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WhatsApp says it has notified around 200 users who were tricked into installing a malicious fake version of the chat app that contained spyware.  WhatsApp accused Italian spyware maker SIO of creating a fake version of its messaging app for iPhones, according to an announcement the company shared with TechCrunch.   “Our security team proactively identified around 200 users primarily in Italy who we believe may have downloaded this malicious unofficial client,” WhatsApp said in its statement. “We have logged them out, alerted [them] to the risks to their privacy and security that come with downloading fake unofficial clients, and encouraged…

In an effort to regain its popularity, celebrity greeting app Cameo launched a new TikTok integration that allows U.S. creators to offer personalized Cameo videos directly to their fans through the short-form video app. The new partnership aims to help creators increase their earnings while simplifying the process for fans to request Cameo videos. Creators can now sign up to provide personalized messages within TikTok, making it easier for their followers to access this offering right alongside the content they are already engaging with. For those creators already on Cameo, this integration helps them reach a broader audience. Image Credits:TIkTok…

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is pictured on Sept. 25, 2025, in Berlin.Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty ImagesOver 10 months after shelling out an eye-popping $6.4 billion for Jony Ive’s nascent devices startup, OpenAI announced another surprising deal on Thursday, snapping up a media business that streams a three-hour daily tech talk show. For a company that’s facing intensifying investor scrutiny as it racks up billions of dollars in losses tied to its infrastructure buildout, OpenAI’s M&A strategy is tough to pin down. After the startup, now valued at over $850 billion, announced it purchase of Technology Business Programming…

Data centers have gotten so large that their power demands now rival entire U.S. states. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data center, for example. When completed, the new AI data center will draw as much electricity as South Dakota. Last week, Meta announced it would fund seven natural gas power plants — on top of the three it had already committed to building — to support the $27 billion data center. When combined, the 10 power plants in Louisiana will generate around 7.5 gigawatts of electricity, slightly more than the capacity of the entire Mount Rushmore State.  Like many tech companies,…

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives outside court to take the stand at trial in a key test case accusing Meta and Google’s YouTube of harming kids’ mental health through addictive platforms, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., Feb. 18, 2026. Mike Blake | ReutersFor the last three decades, internet giants have been able to avoid legal exposure for content on their platforms, thanks to a law that differentiates the companies from online publishers. But those safeguards appear to be weakening.Meta and Google, which dominate the U.S. digital ad market, find themselves as defendants in a host of lawsuits that collectively…

Apple has pushed a security update to older iPhones and iPads that protects against a leaked set of powerful hacking tools capable of stealing data from a person’s device. The tech giant said on Wednesday that it released iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7 to allow a broader range of devices to “receive important security protections from web attacks called DarkSword.” DarkSword is a hacking toolkit that can be used to break into Apple devices running iOS 18.4 through 18.7 simply by a user visiting a website that hosts the malicious code, such as legitimate websites that have themselves been breached.…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Until quite recently, the prevailing image to outsiders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been male missionaries wearing white shirts and name tags, evoked by the hit Broadway show “The Book of Mormon.”But another unofficial face of the male-led church has emerged in American pop culture: digitally savvy, female influencers, often seen sporting athleisure, a giant soda in hand — and varying degrees of adherence to church teachings. These influencers have found an enthusiastic audience across the country, curious about their faith and families. Some explain the tenets of what’s widely known…

President Donald Trump has doubled down on the U.S. war against Iran, spiking oil prices Thursday as traders prepare for a longer conflict that will exacerbate the already deep disruption to global energy supplies. The oil market had hoped Trump would present a clear exit strategy during his national address Wednesday night. Instead, the president said the war will continue for weeks and vowed to hit the Islamic Republic “extremely hard.” “With the conflict now expected to last at least into deep April, the barrel math becomes increasingly grim,” said Ryan McKay, senior commodity strategist at TD Securities, in a…

Global investing in startups hit $297 billion in Q1 2026, breaking all records, according to new Crunchbase data. That’s a massive 2.5x increase over the $118 billion raised in the previous quarter. This single-quarter haul outpaces every full year of global VC activity prior to 2019. The unprecedented spike was fueled by just four behemoth deals, each a record-breaker in its own right. Last month, OpenAI announced that it is now valued at $852 billion after collecting $122 billion, surpassing the previous record for the largest funding round ever, also held by OpenAI when the ChatGPT maker raised $40 billion…

The spot price for current physical cargoes of Brent crude oil soared Thursday to $141.36, the highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, according to S&P Global, which tracks the data. The spot price reflects the demand for Brent oil that will be delivered in the next 10 to 30 days. The high price for more immediate oil deliveries points to the tightness of physical supply right now due to the huge disruption trigged by the Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The price was $32.33 higher than the Brent crude futures contract for June delivery, which closed at…