Strong Security Should Be One Switch, Not a Scavenger Hunt
Android’s expanded Advanced Protection shows why high-security modes should coordinate defenses behind one clear switch—without hiding their trade-offs.
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AI Security Scanners Need Receipts, Not More Alerts
Google’s PageBreak project shows why AI security tools should prove their findings before asking developers to chase another alert.
Fast Tech Has a Problem Hiding in Your Gadget Drawer
Ahead of International E-Waste Day, a look at the small gadgets we forget—and why their low price should not make them disposable.
Windows Support Deadlines Are a Safety Feature, Not an Upgrade Trick
Windows 11 24H2 reaches end of support for Home and Pro on October 13. That deadline is a security boundary—not merely another upgrade prompt.
The AI Agent Problem Isn’t Intelligence. It’s Permission.
AI agents promise to handle our errands, inboxes and purchases. Their biggest obstacle may be earning permission to touch the parts of life that make them useful.
F-Droid 2.0 Gives Android’s Independent App Store a Modern Reset
F-Droid’s biggest redesign in a decade aims to make privacy-focused, open-source Android software easier to discover and install.
Your Backup Needs a Different Way to Fail
This week’s air-traffic outage raises a question that reaches far beyond airports: what must still work for your backup to rescue you?
Valve’s Open-Source Lepton Could Give VR Games a Second Life
Valve’s open-source Lepton compatibility layer could make Android VR games easier to bring forward—and less dependent on aging headsets.
The M6 Mac mini Arrives With a Much Harder Value Question
Apple’s M6 Mac mini reaches stores September 22 with major performance gains—and a $899 starting price that changes the old bargain.
AI Needs an Incident Hotline Before the Next Crisis
A proposed U.S.-China notification channel for dangerous AI incidents is modest, practical infrastructure for a technology race that has outgrown secrecy.
