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Andy Walker / Android AuthorityIf you’re struggling with connection issues on Android Auto, you’ll already know how difficult it is to keep one phone connected, let alone two.I share my car with my fiancée, and we both use Android Auto on our respective devices: her Galaxy S10 Plus and my Galaxy S24 FE. But when it comes time for one of us to drive the car and the other’s phone connects instead of the driver’s, it can be a little annoying. Do you use wireless Android Auto?2 votesYes, I prefer using wireless Android Auto.50%No, I prefer using wired Android Auto.50%But,…
CrowdStrike and Tenable informed customers this week about potentially serious vulnerabilities found and patched in their products. CrowdStrike published an advisory for CVE-2026-40050, a critical unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability affecting its LogScale product. The flaw can allow a remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. The cybersecurity giant pointed out that Next-Gen SIEM customers are not affected and the vulnerability has been mitigated for LogScale SaaS customers. LogScale Self-hosted customers have been advised to update to a patched version. CrowdStrike said the vulnerability was discovered internally and there is no evidence of exploitation in the wild based…
FutureThe People Do Not Yearn for AutomationNilay Patel | The Verge”Not everything about our lives can be measured and automated and optimized, and it shouldn’t be. And so the tech industry is rushing forward to put AI everywhere at enormous cost—energy, emissions, manufacturing capacity, the ability to buy RAM—and locked into the narrow framework of software brain without realizing they are also asking people to be fundamentally less human.”BIOTECHNOLOGYAI-Designed Drugs by a DeepMind Spinoff Are Headed to Human TrialsEmily Mullin | Wired ($)”In a technical paper [released earlier this year], the company touts that the [new IsoDDE] platform more than doubles…
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. Asus Zenbook A14: Two-minute reviewThe Asus Zenbook A14 is a light and compact laptop that promises to be the ideal travel companion.Its soft, minimalist appearance is appealing. There are no unnecessary contours or protrusions on any surface, and the rounded corners make it look less austere than many other laptops, especially in its light beige finish.That aesthetic is complimented by the extremely light and slender frame, which helps to…
Between A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, an Eragon series at Disney+, a Fourth Wing adaptation at Prime Video, and more, we’re on the cusp of an expensive new generation of fantasy shows. And when they all start airing, studios will have to deal with something that didn’t used to be a factor: the authors who wrote the books that these shows are based on are far more willing than they used to be to call the series out when they start deviating from the source material. This newfound boldness has already created problems for several big-name fantasy series, but…
I’m a reluctant Spotify user. The company doesn’t pay musicians as well as it ought to, which is one reason some of my favorite artists have gone AWOL. It also doesn’t do enough to prevent AI slop from infiltrating playlists, and being someone with a number of Apple devices in my household, I’d benefit from Apple Music’s platform integration. The truth is, though, that Spotify still does some vital things right, or at least better than the other streaming services out there. I sometimes consider making the leap to YouTube Music, given that my wife uses it, and I’m already…
The Trump administration is vowing to crack down on foreign tech companies’ exploitation of U.S. artificial intelligence models, singling out China at a time that country is narrowing the gap with the U.S. in the AI race. In a Thursday memo, Michael Kratsios, the president’s chief science and technology adviser, accused foreign entities “principally based in China” of engaging in deliberate, industrial-scale campaigns to “distill,” or extract capabilities from, leading AI systems made in the U.S. and “exploiting American expertise and innovation.” The administration, Kratsios wrote, will work with American AI companies to identify such activities, build defenses and find…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A massive drought coupled with political mismanagement might fully deplete water in a major city: neither in West Asia nor the Horn of Africa, but in the United States of America. According to Inside Climate News, the city of Corpus Christi, Texas could soon completely out of water in the next year. It’s the eighth largest city in Texas, and a major industrial node in the Gulf Coast. Its water infrastructure provides access to over 500,000 Texans, as well as the major chemical…
When the sun is shining, there are few things better than having friends and family over for an outdoor gathering. The mere thought of good food sizzling on the barbecue and ice-cold drinks clinking together is enough to make most of us shut down our laptops and head for the nearest exit, but the one thing that truly makes the experience is a great playlist. With that in mind, these are the best outdoor speakers to have for your next shindig. As you can probably imagine, there’s a bit more to consider when it comes to buying an outdoor speaker.…
IKEA is turning 40, and has marked the occasion by releasing a range of limited-edition merch, embarking on 40 weeks of deals, and adding a ‘time machine’ to its website.While I enjoyed discovering what happened when IKEA made its US debut (metric measurements caused chaos, and a load of customers ended up with the wrong-sized kitchen cabinets), and learning the history of the brand’s famous meatballs (the earliest version was the result of a delicious “10 months of testing and tasting”), the 40th birthday feature I most enjoyed diving into was IKEA’s collection of iconic products.From Billy bookcases to Kallax…