Macworld Podcast: M4 MacBook Air and M4 Max Mac Studio reviews
Apple has updated the MacBook Air and Mac Studio with brand-new chips, and we got our hands on them. So in this episode of the Macworld Podcast, we talk about these new M4 Macs! This…
Dark Crystal RAT Targets Ukrainian Defense via Malicious Signal Messages
Mar 20, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Malware The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) is warning of a new campaign that targets the defense sectors with Dark Crystal RAT (aka DCRat). The campaign, detected earlier…
How a $6M bet on Wiz turned into a massive 200x return for one early backer
Wiz’s $32 billion all-cash acquisition by Google parent Alphabet promises a colossal payday for the cybersecurity startup’s early-stage investors. The deal is a big win for Sequoia, one of the best-known VC firms, which stands…
Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users
A consumer-grade spyware operation called SpyX was hit by a data breach last year, TechCrunch has learned. The breach reveals that SpyX and two other related mobile apps had records on almost two million people…
Study finds AI-generated meme captions funnier than human ones on average
It’s worth clarifying that AI models did not generate the images used in the study. Instead, researchers used popular, pre-existing meme templates, and GPT-4o or human participants generated captions for them. More memes, not better…
PCI Express 7.0’s blazing speeds are nearly here, but PCIe 6 is still vapor
PCI Express 7 is nearing completion, the PCI Special Interest Group said Tuesday, and the final specification should be released later this year. PCI Express 7, the backbone of the modern motherboard, is at the…
New Mac phishing attack causes fake freezes to nab your Apple ID password
LayerX Labs on Tuesday posted its finding on a new phishing attack that originally targeted Windows users, but now can be found on Macs. The phishing attack attempts to get a user’s username and password…
EU orders Apple to open up iOS connectivity features
With the Digital Markets Act adopted in 2022, the European Union has identified Apple’s iOS (as well as other companies’ products) as “Gatekeepers” that have such a stranglehold on the market that they should be…
Analytics company Dataminr secures $85M to fund growth
Dataminr, a data analytics company that counts NATO and OpenAI among its customers, has raised $85 million in a combination of convertible financing and credit, Dataminr announced on Wednesday. It’s chump change for Dataminr, which…
PureEdge Pure Smart Wi-Fi Smart Remote Room Controller review
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Controls on/off, dimming, color, and white color temperature of WiZ-compatible lighting Runs on Wi-Fi, no hub required Virtually no delay in state changes Cons On the chunky side for…