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I Knew the Viral 'Tea' App Was Trouble, but I Didn't Expect a Data Breach

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If you have been paying attention to your social feeds of late, you may have heard the recent chatter about Tea, an app that functions like Yelp—but instead of rating and reviewing restaurants and stores, women are passing judgment on men they know. The app has been around since 2023, but for reasons I can't identify, it rocketed to the top of Apple's App Store chart this week. It was the first I'd heard of it, and I thought it sounded like an awful idea. And today, my instincts have already been proven right—though not in the way I expected. It seems 4chan and Reddit users have successfully engineered a data breach, obtaining and disseminating user verification images—including photos of driver's licenses—that were submitted when women signed up for the service. A spokesperson for the app confirmed to me that, "Tea identified unauthorized access to one of [its] systems and immediately launched a full investigation to assess the scope and impact." The initi...

Here's How iOS 26 Will Save You From Scam Texts

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Scam texts are out of control. Texts from the "DMV" about unpaid traffic violations, your state's "transportation authority" about unpaid tolls , or from "wrong numbers" are all phony. Their goal is to get you talking or to click links to malicious sites so you share sensitive information about yourself. As scammers and phishers find new ways to plague our smartphones with these texts, companies are starting to fight back. Take Apple, for instance: With iOS 26, your iPhone's Messages app is getting two key tools to help keep you from falling for scams—even if they can't block these texts completely. iOS 26's spam prevention features The new update, which is currently in public beta testing , lets you sort your messages into a number of categories, including "Unknown Sender" and "Spam." When these toggles are enabled in Messages' settings, messages sorted into these categories will not trigger notifications, so y...

This Small (but Punchy) Bluetooth Speaker Is $35 Right Now

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Right now, a refurbished Sony SRS‑XB100 portable speaker is just $34.99 on Woot, a 42% discount off the price of a new unit ($59.99). Whether you choose to use it as a shower speaker, a travel companion for adventures, or just a tiny powerhouse that takes up minimal space at home, this compact Bluetooth speaker is a cheap but effective option with free shipping for those who have Amazon Prime. If you don't have prime, it will cost $6 to ship. Refurbished Sony SRS-XB100 Bluetooth Speaker $34.99 at Woot $59.99 Save $25.00 ...

Google Has Given Us Our First Official Look at the Pixel 10

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New devices are getting harder and harder for tech companies to keep under wraps, and after the base Pixel 10 saw new render leaks drop yesterday, followed by Pixel 10 Pro leaks this morning (both via Android Headlines), Google seems to have given up and decided to published a video of the Pixel 10 itself. On a Google Store page for the Pixel 10, the company now shows a short sequence with the number 10 transforming into a Pixel camera bar, before zooming out to reveal the phone in its full glory. While the company didn’t say whether this is the base model or the pro model, the store page and URL only mentions “Pixel 10.” Still, the phone in the video does look a lot more like how the Pixel 10 Pro is rumored to look. That’s a bit disappointing, since the base Pixel 10 is the one that’s set to be startly different from the last model. While the regular Pixel 10 is rumored to be getting a new telephoto lens (at the cost of some ultrawide fidelity), the ...

This Beats Pill Speaker Is on Sale for $90 Right Now

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Woot is an Amazon-owned website that specializes in daily discounts on some of the best tech brands in the market. Right now, they’re offering the matte black refurbished 2024 Beats Pill speaker for $90. If you’re looking for a sleek and durable Bluetooth speaker that packs a punch, this is a great option. Refurbished 2024 Beats Pill Speaker $89.99 at Woot Get Deal ...

Both AirPods 4 Are at Their Lowest Price Ever Right Now

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. It's a great time to be shopping for some new AirPods. You can get the non-ANC AirPods 4 for $89.99 (originally $129.99), the lowest price they've ever been, according to price-tracking tools . The ones with ANC are $119.99 (originally $179.99), also at their lowest price ever. Voice Isolation, Siri Interactions, and Personalized Spatial Audio. Featuring an updated fit. AirPods 4 (non-ANC) $89.99 at Walmart $129.99 ...

Netflix Admitted to Using Generative AI in an Original Series, and I Think I Found It

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The writing's been on the wall for a while. Unless you haven't seen a movie for the past decade or more, you know how important VFX has become to the creation of TV shows and movies. Those VFX come at a very high cost, and take a lot of man hours to produce. With generative AI video getting so good that most people have probably already been fooled by it at least once, it was only a matter of time before big studios started incorporating it into their workflows. Netflix, in fact, just bragged about doing so, months after a show came out and nobody spotted its use of AI. Yep, it seems that AI art is finally starting to become indistinguishable from human-made art, but that doesn't mean the issue is cut-and-dry. In an earnings call on Thursday , Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos discussed how the team behind the streamer's adaptation of Argentinian comic book The Eternaut used AI to speed up its workflow. Discussing a sequence in the show that depicts a building collapsin...