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The phone rings. There’s a sense of dread. Friend or foe? Scam or no? NordVPN — known more for encrypting internet traffic and hiding IP addresses — has launched an Android app named HangUp that screens incoming calls for potential scammers and telemarketers. The app is free to everyone. You don’t need a paid NordVPN account. HangUp uses call protection technology from Hiya, which has its own mobile app to block spam and fraud calls and detect AI deepfakes. HangUp also can scan incoming text messages by incorporating NordVPN’s Message Protection, which the company launched in June. HangUp app customers…

UK plans include trebling data center capacity (and likely, water consumption) by 2030Daily average consumption doesn’t reflect peak demand during times of stressWater UK sets out three considerations to prepare for increased demandDespite the nation wanting to treble its data center capacity by 2030, a key trade body has warned British government policies have not considered the rising demand for water.At the moment, England’s water resources forecasts, for example, exclude the likes of data centers and gigafactories.”Water companies therefore have a limit placed on how much future water they can provide,” Water UK wrote, warning that air cooling doesn’t quite…

If you’re considering using your own home-made VPN server, ASUS routers are generally good options. However, do you know that most of them are also great if you want to hook your entire home network to a paid VPN service? If that piques your interest — and you don’t want to pay anything just yet — there’s something you want to do with your ASUS router this year: Getting a free NordVPN experience. Related stories on home network security and privacy ASUS routers generally come with advanced VPN features including the ability to work as a VPN client. ASUS routers…

In the brief history of AI security, the prompt injection has quickly become the top threat. Large language models are inherently unable to distinguish between legitimate instructions provided by users and malicious ones sneaked into emails, source code, and other third-party content the models are processing. This makes it trivial to surreptitiously inject malicious commands that the LLM readily follows. With no way to enforce this crucial boundary between trusted and untrusted sources, AI engine developers are left to erect elaborate guardrails designed to mitigate the damage rather than solve the root cause. To date, most prompt injections have fallen…

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The second season of Amazon’s noir-inspired animated Batman show, Batman: Caped Crusader, arrives on Prime Video next week, and it will launch alongside a brand new game. The Amazon Luna-exclusive Batman: Caped Crusader – Chronicles is a good old-fashioned tie-in, focusing on Bats’ detective skills rather than fisticuffs. The co-op adventure features voice performances from the show, and drops you and up to three other players into Gotham’s seedy underworld, where you’ll play a series of minigames that put the Dark Knight’s sleuthing skills to the test. In a press…

Recent coverage of Flock Safety, the fast‑growing US surveillance technology company, reveals how opposition to automated license plate readers is playing out at the local level. In South Carolina, officials have been sparring over whether to install 25 new cameras, a dispute that reflects broader questions about cost, oversight, and how much surveillance communities are willing to accept. The city of Los Angeles recently broke its contract with Flock Safety, though Flock’s CEO argues that the suspension should be temporary while the police department revises its rules. These cancellations are in large part driven by public concern around a system…

Nvidia’s Rubin-generation AI servers run coolant that is often hotter than a hot tub as it enters a closed loop at up to 45°C and leaves at around 55°C, with no performance penalty in towThe principle leveraged here is that of a temperature gradient with server chips still running hotter than the coolant, allowing heat transfer to occur seamlesslyThe approach allows Nvidia to roughly conserve 2.6 million gallons per megawatt annually to near zero and could save a 50MW site over $4 million a year in costNvidia’s Rubin generation is the first of its kind in multiple ways, but the…

Here’s some great news for fans of the Omada Wi-Fi access points: TP-Link today announced the availability of its all-new Fusion Gateway family, with the Fusion 2.5G being the first to hit the market. From the look of it, the new gateways aim to compete with Ubiquiti’s UniFi ecosystem, which has dominated the advanced (and home) networking market since early 2025. The Fusion 2.5G Gateway is the first in TP-Link’s all-new Fusion Gateway family of non-Wi-Fi routers with integrated Omada controller and more Related stories on TP-Link TP-Link Fusion Gateway Lineup: An effort to turn an Omada router into a…

Prompt injections, the malicious commands attackers embed into content to entice large language models to follow them, have been attackers’ go-to tool for turning AI platforms against their users. A well-phrased command sneaked into an email or calendar invitation is often all it takes to cause the LLM to exfiltrate sensitive data or follow other harmful actions. Now, defenders are embracing the prompt injection, too. A strong, sharp effect Researchers from Tracebit on Monday said they found that placing prompt injections alongside passwords, cryptographic keys, and other secrets stored on Amazon Web Services was often all that was needed to…

Adding new dimensions to the device. Cristina Ramos There are a ton of fantastic games available on the Playdate (with more on the way), but devs keep finding increasingly creative ways to push the little yellow machine to the max. Today, we spotted a neat demo that showcases some tech the game platform wasn’t expected to be capable of. Game developer Cristina Ramos posted a video on social media of a work in progress that takes the Playdate into 3D. The slice of gameplay begins with platforming upwards through an interior space and then emerging onto…