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The Galaxy S27 series is still several months away, but the first price hike rumor has already arrived. According to tipster kro on X, the Galaxy S27 Ultra could cost up to 150,000 won more than its predecessor in South Korea, which works out to around $104. Of course, a Korean price increase does not guarantee an identical hike in the US or other markets. However, the claim is not difficult to believe considering Samsung’s recent warnings about rising component costs. The Galaxy S27 Ultra could see a price increase of up to KRW 150,000 compared to its predecessor.If memory…

GitHub is adding a human checkpoint before certain suspicious Actions workflows can run in public repositories. The company announced on July 28, 2026, that workflow runs it identifies as potentially malicious will be held before execution. A repository collaborator with write access must review and approve the run through an authenticated GitHub web session before it can proceed. The safeguard requires no configuration and currently applies only to public repositories on GitHub.com. GitHub Enterprise Server does not receive the protection. Repository owners still need to decide who should review held runs and what evidence should be required before approval. That…

This story was originally published in The Highlight. To get access to member-exclusive stories like this every month, become a Vox Member today.Derek Lam has more than 31,000 followers on TikTok and nearly 40,000 on X as of this writing. He is shirtless a lot, he dances a lot, and he is shirtless dancing a lot, which may explain how he got so many fans. His comments are filled with compliments (“beautiful”) in different languages (“hombre bello y sensual”) and superlatives (“this might be the finest man on the internet”) accompanied by different emoji (red hearts, crying laughing, lips). Their…

How to Sit Properly at a DeskAccordionItemContainerButtonThe right chair can only go so far. Your sitting habits and posture matter too. We’ve rounded up several tips on how to set up your desk properly here, and how to avoid tech neck, but here are a few highlights.Sitting for long stretches during a day is not good for your health, no matter what chair you use. It increases the risk of type 2 diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. The best thing you can do is get up and move every half hour. If you can, a 40-minute walk per day can,…

Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? It’s a long one today. Read on for all the answers. Mini across clues and answers 1A clue: Coffee choice before bedAnswer: DECAF 6A clue: Recurring bug?Answer: CICADA 7A clue: California’s most valuable crop, just barely edging out grapesAnswer: ALMONDS 8A clue: Fist poundAnswer: DAP 9A clue: Back of a soccer goalAnswer: NET 10A clue: Carefully thought (over)Answer: MULLED 12A clue: Brain sparksAnswer: IDEAS 13A clue: Something that might end after “Pencils down!”Answer: TEST The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for Aug. 1, 2026.NYT/Screenshot by CNET Mini down clues and answers 1D clue:…

NXP Semiconductors NV is reportedly in talks to buy Ambarella Inc., a fellow provider of vehicle chips. The Financial Times today cited sources as saying that other industry players could also make bids. The report didn’t divulge any other details, notably what sale price Ambarella is seeking. The company had a market capitalization of about $3.25 billion before the acquisition rumors boosted its shares by 16%. Any bids the company receives will likely value it higher.  Netherlands-based NXP is among the world’s largest suppliers of car chips. Its processors can be found in infotainment devices, autonomous driving systems and a…

Traditional defenses rely on outdated perimeter models.They depend on rules and signatures, leaving gaps against novel attacks, especially in cloud, mobile, and IoT environments.Transforms security from passive to proactive. Deploys realistic decoys across the network to detect both known and unknown threats through attacker interaction—regardless of network complexity or boundaries.Attackers move faster than traditional defenses can respond.With breaches occurring in under 2 minutes, delayed alerts give attackers time to escalate and exfiltrate.Deliver real-time, high-fidelity detection.Places high-interaction decoys that instantly alert on malicious activity, reducing time-to-detection and turning attacker speed into a disadvantage.Security teams lack visibility across complex, hybrid environments.Shadow IT…

Marketers have been promising a 360-degree customer view for a decade now. But even today, most CDPs still can’t deliver it. So, what precisely separates the top customer data platforms from expensive new silos? The 360-degree customer view has been the selling point of every CDP pitch for the last decade. It sounds irresistible. One unified profile per customer. Every touchpoint, every purchase, every interaction, all in one place. Marketing finally knows what sales knows. Product finally sees what support sees. Personalization becomes genuinely personal. Most implementations don’t get anywhere near that. Not because the technology is bad. Because the…

A Chinese-speaking threat actor is suspected to be behind a fresh wave of cyber attacks targeting government organizations mainly located in Central Asia, including Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and the Syrian Arab Republic, since January 2025. These targeted organizations operate across several sectors, such as healthcare, research, government offices, ministries of foreign affairs, logistics, law-enforcement agencies, urban planning and facilities management, and public educational establishments, per Kaspersky. The activity has not been linked to any known adversary or group. The attacks are characterized by the use of two new obfuscated backdoors the Russian cybersecurity company is tracking as OctLurk and…

Seattle Tech Week attendees fill AI House at Pier 70, spilling onto the deck overlooking Elliott Bay. (GeekWire Photos / Todd Bishop) Attending as many Seattle Tech Week events as possible and talking with as many people as I could, I was struck by the number of people looking for work and the volume of visitors from the Bay Area, including a number of investors looking to get a sense for what the regional tech scene is about. It was hard not to imagine them being impressed with the sheer level of engagement and enthusiasm, even if they didn’t happen…