Aug 14, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Microsoft is ending SMS and voice authentication for Entra ID, with passkeys becoming mandatory by February 1, 2027. The change is driven by the growing threat of AI-powered phishing and SIM swapping. Starting September 1, affected users will be prompted to set up a passkey. Personal Microsoft accounts are also moving away from SMS codes.
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Aug 14, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Comu's Action Pro is a pocket-sized AI voice recorder that does more than capture meetings — it can turn conversations into editable slides, follow-up emails, documents, and action plans using simple voice commands. With a six-microphone array, up to 70 hours of recording, and support for 113 languages, it's built for busy professionals. The device offers a free tier with basic transcription, while paid plans unlock deeper analysis and more credits for AI-generated materials.
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Aug 14, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
A GitHub project called watermarks-remover has been updated to strip AI provenance signals from text and files generated by OpenAI, Gemini, and Claude. The tool targets invisible Unicode characters, statistical text watermarks, and embedded metadata in formats like PNG, JPEG, PDF, and DOCX. While the latest version uses aggressive rewriting to disrupt hidden marks, the developer cautions it is best-effort and cannot guarantee fooling every detector. The project highlights the emerging cat-and-mouse game between AI watermarking and removal.
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Aug 14, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
NVIDIA has introduced an AI-powered Synthetic Video Detector designed to identify AI-generated videos in real time. The tool analyzes footage frame by frame and assigns a probability score for manipulation. It can process a 1080p video in just 22 milliseconds on RTX systems, with accuracy reaching up to 92% on uncompressed video.
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Aug 14, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
AMD used Computex 2026 to ease PC gamers' upgrade anxiety with a renewed AM5 commitment through 2029. The company revealed the Ryzen 7 7700X3D, a more affordable V-Cache chip, and the Radeon RX 9070 GRE for 1440p gaming. It also announced a 10th Anniversary Edition of the popular Ryzen 7 5800X3D for AM4 builders. The message is simple: buy a solid platform and upgrade components later.
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Aug 13, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Cologne-based rankingCoach has made its BeyondSEO plugin a default installation on WordPress sites through Extendify. The free plugin currently has roughly 3,000 active installations and aims to hook users into a paid marketing suite. The move arrives as AI Overviews reduce click-through rates on top-ranking pages. This placement puts rankingCoach in front of site owners at the exact moment they begin thinking about growth.
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Aug 13, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Zoom has patched three memory corruption vulnerabilities in the annotation feature used during screen sharing. The flaws let any meeting participant execute code on another attendee's device with no interaction. Fixes shipped in Zoom Workplace 7.1.5 and 7.0.6, plus related products. Older clients remain exposed.
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Aug 13, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Tencent reported Q2 revenue of ¥204.8bn, up 11%, but net profit missed estimates. Capital expenditure surged 176% to ¥52.8bn, pushing free cash flow to a negative ¥13.8bn. The company is betting heavily on AI infrastructure, with executives emphasizing long-term returns and downside protection. Meanwhile, Tencent faces pressure as rivals release frontier models and the stock has dropped 26% this year.
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Aug 13, 2026Twila Rosenbaum
Taiwan's digital affairs ministry disclosed that government agencies were targeted in July by a hacking campaign blending manual techniques with AI agents. Officials say the attackers extracted scores of passwords and stolen personnel records in roughly four days. The fast-moving operation highlights how AI is lowering the barrier to advanced cyberattacks.
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