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WhisperPair flaws in Fast Pair can let attackers hijack Bluetooth audio devices

Researchers from KU Leuven have disclosed WhisperPair, a family of vulnerabilities in implementations of Google’s Fast Pair protocol that are used to connect headphones, earbuds and other audio accessories to Bluetooth devices. The team, supported by Belgium’s Cybersecurity Research Program and first reported by Wired, says many accessories

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Kouji Okada joins Compile Hearts on a school life RPG

Pcgamer reports JRPG veteran Kouji Okada, co-founder of Atlus and co-creator of Shin Megami Tensei and Persona, is working with JRPG studio Compile Hearts on a new "school life RPG". Okada left Atlus in 2003 to form now-shuttered studio Gaia and had not been active in game development

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Smuggled Starlink terminals helped activists bypass Iran’s internet blackout

Activists in Iran used thousands of smuggled Starlink satellite internet terminals to get online and share images from the streets after authorities shut down the country’s internet, digital rights researchers and activists said. Their use of the terminals prompted Iranian officials to deploy military-grade electronic jamming aimed at disrupting

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Anker Zolo 4‑Port USB‑C Wall Charger on Amazon for $25

Kotaku reports that the Anker Zolo USB-C 4-port wall charger is available on Amazon for $25, down from $30 (17% off). The compact charger is described as small enough to fit in a bag or purse or even a charger, too, making it useful for travel, the office, or moving

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Grok app still generates sexualized images of real people

Businessinsider reports Grok's standalone app and the Grok tab inside X can still generate sexualized images of real people, even after X said it would stop the @Grok account from creating such images when tagged. A reporter tested the Grok Imagine tool by uploading photos of himself and

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Researchers uncover WhisperPair flaw that can hijack Bluetooth audio accessories

Researchers from Belgium's KU Leuven have disclosed WhisperPair, a family of vulnerabilities in implementations of Google's Fast Pair protocol used to connect headphones, earbuds and other audio accessories. The research, reported privately to Google in August 2025 and assigned CVE-2025-36911, finds many accessories skip a required

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American Airlines to offer free high-speed Wi-Fi through AT&T partnership

American Airlines will soon offer free high-speed Wi-Fi on flights after partnering with AT&T, the companies said. The service will cover more than 2 million American flights a year, and passengers will log in to the in-flight portal with an AAdvantage number and password; nonmembers can sign up

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Apple will use Google's Gemini models and cloud for upcoming AI features

Apple said on Monday that upcoming versions of its Apple Foundation Models for Apple Intelligence will be based on Google’s Gemini A.I. models and Google’s cloud services, and that those models will power Siri and other A.I. features. “After careful evaluation, Apple determined that Google’s

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Anker P20i earbuds discounted to $20 on Amazon

Kotaku reports Soundcore by Anker's P20i wireless earbuds are listed on Amazon for $20, half their regular $40 price. The ultra-compact in-ear design fits inside a pocketable charging case that includes a lanyard. The earbuds use oversized 10mm dynamic drivers for strong low-frequency performance and enhanced bass, connect

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Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 adds 40 TOPS AI acceleration and 8GB RAM

The Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ 2 add-on has been released, bringing a major performance upgrade for Raspberry Pi 5 systems with up to 40 TOPS of AI acceleration. The board uses a Hailo-10H chip and includes 8GB of onboard RAM, allowing it to run large language models (LLMs), vision-language models

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Meta to cut about 10% of Reality Labs staff as it shifts spending to AI

Meta plans to cut around 10 percent of employees in its Reality Labs division, which works on products including the metaverse, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions. The layoffs are set to be announced this week and could be announced as soon as Tuesday, the people said.

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How to run Windows 11’s battery report to check laptop battery health

Windows 11 includes a built-in battery report that lets you check a laptop’s battery health. In the Windows search bar type powershell, press Enter, then run: powercfg /batteryreport /output "C:\battery-report.html". The command writes an HTML file to C:\ that you can open in your browser,

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Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 adds double-sided 'Space Frame' for repairs

Lenovo showed the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 at CES with a redesigned, double-sided motherboard it calls a "Space Frame," a change aimed at making a flagship laptop more repairable. ZDNET said the Space Frame places components on both sides of the motherboard, allowing replacement of parts including

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Asus TUF Gaming A16 (2025) offers solid RTX 5050 play but feels overpriced

Pcgamer says the Asus TUF Gaming A16 (2025) mixes an entry‑level Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 with a fairly hot CPU and can run the latest games with little fuss, but the review finds the laptop is heavy, noisy and "just a bit too much" for its asking

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Coinbase CEO's objection halts Senate vote on Clarity Act

A planned Senate committee vote on a major cryptocurrency bill was canceled after Brian Armstrong, chief executive of Coinbase, posted on X on Wednesday that the company could not support the measure as written. The legislation, known as the Clarity Act, is a nearly 300-page bill designed to establish a

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Leak suggests Forza Horizon 6 will launch in May and is set in Japan

Kotaku reports an in-game leak indicates Forza Horizon 6 is set in Japan and slated to arrive in May. Xbox Infinite posted a January 14 screenshot it says showed an early ad claiming the Premium Edition grants four days of Early Access beginning May 15, which the promo implies makes

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Twelve South’s Valet desktop console packs a Qi2 wireless puck into a Nappa leather base

Twelve South has released the Valet, a desktop console made from genuine Nappa leather that includes a Qi2 wireless charging puck and space for holding essentials. The device is available now for $179, according to ZDNET. The Valet is built with a weighted zinc alloy base and rubberized stoppers and

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Windows January update refreshes Secure Boot certificates to block bootkit malware

Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday update replaces expiring Secure Boot certificates on Windows PCs to help protect against bootkit malware that can load before Windows and security software. Secure Boot uses certificates to ensure only trusted programs run during the boot process, and those certificates are set to expire

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Mchose Ace 68 Turbo is the first keyboard with a 16 kHz polling rate

Pcgamer reports that the Mchose Ace 68 Turbo is the world’s first keyboard to offer a 16 kHz polling rate, enabled by a 512 MHz dual‑core microcontroller that the review says reduces latency by a few thousandths of a second (0.02 ms). The 68‑key, wired board

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X says it will geoblock Grok from making explicit images of real people in some jurisdictions

X said late Wednesday that it would block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot created by Elon Musk, from generating sexualized and naked images of real people on its platforms in jurisdictions where such content is illegal. The company said it would use "geoblocking" to restrict Grok from fulfilling

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ZDNET teardown finds 'advanced electromagnetic' car de-icer is just a blinking box

ZDNET's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes tested an "advanced electromagnetic antifreeze snow removal device" and found it did not remove snow after leaving it in his car overnight and then taking it apart. The product box made several claims, including using "active electron interference" to prevent water

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Retailers say RTX 5070 Ti supply is dead amid memory shortage

Pcgamer reports that a Hardware Unboxed video claims Nvidia's RTX 5070 Ti is effectively end of life, citing conversations with retailers and AIBs after CES who say current retail cards are all that remain. The piece links the situation to a memory crisis driven by AI infrastructure demand

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Hyperkin says Mega95 hardware finished but software glitches delaying release

Hyperkin says its Mega95 handheld's hardware is "locked in and finished," but software problems are delaying the release, Gamesradar reported. In a "Quick Mega95 development update" shared to Facebook, the company said the holdup is software, "specifically how the current build is translating

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KYY 15.6-inch portable monitor discounted to $66 at Amazon

Kotaku reports that the KYY 15.6-inch portable monitor is on sale at Amazon, with the grey model reduced from a $100 retail price to $66 after a 34% discount; the piece notes that similar traditional desktop screens often sell for well over $200. The monitor uses an advanced IPS

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Hard Fork and Search Engine create a social network experiment

The New York Times podcast Hard Fork and the podcast Search Engine collaborated on an episode called "The Fediverse Experiment," in which the teams create their own social media platform intended to incentivize friendly interaction and good-faith discussion. The episode features PJ Vogt, host of Search Engine, and