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Unit 42: “commercial grade” spyware called Landfall, likely zero-click, was used in a hacking campaign aimed at Samsung Galaxy phones in the Middle East
3+ week, 2+ day ago (72+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Suzanne Smalley / The Record: Unit 42: "commercial grade" spyware called Landfall, likely zero-click, was used in a hacking campaign aimed at Samsung Galaxy phones in the Middle East" " Security researchers on Friday revealed the discovery of "commercial grade" spyware used in a 9-month-long hacking campaign aimed " This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 3:45 PM ET, November 7, 2025....
Microsoft recruits popular US influencers to help boost its Copilot chatbot; Sensor Tower says Copilot has 99M downloads since launch, far below ChatGPT's 1.4B
2+ week, 6+ day ago (70+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Emily Forgash / Bloomberg: Microsoft recruits popular US influencers to help boost its Copilot chatbot; Sensor Tower says Copilot has 99M downloads since launch, far below ChatGPT's 1.4B" " Microsoft Corp., eager to boost downloads of its Copilot chatbot, has recruited some of the most popular influencers in America " This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 7:30 AM ET, November 10, 2025....
Microsoft unveils Fara-7B, its first agentic SLM designed for computer use, available as an experimental release on Hugging Face and Microsoft Foundry
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (79+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Ben Dickson / VentureBeat: Microsoft unveils Fara-7B, its first agentic SLM designed for computer use, available as an experimental release on Hugging Face and Microsoft Foundry" " Microsoft has introduced Fara-7B, a new 7-billion parameter model designed to act as a Computer Use Agent (CUA) capable of performing complex tasks directly on a user's device. This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 1:35 PM ET, November 24, 2025....
Salesforce buys Doti AI for $100M; the Israeli startup raised $7M and its Work AI tool lets enterprises securely access and use internal knowledge in real time
2+ week, 3+ day ago (70+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Meir Orbach / CTech: Salesforce buys Doti AI for $100M; the Israeli startup raised $7M and its Work AI tool lets enterprises securely access and use internal knowledge in real time" " The young Israeli company, founded by former Wix engineers, will bring agentic knowledge discovery tools into Slack. This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:20 AM ET, November 13, 2025....
Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim “thought images”, and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt
1+ week, 3+ day ago (74+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Simon Willison / Simon Willison's Weblog: Nano Banana Pro is great at following instructions, generates interim "thought images, and makes full infographics with well-rendered text from a short prompt" " Hot on the heels of Tuesday's Gemini 3 Pro release, today it's Nano Banana Pro, also known as Gemini 3 Pro Image. This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:45 AM ET, November 20, 2025....
Google launches Cameyo by Google, after acquiring the software virtualization company in June 2024, to help organizations run legacy Windows apps on ChromeOS
2+ week, 4+ day ago (71+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google launches Cameyo by Google, after acquiring the software virtualization company in June 2024, to help organizations run legacy Windows apps on ChromeOS" " Cameyo by Google makes it easier to run Windows-based apps on Chromebooks. " After acquiring software virtualization company Cameyo last year " This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:50 PM ET, November 12, 2025....
Unit 42 details how underground hacking forums advertise and sell custom, jailbroken, and open-source AI hacking tools such as WormGPT and KawaiiGPT
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (68+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Derek B. Johnson / CyberScoop: Unit 42 details how underground hacking forums advertise and sell custom, jailbroken, and open-source AI hacking tools such as WormGPT and KawaiiGPT" " As legitimate businesses purchase AI tools from some of the largest companies in the world, cybercriminals are accessing " This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 7:35 AM ET, November 29, 2025....
Qualcomm Ventures and six Indian VC firms join India Deep Tech Alliance with an additional $850M+ in commitments; Nvidia joins as a strategic technical adviser
3+ week, 4+ day ago (71+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Qualcomm Ventures and six Indian VC firms join India Deep Tech Alliance with an additional $850M+ in commitments; Nvidia joins as a strategic technical adviser" " NVIDIA and Qualcomm Ventures have joined a growing coalition of U.S. and Indian investors backing India's deep tech startups. This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 11:25 PM ET, November 4, 2025....
Microsoft and Qualcomm launch Windows updates to improve Arm gaming, including a refreshed Xbox app; Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Control Panel optimizes games
1+ week, 3+ day ago (65+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft and Qualcomm launch Windows updates to improve Arm gaming, including a refreshed Xbox app; Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Control Panel optimizes games" " Microsoft and Qualcomm have made important improvements to compatibility and performance for games on Snapdragon CPUs. This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 7:30 AM ET, November 20, 2025....
Fei-Fei Li's World Labs launches Marble, its first world model to let users turn prompts, photos, and other media into editable 3D environments, after a beta
2+ week, 4+ day ago (72+ words) [Techmeme permalink] Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Fei-Fei Li's World Labs launches Marble, its first world model to let users turn prompts, photos, and other media into editable 3D environments, after a beta" " World Labs, the startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, is launching its first commercial world model product. This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 9:40 AM ET, November 12, 2025....