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Few laptops have enjoyed the staying power of the MacBook Air M1. Six years ago, I called it “an astonishing breakthrough.” It was the first Mac to feature Apple Silicon and the last Air to wear that iconic wedge design. As recently as last year, people were still buying this system for roughly $699 at Walmart.As it finally shifts into refurb-only availability, the MacBook Air M1 remains the affordable Mac to beat, and now, with the MacBook Neo, that iconic Mac has met its match.Like that system before it, the MacBook Neo breaks new ground for Apple. We’ve never seen…

Today, Synology quietly made its new BeeCamera feature available on its BeeStation Plus network-attached storage (NAS) server via a manual upgrade to the latest BeeStation OS (version 1.5-65918). (The company says the official release of the feature will come by the end of this month, at which point the new version will be available for in-app or auto update.) As the name suggests, this feature adds camera-based surveillance capability to the consumer-friendly NAS server, similar to the Surveillance Station package available on Synology’s standard DiskStation NAS servers. I tried BeeCamera for a couple of weeks with a CC400W camera, and it proved a useful,…

Hackers have compromised virtually all versions of Aqua Security’s widely used Trivy vulnerability scanner in an ongoing supply chain attack that could have wide-ranging consequences for developers and the organizations that use them. Trivy maintainer Itay Shakury confirmed the compromise on Friday, following rumors and a thread, since deleted by the attackers, discussing the incident. The attack began in the early hours of Thursday. When it was done, the threat actor had used stolen credentials to force-push all but one of the trivy-action tags and seven setup-trivy tags to use malicious dependencies. Assume your pipelines are compromised A forced push…

A group of former Twitter investors have prevailed at a federal civil trial over Elon Musk’s actions amid his $44 billion acquisition of the social platform in 2022. A jury in San Francisco found Friday that tweets made by Musk about fake accounts on the platform had defrauded investors in the company. The jury sided with Musk on other allegations in the case.It’s not yet clear how much Musk will owe in damages as a result of the case but, as the Associated Press reports, it could amount to billions of dollars. Jurors calculated that shareholders should get “between about…

OpenAI is working toward creating a desktop “superapp” that will consist of its three tools: ChatGPT, the coding platform Codex and the Atlas browser, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. OpenAI executives said the goal behind this new desktop app is to improve the user experience. The move comes after the Journal reported earlier this week that OpenAI CEO of applications Fidji Simo told employees the company wanted to focus on its core business instead of side projects.In a Thursday memo to staff reported by the Journal, Simo, who leads development of the new app, said the company…

Apple has urged users to update their iOS devices as soon as possibleThis will protect your iPhone from web attacks and vulnerabilitiesDevices running iOS 15 to iOS 26 are already protectedApple has issued a rare public warning, stating that if you’re running an old version of iOS, you should update your device in order to “protect your iPhone from web attacks.”The notice has been published in a new security document on Apple’s website. While the company frequently releases security updates and patches to keep customers’ devices secure, it’s unusual for Apple to issue a public call in this manner, which…

“In January 2026 Broadcom signaled the termination of its VMware Cloud Service Provider program in Europe,” CIPSE said in a statement. This unilateral decision ​removed all but a tiny minority of hand-selected partners and ​excluded most European CSPs from selling VMware products.” In its complaint, CISPE also accused Broadcom of “ongoing abuse,” citing sharp price hikes—up to tenfold, with some customers reporting as much as 900 percent increases—along with product bundling  and commitment requirements based on projected rather than actual use, The Register reported. “After imposing outrageous and unjustified price hikes immediately following the acquisition of VMware, Broadcom is now…

Alphabet’s life sciences business Verily is restructuring and raising money as a new corporate entity. Verily announced that with its $300 million investment round, it will change from an LLC to a corporation and rename itself Verily Health Inc. As a result, Alphabet now has a minority stake rather than a controlling one in the business.Similar to every other tech business, this chapter for Verily will be focused on AI. “From research to care, our customers need solutions that bring the best of clinical and scientific rigor together with AI to deliver the next generation of healthcare – one that…

I used to tell people to skip Wi-Fi 7 routers because they were much more expensive than Wi-Fi 6 or 6E. But after testing and evaluating 34 routers at our CNET Lab, I’ve changed my mind. I saw just how much more speed you can get for the price of a Wi-Fi 7 router.A Wi-Fi 7 upgrade is a worthwhile investment for future-proofing your home network, especially when our CNET survey found that 86% of Americans already experience Wi-Fi drops. Your home’s Wi-Fi router is the gateway to the internet and to your devices. It affects every aspect of your…

Alexa+ launches in the UK today, complete with authentic British touches like calling you “mate” in a posh female accent — a combination that, as any actual British person knows, rarely exists in the wild.But quirks aside, Alexa+ sounds like exactly what voice assistants were always supposed to become. Instead of shouting carefully phrased commands and hoping it doesn’t set a timer when you ask it to play Ride on Time, it can understand context, remember your preferences, and help manage your day.With the right hardware it can even turn your lights on and run your central heating. And that’s…