Atari 7800+, SMS Blaster, Bootkitty, Rapunzel syndrome, Copilot+ PCs, GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, iPhone 17 Air, Ioniq 9 and Aztec death whistles. I know your inbox is probably flooded with messages about sales this week. While there are a few items listed below that are on sale, you will mostly find this week’s news of happenings in the world of tech. Check out the news and go ahead and take advantage of some of those sales.

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• Hacker May Have Stolen 400GB From Major Financial Software Provider
• US Charges 5 Members of Scattered Spider Hacking Group
• Feds Shut Down ‘PopeyeTools’ Hacking Site That Sold Credit Card Numbers
• Meta says it’s taken down 2 million accounts linked to ‘pig butchering’ scams
• Microsoft Defender Is Not Enough Anymore—This Malware Gets Around It
• Russian Hackers Sign Into US Wi-Fi Network by Hijacking Nearby Devices
• Chinese Hackers Are Still Inside US Networks, Senator Warns
• Has a Cyberstalker Taken Over Your Life? Here’s How to Get It Back
• Elizabeth Warren calls for crackdown on Internet “monopoly” you’ve never heard of
• Chinese Man Uses ‘SMS Blaster’ to Send 1 Million Scam Text Messages From Van
• Ransomware Attack at Software Supplier Ensnares Starbucks, Grocery Chain
• Hackers Weaponize Old Avast Driver to Install Windows Malware
• Supreme Court wants US input on whether ISPs should be liable for users’ piracy
• Suspected Chinese Hackers Targeted T-Mobile Via a Compromised Carrier
• ‘Bootkitty’ Malware Can Infect a Linux Machine’s Boot Process
• Investigators say a Chinese ship’s crew deliberately dragged its anchor to cut undersea data cables

• Horrifying medical device malfunction: Abdominal implant erupts from leg
• The Strange Endurance of Consuming Human Blood for Our Health
• Surgeons remove 2.5-inch hairball from teen with rare Rapunzel syndrome
• A Study Says Gray Hair May Be Reversible
• Musk’s Neuralink Launches Study of Mind-Controlled Robotic Arm
• The $299 Feno Smartbrush for Your Teeth Is a Mouthful. I’m Glad I Tried It

• Google Uses AI to Discover 20-Year-Old Software Bug
• Microsoft Pushes Copilot+ PCs on Windows 10 Users With Pop-Up Ads
• ‘Hotpatch’ Updates for Windows 11 Enterprise PCs Cut Down on Reboots
• You can finally test Microsoft’s controversial Recall feature – here’s how
• Windows 11 24H2 hit by a brand new bug, but there’s a workaround
• Microsoft Rolls Out Controversial Recall Feature for Windows 11 Beta Testers
• How I Used AI to Turn My 3rd-Grade Diary Into a Shockingly Polished Podcast
• Android 16 could give Gemini the power over apps Assistant never got
• Nvidia’s new AI audio model can synthesize sounds that have never existed
• Inside Elon Musk’s Quest to Beat OpenAI at Its Own Game

• Your power bank is lying to you about its capacity – sort of
• Apple Working on ‘LLM Siri’ for 2026 Launch
• Welcome to Google’s nightmare: US reveals plan to destroy search monopoly
• Rumor: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Will Have 8,960 Cores
• What Does Bitcoin’s Price Explosion Mean for Crypto in 2025?
• Amazon’s Moonshot Plan to Rival Nvidia in AI Chips
• Tech winners and losers of 2024: For every triumph, a turkey
• The good, the bad, and the ugly behind the push for more smart displays
• AI’s Future and Nvidia’s Fortunes Ride on the Race to Pack More Chips Into One Place
• Workers demand more transparency after Intel secures $8B CHIPS funding
• Zoom says it’s no longer a video company. What that means for your meetings

• Google Pixel 9 Pro review: The AI flagship phone that’s surprisingly restrained
• ‘iPhone 17 Air’ Rumored to Surpass iPhone 6 as Thinnest iPhone Ever
• The Galaxy S25 May Be Samsung’s Last Smaller Phone. Here’s Why Small Phones Are Vanishing
• SpaceX gets FCC green light for Starlink direct-to-phone deal with T-Mobile

• Hyundai Goes Big With Ioniq 9, a Fast-Charging, 3-Row Electric SUV
• Hyundai Recalls Over 145,000 EVs Due to Charging Issues
• I Learned to Fly an Electric Aircraft in 3 Days. It Blew My Mind

Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.

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If you see some important tech news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

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