In brief: Sending codes to users via SMS has long been discredited as the least secure multi-factor authentication method, and Microsoft will soon discontinue support for this practice altogether. Citing the rising danger of hackers armed with AI tools, the company has now provided a timeline for phasing out SMS codes.

IT admins will no longer be able to log into Microsoft Entra ID accounts using SMS-based 2FA codes starting February

Connecting the dots: Buying a smartphone for under $100 could soon become something you used to be able to do. According to the latest sales figures, this segment declined by 64% YoY in the second quarter – and there are no prizes for guessing why.

Counterpoint Research writes that US smartphone sales fell by 5% YoY in Q2 2026, with memory price increases the main culprit

TL;DR: Cargo thieves are targeting equipment used in AI data centers, from server switches to cooling systems and networking hardware. In two recent California cases, criminals appear to have used car crashes to separate trucks from their security escorts before the shipments vanished. The incidents highlight how organized groups are using carrier-identity fraud, GPS manipulation and, increasingly, aggressive roadside tactics to steal high-value technology moving through the

WTF?! When errors are discovered in products' imagery, most companies are quick to claim that AI hasn't been used in their creation. But the numerous AI-generated typos in the HallPass candy bars' promotional images weren't a mistake: they were purposely included to generate "internet rage bait," according to the firm's president.

The three low-calorie HallPass bars , which each contain

In brief: GOG is primarily associated with retro PC games, but it has also gradually come to include recent indie releases and a few AAA titles. Unfortunately, some shoppers have begun to notice and catalogue hundreds of discrepancies between games released on GOG and the same titles on Steam or the Epic Games Store.

According to a continually updated online spreadsheet , hundreds of games on GOG are missing updates, downloadable content, languages,

A hot potato: Amazon has been using Twitch content to train its generative AI models for years, though it's never been exactly forthcoming about this fact. Now, the streaming platform has confirmed this does happen, and those who don't want to participate must opt out.

Twitch announced on its official X channel that it has added a setting that allows users to opt out of having their channel content used to

First look: Google's Pixel 11 series marks the company's most aggressive AI play yet, pairing a new 2nm Tensor G6 chip with deeper on-device Gemini integration across all four models – Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold. It's also the first Pixel generation to drop Samsung's Exynos modem in favor

The takeaway: AMD has published a new security bulletin about the Trusted Platform Module reference implementation used in its computer platforms. The disclosed flaws could have significant reliability and security implications, but updates for AMD's numerous CPU families have already been available for months. Users simply need to install them.

Researchers working with the Trusted Computing Group recently identified a potential security issue in AMD's TPM code, prompting the company to