Tech

Microsoft will phase out its Lens scanner app, launched in 2014 as Office Lens, starting in September; users can create new scans in the app only until December (windowsreport.com)
2025-8-9 Microsoft

WinRAR zero-day flaw exploited by RomCom hackers in phishing attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-9

OpenAI to fix GPT-5 issues, double rate limits for paid users after outrage (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-9

Coinbase rolls out DEX trading in its app for US users, excluding New York state, starting with assets on the Base network, with Solana support “coming soon” (decrypt.co)
2025-8-9 Asset New York Coinbase

The FCC Will Review Emergency Alert Systems in the US (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-9

China Tells Brokers To Stop Touting Stablecoins To Cool Frenzy (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-9 China

OpenAI says ChatGPT Pro users can select old models for now but plans to deprecate them in 60 days; Sam Altman says Plus users will be able to keep using GPT-4o (joannastern.beehiiv.com)
2025-8-9

How Intel's CEO Helped Create China's Chip Industry (slashdot.org)
2025-8-9 China Intel

Sources: Intel's board has stalled recent efforts by CEO Lip-Bu Tan to raise capital and acquire an AI company meant to help it compete against Nvidia and AMD (www.wsj.com)
2025-8-9 Intel AI Nvidia AMD

Google is testing an AI-powered Google Finance website in the US, letting users ask questions, access advanced charting tools, view a live news feed, and more (techcrunch.com)
2025-8-9 Google AI

Google Ending Steam for Chromebook Support in 2026 (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-8-9 Google

Frequent Nightmares Predict Early Death More Strongly Than Smoking or Obesity, Study Finds (science.slashdot.org)
2025-8-9

FTC: older adults lost record $700 million to scammers in 2024 (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-9

Leaked spreadsheets, Slack messages, and files linked to an alleged group of North Korean IT scammers show how they track potential jobs and record earnings (www.wired.com)
2025-8-9 Korea Slack

The Troubling Decline in Conscientiousness (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-9

Google Tests AI-Powered Google Finance (tech.slashdot.org)
2025-8-9 Google AI

With GPT-5's launch, OpenAI has removed its older models like GPT-4o and o3 from the ChatGPT model selector, sparking a backlash from some users (www.pcmag.com)
2025-8-9

Ripple and the SEC agree to dismiss their court appeals, ending a lawsuit but leaving a judge's injunction on XRP sales to institutions and a $125M fine intact (www.reuters.com)
2025-8-9 XRP

New Method Is the Fastest Way To Find the Best Routes (science.slashdot.org)
2025-8-9

U.S. Judiciary confirms breach of court electronic records service (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-8-9

UK Secretly Allows Facial Recognition Scans of Passport, Immigration Databases (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-9 Immigration Facial Recognition

Loyalty Programs Are Keeping America's Airlines Aloft (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-9 U.S.

Sam Altman says OpenAI should prioritize growth and its investments in training and compute “for a long time”, even if it delays its path to profitability (www.cnbc.com)
2025-8-9

Trade Desk shares drop ~38% after the company's latest earnings and projections heightened concerns about its future growth amid Amazon's rising ad-tech threat (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-9 Amazon

Intel CEO Hits Out at 'Misinformation' After US President Calls on Him To Resign (news.slashdot.org)
2025-8-9 Intel

GPT-5's system card says gpt-5-thinking has a hallucination rate of 4.5% with browsing enabled, compared to gpt-5-main's 9.6%, GPT-4o's 12.9%, and o3's 12.7% (mashable.com)
2025-8-9

Sources: China told local brokers and think tanks to stop promoting stablecoins by publishing research or holding seminars, aiming to prevent market instability (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-9 China

Sources: Tesla is disbanding its Dojo supercomputer team and its leader is leaving, after ~20 team members joined DensityAI, a new data center services startup (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-8-8 Startup Tesla

Panasonic unveils 21 new LED TVs under P-Series starting at Rs 17,990 (indianexpress.com)
2025-8-8 Panasonic

Mistakenly Sold NASA Command Trailer Goes On Sale (science.slashdot.org)
2025-8-8 NASA

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