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Vine reboot Divine is now open to everyone, no invite code required
Divine, a Vine-style video app led by early Twitter employee Evan “Rabble” Henshaw-Plath, has dropped its invite-only requirement and opened registration to everyone. The move, roughly three months after launch, aims to attract a wider wave of users to the app’s revival of six-second looping videos, a format that defined much of internet culture before…
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Apple plugs image-processing hole ripe for spyware abuse
Apple has released a batch of security updates for iPhones, iPads, Macs and Vision Pro headsets, including a fix for a flaw that experts say resembles vulnerabilities previously exploited by commercial spyware. The most significant patch addresses CVE-2026-65346, an integer-overflow bug in Apple’s ImageIO framework, which handles image file parsing and could allow attackers to…
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Green members chat about ‘killing Zionists’ in leaked WhatsApp messages
The Green Party has been hit by a fresh anti-Semitism row after leaked WhatsApp messages showed members discussing the “killing of Zionists” and describing violence against Jewish people as “understandable”. The messages, shared in a private group called Greens Against Imperialism, also included a claim that British Jews were a “weapon” of Israel and a…
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Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians
Meta ran adverts on Facebook and Instagram promoting an AI “nudify” app called Kromix, which used the likeness of a prominent female US politician to advertise its ability to generate nonconsensual pornographic deepfakes, despite the company’s own policies banning sexual content in adverts. The episode highlights Meta’s repeated failure to stop advertisers exploiting its platforms…
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Former UK Tech Minister Damian Collins Joins Microdrama Outfit Screenburn Group As Chairman
Damian Collins, the former UK MP and government minister for tech and the digital economy, has been appointed Chairman of Screenburn Group, a London-based company behind a screenwriting app and CherryBowl, a microdrama research and ranking service. The appointment brings a high-profile figure with deep policy experience in online safety and digital regulation into the…
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Deus Ex Creator Warren Spector Announces Retirement After 44 Years
Warren Spector, the veteran designer behind Deus Ex and System Shock, has announced his retirement from game development after 44 years in the industry. He revealed the decision in a lengthy LinkedIn post, saying that age and health concerns, combined with a sense of having achieved what he set out to do, prompted him to…
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I know who the Scots College Three are. So do many of you. Let’s stop pretending it’s a secret and ask the question nobody else will: AMANDA GOFF
This is an opinion column by Amanda Goff, published in the Daily Mail, arguing that the identities of the “Scots College Three” — young men reportedly linked to a sexual assault case and currently protected by an identity suppression order — are widely known despite the legal shield, and that the media and public should…
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Motion detection now available on Xfinity routers without new hardware
Comcast has activated free Wi-Fi motion sensing on millions of existing Xfinity routers, turning them into activity monitors without requiring customers to buy new hardware. The feature, called WiFi Motion, went live on 18 August via an update to the Xfinity Internet app as part of a new Xfinity Shield platform, which also bundles cybersecurity…
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I was prepared for massive FOMO from missing this SDCC Limited Edition Team Rocket Loungefly bag, but Funko came to the rescue
The SDCC Limited Edition Pokemon Team Rocket Cameo Mini Backpack is my dream Loungefly bag and a worthy investment for fans before resellers get their hands on it.
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Home Office ministers and civil servants on frontline of small boat Channel crossings under fire over plans to spend nearly £4.5million on electric car chargers instead of tackling the crisis – as 250 more migrants arrive
Home Office ministers and civil servants have come under criticism over reported plans to spend almost £4.5 million on electric car chargers, with critics arguing the money should instead be directed towards tackling the ongoing small boats crisis in the Channel. The controversy comes as officials continue to face pressure over their handling of Channel…