Author: The Tech Guy

X has one of the more useful anti-misinformation tools on social media that lets volunteer contributors attach short notes to posts that may be misleading or missing key facts. Meta and TikTok liked this model enough to launch their own versions last year called Community Notes and Footnotes, respectively. But X’s Community Notes system has a glaring flaw. Community Notes’ timing problem Before a Community Note goes live, contributors with differing viewpoints need to reach a consensus that it’s helpful, and that process can drag on. Notes are rated by contributors until they cross a consensus threshold, and plenty never…

Microsoft Copilot Cowork includes new features that help teams tackle complex and repetitive tasks more effectively. One of the most useful features is the ability to create, manage, and share Custom Skills. While Copilot includes about 13 standard skills from Microsoft and Anthropic, its true power comes from training the AI to follow your unique […] This article How to Build, Share, and Import Custom Skills in Copilot Cowork first appeared on TheWindowsClub.com.

A yet-to-be-announced Samsung Galaxy M-series phone emerged in a Geekbench listing, and it brings a surprising chipset choice. The Samsung Galaxy SM-M676K, which is speculated to be the Galaxy M67, is seen rocking the Exynos 2200. That’s the same Samsung flagship SoC from 2022, which we saw on the Galaxy S22 series and Galaxy S23 FE later on. Galaxy SM-M676K Geekbench listing As a reminder, this is a 4nm chip featuring a 1+3+4 CPU setup with a max frequency clock of 2.8GHz. It also brought an Xclipse GPU (based on AMD RDNA2 architecture) and was the first mobile GPU with…

A China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor building an operational relay box (ORB) network for espionage has been updating its arsenal with new backdoors, Cisco’s Talos researchers warn. As part of a prolonged espionage infrastructure campaign tracked as LapDogs, the APT infected over 1,000 small office/home office (SOHO) routers with the ShortLeash backdoor, SecurityScorecard reported last year. Talos, which tracks the threat actor as UAT-7810, has discovered a newer version of the backdoor, dubbed LongLeash, as well as two other malware families the APT has been relying on, namely DogLeash and JarLeash. UAT-7810 mainly targets known vulnerabilities in Ruckus wireless…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Two men in Southern China are alive thanks to a daring rescue involving a hulking quadcopter drone. Footage shared by Chinese state media Xinhua shows the moment a stranded flood victim is plucked from the top of an oil tanker by a drone in Guangxi, an autonomous region bordering Vietnam. After being strapped into a harness by a brave rescue worker, the man is whisked from the tanker, holding onto the support lines for dear life as the drone carries him above the…

Google is expected to unveil the Pixel Watch 5 alongside the Pixel 11 series on August 12. Ahead of the launch, new leaks have surfaced that reveal the smartwatch’s expected pricing and color options. The Google Pixel Watch 5 is said to arrive in two sizes and four case colour options, with both Wi-Fi and LTE variants available. According to the leak, the 41mm Pixel Watch 5 will be offered in Dark Anthracite, Natural Silver, Pyrite, and Warm Gold finishes. The Dark Anthracite and Pyrite models are said to feature a satin finish, while the Natural Silver and Warm Gold…

Keep 10 percent of your storage free. It’s the Android storage mantra that’s been repeated for years, passed around almost like folk wisdom. It’s not wrong exactly; in fairness, it’s just not quite right, which is why it doesn’t behave as it should across different devices. Different phones at the same fill percentage will be affected differently because, for many storage types, the percentage isn’t the problem — it’s all down to the storage type in your phone and how your device manages it. Related I found gigabytes of invisible junk on my Android that the default manager never shows…

Joe Maring / Android AuthorityTL;DR T-Mobile is restricting its Keep & Switch and Family Freedom deals from tomorrow. Existing voice customers will no longer be eligible for the offers when adding a new line. The change follows T-Mobile’s recent confirmation that some legacy plans are being retired. T-Mobile customers have had a rough couple of weeks, and the carrier isn’t exactly changing the mood music with its latest move. After confirming that some legacy plans are being retired and migrated to newer options, T-Mobile is now restricting two of its long-running switcher deals so existing voice customers can no longer…

Professional services giant Accenture confirmed a data breach after a hacker claimed the theft of internal source code from the company. The incident came to light this week, when a threat actor boasted on the hacker forum PwnForums about compromising Accenture and stealing 35 gigabytes of data. According to the hacker, the information, including Azure access keys and tokens, configuration files, RSA and SSH keys, and source code, was exfiltrated from Accenture earlier this month. The threat actor, who was trying to sell the allegedly stolen data, posted as proof-of-possession a screenshot depicting a private Azure DevOps repository apparently hosted…

Morgan Stanley has an interesting 142 page report on SpaceX that has several material inconsistencies between its high-level assumptions about orbital compute scale, mass/payload, capex, and monetization and the known technical specifications for Starship launches, satellite power density, and real-world AI compute deals. However, we can set aside agreeing about the AI data centers in space. He projects about 8 Gigawatts of SpaceX AI data center in 2028 and 16 Gigawatts by 2030. Very little of that AI data center comes from AI data centers in space. I agree that 8 gigawatts of AI data center is very doable for…