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Tech News TL;DR

This week’s IT and tech news in 5-minutes-ish or less

Cyber-Security

Broadcom fixes three VMware zero-days exploited in attacks.

Google fixes Android zero-day exploited by Serbian authorities.

Microsoft Teams strategies, malware links Black Basta, Cactus ransomware.

Google expands Android AI scam detection to more Pixel devices.

YouTube warns of AI-generated video of its CEO used in phishing attacks.

BadBox malware disrupted on 500K infected Android devices.

New Eleven11bot botnet infects 86,000 devices for DDoS attacks.

Polish Space Agency offline as it recovers from cyberattack. 

Artificial Intelligence

Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online.

Researchers were surprised to find less-educated areas adopting AI writing tools faster.

AI firms follow DeepSeek’s lead and create cheaper models with “distillation.”

AI versus the brain and the race for general intelligence.

Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks.

What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor.

Crogl, armed with $30M, says it’s built an AI ‘Iron Man suit’ for security analysts.

A year later, OpenAI still hasn’t released its voice cloning tool. 

Misc

101 fun things to do with a locked Kindle e-reader.

Run DeepSeek R1 on an Apple M3 Ultra Mac Studio. Sure, it'll just cost you $9,499-plus.

Hey, remember iPads? Those fondleslabs? Apple still does.

Firefox 136 finally brings the features that fans wanted.

Apple dares users to fix 'budget' iPhone 16e themselves.

Lenovo teases solar-powered and folding screen concept laptops.

Apple's Software Quality Crisis: When Premium Hardware Meets Subpar Software.

Apple reveals M3 Ultra, taking Apple silicon to a new extreme. 

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