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Climate Satellite MethaneSAT Fails After Just One Year in Orbit
MethaneSAT, a climate-monitoring satellite backed by Google and the Bezos Earth Fund, has failed after just one year in orbit. Launched in March 2024 to track methane leaks, the $88 million satellite lost power in June 2025. Though unrecoverable, mission operators will continue analyzing the collected data to support climate action and emission tra...
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16 Billion Login Credentials Leaked in Massive Data Breach Impacting Apple, Google and More
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a “mysterious database” comprising a staggering 16 billion login credentials, in what is being called one of the biggest data breaches in history. According to a report, it impacted some of the world’s biggest technology companies including Apple, Facebook, and Google, along with government portals fr...
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16 Billion Logins Stolen In Mega Data Breach Threatening Apple, Google And More
As per the researchers, 30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each have been discovered.
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Google Tipped to Be Improving Theft Protection System With New Features for Android Smartphones
Google is tipped to be rolling out new features to help users better protect their data if their Android device is stolen. As per a new leak, the company has started introducing three new features that enable different ways of locking the device in case of theft. The Theft Detection Lock feature is said to use machine learning (ML) capabilities to ...
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ChatGPT Fever Spreads to US Workplace, Firms Raise Concerns Over Intellectual Property Leaks
Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and Google to curb its use. Companies worldwide are considering how to best make use of ChatGPT, a chatbot program that uses generative AI to hold conversations with users and answer myria...
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Microsoft Issues Fix for aCropalypse Bug That Could Leak Bank Data, Medical Records from Cropped Screenshots
Microsoft has deployed an update that was affecting the image cropping tool of Windows. Called aCropalypse, the vulnerability prevented screenshots with text information following them from being removed properly after the images were cropped.
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iOS 15.3, iPadOS 15.3 Released With Fix for Safari Security Flaw; iCloud Sync Fix Reportedly Also Released
Apple has released iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3 that brings a fix for the bug that made Safari's browsing history and linked accounts data vulnerable to getting leaked. The bug not only affected Safari but all third-party browsers on Apple operating systems. Separately, Apple is also reportedly rolling out a fix for syncing issues in iCloud impacting t...
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Safari 15 Security Flaw Discovered That Can Leak Your Browsing Activity, Personal Identity
Safari 15 is found to have a serious vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain access to your browsing activity and personal identity attached to a Google account.
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Facebook "Knew What It Was Doing," Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says
Facebook's conduct revealed in leaked documents is "pretty concerning," said former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt, who called for companies in the tech industry to show more restraint.
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SHAREit Vulnerabilities Could Allow Remote Code Execution, Leak Sensitive Data
SHAREit app has been found to have vulnerabilities that can be exploited to allow Remote Code Execution (RCE). Google has been informed of these vulnerabilities.
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80TB of Parler Posts, Videos, and Other Data Leaked by Security Researchers
Parler, the social network popular among US President Trump supports, has just been taken off Google Play, the App Store, and taken down by Amazon Web Services. Before the takedown, security researchers have taken a huge data dump from the site, totalling around 80TB
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Dunzo Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Details
Google-backed delivery services startup Dunzo on Saturday revealed that it had identified a data breach impacting one of its customer databases.
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WhatsApp Phone Numbers Surface on Google: Should You Worry?
WhatsApp numbers of random users are showing up on Google because of the company’s “Click to Chat” feature that helps generate dedicated links of user profiles. A researcher, who claims to have discovered the development, calls it a privacy issue and says that it leaks nearly three lakh phone numbers of WhatsApp users in plaintext.
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Google Pixel 4 Face Unlock Works Even If Your Eyes Are Closed, a Major Security Flaw Google Won’t Fix
Google Pixel 4’s face unlock feature will work even when users’ eyes are closed, and Google is not going to fix it anytime soon.
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Chrome, Firefox Extensions With Up to 4 Million Installs Found Leaking Sensitive Personal Data
Some browser extensions have a side hustle in spying. From a privileged perch in your browser, they pass information about where you surf and what you view into a murky data economy.
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Climate Satellite MethaneSAT Fails After Just One Year in Orbit
MethaneSAT, a climate-monitoring satellite backed by Google and the Bezos Earth Fund, has failed after just one year in orbit. Launched in March 2024 to track methane leaks, the $88 million satellite lost power in June 2025. Though unrecoverable, mission operators will continue analyzing the collected data to support climate action and emission tra...
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16 Billion Login Credentials Leaked in Massive Data Breach Impacting Apple, Google and More
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a “mysterious database” comprising a staggering 16 billion login credentials, in what is being called one of the biggest data breaches in history. According to a report, it impacted some of the world’s biggest technology companies including Apple, Facebook, and Google, along with government portals fr...
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16 Billion Logins Stolen In Mega Data Breach Threatening Apple, Google And More
As per the researchers, 30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each have been discovered.
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Google Tipped to Be Improving Theft Protection System With New Features for Android Smartphones
Google is tipped to be rolling out new features to help users better protect their data if their Android device is stolen. As per a new leak, the company has started introducing three new features that enable different ways of locking the device in case of theft. The Theft Detection Lock feature is said to use machine learning (ML) capabilities to ...
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ChatGPT Fever Spreads to US Workplace, Firms Raise Concerns Over Intellectual Property Leaks
Many workers across the U.S. are turning to ChatGPT to help with basic tasks, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found, despite fears that have led employers such as Microsoft and Google to curb its use. Companies worldwide are considering how to best make use of ChatGPT, a chatbot program that uses generative AI to hold conversations with users and answer myria...
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Microsoft Issues Fix for aCropalypse Bug That Could Leak Bank Data, Medical Records from Cropped Screenshots
Microsoft has deployed an update that was affecting the image cropping tool of Windows. Called aCropalypse, the vulnerability prevented screenshots with text information following them from being removed properly after the images were cropped.
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iOS 15.3, iPadOS 15.3 Released With Fix for Safari Security Flaw; iCloud Sync Fix Reportedly Also Released
Apple has released iOS 15.3 and iPadOS 15.3 that brings a fix for the bug that made Safari's browsing history and linked accounts data vulnerable to getting leaked. The bug not only affected Safari but all third-party browsers on Apple operating systems. Separately, Apple is also reportedly rolling out a fix for syncing issues in iCloud impacting t...
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Safari 15 Security Flaw Discovered That Can Leak Your Browsing Activity, Personal Identity
Safari 15 is found to have a serious vulnerability that could allow attackers to gain access to your browsing activity and personal identity attached to a Google account.
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Facebook "Knew What It Was Doing," Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says
Facebook's conduct revealed in leaked documents is "pretty concerning," said former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt, who called for companies in the tech industry to show more restraint.
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SHAREit Vulnerabilities Could Allow Remote Code Execution, Leak Sensitive Data
SHAREit app has been found to have vulnerabilities that can be exploited to allow Remote Code Execution (RCE). Google has been informed of these vulnerabilities.
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80TB of Parler Posts, Videos, and Other Data Leaked by Security Researchers
Parler, the social network popular among US President Trump supports, has just been taken off Google Play, the App Store, and taken down by Amazon Web Services. Before the takedown, security researchers have taken a huge data dump from the site, totalling around 80TB
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Dunzo Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Details
Google-backed delivery services startup Dunzo on Saturday revealed that it had identified a data breach impacting one of its customer databases.
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WhatsApp Phone Numbers Surface on Google: Should You Worry?
WhatsApp numbers of random users are showing up on Google because of the company’s “Click to Chat” feature that helps generate dedicated links of user profiles. A researcher, who claims to have discovered the development, calls it a privacy issue and says that it leaks nearly three lakh phone numbers of WhatsApp users in plaintext.
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Google Pixel 4 Face Unlock Works Even If Your Eyes Are Closed, a Major Security Flaw Google Won’t Fix
Google Pixel 4’s face unlock feature will work even when users’ eyes are closed, and Google is not going to fix it anytime soon.
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Chrome, Firefox Extensions With Up to 4 Million Installs Found Leaking Sensitive Personal Data
Some browser extensions have a side hustle in spying. From a privileged perch in your browser, they pass information about where you surf and what you view into a murky data economy.
