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Focus Mode’s Not Cutting It? 6 Unconventional Ways to Spend Less Time on Apps
If you’re anything like me, staying on task while using your phone is a constant struggle. Focus Mode is supposed to help with that, but even with it turned on, I still find myself slipping back into old habits. That’s why I’ve come up with a few, let’s just say unconventional ways to keep myself in check. 7 Focus Mode…
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‘Godfather’ Malware Is Now Hijacking Banking Apps on Android
As malware evolves to be more sophisticated, seeing should not always equal believing. A new iteration of the “Godfather” malware found on Android is hijacking legitimate banking apps, making it increasingly difficult for users (and on-device protections) to detect. An early version of Godfather utilized screen overlay attacks, which placed fraudulent HTML login screens on top of legitimate banking and…
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Godfather Android malware now uses virtualization to hijack banking apps
A new version of the Android malware “Godfather” creates isolated virtual environments on mobile devices to steal account data and transactions from legitimate banking apps. These malicious apps are executed inside a controlled virtual environment on the device, enabling real-time spying, credential theft, and transaction manipulation while maintaining perfect visual deception. The tactic resembles that seen in the FjordPhantom Android malware in…
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The Three Fitness Apps I Use Every Day
We may earn a commission from links on this page. I use apps for everything from obtaining free stuff to making extra income. I also use them for some extra help on the health and fitness journey I’ve been undertaking for the last year and a half. I was always active—I teach spin classes, consistently ride my Peloton, and have…
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Meta cracks down on nudify apps after being exposed
Meta is suing a company that advertised generative AI apps on its social media platforms that enable users to “nudify” people without their consent. The lawsuit against Joy Timeline comes after hundreds of ads for the digital undressing apps were discovered on Meta’s Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and Threads platforms by a CBS News investigation published last week. “This legal action…
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Eight Apps I Use to Get a Ton of Free Stuff
We may earn a commission from links on this page. It’s not hard to get me to download an app. If I see an ad for one, it’s going right on my phone. I don’t care at all if it’s all a scheme to get my data—my data is out there, baby, and it’s too late to care, so I…
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How to create a winget script to install and update apps automatically on Windows 11
To create a winget script to install and update apps on Windows 11, use a batch file with a list of app IDs. The script checks if each app is installed. If not, it installs it, and if it is, it checks for updates and installs them. You can run the script manually, from the Startup folder, or as a…
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Don’t have any AI apps? These are the 5 you need to install right now
AI is rapidly becoming an indispensable part of our lives, not just at work but also in our everyday activities. For example, a growing number of people are replacing their daily Google searches with a chatbot session instead. It’s not hard to see why, AI can deliver a much more sophisticated and valuable search result than a plain search query.…
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Popular AI apps get caught in the crosshairs of Anthropic and OpenAI
Battlelines are being drawn between the major AI labs and the popular applications that rely on them. This week, both Anthropic and OpenAI took shots at two leading AI apps: Windsurf, one of the most popular vibe coding tools, and Granola, a buzzy AI app for taking meeting notes. ”With less than five days of notice, Anthropic decided to cut…
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Apple could show off revamped Phone, Safari, and Camera apps next week
Apple is planning some significant design changes across its core apps, including Phone, Camera, and Safari, that it will announce at WWDC next week, according to a report from Bloomberg. For its Phone app, Apple will reportedly add a new view that puts favorite contacts, recent calls, and voicemails into a “single, scrollable window.” Bloomberg notes that this new view…
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