Privacy activists call on California to remove covert license plate readers

More than two dozen privacy groups are urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to remove covert license plate readers in ...

Windows 11 Notepad flaw let files execute silently via Markdown links

Microsoft has fixed a "remote code execution" vulnerability in Windows 11 Notepad that allowed attackers to execute local or ...

Microsoft says hackers are exploiting critical zero-day bugs to target Windows and Office users

Critical security flaws targeting Windows and Office users allow hackers to take complete control of a victim's computer by ...
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Robots use radio signals and AI to see around corners

Penn Engineers have developed a system that lets robots see around corners using radio waves processed by AI, a capability ...
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Lasers scan chemicals in 200-year-old Darwin jars without breaking them at 95% accuracy

Lasers are now helping scientists peer inside some of the world’s most fragile scientific ...

Once-hobbled Lumma Stealer is back with lures that are hard to resist

“LummaStealer is back at scale, despite a major 2025 law-enforcement takedown that disrupted thousands of its command-and-control domains,” researchers from security firm Bitdefender wrote. “The ...
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Here Are the Letters to Never, Ever Guess in Wordle (and the Ones to Guess Every Day)

If your starter word contains a rarely used letter, rethink your strategy. Here are the most commonly used letters in the alphabet. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture ...