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  1. Wired

    Samsung Galaxy Z Flip8 Review: The Littlest Smartphone That Could (opens Wired in a new tab)

    Samsung’s cute compact is for those who want the smallest possible phone. Performance and camera are solid, but it’s pricier than its predecessor.

  2. The Hacker News

    PHP Warns of Another Unpatched RCE Two Days After Emergency PHP2Shell Patches (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)

    PHP has warned of another way an attacker could run code on a web server, two days after it shipped emergency fixes for the critical PHP2Shell flaws. The new issue, assigned CVE-2026-115560, affects only web applications configured in an unusual way, and PHP considers it an unlikely risk.The...

  3. The Hacker News

    Russian-Linked Hackers Used New Mesh Network Backdoor in Destructive Ukraine Attack (opens The Hacker News in a new tab)

    The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Sandworm teamed up with another threat actor to carry out a destructive wiping attack targeting a Ukrainian logistics company last year. According to ESET, the attack involved UAC-0099 (aka Earth Sirrush) obtaining initial access to the target on July 16...

  4. IT Pro

    TrendAI targets open weight model gains with Nvidia Nemotron deal (opens IT Pro in a new tab)

    The firm said the move allows customers to run AI-driven security entirely on infrastructure they control

  5. Wired

    Split Tunneling Is Your VPN’s Best Feature. Here’s How to Make the Most of It (opens Wired in a new tab)

    This feature common to VPN services gives you protection and privacy specifically when and where you need it.

  6. IT Pro

    88% of UK firms have had an 'agentic security incident' in the last year (opens IT Pro in a new tab)

    Concerns are growing over the scale of adoption and an inability to match “machine-speed” capabilities

  7. IT Pro Security

    88% of UK firms have had an 'agentic security incident' in the last year (opens IT Pro Security in a new tab)

    Concerns are growing over the scale of adoption and an inability to match “machine-speed” capabilities

  8. Wired

    Turtle Beach Vulcan II XP Review: Clicky Compromise (opens Wired in a new tab)

    Great for typing and fine for gaming, but too many compromises keep this mechanical keyboard from leveling up your play.

  9. IT Pro

    Hammer Distribution and Acronis partner on automated MSP cyber operations (opens IT Pro in a new tab)

    Hammer channel partners can now access Acronis’ portfolio of cybersecurity, infrastructure, and AI solutions

  10. CSO Online

    eMudhra quits global TLS certificate market after compromise of CA signing keys (opens CSO Online in a new tab)

    Indian digital trust company eMudhra has announced that it is exiting the global SSL/TLS certificate business and is offering customers certificates issued by Sectigo as an alternative, following the compromise of private keys behind eight of its intermediate certificate authorities. The company’s...

  11. Security Week

    China APT Uses AI Pentest Tool Artex in ConnectWise Attacks (opens Security Week in a new tab)

    The state-sponsored hackers targeted hundreds of organizations and gained privileged access to some environments. The post China APT Uses AI Pentest Tool Artex in ConnectWise Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

  12. Wired

    TDM Neo Hybrid Headphones Review: Two-in-One Woes (opens Wired in a new tab)

    CES 2026 loved these innovative headphones that transform into a Bluetooth speaker. After living with them, I’m impressed by the engineering, but less impressed by the sound.

  13. Infosecurity Magazine

    Widespread Token-Spraying Attacks Target Microsoft 365 Accounts For Email Compromise (opens Infosecurity Magazine in a new tab)

    Security researchers identified attempts to access corporate networks which have been linked to a major Microsoft 365-targeted BEC campaign using phishing, stolen session tokens and social engineering

  14. IT Pro

    Big tech taskforce unveils new blueprint for UK AI leadership (opens IT Pro in a new tab)

    Success depends on deeper collaboration between government, industry, local leaders and communities

  15. Wired

    A Dating App Is Offering ‘Chivalry Mode’ and ‘Marriage Timeline’ to Get Gen Z Married (opens Wired in a new tab)

    Upward, a newly relaunched Christian app, is pitching trad values to a generation that barely even dates.

  16. Wired

    What Type of Mattress Is Right for You? (2026) (opens Wired in a new tab)

    Here’s how to pick the best mattress for your sleep needs, straight from a professional mattress tester.

  17. CIO

    AI ‘Tokenomics’ is a trap. CIOs should avoid it at all costs. (opens CIO in a new tab)

    According to a quartet of Accenture intellectual heavyweights, what CIOs need now to account for and control AI costs is tokenomics, sweet tokenomics. The idea of linking AI spend to business outcomes may be a noble one, but “Tokenomics” only pretends to do so, unless you think tallying costs and...

  18. Infosecurity Magazine

    Attacks on Tech Firms Behind Most Third-Party Data Breach Victims (opens Infosecurity Magazine in a new tab)

    Kroll found that 69% of data breach victims in the past year were affected by a third-party breach, with attacks on tech companies the most common cause

  19. CIO

    Are polymath profiles the key to AI success? (opens CIO in a new tab)

    AI has a cross-cutting impact on businesses. It’s changing operations, management, and even decision-making processes. But it’s also modifying what they expect from their teams and how they’re organized. This has a direct impact on the decisions of both HR departments and CIOs, who must now...