Macworld Podcast: iPhone 16e review
Apple’s newest iPhone is in the house, and on this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about the iPhone 16e. Is it a good phone, who’s it for and most importantly, should you buy…
March 2025
March 2025
Meta Warns of FreeType Vulnerability (CVE-2025-27363) With Active Exploitation Risk
Mar 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananOpen Source / Vulnerability Meta has warned that a security vulnerability impacting the FreeType open-source font rendering library may have been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability has been assigned the CVE…
Expiring Root Certificate May Disable Firefox Add-Ons, Security Features, and DRM Playback
Mar 13, 2025Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Encryption Browser maker Mozilla is urging users to update their Firefox instances to the latest version to avoid facing issues with using add-ons due to the impending expiration of…
Estonia-based Blackwall raises €45 million Series B to protect SMBs from malicious online traffic
A huge chunk of online traffic now comes from bots, both good and bad — but AI is boosting the latter. From DDoS attacks to scraping, there’s a renewed barrage of threats that companies have…
New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will pick up where Pat Gelsinger left off
After a little over three months, Intel has a new CEO to replace ousted former CEO Pat Gelsinger. Intel’s board announced that Lip-Bu Tan will begin as Intel CEO on March 18, taking over from…
Android apps laced with North Korean spyware found in Google Play
Researchers have discovered multiple Android apps, some that were available in Google Play after passing the company’s security vetting, that surreptitiously uploaded sensitive user information to spies working for the North Korean government. Samples of…
Intel names tech veteran Lip-Bu Tan as its next CEO
Intel has named tech veteran Lip-Bu Tan the company’s next chief executive officer, the company said Wednesday. He will take over on March 18, Intel said. Tan will succeed Michelle Johnston Holthaus and David Zinsner,…
Sonos has reportedly dropped one of its worst ideas
Battered by a botched update to its flagship app last year that left its users howling for blood, Sonos badly needed a win for 2025—a new product that would finally turn the page. The solution?…
Google’s new robot AI can fold delicate origami, close zipper bags without damage
On Wednesday, Google DeepMind announced two new AI models designed to control robots: Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER. The company claims these models will help robots of many shapes and sizes understand and interact with…
Windows 11 will start reminding you to add a password recovery email soon
In order to take full advantage of all the features of Windows 11, you need a Microsoft account. (It’s possible to use Windows 11 without a Microsoft account, but the company doesn’t want that and…