Modernizing Tech
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Fast-Food Loyalty Programs Can Build Surprisingly Detailed Customer Profiles
Fast-food loyalty programs feel low-stakes. Scan a code, earn points, get a free fries coupon now and then. But a recent data-access request involving…
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Cisco Patches Actively Exploited Firewall Flaw
Cisco published an advisory on Aug. 11 warning that a vulnerability in its firewall software allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to force affected devices…
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Zoom Patches Annotation Vulnerability Chain Developed With AI Assistance
Zoom released patches on Aug. 11 for four vulnerabilities, three of which form an exploit chain in the company’s annotation feature that allows one…
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Over 700 Malicious Chrome VPN Extensions Routing Traffic
Socket’s Threat Research Team has identified 737 free VPN and proxy extensions in the Chrome Web Store that route users’ entire browser sessions through…
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Google Announces Pixel 11 Series With Tensor G6, Thinner Camera Bar and LED Notification Arra
Google announced the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL and Pixel 11 Pro Fold at its Made by Google event on…
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Facebook Launches Standalone Creator Studio App With AI Tools
Facebook has released a standalone Creator Studio app for iOS built around an AI assistant that provides growth recommendations and tools for managing comments.…
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Google and DeepSeek Ship Agent-Focused Models
Google and DeepSeek each released new models on August 13, both aimed at coding and multi-step agent workflows. Google announced Gemini 3.7 Flash, and…
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X Publishes Ranking Weights and Adds a Tool for Checking Account Labels
X released an expanded version of the code behind its recommendation systems on Thursday, including the For You timeline and core ranking engine, and…
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Total Solar Eclipse Crosses Greenland, Iceland and Northern Spain
A total solar eclipse crossed the Arctic, northeastern Greenland, western Iceland, the North Atlantic, northern Spain and a small area of Portugal on Aug.…