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Date: 2026-07-14
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Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now

Further complicating the process, even the expiration of the Microsoft certificate that signed the shims, which took place late last month , isn’t enough to revoke the ones ESET identified. A rogue’s gallery of defective shims The shims identified by ESET authorize secondary components that are known to be vulnerable to various exploits.

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OpenAI's first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move

OpenAI’s first foray into hardware devices is reported to be a mobile smart speaker with integrated AI capabilities that can sync with ChatGPT and provide other home AI services. Bloomberg reported Tuesday that the device — which is still currently under development — is designed to be screen-free and is being pitched internally as a “humanlike AI…

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Lorde says AI glasses are 'not sexy'

While Kylie Jenner serves as a human billboard for Meta’s AI glasses, pop star Lorde isn’t buying it. During a set at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid last week, Lorde had some choice words about the new technology, which many security experts have deemed a privacy nightmare .

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The Verge — AItheverge.comAdded
Nothing’s good-looking Watch 3 Pro smartwatch is just $69

While most fitness trackers are losing the screens to keep the price low, the CMF by Nothing Watch 3 Pro is a bit different. The budget-friendly smartwatch with a 1.43-inch OLED display is even cheaper than usual at Amazon , where it costs $69 in every color (the price fluctuates between $79 and $99).

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The Verge — AItheverge.comAdded
OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year

OpenAI’s first device is set to be a smart speaker that lets you talk with ChatGPT, according to a report from Bloomberg . The device apparently won’t have a screen, but will use a camera and additional sensors to “understand” your environment.

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Microsoft’s biggest ever patch Tuesday lets you hold off updating for longer

Microsoft just released a long list of improvements for Windows 11 as part of its bigger patch Tuesdays , patching at least 570 security holes, almost triple the number fixed in last month’s record-breaking release, according to Krebs on Security . It also includes the ability to pause updates indefinitely, as reported earlier by Windows Central .

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OpenAI's new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning

Users of OpenAI’s latest coding and cybersecurity-oriented flagship model, GPT-5.6 Sol, are posting horrifying accounts on social media, claiming the model just up and deleted their files, data, even entire databases on its own, without asking first. “GPT-5.6-Sol just accidentally deleted almost ALL of my Mac’s files,” wrote Matt Shumer, the founder and…

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OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit

OpenAI pushed back Tuesday against allegations made by Apple in a trade secret lawsuit , suggesting the complaint lacks merit. “While we take these allegations seriously, we’re not aware of any evidence that this complaint has merit,” OpenAI said in a statement, first shared by Bloomberg reporter Ed Ludlow on X.

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SpaceXAI’s Grok programming tool was uploading its users’ entire codebase to cloud storage

SpaceXAI’s Grok Build AI coding tool was spotted uploading users’ entire codebases to Google Cloud before it was reported, and the company turned it off. The Register reports that Cereblab published findings on Monday showing how the Grok Build CLI was packaging and uploading entire code repositories, “including files it was told not to open and secrets…

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The founder of Hinge raised $18M to build a new AI dating service, Overtone

Hinge founder Justin McLeod announced an $18 million fundraise for his new dating company, Overtone . McLeod stepped down from his CEO role at Hinge just last year, and Hinge owner Match Group — which also owns apps like Tinder and OkCupid — is helping to fund his new company, alongside FirstMark Capital and Pace Capital.

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Anthropic's newest ad is creeping people out

Anthropic is known for its creative marketing, but the AI company may have been a little bit too creative when it conjured up its most recent advertisement. Titled “There’s hope in hard questions,” the company’s latest ad has been unsettling viewers with its weird imagery and doomer-ist tone.

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Apple opens its new Siri AI to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta

Apple is opening up its biggest-ever Siri overhaul to a broader audience with the release of the iOS 27 public beta, giving everyday users the chance to try out the new AI assistant ahead of its broader launch later this fall. The public beta marks the first time Apple has made its AI-powered Siri widely available beyond developers.

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Google faces another AI training lawsuit from major publishers

A group of publishers and authors have filed a class action lawsuit against Google, accusing the tech giant of using their copyrighted works to train its AI platform, Gemini. The group of plaintiffs, which includes Hachette, Cengage, Elsevier, author Scott Turow, and S.C.R.I.B.E., also alleges that Google intentionally removed or changed copyright…

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DeepMind CEO calls for an independent standards body to regulate frontier AI

In an X post on Tuesday morning, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis called for the creation of a new regulatory body to oversee frontier model releases. Titled “A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age,” the post makes the case for a “standards body” modeled after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which could test…

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The Verge — AItheverge.comAdded
Meta accused of using biased AI targeting for mass layoffs

A group of 26 former Meta employees is suing the company over claims that it used AI tools to unfairly target workers on leave with layoffs, as reported earlier by Reuters . In the lawsuit , the employees allege Meta determined which workers to dismiss based on performance data collected by a “constellation” of internal AI tools, but failed to exclude…

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Nintendo’s Switch 2 bundle that includes a game is $50 off

Discounts on the Nintendo Switch 2 are rare, but they do happen on occasion. There’s one happening now, actually, on the company’s $499.99 console bundle that includes a digital game ( Mario Kart World , Donkey Kong Bananza , or Pok é mon Pokopia ).

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The Verge — AItheverge.comAdded
Plex problems prevented users from streaming movies and shows

Plex services experienced some major issues on Tuesday, with multiple users reporting problems on Plex’s forums and on Reddit . Many people use Plex as a way to stream shows and movies they host locally, but users are upset because today’s problems were reportedly affecting their ability to do that.

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The Verge — AItheverge.comAdded
Philips Hue’s budget-friendly Essential starter kit has hit a new low price

Although most of Prime Day’s unusually good Philips Hue deals have ended, a few remain, and some, including the black Philips Hue Twilight Sleep and Wake-Up Light , are even cheaper. None, however, have fallen to a new all-time low price like Philips Hue’s Essential starter kit .

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The Google Images homepage will recommend photos even before you search

Google is announcing a big change to the Google Images homepage in honor of the platform’s 25th anniversary this week. Instead of a mostly blank page with a search bar, the homepage will soon show you a bunch of images that it thinks you might like before you even start searching.

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The Verge — AItheverge.comAdded
The OLED Xbox Ally X20 is so good, Asus will sell it solo

When I first told you about the “ OLED Xbox Ally X of my dreams ,” I had to curb my enthusiasm a bit. That’s partly because I hadn’t yet tried the handheld myself, and partly because Asus was only planning to sell it bundled with a pair of expensive AR glasses!

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The Verge — AItheverge.comAdded
Nomad’s high-end phone accessories are up to 30 percent off

Premium phone accessory maker Nomad is celebrating its anniversary with discounts on its entire catalog of products. The sale will knocks off up to thirty percent off usual prices and will run through July 20th.

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The Verge — AItheverge.comAdded
Sony delays its new PS5 fight stick

Sony is delaying the launch of its FlexStrike fight stick controller for PS5 and PC, which had been set to launch on August 6th, to an unspecified date in the future. The company blames the delayed launch on “unexpected production delays.” The original planned launch of the FlexStrike would have lined up with the release date of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting…

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The Verge — AItheverge.comAdded
Boston Dynamics tries using ‘robot dogs’ for deliveries

Boston Dynamics’ robotic quadruped Spot has already found work doing routine factory inspections and patrolling the ruins of Pompeii , but what about deliveries? The company is testing a new conveyor belt accessory that allows Spot to carry packages from a vehicle and autonomously unload them on a customer’s doorstep in an effort to reduce a delivery…

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Google Images gets a Pinterest-like redesign focused on discovery

Google Images, the tech giant’s image search engine, is taking on Pinterest with its latest redesign that turns the site into a browsable, dynamic gallery of images from across the web. Google is also adding a way for users to create AI images right in Search, as it celebrates 25 years since the debut of Google Images.

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