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You can’t say bomb on an airplane
A Bluetooth speaker named BOMB turned a transatlantic flight around. What your phone and its accessories broadcast to everyone nearby, and how to rename them in a minute.
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What changed in technology this week, and what it means for you.
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Microsoft 365 prices go up July 1.
Business Basic is now $7 and Business Standard $14 per user each month, with E3 up 13 percent. Every new plan price, plus the nonprofit rates and cheaper options most people miss.
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The AI jobs apocalypse got postponed.
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei both walked back their AI job-loss warnings this month. What the employment numbers actually show so far, and why the timing deserves a second look.
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Patching is the new password
Verizon's 2026 breach report found unpatched software passed stolen passwords as the top way attackers get in. Why installing updates now matters as much as your login does.
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A WordPress privacy plugin opened 115,000 sites to takeover
Burst Statistics, installed on about 200,000 WordPress sites, had a flaw letting attackers sign in as administrator. How to check your version, and what to do if you run one.
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CISA contractor posted admin keys to public GitHub
A federal contractor left AWS GovCloud admin credentials and a file of plaintext passwords in a public repository for six months. How it happened, and the habit that prevents it.
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Meta dropped Instagram DM encryption. Why?
Meta turned off end-to-end encryption for Instagram direct messages, so new DMs are readable again. What changed, what happened to old conversations, and what to use instead.
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IT twins wipe 96 government databases.
Two contractors were fired on a video call and deleted 96 federal databases in 56 minutes. What it shows about the accounts nobody closes when an employee leaves.
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The data center boom reaches Hillsboro, OR.
Data centers are arriving west of Portland, and they run on water and electricity from the same system everyone else uses. What the boom means for the people who live nearby.
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The Chatbot: What We Actually Know About AI Companions and Mental Health
A JAMA study of nearly 21,000 adults found daily AI users aged 45 to 64 were 54 percent likelier to screen positive for depression. What the research can and cannot tell us yet.
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The Disturbing Reality of AI-Powered Plush Toys
A $99 AI teddy bear told researchers where to find pills and matches. How AI toys for kids actually work, what they send to the cloud, and what to check before one comes home.
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Google is sending a few clicks back to your website
Google is adding outbound links back into AI Overviews after years of falling click-through rates. What the five changes do for small sites, and what they leave unfixed.