Hundreds of malicious apps bypassed Google’s security to reach the official Play Store, where they were downloaded millions of times. The manufacturing and energy sectors saw the biggest increases in targeted attacks, with India and the US accounting for most malicious traffic.
Samsung is bringing its popular Internet browser to Windows 11 and Windows 10 PCs. The beta program is currently available only in the United States and South Korea, with broader rollout expected in coming weeks.
Apple appears to be developing a low-cost Mac priced under $1,000 that uses iPhone-class processors instead of M-series chips. The move comes as Apple scales back ambitious projects like autonomous cars and struggles with Vision Pro adoption. This could finally give Apple an affordable entry point i
Palantir reported $1.18 billion in Q3 revenue, beating forecasts despite shares falling 7.95%. CEO Alex Karp credits the company’s “anti-woke” stance and government partnerships for its 154% year-to-date stock surge.
AMD is pushing BFloat16 support into LLVM’s SPIR-V compiler target, expanding AI and HPC capabilities. Meanwhile, Flang-Tidy is bringing automated code cleaning to Fortran with what developers call a “sort of opinionated” approach to modernization.
Apple has dropped the first iOS 26.2 beta for developers just one day after iOS 26.1’s public release. The update includes adjustments to the Sleep Score feature based on user feedback. The final version should arrive before the end of the year.
Thomson Reuters is betting its massive legal data trove and human-edited content will give it an edge in the AI legal tech race. But shares dropped sharply as investors worry about competition from ChatGPT and well-funded newcomers. The company’s CEO admits even he doesn’t know exactly how this will
Microsoft is testing a major change to Windows 11 that replaces the traditional search box with Copilot AI. The feature requires specific Insider builds and third-party tools to enable, creating a mixed search and AI experience that doesn’t always work perfectly.
Apple’s newly launched App Store website had sourcemaps left enabled in production, allowing the complete front-end code to be extracted and published on GitHub. The code reveals Apple’s implementation details but contains no sensitive information that could harm users or developers.
David Smith, who managed over $100 billion in partner-driven revenue at Microsoft, has joined Google. The move signals Google’s aggressive push to compete with Microsoft’s massive partner ecosystem. Smith was among CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs before making the switch.
