SensorLM explains the “Why” behind your fitness tracker’s data: Instead of just showing raw data like heart rate or step count, SensorLM turns it into human-like descriptions, adding helpful context. SensorLM is highly effective at recognizing and explaining activities. It successfully identified 20 activities without additional training. It also outperformed larger general-purpose AI models during testing. Big Tech’s Race in AI-Powered Fitness Devices: Apple has published similar res...| Techreport
China’s censorship system just got more complex and more fragile: A major upgrade to the Great Firewall added deep packet inspection for QUIC traffic, but new research shows this makes the system slower, easier to bypass, and vulnerable to abuse. Spoofing the firewall is now possible: Researchers found a way to trick the GFW into blocking any UDP traffic, even if it’s legitimate. This availability attack impacts cloud providers and reveals a new class of risks beyond censorship. Circumv...| Techreport
OpenAI recently struck a $30B/year deal with Oracle in a bid to generate an additional 4.5 GW of computing power for its Stargate project. See the potential winners and losers in the long term. The post OpenAI, Oracle Strike Lease Deal to Generate 4.5 GW of Computing Power appeared first on Techreport.| Techreport
The Tea app leaked selfies, IDs, and private messages. Here’s how it happened and what it says about trust, tech, and digital privacy. The post The Tea App Breach: What Happens When ‘Safety’ Becomes a Security Risk? appeared first on Techreport.| Techreport
New UK Online Safety Act has layers: The UK's newest provisions to the Online Safety Act claim to protect children from harmful online content (pornographic, specifically), but is that really all there is to it? The people have spoken: Proton VPN reported a 1,400% surge in UK signups only minutes after the bill was passed, showing exactly what many people thought of the new legislation. The 'porn block' might involves more control than protection: The new provisions may potentially open the d...| Techreport
Duck AI anonymizes chats: It does this by removing your metadata and IP address before sending prompts to third-party models. But its Approximate Location feature can sometimes reveal more than you’d like to. Lumo stores no logs and uses zero-knowledge encryption: It runs open-source LLMs on Proton’s servers and doesn't keep logs of your conversations. You can save chats using zero-knowledge encryption in your Proton account. Privacy seems strong(er) with Lumo: If privacy is your top conc...| Techreport
Antigravity, a new drone brand from Insta360, launches with the world’s first 360° camera drone under 249g.| Techreport
Key Takeaways Every day, users around the world depend on Google to find answers. But there is a unique group of people (researchers, journalists, and developers) who are interested in... The post Google Trends API: Access Search Data for In-Depth Analysis appeared first on Techreport.| Techreport
Insta360 marks 10 years with a STAR Market debut, new Flow 2 Pro stabilizer, and big moves into drones and creator tools. The post 10 Years of Insta360: STAR Market Debut, a Drone Surprise, and the Launch of Flow 2 Pro appeared first on Techreport.| Techreport
Password breaches are common: The latest data leak exposed 16 billion passwords. Hackers can use these leaked credentials to access your emails, bank accounts, and other sensitive data. Hackers have many ways to steal your passwords: They rely on phishing scams, keyloggers, brute-force attacks, and compromised websites to get unauthorized access to your passwords. Password managers can keep you safe: Tools like Bitwarden can protect you against many attack vectors used by hackers, espe...| Techreport
Foldable phones promised a revolution but haven’t taken off. Learn why buyers are hesitant, and if the vivo X Fold5 can shift the narrative.| Techreport
YouTube’s new AI age checks aim to protect kids online, but they've raised fresh privacy and accuracy concerns.| Techreport
Temporarily halting tariffs on some electronics is a reprieve for businesses like Apple that may need to shift to local production.| Techreport
Elon Musk has launched Grok 3, claiming it to be the smartest and most sarcastic AI. It answers “almost anything”.| Techreport