Nothing’s Essential Space AI feature has an essential catch and user’s aren’t happy
Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Nothing Phone 3a and 3a Pro users are hitting unexpected monthly limits in Essential Space. Nothing didn’t disclose these caps at launch, sparking user backlash. Fans are worried that the feature may become paid in the future, which, as we previously found, is a
Google’s new experimental AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, is now available to free users too
Non-paying Gemini users can now play around with Google’s newest model, the experimental version of Gemini 2.5 Pro. The company this weekend that it’s making Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) free for everyone to use, albeit with tighter rate limits for non-subscribers. Google , touting it as its “most intelligent AI
Stalkerware data breach potentially hits over 2 million users, including thousands of Apple devices
A popular spyware company has suffered a data breach Almost 2 million SpyX records were compromised The software monitors devices without the users knowledge or consent A widely-used consumer-grade stalkerware operation was hit by a data breach in 2024, with millions of customers potentially affected. A TechCrunch report claims the
Android users say a bug is telling them to install a phantom update
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Some Android users are getting a persistent error notification urging them to update Google Play Services to restore app functionality. The notification redirects users to the app’s Play Store page where there is no update available. Users are experiencing this issue on both the
Google apologizes for Chromecast outage in email to users
Google is emailing Chromecast users today to apologize for an issue that’s been causing certain Chromecast models to fail when people try to cast to them. The company says that it’s working on a fix. Below is the text from the email, which some Verge staffers received, titled, “Important information
This new TikTok feature is designed to help specific users close the app
Summary TikTok is introducing a new meditation feature for users under the age of 16 to encourage them to stop using the app after 10pm with calming music. Additionally, parents can now set “Time Away” on TikTok to restrict their teen’s app usage during specific hours. TikTok has until early
Icarus Films: Liberation: The User’s Guide
Directed by Alexander Kuznetsov 80 minutes / ColorRussian / English subtitlesRelease: 2016Copyright: 2016 Residents at the Tinskoi Psychoneurological Institute in Siberia have modest dreams: to find love and have children-to live independently and pay their own bills. But many may never attain even these simple goals. LIBERATION: THE USER’S GUIDE
Top digital loan firm security slip-up puts data of 36 million users at risk
Indian loan company Vivifi has reportedly suffered a data breach 36 million files were left exposed These consisted primarily of personally identifiable information (PII) A leading digital lending app has apparently exposed sensitive customer data after a misconfigured Amazon AWS S3 was bucket left unsecured without authentication. Cybernews researchers discovered
Apple and Google adopt Gulf of America for US Maps users
Google Maps now officially shows the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America if you open the app in the US. In a blog post, Google said it rolled out the named change because the government has already updated the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which decides the "federal
Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments
A group of researchers covertly ran a months-long “unauthorized” experiment in one of Reddit’s most popular communities using AI-generated comments to test the persuasiveness of large language models. The experiment, which was revealed over the weekend by moderators of r/changemyview, is described by Reddit mods as “psychological manipulation” of unsuspecting