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Sony has launched a new flagship phone, the Xperia 1 VIII, with its most notable features revolving around photography. The phone comes with the brand’s new AI Camera Assistant powered by Xperia Intelligence. Sony says the assistant can suggest changes to your settings based on what you’re photographing. When you point the camera at your subject, the assistant is supposed to automatically recognize the scene, the subject itself and the weather conditions to make suggestions on the best color tones, lens and bokeh effects to use. You can then tap on the…

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FTTH and enterprise fiber connections are at risk of interception – and it’s not the internet traffic you should be worried aboutDAS technology analyses the effects of vibrations (or sound) on laser pulses through fiber cablesAttackers can exploit this with the help of AI to decipher your conversationsNew research covered in Science has revealed the very fiber optic cables which connect billions of households and commercial premises to the internet could actually be used as covert listening devices.We’ve already seen subsea cables being repurposed, or multipurposed, as environmental sensors and data collection tools capable of detecting ships, earthquakes, underwater drones,…

A Wi-Fi range extender and a Wi-Fi access point differ only by how they connect to the existing network. The latter uses a network cable, which can be infrastructure-prohibitive, whereas the latter is always much more readily applicable since it uses, well, the air. Wi-Fi range extender: What they are and how to pick the right one for your needs You’ll find the top 5 Wi-Fi range extenders to bring home in this post. Before continuing, though, keep in mind that, just like access points, extenders are not created equal—what you should get depends on the hardware of your current…

Both privilege escalation vulnerabilities stem from bugs in the kernel’s handling of page caches stored in memory, allowing untrusted users to modify them. They target caches in networking and memory-fragment handling components. Specifically, CVE-2026-43284 attacks the esp4 and esp6 () processes, and CVE-2026-43500 zeroes in on rxrpc. Last week’s CopyFail exploited faulty page caching in the authencesn AEAD template process, which is used for IPsec extended sequence numbers. A 2022 vulnerability named Dirty Pipe also stemmed from flaws that allow attackers to overwrite page caches. Researchers from security firm Automox wrote: Dirty Frag belongs to the same bug family as…

The development of Sony’s wearable Reon cooling device started back in 2017and after a crowdfunding launch in 2019, it eventually went on sale in Asia and, in recent years, the West. It’s time for an upgrade with the Reon Pocket Pro Plus, which will be available in the UK and Europe through Sony’s own store and online retailers, including Amazon. It’s not simply a wearable fan attached to your neck. The Reon works through the Peltier effect. The device sits at the base of your neck, with an electrically cooled metal plate delivering lower temperatures at the ideal place for…

The third season of Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings prequel has its release date. The Rings of Power is keeping its 2-year cadence — the first season hit Amazon’s streaming service in 2022, with the second season following in 2024 — with the third season arriving on Prime Video on Nov. 11.Announced ahead of Amazon Upfront on Monday, Season 3 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has a time jump of “several years” from the second season, Prime Video confirmed, and will take place “at the height of the war of the elves and Sauron”…

Who else is feeling physically sick every time they tune into Half Man? That’s testament to Richard Gadd’s incredible character creation, but my word is Ruben absolutely vile.As we’re finding out, the show follows brothers Niall (Jamie Bell) and Ruben (Gadd) through 30 years of their lives, exploring the highs and lows of their turbulent relationship. Frankly, “lows” is putting things politely.Things will probably get worse than what we’ve already seen. But when will Half Man episode 4 be released on HBO Max and BBC iPlayer?Latest Videos From You may like What time can I watch Half Man episode 4…

Lixu/Getty Images TikTok users in the UK are getting a less disruptive experience if they’re willing to pay. The platform has announced that an ad-free option will roll out to UK users over the coming months, available to anyone with an account who is 18 or older. Of course, it will require a monthly subscription to offset the loss of ad revenue. The TikTok Ad-Free tier will cost £4 ($5.40) per month. Meta rolled out a similar feature on Facebook and Instagram in the UK last fall for £3 ($4) per month. “Choice…

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