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Mobile security firm Zimperium is warning Android users about Rokarolla, a new banking trojan capable of targeting more than 200 cryptocurrency and bank applications. The malware has been distributed via malicious websites that serve it disguised as popular apps such as Chrome and TikTok. These applications deliver the main payload by impersonating Google Play Protect. Once it has infected a device, Rokarolla requests a wide range of permissions and can even collect an Android phone’s lockscreen credentials (PIN, pattern, or password), enabling device takeover and the theft of sensitive data even when the phone is locked. According to Zimperium, the…
El Niño, characterized by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific, made its return in June 2026. Observations of sea surface height from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite that month indicated that the 2026 event was continuing to strengthen. The natural, recurring phenomenon can have widespread effects, typically bringing wetter conditions to the U.S. Southwest and drought to countries in the western Pacific, such as Indonesia and Australia. NOAA declared an El Niño on June 11, after sea surface temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific measured at least 0.5 degrees Celsius above average for several consecutive months.…
The new Honor Watch 6 has a massive 980mAh battery, which can last up to 35 days in typical usage. The watch also has a lighter and slimmer body, a brighter display and improved health and sports tracking features. The Watch 6 body is made of recycled aluminum alloy with 316L stainless steel elements. It weighs 41g and measures 10.8mm thick – this is particularly impressive when compared against something like the Honor Watch 5 Ultra, which was 11g heavier (it weighs 52g), a bit thicker (11.4mm) and has only a 480mAh battery capacity. We say “only”, but 500mAh or…
Here is a fact cable companies would rather you not think about: a surprising number of live sports are still completely free to watch. Not a trial, not a temporary promo, and not a subscription you need to remember to cancel. It’s easy to see why people assume otherwise. Sports rights are one of the biggest battlegrounds in streaming, with companies spending billions to lock up NFL games, NBA playoffs, and MLB rights. All that noise makes it feel like access to live sports costs money by default. But broadcast TV never went away, free streaming apps have picked up…
AssembleDebug / Android AuthorityTL;DR Google appears to be expanding testing of a Gemini overlay bubble that lets conversations persist after you dismiss the overlay. Instead of disappearing when you tap outside of it, the Gemini overlay can now shrink into a floating bubble that restores your chat with a tap. The latest version adds a Gemini-themed bubble design and updated animations, but it isn’t available on stable Android builds yet. App bubbles in Android 17 are perhaps one of the most useful multitasking updates Google has rolled out in years. These bubbles let you keep multiple apps floating on your…
Originating in Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, and now headquartered in the US, Tenet aims to detect and stop dangerous AI agentic behavior in real time. TenetSecurity.ai was founded by Barak Sternberg (CEO) and Nevo Poran (CTO). The two have an aligned history: working together they previously built Cisco’s AI Defense research team; and both are Unit 8200 alumni. The funding for the seed round is led by the Westly Group (whose previous investments include Tesla, SentinelOne, and Lumina). The firm operates a patent-pending technology designed to prevent dangerous actions by wanton AI agents, whether they be simple runaway agents or maliciously…
Scientists at Columbia University have used a precise gene-editing tool, base editing, to make changes in three disease-linked genes in early-stage human embryos. The goal wasn’t to create pregnancies, but to test the safety and limits of rewriting DNA at the very early stages of life.The paper, not yet peer reviewed, sparked immediate controversy. Some researchers hailed it as a technical milestone that could one day prevent devastating inherited diseases before birth. Others warned it edges society closer to the prospect of “designer babies”—an idea bioethicists have argued is akin to modern eugenics.The debate is hardly hypothetical. The work has…
Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. Lenovo continues to dominate the professional desktop marketplace. I see Lenovo everywhere in my day to day professional careers. They have a firm grasp on the market and a good reason for that is that they seem to keep putting out reliable heavy hitters release after release.Sure there are others that are also killing it, but when it comes to the trust that those who have the power to…
A new lawsuit filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is a showcase of how hard it’s become to police the app stores for scammy apps. The suit alleges that a company known as Genesis Tech defrauded consumers and routed revenues overseas through the use of shell companies designed to conceal its identity and hide its assets. Genesis Tech’s network allegedly included a series of subsidiaries incorporated in Cyprus and operating in Ukraine, which marketed its apps to U.S. consumers. Among its brands were fitness and nutrition apps MadMuscles, Harna, and Unimeal by Amo Apps Limited; PDF Guru and…
As TV manufacturers continue to innovate, seeking to create a more detailed, immersive home entertainment experience, there are some hits and misses when it comes to smart TVs. A pursuit that falls into the latter category, at least for the time being, involves 8K resolution. It makes sense that companies would strive for this highly detailed resolution: there was 720p, then 1080, and then 4K resolution. It follows that 8K would be the next mountain to scale. However, even though there are 8K TVs available, there are large barriers to these products that have made them mostly an afterthought. They…