Now in 2026, companies are adding Microsoft Copilot Key inside the Mini PCs now as an extra button to trigger the useless copilot

This means Microsoft wants you to trigger Copilot by:

• Voice ✅
• Microsoft Edge ✅
• Windows Taskbar ✅
• Keyboards ✅
• Laptops ✅
• Mouse Button ✅
• CPU ✅

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Microsoft released a security update for Windows 11, KB5068861, which made a Snapdragon Dev Kit based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite ARM64 processor not usable. Developer Jason Eckert reported that the device, which had functioned reliably since October 2024, began failing after the update installation attempts in December 2025. Standard troubleshooting methods, including cache clearing and manual update installation, proved ineffective.

Subsequent reboots led to repeated system restarts, profile corruption, and eventual boot failure. Eckert accessed UEFI settings, performed a clean Windows 11 ARM64 installation, and attempted to load network drivers, but the system froze permanently during setup.

Hardware checks confirmed the SSD and peripherals were functional. Qualcomm discontinued the Dev Kit and its support, leaving no official firmware recovery tool. Eckert noted the platform itself remained stable until the update, but the lack of recovery options made the failure irreversible.

JUST IN: Vietnam bans ADB and bootloader unlocked android devices as well as jailbroken iOS devices from accessing banking apps.

So essentially, if USB debugging will be found enabled on your Android device, the banking apps will refuse to work, even if you did not unlock its bootloader.

Date of issuance: December 31, 2025
Effective date: March 1, 2026

Official Circular:
https://vanban.chinhphu.vn/?pageid=27160&docid=216580

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The Xiaomi 17 Air Prototype

Xiaomi was developing a Xiaomi 17 Air smartphone which is basically a copy of the iPhone Air model. It featured a 6.59-inch display, an ultra-thin 5.5 mm body, and a dual-camera setup.

However, it never made it to mass production, likely due to quality issues or they noticed the poor sales of the OG iPhone Air, thus cancelled their plans.

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Real 💯

Discussions online today of 17,500,000 Instagram users information "leaked" online.

As a general clarification, this is not a "leak" in the traditional sense whereas a website or service is compromised. In other words, Instagram was not "hacked".

The individual claiming responsibility, operating under the moniker Solonik, abused Instagrams API for fetching profile information.

In summary, they programmatically walked millions of Instagram profiles and abused Instagrams API to get any profile information the API would allow them to retrieve.

This in of itself isn't a major problem. However, this much Instagram information provided in bulk is a gold mine for stalkers and extortionists because (allegedly) Instagram API does allow the retrieval of cell phone numbers (based on factors I do not understand). Besides phone numbers, email addresses associated with the account are allegedly present.

I have not independently verified the legitimacy of these claims, but I've witnessed dozens of cybersecurity experts discussing it and side effects of the API abuse. By side effects I mean that, because they have email's and telephone numbers associated with the Instagram account, Threat Actors are trying to steal accounts by sending them fake logic screens or guessing passwords.

It should be noted this is not the first time a Bad Actor has done mass data aggregation as a result of API abuse. Most notably LinkedIn and Trello were both subject to this sort of abuse.

tldr someone wrote a program to talk to Instagram, request information on profiles, did this 17,500,000 times, put it all into a searchable database. your account won't be stolen, but bad actors may target large accounts or women they find attractive. they will try to send text messages, fake login pages (to try to steal your account), or threaten to "dox" you. 17m is a lot, so only a small number of people will be targeted or harassed.

" Your accounts are secure "
" No breach "

But we let an external 3rd party trigger password reset for some Instagram users. LOL

OpenAI in a nutshell

Linus Torvalds Uses Google Antigravity
Article, Comments

Perfectly Replicating Coca Cola [video]
Article, Comments

Ximi can break any root impl via cloud control if they dont like your phone specifically (like sent falsified feedback that only happens with root). Ksu, apatch, magisk

Apple picks Google Gemini to power Apple Intelligence

Apple Intelligence based on Apple Foundation Models as well as the next generation Siri would be powered by Google's Gemini.

Apple Intelligence will continue to run on Apple devices and Private Cloud Compute, while maintaining Apple's industry-leading privacy standards.

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Your first look at iPhone Fold Mold

Apple's first foldable iPhone will be inspired by the Oppo Find N2 Fold style. Expect approximately 5.5" external display size with the inner crease almost invisible.

Oh yeah, it will feature Touch ID and will have centered punch-hole cameras on both displays.

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Alphabet hits $4 trillion market cap
- Google's parent company reached the $4T market cap milestone, becoming the fourth company in the world to do so.
- At the time of writing, Google ranked number two in valuation, right behind NVIDIA and ahead of Apple.
- Gemini 3 sees promising futures, with Apple announcing a partnership to bring the model into their devices via Apple Intelligence later this year.

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Quarterly software update for the remaining two years on Pixel
If you owned an older Pixel device that is still receiving updates, you might not be surprised how Google is releasing updates inconsistently. After 6 months of observing the patterns, some are able to tell that Google might have switched to a quarterly update model, and that is actually the case here.

The change is noticeable when Google did not release builds for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro initially last July. This is also when Google started to not include all the security patches but only the critical ones monthly, with rest of the patches released quarterly.

According to the words of the support team, Pixel devices will be switching to a quarterly update cadence when the phone had about 24 months of support remaining. This explains why this month's update had excluded Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7, and Pixel 7 Pro. Just like the case for security patches, Google might release builds outside of the quarterly cycle if they deemed it "critical."

In short, this means older supported Pixel devices will continue to receive Android OS upgrade and QPRs update, whichever is applicable, alongside Pixel Drop. They just won't receive monthly fixes and security patches anymore.

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> Build a better product that the rest
> Brands liked their product

Elon Musk: A monopoly because brands prefer Google.
LoL