Eric Slivka: Apple has essentially discontinued Clips, its video-editing app designed to allow users to combine video clips, images, and photos with voice-based titles, music, filters, and graphics to create enhanced videos that can be shared on social media sites.The app has been removed from the App Store, and a support document on Apple’s site […]

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (via Hacker News): NSO spokesperson Oded Hershowitz told TechCrunch on Friday that “an American investment group has invested tens of millions of dollars in the company and has acquired controlling ownership.” Confirmation of the deal came soon after Israeli tech news website Calcalist reported Friday that a group led by Hollywood producer Robert […]

Juli Clover: Google today said that Gemini AI is being integrated into the Chrome browser for the Mac and PC. Chrome users in the U.S. will get the functionality first, with Gemini able to clarify complex information on any webpage. There will be a small Gemini symbol in the upper right side of the browser […]

Kaushik Gopal (via Hacker News): You have a drawer full of USB cables. Half are junk that barely charge your phone. The other half transfer data at full speed. But which is which? […] The script parses macOS’s system_profiler SPUSBHostDataType command, which produces a dense, hard-to-scan raw output[…] […] The first version was a bash […]

Apple (Wired, MacRumors): We’re doubling our top award to $2 million for exploit chains that can achieve similar goals as sophisticated mercenary spyware attacks. This is an unprecedented amount in the industry and the largest payout offered by any bounty program we’re aware of — and our bonus system, providing additional rewards for Lockdown Mode […]