Google quietly cuts free storage to 5GB without a phone number
For years now, Google has provided users with 15 GB of online storage free of charge. But that era seems to be ending. Going forward, you’ll only get 15 GB of free storage if you…
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A ChatGPT phone with agents would blow up your mobile bill
We’ve already got ChatGPT on our phones, but what about an actual ChatGPT phone with AI agents rather than apps? My mind immediately jumped to one issue: the monthly bill for those AI agents. OpenAI’s…
Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say
Security researchers have uncovered two separate spying campaigns that are abusing well-known weaknesses in the global telecoms infrastructure to track people’s locations. The researchers say these two campaigns are likely a small snapshot of what…
Microsoft explains why it killed Windows phone activation
Updated April 14th, 2026: Microsoft recently published a new support page with an explanation of why it discontinued telephone activation of Windows: “Beginning December 3, 2025, the traditional telephone-based product activation automation process has been moved…
Convicted spyware chief hints that Greece’s government was behind dozens of phone hacks
The founder of spyware maker Intellexa has said he is planning to appeal a conviction handed down by a Greek court on charges that he and three other executives illegally obtained personal data as part…
Salt Typhoon is hacking the world’s phone and internet giants. Here’s everywhere that’s been hit.
Salt Typhoon is behind one of the broadest hacking campaigns in recent years, targeting some of the world’s largest phone and internet companies and stealing tens of millions of phone records about senior government officials.…
Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing abuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others?
Last year, the phone hacking tool maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as customers, after human rights researchers alleged local police and intelligence agencies used its tools to hack into the phones of…
Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affected by data breach
Dutch phone company Odido has confirmed a data breach affected millions of its customers. The company said in a statement Thursday that unidentified hackers gained access to its customer contact system and covertly downloaded reams…
Singapore says China-backed hackers targeted its four largest phone companies
Singapore’s government has blamed a known Chinese cyber-espionage group for targeting four of its top telecommunication companies as part of a months-long attack. In a statement Monday, Singapore confirmed for the first time that the…
Substack confirms data breach affects users’ email addresses and phone numbers
Newsletter platform Substack has confirmed a data breach in an email to users. The company said that in October, an “unauthorized third party” accessed user data, including email addresses, phone numbers, and other unspecified “internal…