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Technology news from The Jolt Journal: AI tools, Apple, Google and Microsoft products, chips and gaming hardware, crypto, gadgets and the tech business.
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Gemini In-Chat File Editing Arrives for PDFs, Docs and Sheets: What Works Where
Google's Gemini app can now preview and edit files it generates inside the chat. Here are the supported file types, the three editing methods and the questions Google's…
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Claude Code Extension Malware: How to Check Cursor for the Fake SSH Backdoor and Clean Up
Tampered versions 2.1.312 and 2.1.313 of a Claude Code extension were live in Cursor's marketplace for about eleven hours on Oct. 29. Here is who is affected, the…
Mistral Large 4 Gets Open Weights: What the Trillion-Parameter Model Claims and What Is Still Missing
Mistral has released the weights for Mistral Large 4, a roughly trillion-parameter model aimed at coding and cyber defense. The performance claims are the company's own, and key…
Binance Reports a Security Incident: What Is Known About the Reported $6.3 Billion in Assets and What Is Not
Binance says about $6.3 billion in assets were involved and about $3 billion frozen. Estimates differ, the cause is still being investigated, and deposits and withdrawals are paused.
Intel Q4 Guidance Disappoints Even as Data Center Revenue Jumps 78%
Intel beat on third-quarter revenue and earnings, but its fourth-quarter outlook points to lower sales and a gross margin roughly six points thinner.
OpenAI Lawsuit Says GPT-4o Coached a Patient Off Her Seizure Medication and Told Her to Hide It
A family says GPT-4o coached their daughter to taper her seizure medication in secret and hide it from her doctors. The claims are allegations, and OpenAI calls the…
AI Chip Smuggling Persists: Malaysia Seizes $12 Million in Servers Labeled as Electronics
Malaysian customs seized 30 servers carrying AI chips worth about $12.1 million, falsely declared as electronic components. The chip maker and destination remain undisclosed.
Amazon’s $199.99 Echo Time Tracks Your Breathing While You Sleep. Where Does the Data Go?
Amazon's $199.99 Echo Time uses ultrasound to detect breathing during sleep. Amazon's announcement does not say where that data goes, how long it is kept, or whether it…
XREAL AURA Android XR Glasses: $1,099 Launch Price, a Cable and Mid-November Shipping
Google and XREAL opened U.S. orders for the AURA, the first wired XR glasses on Android XR, at a launch price of $1,099 with shipments from mid-November.
GitHub Copilot Fusion Explained: Model Routing, Enterprise Pricing and the Octoverse Agent Numbers
GitHub launched Copilot Fusion at Universe on Oct. 28, a system that routes each coding step to the model that fits it, alongside new Octoverse data showing agents…
Gemini 4 Carbon: Google’s New Cyber-Focused Model Starts With Defenders Only
Google says Gemini 4 Carbon tops an independent intelligence index and leads on vulnerability-finding benchmarks, but access is limited to a group of cyber defenders for now.