The Pixel 11’s “glow” feature is actually called HiLight—here’s what it does
Google will reveal the Pixel 11 series later this month, but leaks and teasers so far have painted a picture of phones that have barely changed since last year. One…
China is Tesla’s cash cow, but for how much longer?
Tesla’s factory in Shanghai had its best June ever, according to the China Passenger Car Association. Tesla built 93,579 cars in China that month, a hefty 38 percent increase compared…
Greatness PhaaS Adds Device Code Phishing to Bypass MFA and Steal Tokens
The commercial phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit known as Greatness has become the latest crimeware solution to add support for device code phishing, a rapidly growing cyber threat that abuses the legitimate…
eBay And Former Execs Agree To Pay $56 Million For Trying To ‘Crush’ A Journalist
For much of Techdirt’s nearly three decades in existence we’ve covered attacks on the media by the rich and powerful. And sometimes we’ve been on the receiving end of such…
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Explore the incredible world of documentaries with a Curiosity Stream Standard Plan subscription. This top-tier streaming service offers unlimited access to thousands of films, series, and shows to satisfy your…
Capital One Says Money Laundering, Not January 6 Riot, Led To Shutdown Of Trump Accounts
I don’t know but when your best argument is “we got locked out of our accounts for supporting violent insurrectionists,” maybe it’s time to stop arguing. But if there’s anything…
OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is “aggressive and oddly personal”
OpenAI has accused Apple of waging a “careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit” in a blog post rebutting the iPhone maker’s claims that the AI start-up stole top-secret information. “We…
2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport X proves code is as important as hardware
Chevrolet provided flights from Albany, New York, to Denver and accommodation so Ars could drive the Grand Sport X. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. When Chevrolet introduced a…
Fake Adobe and Zoom Updates Install ScreenConnect for Persistent Remote Access
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active, multi-wave campaign that employs social engineering lures themed around Adobe and Zoom software updates, business document reviews, and system maintenance utilities to…
Keyv-Linked npm Worm Poisons Hundreds of Packages, Plants Claude Code and VS Code Hooks
A credential-stealing npm worm that first appeared in keyv@6.0.0 spread beyond the Keyv and Cacheable namespaces into hundreds of packages across multiple organizations on August 4, 2026. SafeDep verified 353…