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Nearly every Linux distribution released since 2017 is currently vulnerable to a security bug called "Copy Fail" that allows any user to give themselves administrator privileges. The exploit, publicly disclosed as CVE-2026-31431 on Wednesday, uses a Python script that works across all of the vulnerable Linux distributions, requiring "no per-distro offsets, no version checks, no recompilation," according to Theori, the security firm that uncovered it. Ars Technica points out this blog post where DevOps engineer Jorijn Schrijvershof explains that what makes Copy Fail "unusually nasty" is the likelihood for it to go unnoticed by monitoring t … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/922243/linux-cve-2026-3141-copy-fail-exploit

Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week . We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This time we've discovered a little more evidence that the phone is on its way to a release. Trump Mobile's T1 Phone has just passed another milestone on its slow road to release. The phone has received the little-known PTCRB certification, a first step toward being certified to work on major networks and be issued with IMEI numbers. You probably haven't heard of PTCRB certification - I hadn't until recently. It doesn't come up very often. It's the North American certification process for smartp … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/922180/trump-mobile-t1-phone-ptcrb-certification-t-mobile

Microsoft's relationship with OpenAI has always been complicated, so I expected the close partnership-turned-situationship to end in tears. After all, executive disagreements, rearranged contracts, and frustrations over AI infrastructure have all regularly been part of the partnership, creating plenty of tension along the way. But against all odds, Microsoft and OpenAI divorced this week in a way that looks strangely amicable. Microsoft announced the updates to its long-standing OpenAI deal on Monday, with the most important change allowing OpenAI to make its products and services available across all cloud providers. A day later, OpenAI an … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/921210/microsoft-openai-partnership-divorce-notepad

Google Photos is launching a new AI-powered feature you can use to virtually try on clothes you already have. Using the photos in your gallery, Google will create a virtual "wardrobe," allowing you to mix and match outfits, save the looks you like, and share them with friends. A video shared by Google shows how Photos organizes your outfits and individual pieces of clothing into a virtual "wardrobe." You can browse through the outfits you were captured wearing, as well as create new ones by choosing from tops, bottoms, skirts, dresses, and shoes to put together a new look. You can also select the button in the bottom right corner of each o … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/tech/920420/google-photos-ai-try-on-wardrobe

The latest Kindle Paperwhite adds waterproofing, so you can read by the pool. | Image: The Verge Mother’s Day is coming up, and if you’re looking for a present, we recently published our gift guide with a range of ideas. One of those recommendations is the $109.99 entry-level Kindle , but right now you can buy the latest version of the higher-end Kindle Paperwhite with 16GB of storage and ads on sale starting at $134.99 ($25 off) at Amazon , Best Buy , and Target , making it the better buy. That’s its best price of the year, and $10 shy of the all-time low we last saw on Black Friday. The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition, which adds wireless charging and double the base storage, is also on sale for $164.99 ($25 off) at Amazon and Best Buy . Kindle Paperwhite (12th-gen) Where to Buy: $159.99 $134.99 at Amazon (with ads) $159.99 $134.99 at Best Buy (with ads) $159.99 $134.99 at Target (with ads) For about $15 more, the Kindle Paperwhite adds waterproofing, so you (...

Several former Federal Communications Commissioners and staffers across parties are urging a federal appeals court to force a vote on the FCC's news distortion policy, which they argue should be repealed after being abused by Republican Chair Brendan Carr. On Tuesday, a group of petitioners asked the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to require the FCC to vote on a petition to repeal the News Distortion Policy. The petition was filed by the bipartisan group of former officials in November of 2025, after Carr invoked the rule to pressure ABC into temporarily suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel. But only the agency chair can bring … Read the full story at The Verge. source https://www.theverge.com/policy/919536/former-fcc-officials-brendan-car-news-distortion-policy