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The Minimal Phone 2 looks dramatically better than the original, and I’m genuinely here for it

I’ve been following the Minimal Phone since its initial crowdfunding days. The first iteration had the right idea trapped inside the wrong body, I’d say. Plastic build, no 5G, an underwhelming camera, and e-paper ghosting that frustrated early adopters; all these issues kept the phone from reaching a wider audience.  Now, founder Armen Youssefian has […]

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Multi-turn attacks broke AI models 88% of the time — single-turn testing missed it, Cisco AI security lead warns at VB Transform 2026

When Cisco ran 6,986 multi-turn attacks against 15 flagship models, attackers who adapted across the conversation broke through as often as 88.3% of the time. Amy Chang, Cisco’s head of AI threat intelligence and security research, brought that finding to the agentic security panel at VB Transform 2026; the number should worry anyone still running […]

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Apple TV announces streaming date for its epic Neuromancer adaptation, new Dark Matter and Matchbox trailers

Apple TV prepared a slew of announcements for its main stage Hall H appearance at San Diego Comic Con this weekend. Leading the charge, its new sci-fi epic Neuromancer (based on the genre-defining William Gibson novel) has finally got a release date: the series will premiere on January 22. The streamer also released new trailers […]

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Siri lawsuit could lead to $25 payout in 2027

A lawsuit over Apple’s failure to deliver Apple Intelligence and Siri features is moving closer to a conclusion as a judge has provisionally approved the company’s settlement offer. The class action suit filed in 2025 alleged that people had bought new iPhones expressly because of Apple’s promoting of Apple Intelligence features that it then did […]

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iPhone exploit fight highlights who owns security research

A federal judge has ordered a public iPhone exploit taken offline after Magnet Forensics argued it wasn’t independent security research at all, but instead a stolen trade secret. U.S. District Judge Victoria Marie Calvert partially approved Magnet’s request for a preliminary injunction. She directed Paradigm Shift and former Magnet exploit engineer Mario Del Gaudio to […]