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Microsoft phishing scams use fake security alerts and links that redirect to credential-stealing pages with warning signs, including urgent language and unusual senders.

“No slides was our first rule,” McNeil told the audience earlier this month at TC All Stage in Boston. “You have to be reviewing real product.”

Exclusive: Allianz Life said the "majority" of its customers and employees had data stolen in the July cyberattack. The insurance giant has more than 125 million customers worldwide.

In a world filled with mediocre ready-to-eat meals, CookUnity is the first I’ve tried that feels like real cooking. Not every meal hits, but enough do.

Answers to each clue for the July 26, 2025 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

The Pro Click V2 Vertical has a steep learning curve but effectively brings the ergonomic benefits of a vertical mouse to the gaming peripheral.

Nemo’s updated Dagger Osmo 2-person tent is a well-designed, spacious palace of a tent.

Got milk? From wearables to popular portables, these are the breast pumps we recommend for your nursing era.

Stay up to date on the latest AI technology advancements and learn about the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.

Mounting evidence shows no US state is safe from the flooding that ravaged Texas’ Kerr Country.

These specialty blades—cutlass-shaped mini machetes made for chopping grilled and smoked meats—aren’t a necessary addition to your grill game. But they’re fun, and they get the job done.

Tesla vehicles manufactured since mid-2021 with AMD Ryzen processors can now access Grok 4, xAI's witty conversational assistant designed to make drives more engaging.

A network of local officials in Italy want to turn their cities into laboratories for the vehicles of tomorrow in the hope of catching up with the US and China.

Liquid Glass is Apple's new visual design language for iPhones, MacBooks, and iPads, coming this fall. I tried the iOS 26 beta to see how it works.

Plus: Google Photos lets you convert images to videos, Microsoft has a 5G Surface, and Palmer Luckey asks if you’d buy a US-made laptop.

The new Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 is a dynamic and unique foldable phone with an excellent set of cameras.

The Lenovo Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition keeps its excellent OLED display, snappy keyboard, and sleek design, with a stellar battery life.

A brief guide to efficient ChatGPT prompting, because how you talk to the chatbot matters.

NASA's Europa Clipper captured a rare infrared image of Mars with its moons, Phobos and Deimos, during a flyby en route to Jupiter.

Best Apple deal: Save $150 on the 2025 Apple MacBook Air 13-inch at Amazon. Get the M4 MacBook Air for under $850.

"The Fantastic Four: First Steps," "Squid Game," "28 Years Later," and "Superman" all star babies in grave danger. Let's break it down.

This PDF Converter and Editor for Windows and Mac helps you convert, build, and edit PDFs with OCR, batch tools, and more. Get it for just $23.99 for life.

Grab Microsoft Office Home & Business 2019 for Mac for just $42.99 (reg. $229) — a one-time purchase with lifetime access to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & more.

Get a Grade A refurbished Apple MacBook Pro (1TB SSD, 16GB RAM) for just $474.97

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro is just $14.97 — upgrade your PC with advanced tools, AI support, and lifetime access.

These bamboo-blend sheets are ultra-soft, breathable, and eco-friendly — all for under $30.

Both "The Last of Us" and "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" ask Pedro Pascal to make the same difficult choice.

Why I love the CMF Watch Pro 3: features, specs, metrics, price, and more.

Ditch subscription fees and get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more for life for only $49.97.

Hints and answers to today's Hurdle all in one place.

See the moon phase expected for July 26, 2025 as well as when the next full moon is expected.

Connections is a New York Times word game that's all about finding the "common threads between words." How to solve the puzzle.

The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.

Here's the answer for "Wordle" #1498 on July 26 as well as a few hints, tips, and clues to help you solve it yourself.

There will be an employee in the driver's seat -- a big change from how things have been working in Austin.

India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting "obscene" content.

Index Ventures partner Jahanvi Sardana has a reminder for all those founders worried about finding TAM for their product or service: many startups have emerged from markets that, at the time, were essentially nonexistent.

Creators KallMeKris and Celina Spooky Boo parlayed their careers as creators in a feature horror film called 'House on Eden.'

Intel will remain an anchor investor in the standalone company which produced $5.8 billion in revenue in 2024.

The electric carmaker informed California that it will operate a limited public taxi service. But it’s not legally allowed to do this with self-driving cars.

Shengjia Zhao, a former OpenAI researcher, will round out the leadership team at Meta's new AI lab.

Amelia Dimoldenberg brings drag legend Trixie Mattel

AI platforms in June 2025 generated over 1.13 billion referrals to the top 1,000 websites globally, up 357% year-over-year.

Users on 4Chan and Reddit discovered the app, the center of recent online controversy, and its database of images had been hacked.

Understand how technology affects mental health through five concepts, including blue light exposure, screen time management and algorithmic bias.

On July 31, WIRED’s global editorial director discusses the world of wellness—and beyond—with WIRED reporters.

"Happy Gilmore 2" stars Adam Sandler and Julie Bowen describe the process of creating younger versions of themselves in the long-awaited sequel.

It turns out ChatGPT has a lot of thoughts about old Canaanite gods and blood offerings.

In response to a question about how AI works with today's legal system, Altman said one of the problems of not yet having a legal or policy framework for AI is that there's no legal confidentiality for users' conversations.

X is piloting a new Community Notes feature that highlights posts liked by users with opposing viewpoints.

A frustrated vibe coder says Google Gemini CLI, the open-source coding agent, accidentally deleted all of his code.

From leadership changes at legacy semiconductor companies to wishy washy policy around chip exports, a lot has happened already.

Electric vehicle maker Lucid adds hands-free driving through an over-the-air update for Air sedan owners with the DreamDrive Pro package and Gravity SUV support coming later.

California Senator Alex Padilla has designated the online Internet Archive as an official depository for federal documents.

As of July 25, buy a Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic and get a $100 Amazon gift card.

Google has suspended the Firebase account of Catwatchful following a TechCrunch investigation. The spyware operation was caught using Google's own servers to host and run its surveillance app, which was stealthily monitoring thousands of people's phones.

Peacock has increased its prices again, making it more expensive than Netflix, HBO Max, Paramount+, and Disney+.

Microsoft is testing a Copilot Appearance tool that gives its Copilot AI an emoji-like face. Is this Clippy 2.0?

Amazon built a new processing facility at the Kennedy Space Center to prepare for its satellite internet rollout.

On July 23, LELO launched its first dual-ended wand vibrator, the LELO Switch. It’s chic, powerful, and can be all yours for $199.

As of July 25, Bose's popular QuietComfort headphones are on sale at Amazon and Best Buy for $130 off the original price.

As of July 25, get the 11-inch iPad for $50 off at Amazon.

You can pre-order the 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' Galactus LED popcorn bucket from AMC, Regal, and Cinemark.

There's still time to get $300 off the new DJI Power 2000 portable power station. Just use the code POWER2000 at checkout.

Proton VPN is reporting a 1,400% hourly increase in sign-ups over its baseline as the UK's new age verification law takes effect.

As of July 25, Nintendo Switch 2 consoles are easier to find in stock than ever before. Here's where you can get one, and where you still can't (for now).