Is the Slate Truck too minimal for its own good?
The first thing you notice about the Slate Truck is its size. It’s small, surprisingly so. In a country where…
April 2026
How the Amazon Echo learned to talk — and listen
A photo of a black speaker, the Amazon Echo, on a gray background. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The…
Grammarly’s sloppelganger saga
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on the…
Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go
Window-cleaning robots haven’t quite arrived, but if you’ve got enough very large windows, it could be worth it.
I’m Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future
Venture capitalists are putting young entrepreneurs in incubators again. It sounds like a fun alternative to growing up.
Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead
Russia’s internet crackdowns sometimes have embarrassing blowback.
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A malicious email delivered a .cmd malware that escalates privileges, bypasses antivirus, downloads payloads, sets persistence, and self-deletes. I received…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 571 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs…
36 Malicious npm Packages Exploited Redis, PostgreSQL to Deploy Persistent Implants
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered 36 malicious packages in the npm registry that are disguised as Strapi CMS plugins but come…
Fortinet Patches Actively Exploited CVE-2026-35616 in FortiClient EMS
Fortinet has released out-of-band patches for a critical security flaw impacting FortiClient EMS that it said has been exploited in…