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Security researchers have identified a suite of powerful hacking tools capable of compromising iPhones running older software that they say has passed from a government customer into the hands of ...

A powerful iPhone hacking toolkit that researchers say may have originated as a U.S.-built capability has surfaced in the hands of foreign espionage actors and financially motivated criminal groups, ...

Payments company Block announced it’s laying off 40% of its staff. According to Chairman and founder Jack Dorsey: “This decision comes from a position of strength. Intelligence tools have changed what ...

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Block said Thursday it's laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its head count. Shares of the payment company skyrocketed as much as 24% in extended trading. It was last seen up nearly ...

Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey thinks ...

Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily. “Morale is probably the worst I’ve ...

Lt. Gen. Michael McCurry, commanding general of U.S. Army Futures and Concepts Command, gives a speech during command's activation ceremony at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Feb. 12, 2026.

The move shows that European countries are taking more responsibility for conventional war planning, a change that President Trump has long pushed for. By Steven Erlanger and Lara Jakes The United ...

A new open-source and cross-platform tool called Tirith can detect homoglyph attacks over command-line environments by analyzing URLs in typed commands and stopping their execution. Available on ...

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