenal targeting multiple known vulnerabilities,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs said. Evidence indicates that the botnet has been active in the wild…
SuperApp Inc., formerly Instabase Inc., today announced the launch of its flagship product of the same name and its transition from Instabase to the new name. The new platform provides teams with a Slack-like communication interface on the web, iOS, Android and Windows, with a document library similar to Google Docs and deep access to artificial intelligence models from well-known artificial intelligence companies, including OpenAI Group PBC, Anthropic PBC and Google LLC. Users do not need to pick which model to access for efficiency, reasoning, knowledge and cost. The underlying routing will choose the appropriate AI model for the task.…
Seven billion unwanted notifications a day is a lot of noise to cut from Android devices. Google says Chrome reduced unwanted notifications by more than 7 billion per day in the first quarter of 2026 by combining permission revocation, abuse detection, sender rate limits, and on-device machine learning. The company is now using several defenses together. Chrome can revoke notification permissions, detect coordinated behavior across websites, flag suspicious notification content, and limit high-volume senders through Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). That approach matters because it shifts some of the burden away from users, who would otherwise have to recognize every suspicious…
Acquisition marketing costs keep climbing. Conversion rates keep sliding. Something in the strategy is off- and it’s usually not the channel. Let’s see what’s actually happening. Every brand wants new customers. And these brands are spending more than ever to acquire customers, but in reality, converting only a fraction of what they expected to. That’s why it has become crucial for marketers to retrace their steps- and relearn the basics. Relearn what precisely do they want to do with acquisition marketing and where they’re losing their footing. What Acquisition Marketing Actually Is (Beyond the Textbook Definition) Acquisition marketing covers every…