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After last week’s large harvest of new films and TV series, this week’s selection is relatively smaller. By my count, there are actually only 12 must-see movies and TV shows that recently debuted on the world’s top streaming services, so deciding what to include in this weekend’s list of streaming recommendations has been much easier. […]

WhatsApp has 3.5 billion active accounts exposed to metadata scraping risks globally Contact discovery bugs allowed enumeration of phone numbers on a massive global scale Millions of encryption keys were reused across accounts, undermining security assumptions WhatsApp users may need to take extra steps to protect their account information after a potentially worrisome discovery. An

Arm-based Neoverse CPUs can now communicate directly with Nvidia GPUs efficiently NVLink Fusion eliminates PCIe bottlenecks for AI-focused server deployments Hyperscalers like Microsoft and Google can use custom Arm CPUs immediately Nvidia has announced that Arm-based Neoverse CPUs will now be able to integrate with its NVLink Fusion technology. This integration allows Arm licensees to

Perplexity’s AI-powered Comet browser is now available on Android The app includes voice chat, instant overviews and built-in AI assistance while browsing It is one of the first browsers designed from the ground up to be a mobile AI co-pilot The Perplexity Comet browser has officially launched on Android, marking one of the first full-fledged

Bitfarm is switching from mining legacy coins to hosting a large Nvidia-powered AI infrastructure Massive power reserves give the company unusual leverage to enter AI workloads AI pivot follows steep financial losses driven by volatile digital asset markets Bitfarm, a major Bitcoin mining company with twelve facilities dedicated to cryptocurrency operations, has announced plans to

SonicWall Patches SSLVPN Vulnerability CVE-2025-40601 Enables Unauthorized DoS Attacks on Gen7/Gen8 Firewalls No exploit seen yet; users are encouraged to disable SSLVPN or restrict access if updates are delayed Also fixed are two flaws in the Email Security Appliance (CVE-2025-40604/40605) that prevent code execution and data access SonicWall has released a patch for a serious

Linus Torvalds says he does not recommend AI-assisted coding for kernel development V”ibe coding” helps beginners to complete tasks they cannot do independently Torvalds says that vibe coding creates long-term maintenance problems in core systems Linus Torvalds has addressed the use of AI-assisted coding, offering a measured attitude that separates experimentation from production development. The

D-Link warns that all DIR-878 routers (discontinued in 2021) have four RCE errors Researcher Yangyifan released PoC exploit code; CISA has not yet added them to the KEV catalog End-of-life routers are prime botnet targets (Mirai, Aisuru) for DDoS and proxy abuse D-Link has warned customers about four vulnerabilities it recently discovered in a router

Mullvad VPN just added Lightweight WireGuard Obfuscation (LWO) It promises to defeat VPN blocks without losing performance LWO is currently available on all desktop platforms and Android Mullvad VPN has just added Lightweight WireGuard Obfuscation (LWO) to its WireGuard protocol connections. Its goal is to help users bypass increasingly sophisticated VPN blocks, such as those

You can now identify AI-generated images in the Gemini app Google uses SynthID technology to identify any AI image created using a Google app Google will also retain a visible watermark on all AI images created at the free and Google AI Pro tiers AI-generated images, at least those created using Google apps, just got