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Insta360 has just announced the Go Ultra, its most advanced miniature action camera yet. With a new sensor and processing chip on board, the Go Ultra promises to outstrip all other tiny action cams on the market when it comes to image quality – including Insta360’s own Go 3S, released just last year.

Up until now, the Insta360 Go 3S has been our favorite miniature action camera – and possibly the most fun camera available. Its minuscule size and weight allow it to get into spots other cameras – even other action cameras – simply can’t go, and it was the first model in the Go series able to capture 4K video.

It’s a hard camera to beat, so how does the new Go Ultra top it? We’ve completed an in-depth Insta360 Go Ultra review and gone through the spec sheets with a fine-tooth comb to see where the differences lie – and determine why you might want to swap your Go 3S for a Go Ultra. Or not…

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♬ original sound - TechRadar 1. Video and photo quality

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The major glow-up comes on the image quality front, with the Go Ultra toting a new 1/1.28-inch sensor – that’s an astonishing 221% larger than the Go 3S’s 1/2.3-inch sensor.

Paired up with a 5nm AI chip (also new), this allows the Go Ultra to offer 4K at up to 60fps (the Go 3S topped out at 30fps), as well as special modes like PureVideo for low-light shooting and Active HDR (both of which require the frame rate to be dropped to 30fps or below). The Ultra also supports more efficient H.265 video encoding, while the 3S only supports H.264.

There’s good news for photographers, too: the Go Ultra can shoot higher resolution still photos at a maximum resolution of 8,192 x 6,144 pixels, as opposed to the Go 3S’s 4,000 x 2,250 pixels.

2. Audio quality

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The Go Ultra also ups the specs on the sound recording front, with its built-in mics supporting 48kHz / 32-bit AAC audio. The Go 3S’s maximum audio quality is 48kHz / 24-bit AAC.

It’s also worth noting that the Go Ultra will support a direct connection to the new Insta360 Mic Air wireless microphone. The Go 3S does not support it currently, although we suppose compatibility could be added via a future update.

3. Size and weight

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There’s one key area where the new camera doesn’t beat the Go 3S. Due to its larger sensor requiring more space, the Go Ultra standalone camera unit weighs 1.87oz / 53g and measures 1.8 x 1.8 x 0.7in / 46 x 45.7 x 18.3mm. The Go 3S is lighter and smaller: 1.38oz / 39g and 1.0 x 2.1 x 1.0in / 25.6 x 54.4 x 24.8mm.

For a camera where the tiny size and weight are a major selling point, the slight increase in bulk might well put some people off. I’m not saying the Go Ultra is big or heavy (it’s very small for a 4K 60fps camera), just that it’s not as brilliantly tiny as its predecessor.

4. Battery life

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On paper, the Go Ultra wins this round. Its standalone camera features a 500mAh battery offering up to 70 minutes of recording runtime, while its Action Pod battery has 1,450mAh capacity offering a total of 200 minutes runtime.

That’s a lot better than the respective 310mAh / 38-minute recording runtime and 1,270mAh / 140-minute runtime of the Go 3S and its Action Pod.

5. Storage

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There’s a clear difference in the two cameras’ approaches to storage. The Go 3S is only available with built-in storage, and buyers get a choice between 64GB and 128GB versions. The Go Ultra’s slightly larger design, however, means it has room for a microSD card slot so, while there’s no built-in space, it can be equipped with as much as 2TB of storage.

That could come in highly useful if, for example, you were travelling, as it could mean you wouldn’t need to delete or offload footage as regularly.

6. Price

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It’s new and it’s shiny, so of course the Insta360 Go Ultra costs more than the Insta360 Go 3S. The Go Ultra Standard Bundle (which features the camera, the Action Pod, a magnet pendant, a quick-release safety cord and a magnetic clip) costs $449.99 / £389 / AU$759, and its Creator Bundle (all of the above plus a mini tripod, quick-release mount and a pivot stand) costs $499.99 / £429 / AU$839.

The Insta360 Go 3S has been recently reduced, with its Standard Bundle (which features a 64GB Go 3S camera and Action Pod, lens guard, magnet pendant, pivot stand and easy clip) now costing $319.99 / £279.99 / AU$719. That’s a great price for a 4K action camera that’s only just over a year old.

So there you have it – the key differences between the new Insta360 Go Ultra and its predecessor the Go 3S. What do you think? Does the Go Ultra’s larger size detract from its appeal, or are those extra video capabilities enough to convince you to switch? Let us know in the comments section below – and don't forget to read our full, in-depth Insta360 Go Ultra review first.

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• The FiiO M27 launches worldwide in Fall 2025, with pricing TBC
• Huge battery for portable playback and high power output at home
• aptX Lossless, Auracast and Bluetooth LE Audio

FiiO has announced a new flagship portable player, the FiiO M27. It's a high-powered, high-performance hi-res audio player with a very impressive specification.

The M27 is powered by a Qualcomm QCS6490 chipset, which uses the Snapdragon 770G architecture and features eight Kryo 670 cores, an Adreno 642L GPU and supports both LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage.

It has 8GB of RAM and twin microSD slots, each of which supports up to 2TB of storage. On-board storage is 256GB, and the OS is Android 13.

The player is one of the first portables to use the Qualcomm QCC5181 chipset, which enables it to support aptX Lossless as well as Bluetooth LE Audio and Auracast. FiiO says that "Audiophiles can now enjoy reference-grade sound quality not only through wired connections but also wirelessly with a fidelity previously unimaginable in Bluetooth playback."

(Image credit: FiiO)FiiO M27: key features and specifications

Design-wise, the M27 looks similar to previous flagships such as the FiiO M23, but it's the first FiiO portable to use a titanium alloy chassis. The rear is made from "glass fiber".

The M27 is a dual-DAC design with twin ESS ES9039SPRO DACs and up to 5,000mW + 5,000mW of output power in Ultra Gain mode. There are 6.35mm, 4.4mm and 3.5mm headphone outputs, along with line-level and digital connections. And for going out and about, the M27 has a huge 9,200mAh battery.

The M27 also has FiiO's DAPS, which is short for Digital Audio Purification System and which integrates a high-capacity FPGA and dual RIVER femtosecond crystal oscillators that are claimed to reduce jitter and ensure timing accuracy.

Pricing hasn't been announced yet but the FiiO M27 will launch globally within the next few months, to challenge high-end players from the likes of Astell & Kern in our list of the best hi-res music players. We'll find out if the performance matches the elaborate spec list soon in our full review, as soon as we can get our hands on one.

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• Agentforce for Public Sector has already achieved FedRAMP High authorization
• It is hosted on AWS infrastructure for maximum security compliance
• AI agents get to work to boost human workers’ efficiency

Salesforce has introduced Agentforce for Public Sector, a new platform powered by agentic AI specially designed to assist in government agencies.

The branch of Agentforce promises to inject AI agents into government workflows where it matters the most, such as handling repetitive tasks, by improving responsiveness, efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

It has also already received FedRAMP High authorization to guarantee security standard compliance, so may be a common sight in US Government services soon.

Salesforce's government-approved Agentforce platform

Salesforce noted the “staffing shortages and rising public expectations” faced by government agencies as a key attraction for Agenforce for Public Sector.

The company's recent Global AI Readiness Index claimed 90% of global constituents are open to engaging with AI‑powered government services, but concerns around privacy and security have slowed adoption within the sector. This FedRAMP approved platform hopes to change that.

The City of Kyle, Texas has already started using the platform. “It’s like having every aspect of town hall instantly accessible 24/7, whether you’re a city employee or a resident seeking help,” Assistant City Manager Jesse Elizondo said.

Among the first features to launch are three key systems – Compliance Management, Complaint Management and Recruitment Management. They use agents for summarizing and analyzing constituent complaints and detecting complaint trends, assisting compliance officers with violations and fee calculations, and screening job applications to match candidates with relevant agencies.

Job recommendation, benefit application and complaint filing bots will also become available from October 2025.

In a bid to provide clarity to government agencies, Salesforce stressed that Agentforce for Public Sector runs on AWS infrastructure, which is built to meet stringent security requirements for high-sensitivity organizations globally.

“With AI agents working alongside dedicated government workers and providing 24/7 support for constituents – helping with everything from routine inquiries to complex, time consuming tasks – Agentforce will power a more responsive, agile, and effective government,” Salesforce EVP and GM of Public Sector Nasi Jazayeri explained.

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• Google showcased new hardware at the Made by Google event
• This includes a mystery smart speaker we haven't seen before
• It could materialize at an event in a few months

The August 20, 2025, Made by Google event gave us plenty of new hardware to feast on – including (of course) the new Google Pixel 10, 10 Pro, and 10 Pro Fold Android smartphones. But in a quick (not-quite-blink-and-you ’ll-miss-it) segment, we caught a glimpse of an unannounced Google smart speaker.

The showcase was packed with cameos, and in one such star-studded showcase, we saw Formula One driver Lando Norris and NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo trade places – and use Gemini’s advice to better tackle the other’s sport.

Pixel 10 phones made an appearance, and Norris also used a new mini speaker with Gemini.

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As you can see in the image above, the device isn’t like anything Google currently makes – our Audio Editor Becky Scarrott described its look as “like a HomePod mini in a Google dress but with an Echo Dot ring around the bottom,” which perfectly sums it up.

It also seems to possess Google Gemini’s reasoning powers based on how it was used, suggesting it might launch as part of the Gemini for Home upgrade Google has promised.

While the Gemini upgrade is also promised for existing smart speakers and displays, it certainly makes sense that Google would want to upgrade its lineup with some new hardware.

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We haven’t had new hardware since the Google Nest Hub (2nd generation) in 2021, and before that, the last Nest speaker we got was the Google Nest Audio, which just squeezes into our best smart speakers list (but mostly because it’s the best for Google).

So we’re long overdue for an upgrade, and it seems Google is all set to deliver one in the not-too-distant future.

Most likely we’ll see something “in the fall" (so September through to November) as that’s when Google has promised a major update, which should also solve the many complaints Nest users have about their devices.

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In recent years, Honor has partnered with the likes of Moschino, Porsche Design, and Studio Harcourt on some of the best Honor phones, but the brand’s latest fashion-forward collaboration is undoubtedly its sparkliest yet.

Designed by the titular fashion designer, the Honor Magic V Flip 2 Jimmy Choo edition features a shimmering, glitter-coated rear panel and a metallic hinge embossed with Choo’s full name and academic title (that’s Professor Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat OBE to you).

Honor says the phone’s limited edition color evokes “crushed stardust scattered across a deep blue sea,” which is perhaps the most celestial description of a smartphone I’ve ever heard. But beyond its sparkles, the China-only V Flip 2 is a genuinely impressive rival to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Motorola Razr Ultra 2025 – for multiple reasons.

On the outside, it boasts a familiar 4-inch OLED cover display with a 120Hz refresh rate, which is the same sort of cover screen you’ll find on both the Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Motorola Razr Ultra 2025. Honor’s flip phone, though, gets a class-leading IP58 resistance rating, which means it’s slightly more resistant to dust than those two big-name models.

On the inside, the V Flip 2 sports what Honor describes as “the most invisible crease of any flip phone on the market right now,” and in our brief hands-on time with the device, this crease is indeed barely noticeable. It sits between a 6.82-inch OLED display that offers a 120Hz refresh rate and a rival-beating peak brightness of 5,000 nits.

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The Magic V Flip 2's 6.82-inch inner screen (Image credit: Future)

In terms of performance, Honor’s latest foldable is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, and it ships with up to 16GB of RAM, which puts it in-between the latest Samsung and Motorola flip phones on the power scale (the former uses an Exynos chipset and has a lower RAM capacity, while the latter uses the newer Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset and the same 16GB of RAM).

The V Flip 2 does, however, boast an amighty 5,500mAh battery, which is the largest ever in a clamshell foldable at the time of writing.

Honor’s latest foldable also boasts some pretty impressive cameras: you’ll get a 200MP main sensor and a 50MP ultra-wide sensor, the first of which is unheard of in the flip foldable category.

So, even if the sparkly Jimmy Choo-ness of the Magic V Flip 2 isn't for you, it's hard to deny the phone's on-paper credentials. Honor has somehow managed to squeeze a class-leading crease, battery, camera, and resistance rating into its latest foldable, and while it’s not available for purchase outside of China, it certainly takes the fight to the best foldable phones on this side of the pond.

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• Asus announced and unveiled a Tandem OLED gaming monitor at Gamescom 2025
• The monitor will have two layers of pixels for better brightness, power efficiency, and OLED lifespan
• It will have a 520Hz refresh rate at 1440p and 720Hz at 1080p

Gamescom 2025 is well underway, after Opening Night Live hosted by Geoff Keighley revealed world premieres and updates to highly anticipated titles. However, Asus, known for some of the best monitors, is the star of the show so far with new hardware set to enhance gaming experiences – and no, it's not the ROG Xbox Ally.

As reported by The Verge, the new Asus ROG Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W was announced and unveiled at Gamescom 2025, a gaming monitor that offers users a 540Hz refresh rate at a 2560x1440 display resolution and a 720Hz refresh rate at 1080p. Both the Swift OLED PG27AQWP-W and LG's 4th Gen OLED are the fastest OLED and arguably the best gaming monitors on the market.

It's not just regular OLED either; Asus' new gaming monitor will use Tandem OLED technology, which is essentially two layers of pixels used to produce higher and (theoretically) more consistent brightness, deeper black levels, and a reduced risk of burn-in on its 'TrueBlack Glossy' display.

(Image credit: Future / Rob Dwiar)

Most importantly, this should result in lower power consumption compared to other OLEDs, since each pixel isn't working as hard as usual to produce high brightness and deep blacks. Asus claims that the Tandem OLED panel results in '15% higher peak brightness, 25% larger color volume, and 60% longer OLED lifespan'.

If these claims are accurate, this should address one of the biggest issues that OLED monitors suffer from, which is an Auto Brightness Limiter (ABL). Brightness limiting occurs whenever viewing brighter content in HDR or, for example, browsing on a pure white screen, which is done to control power consumption, and of course, reduce burn-in risks.

Since Tandem OLED is used to address OLED lifespan and brightness, it sounds like the ideal solution for ABL issues, and this could further widen the gap between OLED and mini-LED monitors, with the former in the lead.

Analysis: I was gradually getting frustrated with OLED care...

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The use of Tandem OLED technology may very well be used by a wide range of other monitor manufacturers, and that's fantastic news for me. For a long while, OLED care with constant pixel refreshes and ABL left me considering mini-LED, where neither of those issues (except for ABL, but it's a lot less common compared to OLEDs) exists.

Losing out on consistent high brightness and constantly worrying about burn-in with pixel refresh alerts shouldn't be an issue with Tandem OLED. Of course, it's very dependent on how manufacturers implement this technology on monitors, and whether the claim of a 60% longer OLED lifespan means OLED pixel refreshes aren't required as often.

However, it's already a step in the right direction in terms of the added benefits of deeper black levels and brightness (whether that's with ABL or not), without the cost of using more power.

There's no word on pricing or a release date yet, but I have no doubts that this will cost a fortune, so get your wallets ready if you're interested.

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• Windows 11's Copilot app just got an update for testers
• This introduces a powerful new natural language-based search
• There are also some useful changes for the app's home page

Windows 11's Copilot app is getting a deeper and more powerful search functionality, and more besides – although this is only in testing for now.

The Verge reports that Microsoft is rolling out an update for the Copilot app to Windows Insiders (those running test versions of Windows 11) who have Copilot+ PCs.

Those devices have the necessary NPU to drive this new AI search, which allows you to use natural language in queries, and will dive into files to find results for you.

So, as Microsoft points out, you can ask a conversational query such as 'find the file with the tiramisu recipe' and the Copilot app will hunt through the files on your PC to locate it. Or similarly, you could ask 'find pictures of my dog on the beach' and the AI will pick out those images specifically. Microsoft calls this functionality a 'semantic file search'.

Microsoft is also bringing in a rejigged home page for the Copilot app which surfaces recently used files, apps, and conversations, a move designed to make it easy for you to jump back into whatever you were doing previously.

You can also click on those recently-used files to query them with Copilot, or elect to get help with apps via a specific 'guided help' pane – this fires up a Copilot Vision session to guide you through said app.

Testers who want to give the new Copilot app a whirl should grab the latest update from the Microsoft Store in Windows 11.

(Image credit: Microsoft)Analysis: AI end game

Your immediate concern here may be privacy, and Microsoft has been quick to allay any fears along those lines in its blog post introducing these changes. The company makes it clear that Copilot surfaces recently-used files simply via the standard 'recent' folder that Windows 11 maintains – so the AI app isn't digging into your system any more deeply than the records which the OS keeps itself.

Microsoft clarifies that: "Copilot doesn't scan your entire system or upload anything automatically." However, when you're directly querying a file with Copilot, in that case it is uploaded for processing, but "nothing is shared unless you explicitly do so".

As for the semantic file-search capability, I assume that it functions similarly to the AI-supercharging of Windows 11's search itself on Copilot+ PCs (when Microsoft introduced natural language queries via the search box on the taskbar).

Microsoft seemingly wants to beef up search with AI across the board, and so on Copilot+ PCs we have that powered-up Windows 11 search, as well as Recall (a screenshot-based AI search leveraging the activity on your PC), and now an improved natural language search within the Copilot app itself.

What's the end game with pushing AI in search so strongly? Well, search is an obvious use case for AI, and I'd speculate that eventually, Copilot will take over all Windows search duties entirely.

There will be no basic Windows search at all, in other words – if you want to find stuff on your PC, you'll ask Copilot, end of story. And hopefully it'll complete the search without showing you 15 related 'suggestions' or 'recommendations' about what else you might need to complete whatever task the AI thinks you're carrying out.

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• Audio-Technica has revealed a new limited edition version of the ATH-M50xSTS
• It's in collaboration with virtual singer Hatsune Miku
• It will be available later this week

Esteemed audio brand Audio-Technica has unveiled a cute limited edition version of its best gaming headset in collaboration with virtual idol Hatsune Miku.

Officially called the ATH-M50xSTS-USB MIKU, it's a new variant of the excellent ATH-M50xSTS. The headset, which is based on the professional ATH-M50X monitoring headphones, scored close to full marks in our ATH-M50xSTS review.

It offers sublime audio quality that's particularly impressive for its upper mid-range price point, plus multiple comfortable ear-cup types in the box. Paired with a strong boom microphone, it's a fantastic option for gamers or streamers that want to get away from the usual gaming brands.

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The ATH-M50xSTS-USB MIKU comes in a special limited edition colorway inspired by the singer. This includes blue details on the headband meant to mimic her iconic hair and a colorful green ring on the outside of each earcup.

The headset is covered in little details, like the bright Hatsune Miku emblem on the inside of its ear cups and the futuristic-looking blue ring around the microphone module.

They come in special packaging featuring an illustration by the artist LAM created for the collab. It features a USB Type-A connection, so is definitely geared towards PC users, but does come bundled with a USB Type-C adaptor.

The headset will be available from August 22 for $279 / £239.

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• Users have spotted a new feature that allows free YouTube users to download videos for offline viewing
• It's the first major upgrade for free users – the feature has been exclusive to YouTube Premium subscribers until now
• However, it comes with several limitations, including video download quality

I’ve been using YouTube for free for years while harboring a lingering desire to upgrade to YouTube Premium, and now the platform has quietly rolled out a feature to free users that’s been exclusive to paying subscribers for years.

The video-sharing service has introduced a new download feature, which is the first major upgrade for free users. It was first spotted by a user on Reddit (see below), and allows free users to download YouTube videos and watch them without an internet connection.

New feature allowing users to download videos without premium (At not the best quality) from r/youtube

As well as video downloads, YouTube Premium subscribers have had access to a plethora of additional benefits, such as access to ad-free content and picture-in-picture playback. The company also recently relaunched its YouTube Premium Lite tier, which only offers subscribers ad-free viewing.

If you use YouTube’s free version and have been considering upgrading to Premium as I have, this feature could be a good reason to stick with the free plan for a little longer. However, the new downloads feature in the free version does come with a few catches.

Video quality limits is the biggest setback

Despite it being a big upgrade for free users, the biggest limitation to the feature is the download quality. If you’re using the free version of YouTube you can only download videos at 360p and 144p, which is borderine insulting compared to YouTube Premium’s 1080p and 720p resolution options – but it doesn’t end there.

Paying YouTube subscribers can reap the benefit of unlimited downloads, but if you’re using the free version there’s a capped limit on how many videos you can download, although what this cap will be isn't yet clear.

Since the YouTube Premium Lite tier only offers ad-free viewing for some videos and not an option to download videos, signing up to the cheapest plan doesn't currently grant you download access – although given that limited downloads are being rolled out for free users, YouTube may also be planning to roll out the feature to Premium Lite subscribers.

The final catch is that music videos are excluded from free downloads, and you’ll still be required to upgrade to YouTube Premium if you want to take advantage of this feature. This is particularly disappointing, especially if you rely on YouTube for music video playback as opposed to music streaming services, which I personally do.

With that said, the setbacks that come with YouTube’s latest upgrade don’t come as too much of a surprise, even if they are rather restricted. YouTube had to start somewhere with its first major upgrade for free users, and I’m hoping it will improve it's offering over time.

Is this enough for you to stick with YouTube’s free version? Or will you still consider upgrading to Premium? Let us know in the comments.

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• Hackers are using AI-powered website builders to quickly craft phishing sites
• Thousands of organizations have already been targeted
• Lovable is introduction different protections to combat the threat

Lovable, a popular AI website builder which allows users to craft quality websites by talking to the platform, is being heavily abused in different cybercriminal activities, experts have warned.

Security researchers at Proofpoint have revealed how, since February 2025, they have seen “tens of thousands” of Lovable URLs used in malicious campaigns, being distributed through phishing emails.

“Cybercriminals are increasingly using an AI-generated website builder called Lovable to create and host credential phishing, malware, and fraud websites,” Proofpoint said in its report.

Lovable strikes back

The company added it has observed, "numerous campaigns leveraging Lovable services to distribute multifactor authentication (MFA) phishing kits like Tycoon, malware such as cryptocurrency wallet drainers or malware loaders, and phishing kits targeting credit card and personal information.”

Ever since the emergence of the first ChatGPT version, security researchers have been warning about AI tools lowering the barrier for entry into cybercrime.

At first, threat actors used Generative AI to craft convincing phishing emails, or write malware code quickly and efficiently. However, since website builders started integrating AI as well, criminals found a new toy to play with.

In February 2025 alone, Proofpoint claims to have seen a campaign leveraging file sharing themes to distribute credential phishing, which included “hundreds of thousands of messages” and impacted more than 5,000 organizations.

Fortunately, Lovable isn’t sitting with its hands crossed. One credential phishing cluster with hundreds of domains was taken down by Lovable the same week it was reported.

The company also told Proofpoint it recently implemented AI-driven security protections to make building phishing sites impossible, including real-time detections to prevent creation of malicious websites as users prompt the tool, and automated daily scanning of published projects to flag potentially fraudulent projects.

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• Where Winds Meet launches on November 14, 2025, for PlayStation 5 and PC
• PS5 pre-orders are now available, while the PC version can be wishlisted
• The Chinese fantasy game is described as "the world’s first original Wuxia open-world ARPG"

Everstone Studio has finally revealed the release date for its highly anticipated open-world action-adventure game, Where Winds Meet.

Announced as part of Gamescom 2025, the Chinese fantasy role-playing game (RPG) is set to launch on November 14, 2025, for PlayStation 5 and PC.

Set in 10th-century China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Everstone describes the game as "the world’s first original Wuxia open-world ARPG that seamlessly blends Wuxia themes with open-world gameplay".

It features authentic Eastern fantasy elements, over 20 distinct regions to explore, populated by more than 10,000 unique NPCs, each possessing their own personality and distinctive responses to the player’s actions.

"In the realm of Where Winds Meet, you will become a young martial arts hero stepping into the tumultuous Jianghu. From the vibrant heart of the imperial capital to the hidden corners of forgotten wilderness, every path is rich with secrets, sights, and stories waiting to be uncovered," the game's description reads.

"In this world, freedom is all yours. There is no singular path you must follow; whether you choose to become a hero or an agent of chaos, the world will respond to your choices. Create disorder, defy the law, and face bounties, pursuits, or even time behind bars. Alternatively, you can walk a nobler path: befriend villagers, forge alliances, and build your reputation as a hero of the Wuxia world. Beyond the main storyline, a web of hidden, fragmented subplots will guide you to discover the darker lore and hidden truths scattered throughout the land."

As a Wuxia-inspired game, Where Winds Meet offers 40 unique Martial Mystic Arts available for mastery, including Tai Chi, Toad Style, and Lion’s Roar, as well as others that can be acquired while exploring the world.

Players can also combine various weapons, Mystic Arts, and techniques learned from different sects, inspired by both traditional Kung Fu movements and fantastical martial arts styles, to create unique combat styles and strategies.

Where Winds Meet is now available to pre-order on PS5, including an exclusive bundle, which includes a customizable outfit pack and a PS5-exclusive name-card background.

PC players can also wishlist the game on Steam and the Epic Games Store.

The game will be free-to-play on release.

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• Orange is notifying users of a data breach
• A threat actor stole names, emails, and more, on 850,000 people
• An investigation is ongoing

Orange Belgium has confirmed suffering a cyberattack in which the attackers stole sensitive data on hundreds of thousands of users.

In a press release published on the company’s website, Orange Belgium confirmed the breach, and said it spotted the intrusion in late July, 2025. After ousting the attackers, tightening its controls, notifying law enforcement, and launching an investigation, Orange determined that the attackers managed to exfiltrate data on 850,000 of its customers.

The data includes full names, phone numbers, SIM card numbers, PUK codes, and tariff plans. Passwords, email addresses, or financial information, was not accessed, it was said. Affected individuals were apparently notified either via email, or SMS.

No typhoons

Orange did not discuss who the threat actors were, or if this was a ransomware attack or a simple data smash-and-grab.

In a statement, the company said the attack was not linked to the Chinese ‘typhoon’ adversaries that have been targeting telecommunications providers in the West for some time.

It also said it knows who the attackers are, but since the investigation is currently ongoing, it cannot share it with the public.

A subsidiary of the global telecommunications behemoth, Orange Belgium is a major telecommunications provider in the country, servicing roughly 3.5 million post-paid mobile subscribers, and approximately a million cable subscribers.

The parent company is also often targeted by different cybercriminals.

In late February 2025, a member of the HellCat ransomware organization, alias Rey, held access to a “non-critical application”, belonging to Orange Romania, having obtained access by exploiting compromised credentials and flaws in Jira.

Less than a month later, the same subsidiary suffered a second breach, and in January, Orange Spain suffered a “major outage” after a threat actor going by the alias “Snow” obtained a “ridiculously weak” password for an account that manages the global routing table and controls the networks that deliver the company’s internet traffic.

Via BleepingComputer

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Well, I said South Park season 27 episode 3 would be unhinged, and it didn't let me down. Towelie headed to Washington D.C. against the backdrop of the National Guard being deployed on its streets, something that President Trump made happen in real life on August 11. He should of been just a small town towel, living in a lonely world who took the midnight bus going anywhere, to paraphrase Journey. But this is South Park, so obviously he didn't merely pop by The Smithsonian for the afternoon.

But should we be surprised? Not only do we know what kinds of parodies the show historically leans into, but South Park season 27 has particularly come out all guns blazing against the current US government. In as little as two episodes, the show's creators have managed to deepfake a naked version of Trump (who now comes with a miniature sidekick in J.D. Vance), show US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem shooting puppies in a pet store, and featured ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents so heavily that the White House started using screenshots for recruitment purposes on social media.

A naive part of me thought that shifting to Towelie's perspective would be more gentle after the show's controversial premiere and subsequent scheduled break, but I was wrong. Instead, the gates of hell quite literally opened in a brand-new way, and now I'm so disturbed by what the parody really means, I can't sleep.

South Park season 27 episode 3's ending keeps Towelie and Satan stuck in Trump's personal hell

Don't get me wrong: South Park showing Satan and Trump as being... overly chummy... isn't a new concept. Fans saw them in bed together during episode 1, with a naked Trump trying to get Satan to be intimate with him. The White House hit back soon after, describing [via BBC] the Paramount+ series as a "fourth-rate" show that was "hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention". Co-creator later gave a mock apology during a panel at San Diego Comic Con.

This is all disturbing enough, but episode 3 reveals the truth behind why Satan is at the White House in the first place – rather than Trump being under Satan's spell, Satan is being held against his will in Trump's own personal hell, where Towelie soon joins him. After being propositioned by Trump, Satan goes to the bathroom, stating: “What am I doing here?”

Towelie then tells him, “please, I want to get out of here,” with Satan replying: “So do I, but there is no escape from this place.” Cue the fan reactions. "Both Satan and Towelie stuck in Trump’s hell. This season is unreal. Paramount got their money’s worth for South Park," said one on X/Twitter, with another adding: "Satan and Towelie both trapped at the White House with Trump is honestly the darkest ending this season so far."

Trying to follow the plot line. Satan sent Saddam to heaven with the Mormons so that he'd stop bothering Satan in hell. Then Satan went to heaven... was that because he died trying to save everyone from man-bear-pig? If someone knows, please save me from searching for the old…August 21, 2025

I couldn't agree more, but we're also seeing a parody of a parody here. You might remember from previous South Park episodes that Satan had exactly the same bed scene with Saddam Hussein, which basically prompts theories on its own merit. As one fan put it: "Trying to follow the plot line. Satan sent Saddam to heaven with the Mormons so that he'd stop bothering Satan in hell. Then Satan went to heaven... was that because he died trying to save everyone from man-bear-pig?

"If someone knows, please save me from searching for the old episodes. So now Trump clearly has Saddam's voice and personality. I'm sure that'll become relevant to the story at some point."

I'm honestly not sure if I care about the lore too much thanks to the latest South Park scene leaving me incredibly disturbed about what's going on in the real world. If the creators think the real-life is that bad in episode 3, what on earth are we going to see coming next?

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• Flashlight brightness control is coming to Pixel phones
• It's been spotted in the latest Android preview version
• Previously you needed a third-party app to access the feature

The flashlight is a useful extra you'll get on all the best smartphones, and it's even more useful when you can adjust its strength – a feature which finally looks set to arrive on Pixel phones with an upcoming update to Android.

As spotted by Android Authority, the latest Android Canary release – the earliest testing version of Android – includes the option to adjust flashlight brightness from the Quick Settings panel, via a simple on-screen slider.

It's something you can already do on the best iPhones and the best Samsung phones, so we're glad to see the Pixels are finally catching up – there are lots of scenarios where being able to adjust flashlight strengths can come in handy.

The functionality has actually been around since 2022 and Android 13, but it hasn't been fully implemented in Pixel handsets before. Up until now, you needed a third-party flashlight app to change the intensity.

Coming soon

Android 16 launched in June 2025 (Image credit: Google / Future)

It's not certain how long this will take to roll out to Pixel handsets, but it shouldn't take long. It could well roll out with the Android 16 QPR2 update (that's Quarterly Platform Release, by the way), which is scheduled to arrive for everyone in September.

Other new features that Pixel users can look forward to in Android 16 QPR2 include support for an improved dark mode and better icon theming, more customization for the Quick Settings panel, and lock-screen widgets for phones.

The Identity Check feature will also be expanded to more apps, which means they require biometric authentication (like a face or fingerprint scan) for access. There's also an upgraded remote-locking feature called Secure Lock Device.

All of these features will of course appear on the newly unveiled Google Pixel 10 phones, which come with an earlier version of Android 16 out of the box – but you may find it's the flashlight brightness adjustment that you find yourself using the most.

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• Amazon is reportedly working on a tablet that runs Android rather than Fire OS
• This could cost a lot more than current Fire tablet models, at around $400
• It might be the first of many Android-powered tablets

Amazon’s Fire tablets might not get as much attention as iPads and Samsung Galaxy Tabs, but they’re quietly quite successful products, and a rumored change could make them even more popular.

According to Reuters citing “six people familiar with the matter”, Amazon plans to release a new tablet next year, but this one will apparently be powered by Android rather than the Fire OS operating system used by all current Amazon tablets.

Fire OS itself is based on Android, but it’s so heavily customized and de-Googled as to be almost unidentifiable as an Android operating system – it even relies on a completely separate app store.

So moving to a less heavily altered version of Android would be a big shift, with the biggest advantage to buyers likely being that they’d be able to access the Google Play Store, meaning a wider availability of apps, and more certainty that the apps they have on their phone would also be available for their tech slate.

A pricier prospect

The next Amazon tablet could cost as much as an iPad (Image credit: Jacob Krol/Future)

As well as a shift in operating system, this upcoming Fire tablet could also be a more premium device, with the report stating that it may cost around $400 (roughly £300 / AU$620). That would make it almost twice as expensive as the Amazon Fire Max 11, which is the top model in Amazon’s current selection.

$400 is still a fairly low price compared to some tablets, but it would put the slate more in line with the likes of the iPad 11-inch (2025), so it could have some serious competition.

Still, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, as presumably this price rise would come with better hardware, which should help this tablet appeal to an audience that never would have considered an Amazon tablet before.

And the Reuters report suggests that this could be the first of many Android-powered tablets, some of which may well continue appealing to entry-level buyers. So hopefully there will soon be something for everyone – and without the limitations of Fire OS.

Still, the sources caution that there’s a chance this Android tablet project – which is said to be codenamed Kittyhawk – could still be delayed or canceled over “financial or other concerns”, so for now we can only hope this new tablet does launch.

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• Anthropic makes Claude Code available for more business accounts
• Admins can select between standard and premium seats for access
• “Claude seats include enough usage for a typical workday”

Anthropic has rolled out changes to help support business users with the expansion of Claude Code to more accounts.

The AI tools maker has announced Claude Code will now form part of Claude for Enterprise and Team after previously only being available for individual accounts.

With the additional of Claude Code for business customers, admin can now choose to assign workers standard or premium seats – the latter adding support for both Claude and Claude Code.

Claude Code comes to business users

Anthropic noted this was the most requested feature from enterprise customers.

“Claude seats include enough usage for a typical workday,” the company said, but customers who need access to more intelligence can pay via standard API rates, with admins able to set controls over how much users are allowed to spend.

Admins can use the admin panel to purchase new seats, directly manage seat allocation and provision users, with analytics and metrics like lines of code accepted, suggestion accept rate and usage patterns all available to help companies understand the value of Claude Code.

Companies can also implement managed policy settings to adhere to internal policies, including tool permissions, file access restrictions and MCP server configurations.

Rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach, Anthropic has gone down the more flexible route to allow admins to decide who needs premium seats, which are available for upgrade now.

Anthropic recently outlined how the AI company itself uses Claude Code. Use cases include boosting understanding of large codebases, internal documentation ingestion, debugging support and product prototyping.

“It's dissolving the boundary between technical and non-technical work, turning anyone who can describe a problem into someone who can build a solution,” Anthropic noted.

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• Autel Robotics ceasing support for Evo Nano and Evo Lite drones
• No further firmware updates or after-sales support
• Company to focus efforts on enterprise drones instead

Despite DJI’s ongoing difficulties in the US market, it remains by far the biggest consumer drone maker in the world – and this week one of its main rivals has seemingly given up its attempts to compete.

Chinese company Autel Robotics has joined the likes of Skydio, Parrot and GoPro in quitting the consumer drone market, retiring two of its product ranges: the Evo Nano and Evo Lite. Autel stopped marketing the drones (both of which were launched in late 2021) in mid-July; now only a few final Evo Lite+ bundles remain for sale on its website.

In a blog post published on July 18, Autel announced, “we aim to concentrate resources to better serve our users and enhance product stability and competitiveness. As part of our product lifecycle management, we are making arrangements for the discontinuation, sales cessation, and service termination of the [Evo Lite and Evo Nano].”

Beyond July 18, 2030, Autel will no longer provide technical support, after-sales repair or firmware updates and fixes for these drones. To all intents and purposes, they’re dead. Reading between the lines, this seems to be part of a wider pivot away from consumer drones to professional and enterprise models.

Open skies for DJI

The DJI Mini 3 Pro (left) is an obvious alternative to the Autel Evo Nano+ (right) (Image credit: Future)

So, where does that leave the hobbyist photographers and videographers that would have made up the market for the Evo Lite and Evo Nano? Well, the obvious answer is they turn to DJI, which provides extremely capable, ready-made alternatives in its Mavic, Air and Mini ranges.

I’m a huge fan of DJI’s drones and wouldn’t hesitate to buy one for my own content creation needs, but at the same time I think competition is vital for the market. Giving an already-dominant company a completely free run isn’t likely to push them into innovating faster or making their products more affordable.

Autel’s retreat from the market also has interesting implications for consumers living in the USA. It’s seeming more and more likely that the US federal government will ban DJI drones from sale in the country, leaving would-be buyers forced to opt for alternatives. If Autel is no longer making and selling consumer drones, it’s one fewer option on the table.

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He has millions in the bank from Love Island and the endless brand partnerships the show unlocked, the stratospheric success of his half-brother Tyson, and the interminable stream of aspirational reality content he features in with Molly-Mae Hague, but watching Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury, it's impossible not to wonder if he'd rather be a jobbing boxer striving to make it off his own back.

You can watch Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury online from anywhere with a VPN and potentially for free.

The six-part fly-on-the-wall series begins with Tommy at rock-bottom. In January 2023 he and Molly-Mae – of fast-fashion, shady online prize draws, deeply questionable advertizing practices and “we all have the same 24 hours in a day” fame – had their first daughter. In July they got engaged. In August 2024 they split up. In January 2025 Tommy had surgery on a hand injury. By May they were back together.

We know all of this because Tommy and Molly-Mae monetize every inch of their lives. In one episode of Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury, a trailer for Molly-Mae’s new series drops. Molly-Mae: Behind it All was concocted to further publicize the breakup, but then becomes an opportunity for Tommy to publicize his alcohol dependency struggles.

And all the while he wonders why his boxing career isn't going as planned. Two of Tommy's last three opponents were Jake Paul and KSI, and he had a scheduled bout with MMA fighter Darren Till before it descended into farce. At this moment in time, Tommy's story feels like a cautionary tale.

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GPT‑5 Pro impresses with its complex, layered response to prompts. The crown jewel of the GPT-5 rollout this month even made OpenAI CEO Sam Altman nervous with some of its responses. But you shouldn't confuse brilliant algorithmic models with true independent thinking, according to Dr. Ben Goertzel, who helped popularize the term Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) in the early 2000s.

Now the CEO of the Artificial Superintelligence Alliance and TrueAGI Inc., and the founder of SingularityNET, Goertzel wrote an essay lauding GPT‑5 Pro as “a remarkable technical achievement” that he finds useful for formatting research papers, parsing mathematical frameworks, and improving his own prose. But, he's not mistaking the model's abilities for actual human-style brains.

"These models, impressive as they are, utterly lack the creative and inventive spark that characterises human intelligence at its best," Goertzel wrote. "More fundamentally, they literally 'don't know what they're talking about.' Their knowledge isn't grounded in experience or observation, it's pattern matching at an extraordinarily sophisticated level, but pattern matching nonetheless."

No matter how fast or thorough the model's performance is, it's ultimately shallow. You can be dazzled by the spectacle, but there's nothing going on underneath the statistical inference. People seeing a blurred line between GPT‑5 Pro and AGI isn't surprising, he hastened to add, since it can imitate logic, extend reasoning, and look like some thought process is happening, but it's nothing like a human or animal brain. Stringing together associations learned from training is not the same as drawing on memory, experience, or a vision of future goals.

"This distinction isn't semantic nitpicking. True AGI requires grounding knowledge in both external and internal experience," Goertzel wrote. "In terms of these basic aspects of open-ended cognition, today’s LLMs are vastly inferior to a one year old human child, their incredible intellectual facility notwithstanding."

AGI's future

GPT‑5 Pro and its siblings are built on an increasingly strained premise that scaling large language models will inevitably produce AGI. He also suggested that the current LLM approach is fused to a business model that limits innovation. OpenAI, he notes, is simultaneously trying to build AGI and sell scalable chatbot services to billions of users. The AGI label, he warns, is being thrown around too freely. While GPT-5 Pro and other tools are undeniably powerful, calling them minds is, in his view, premature and possibly misleading.

"GPT5-Pro deserves recognition as a remarkable achievement in AI engineering. For researchers and professionals needing sophisticated technical assistance, it's currently unmatched," Goertzel wrote. "But we shouldn't mistake incremental improvements in large-scale natural-language pattern matching for progress toward genuine artificial general intelligence."

Goertzel's description of a true AGI is a model that constantly learn new things, irrespective of a user interacting with it. The continuous evolution of a mind, the human experience, goes well beyond the specific training and deployment of an AI model. GPT‑5 Pro is frozen the moment it’s deployed; a sealed jar of intelligence.

Goertzel’s work would smash that jar and spread the intelligence out across decentralized systems. Eventually, he hopes to produce an intelligence that doesn't mimic how brains work, but performs like one, with internal models of the world and beliefs it would update over time.

"The path to AGI won't be found by simply scaling current approaches. It requires fundamental innovations in how we ground knowledge, enable continual learning, and integrate different cognitive capabilities," Goertzel concludes. "GPT-5 and its successors will likely play important supporting roles in future AGI systems, but the starring role requires more innovative actors we're still in the process of creating."

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• Ricoh GR IV is available for preorder for $1,499 / £1,199
• It has an even slimmer design than the GR III, plus control layout tweaks
• Autofocus and startup are seemingly quicker

It's official – the Ricoh GR IV is available for preorder and the first reviews and sample images taken with the premium compact are hitting Ricoh's social media to whet the appetite.

Meanwhile, one of its ambassadors has shared the first hands-on video with the GR IV, discussing his first impressions before using the premium pocket snapper for real.

As a GR IIIX owner, I've got a particular interest in its successor, especially as we rate the GR III / GR IIIX as one of the best compact camera series around. Put simply, it delivers the best image quality from a genuinely pocketable snapper.

That said, I'll admit that when I first saw the GR IV tech specs and product imagery back in May, followed by it being showcased in June, I felt underwhelmed.

At first glance, the latest version seemingly fails to deliver many of my GR IV top wishes – there's still no built-in flash, tilt screen, or improved build quality. Most of the tech specs seem pretty similar, too.

It's also pricier than the GR III, costing $1,499 / £1,199. However, what matters most is real-world use, and the hands-on video on the Samuel Streetlife YouTube shows plenty of reason to be excited.

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A snappier premium pocket snapper

My top request for the upcoming GR model was for it to stay small – in other words, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Ricoh has seemingly gone one better and made the GR IV body even slimmer, while making the hand grip more pronounced. The grip on the rear looks like it has a larger groove for the thumb to rest, too. That's a solid start.

From brief testing illustrated in the first hands-on (see the YouTube video, above), autofocus appears to be snappier. That could be another major win, especially given how poor the autofocus performance of the GR III is. The tests were made in overcast daylight conditions, rather than the more challenging conditions of nighttime.

Start-up time is also quicker, almost instantaneous in fact. For a camera that's particularly popular with street photographers who might need to respond to moments quickly, that's a top feature.

What the video doesn't dig into is image quality, though we are getting the first glimpses of that on Ricoh's Instagram (below). One image showcases impressive macro photography skills, while another demonstrates the 5-axis image stabilization in action – a handheld monochrome shot where movement is blurred but static subjects are sharp.

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From tech specs, we know there is a modest bump in resolution, from 24MP to 26MP, while the 28mm f/2.8 lens is redesigned, but those images on social media can't clearly demonstrate if there are any real improvements in image quality – that'll come from our proper testing in due course.

There are a couple more noteworthy updates – the GR III records onto an SD card and has 2GB internal storage, whereas the GR IV uses a micro SD and has 53GB of internal storage. I'm not sure which I prefer of the two, but the GR III series has never been one for high performance, fast burst shooting, so the slower micro SD card type in the new model might not be a deal breaker.

From what I've seen in the launch build-up and first reviews, I'm getting my hopes up once more for the GR IV.

What's left me a little disappointed, however, is the $1,499 / £1,199 list price. That's quite the price hike from the $1,099 / £999 of the GR III (and that's following an increase in price over the GR III's years), especially if you're in the US.

That price hike seems all the more harsh considering the GR IV is effectively a modest update of the GR III, which looks like the better buy while stocks last. I'll report back after testing with my full verdict.

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