A seemingly innocent link from a friend—a blast from the past in the form of an old photo, maybe—and just like that, things go quiet. Behind this unassuming ...

Clifford led How To coverage. He spent a handful of years at Peachpit Press, editing books on everything from the first iPhone to Python. He also worked at a handful of now-dead computer magazines, ...

TeamPCP hackers compromised the Telnyx package on the Python Package Index today, uploading malicious versions that deliver ...

A newly discovered attack sandbags Apple users into hacking themselves. Here’s what all Mac users need to know.

Dangerous iPhone hack code tied to DarkSword has reportedly leaked onto GitHub, raising fresh risks for users with older ...

Leaked "DarkSword" exploits published to GitHub allow hackers and cybercriminals to target iPhone users running old versions ...

Pharma giant AstraZeneca appears on Lapsus$ hacker blog with claims of stolen source code, AWS keys, and employee data ...

With Gemini and a simple Python script, I rebuilt YouTube email alerts. Now I won't miss another comment. Here's how you can ...

Within three years, no embedded software developer is going to be writing code. I know it sounds like another one of my controversial statements. But I recently used Claude Code to write the best ...

Biometric authentication—the ability to unlock your devices by using just your face or fingerprint—is one of the few smartphone features that, even today, leave me feeling like we’re living in the ...

Give it a go before you give it up. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac For the first time in 18 years, Apple redesigned the oft-overlooked Phone app. The overhaul in iOS 26 simplifies the Phone app’s ...

A government customer of sanctioned spyware maker Intellexa hacked the phone of a prominent journalist in Angola, according to Amnesty International, the latest case of targeting someone in civil ...