Why this year’s biggest iPhone might be DOA
Apple discontinued the Mac Pro earlier this year, and it’s not hard to imagine why: the flagship computer was simply too high-end and too expensive for its own good. As if to demonstrate this, Apple…
Get this 14-inch M5 MacBook Pro with an upgraded charger for $200 off
Apple’s MacBook Pro M5 14-inch is down to $1,519 right now at B&H, a $200 savings off its regular price. This isn’t just a great price for a laptop with a solid configuration, but also…
Price Drop: Ditch Windows 10 for $10 during Deal Days
TL;DR: Upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for $9.97 (reg. $199) through StackSocial’s Deal Days sale, running through June 28. Windows 10 isn’t getting any safer to use, and the longer you wait to move on, the more…
Price Drop: Fast, encrypted file transfers with no limits for $40 during Deal Days
TL;DR: Get a one-year Transfr Pro subscription for $39.99 (reg. $179) through StackSocial’s Deal Days sale, running through June 28. Sending a large video file or design folder usually means fighting with size limits, slow uploads, or a…
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’
Asked about the privacy implications of chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude, Signal President Meredith Whittaker answered, “These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.” Whittaker made those comments…
Hackers Exploit Gravity SMTP WordPress Plugin Bug to Expose API Keys
Ravie LakshmananJun 20, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security Threat actors are exploiting a recently patched security flaw impacting Gravity SMTP, a WordPress plugin that’s installed on about 100,000 sites. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-4020 (CVSS score:…
Cancel Adobe Acrobat—This PDF editor lifetime license is only $65 during Deal Days
TL;DR: A lifetime license for UPDF, an all-in-one PDF editor for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android, is on sale for $64.97 (reg. $149.99) during Deal Days. Adobe Acrobat charges a subscription for the privilege of editing a…
Get a new PC ready in minutes with this $35 transfer kit
TL;DR: The PC Transfer Kit Bundle gives you three apps to migrate software, back up your PC, and securely wipe old drives, all for $34.99 (reg. $129.85) through June 28. Setting up a new computer usually means hours…
Encryption, spyware, and now Mythos: History shows why cyber export control doesn’t work
Last Friday, citing unspecified national security concerns, the White House ordered Anthropic to restrict the export of its powerful AI models Fable and Mythos to anyone outside of the United States, as well as foreign…
Unpatchable ‘usbliter8’ Exploit Breaks Apple A12 and A13 SecureROM Boot Chain
Security researchers at Paradigm Shift have published a working exploit, dubbed usbliter8, that achieves arbitrary code execution inside the SecureROM of Apple’s A12 and A13 chips. That code is burned into the silicon at manufacture. No software update…