0. Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone (blog.calif.io)
1107 points · 718 comments · by pavel_lishin
Calif unveiled iPhone hacking demos at Hexacon in Paris, including one-click Signal and iMessage attacks, and said the exploits will be released later. [src]
1. Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed (kimi.ai)
1083 points · 673 comments · by Jowsey
Kimi introduces the K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed models, with additional documentation and third-party comparison resources linked for further information. [src]
2. Apple Music 404 Not Found (music.apple.com)
931 points · 273 comments · by frizlab
The Apple Music link returns a 404 error, while the accompanying MacRumors link points to a story about a hidden playable iPod feature. [src]
3. Investor-owned utilities charge 23% more for electricity than public providers (kadoa.com)
556 points · 398 comments · by hubraumhugo
In 2025, households served by investor-owned utilities paid an average 17.8¢ per kilowatt-hour—23% more than public utilities and 26% more than co-ops—with investor-owned rates rising 34% since 2020 versus 19% for public providers. [src]
4. Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown (keepandroidopen.org)
541 points · 377 comments · by NackerHughes
The “Keep Android Open” campaign warns that Google’s planned 2027 developer-verification rules could restrict app distribution to registered developers who pay fees and submit government ID, threatening sideloading, F-Droid, and Android’s open ecosystem. [src]
5. Disney Raising Prices Days After Confirming Ads Will Now Show Up on Every Tier (tvfandomlounge.com)
448 points · 454 comments · by robtherobber
Disney+ is raising subscription prices while revising its terms to allow promotional content and ads before or after playback on every tier, even as its 2026 originals lag on Nielsen’s rankings and fail to win major Emmys. [src]
6. Dessa: Conversation Model trained only on speech (block.xyz)
525 points · 197 comments · by dsr12
Block’s Dessa page primarily provides a privacy notice explaining how it collects, uses, shares, stores, and protects information from visitors to its services. [src]
7. The foolishness of "natural language programming" (1978) (cs.utexas.edu)
383 points · 270 comments · by xiaoyu2006
Edsger Dijkstra argues that natural-language programming would increase ambiguity and interface complexity, while formal symbols simplify communication by enforcing precise rules and preventing nonsense. [src]
8. Now Google says it might use your Gmail and Google Photos data to target ads (theverge.com)
390 points · 201 comments · by JustSkyfall
Google updated its privacy policy to allow data from Gmail, Drive, and Photos shared with Search or Gemini through Personal Intelligence to inform personalized ads, though advertisers won’t receive the data directly; users can disconnect services or disable personalized recommendations. [src]
9. Dutch government had hacked into Jared Kushner's phone (twitter.com)
311 points · 205 comments · by teekert
Jared Kushner denied Vanity Fair’s allegation that the Dutch government hacked his phone and monitored access to a Dubai bank account, calling the claim unsupported fiction. [src]
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