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One text can break your phone: Android's 'SMS of Death' explained
A flaw in Android 12 and later lets a specially crafted SMS drop calls and even make a phone unusable. The fix is in October's security patch.
John Ternus: Apple doesn't want to "ship AI for AI's sake"
Apple's new CEO says the company isn't behind on AI, and that the goal is for people not to wonder whether AI or ordinary software did the job, only whether they love the product.
State attorneys general open investigation into OpenAI
New York's attorney general subpoenaed OpenAI over ads, health data and protections for minors.
Microsoft criticized for threatening a security researcher
A researcher known as Nightmare Eclipse published unpatched Defender and BitLocker bugs; Microsoft threatened a criminal investigation and the researcher's accounts were banned.
Elon Musk loses his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
A California jury unanimously found Musk's claims were filed too late. Musk says he will appeal.
Apple to pay $250 million over Siri AI marketing
Apple agreed to a $250 million class-action settlement over claims it advertised Apple Intelligence and Siri features for the iPhone 15 and 16 before they were ready.
Adobe patches Acrobat zero-day that hackers exploited for months
Opening a malicious PDF could give attackers full control of a computer. Update Acrobat and Reader now.
Claude subscribers will have to pay extra to use OpenClaw
From April 4, Claude subscription limits no longer cover third-party harnesses such as OpenClaw.
Anthropic accidentally took down thousands of GitHub repos after Claude Code leak
A takedown notice hit about 8,100 repositories, but Anthropic says it was a mistake and retracted most of it.
LA jury finds Meta and YouTube negligent in landmark social media addiction trial
The jury awarded about $6 million in total to a 20-year-old plaintiff. The case could set the tone for thousands of similar lawsuits.
Apple ships its first background security update for iPhone, iPad and Mac
Without a full OS update, Apple fixed a Safari bug that could let a malicious site read another site's data.
ChatGPT now explains math and science with interactive visuals
A new feature covers more than 70 math and science topics and is available to all logged-in users.
Claude found 22 security flaws in Firefox in two weeks
In a partnership with Mozilla, Claude Opus 4.6 found Firefox vulnerabilities, 14 of them high-severity.
Pentagon officially labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk
Anthropic becomes the first American company to get the label, after refusing to allow Claude to be used for mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons.
Apple starts App Store age verification in several countries
In Australia, Brazil and Singapore, 18+ apps can now be downloaded only after a user is confirmed to be an adult.
Court rejects Tesla's bid to overturn $243M Autopilot verdict
A U.S. judge ruled Tesla must still pay $243 million over a 2019 crash involving Autopilot.
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
The developer behind the viral AI agent OpenClaw has joined OpenAI. OpenClaw will remain an open source project.
OpenAI removes GPT-4o from ChatGPT
From Friday, February 13, GPT-4o and four other legacy models are no longer available in ChatGPT.
Microsoft: hackers are exploiting zero-day bugs in Windows and Office, update now
With one click on a link, attackers can bypass SmartScreen protection. Google says the bug is under widespread active exploitation.
Indonesia conditionally lifts its ban on Grok
Grok was used to create at least 1.8 million sexualized images of women. Indonesia says the ban could return.
Google pays $68 million to settle Google Assistant eavesdropping lawsuit
The lawsuit claimed Google Assistant recorded people without "Hey Google". Google did not admit wrongdoing.
SEC drops its lawsuit against the Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange
The case centred on the collapse of Gemini Earn, where some investors could not access their money for 18 months.
Elon Musk seeks up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft
Musk's expert says his $38 million in 2015 donations to OpenAI should now be worth far more. Trial starts in April in Oakland.
Report: OpenAI asks contractors to upload real work from past jobs
According to Wired, OpenAI and Handshake AI are asking for real Word, Excel and PowerPoint files to train AI. Legal experts warn of risks.
Nvidia launches Vera Rubin: up to 5x faster than Blackwell for AI
Jensen Huang told CES 2026 that Vera Rubin is in full production, with OpenAI, Anthropic and AWS among its users.
Bitfinex hacker Ilya Lichtenstein is out of prison early
Lichtenstein, convicted over the theft tied to $3.6 billion in seized bitcoin, says he was released early under the First Step Act.