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US arrests OnlyFake operator accused of selling over 10,000 AI-generated digital fake IDs
According to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, 27-year-old Ukrainian national Yurii Nazarenko (also known by several aliases, including “John Wick”) was charged and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud involving identification documents and authentication features.
Modder builds a CPU cooler powered by "infinite" ice from a hacked ice maker
The experiment sits halfway between absurdist entertainment and an intriguing case study in thermal engineering. The concept is deceptively simple: use melting ice to absorb the CPU’s heat, then recycle the meltwater to make new ice, forming a closed-loop cooling system.
Jack Dorsey says AI is driving Block's massive layoffs as 4,000+ roles are cut
Block, which Dorsey founded in 2009, is the US market leader in point-of-sale systems. It operates Square, Cash App, and Tidal, boasting over 60 million users.
Apple's iPhone and iPad become first consumer devices to receive NATO security clearance
The clearance puts Apple in an exclusive position – no other consumer smartphone or tablet maker has ever reached the same security threshold under the alliance’s information assurance standards.
Hackers can now track your car's location through tire pressure sensors
The device in many automobiles that warns drivers when their tire pressure is low transmits the data in unencrypted cleartext and carries a unique identifier for each vehicle. Researchers from IMEDA Networks and several European universities recently discovered that relatively inexpensive wireless devices can track Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS)…
Viral ad shows aged Musk, Altman, and Bezos using jobless humans to power AI
The ad, set in 2036, sees Musk, Altman, and Bezos talking about their co-founded company, Energym. The eerily accurate AI-generated versions talk about how 80% of people had lost their jobs by 2030, leaving them with no money or purpose — but plenty of free time.
Google upgrades Gemini image generation to Nano Banana 2 with 4K support
The move represents a step toward unifying Google’s image AI lineup under a single, high-performance model. Since the debut of the first Nano Banana in August 2025, Gemini users have created millions of images globally while steadily pushing the models’ creative limits using Gemini apps and tools, such as the AI-powered…
Were We Wrong About Ryzen's Best Feature All Along?
Platform longevity helped define Ryzen’s rise, but was it really the secret sauce? As Nova Lake and Zen 6 approach, we revisit AM4 to see how much socket support truly shaped the CPU market.
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