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• Unihertz Titan 2 brings back the QWERTY keyboard with an impressive 512GB upgrade
• The Titan 2 is not for everyone, but that’s exactly its strongest selling point
• This phone brings back business-class typing and storage in a tank-like body

Unihertz has announced a Kickstarter campaign for its upcoming rugged smartphone, the Titan 2.

In a 16-second ad released by Unihertz, the company said, “We are getting ready for our Kickstarter in June,” offering a first look at a device that feels both familiar and ambitious.

The ad reveals the Titan 2 follows the original Uniherz Titan and the Titan Slim, continuing the brand’s focus on rugged smartphones with physical QWERTY keyboards.

A familiar form factor with rugged credentials

With its square screen and hardware keys, the Titan 2 clearly echoes the BlackBerry era, when such designs were synonymous with business productivity and communication.

The new model appears to be a wider, flat-edged version of the Titan Slim, lacking the curved top and bottom design found on the original Titan.

Though detailed specifications remain scarce, Unihertz confirmed to TechRadar Pro that the commercial version of the Titan 2 will offer a substantial 512GB of internal storage.

This marks a significant upgrade from previous iterations, particularly the 2019 Unihertz Titan, which shipped with 128GB of storage, 6GB of RAM, and a MediaTek Helio P60 processor.

The original Titan was notable for its 4.5-inch 1440x1440 display, global LTE support, NFC capability, and 6,000mAh battery, all packed into a bulky 305g chassis with IP67 water and dust resistance.

The Titan and Titan Slim were never aimed at mainstream users. Instead, they targeted those seeking something unconventional.

The Titan 2 now seems poised to build on that lineage, with greater storage and a refreshed design, while remaining firmly rooted in the company’s niche aesthetic and utilitarian philosophy.

This business smartphone does not appear to be a contender for mass-market dominance. However, its physical QWERTY keyboard could appeal to professionals who value tactile input for communication-heavy workflows.

That said, this device is undeniably a niche product, and physical keyboards have long fallen out of fashion.

The Titan 2 will need to prove that nostalgia and rugged durability can coexist with modern expectations, otherwise, it will remain a niche offering.

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Brother is the last major inkjet maker to cave in and join the refillable revolution, so I’m keen to see how its first supertank printers stack up against the best ink tank printers. Of the two new models, the Brother DCP-T780DW is the more expensive, aimed at the home office or SMB (small to medium-sized business). It’s a well-equipped all-in-one able to duplex print on any kind of paper up to A4 or legal via either of its two input trays, or copy using its flatbed scanner and ADF (automatic document feed).

To keep the price competitive, there’s no touchscreen interface, Bluetooth or USB Host port. These are all features you’d expect on a cartridge printer at this price, but the big attraction here is the remarkably low TCO (total cost of ownership) which includes the five bottles of ink Brother is putting in the box. That’s enough for around 15,000 black and white pages or 5,000 color.

Brother DCP-T580DW: Design and build

(Image credit: Brother // Future)Specs

Type: color tank inkjet printer

Functions: Print, copy, scan, ADF

Connectivity: Ethernet, USB, Wi-Fi

Data storage slots: none

Max print speed: 16ipm (mono)

Max paper size: A4/legal

Print quality: 1,200 x 6,000 dpi

Apple AirPrint: yes

Consumables included: 5 bottles (15,000 black, 5,000 color pages)

Dimensions/Weight: 320 x 390 x 245 mm (WxDxH)/71.4lb/32.4kg

The Brother DCP-T580DW looks and feels like a compact and well designed all-in-one, and quite unlike the awkward Brother DCP-T525W. That older Amazon-exclusive model had its ink tanks bulging out at the side like an afterthought, whereas the new printers have their reservoirs seamlessly integrated in a way that doesn’t increase the footprint.

You access them through a front flap, so there’s no need to open up the whole machine to top up. The flap has clear windows so you can see the level of the liquid easily. Brother’s designers have cheated a bit, by using tanks with a smaller volume than its rivals, but the 48.8ml limit still beats any inkjet cartridge for capacity.

In other respects it’s a familiar form factor, with a slightly protruding front paper tray able to hold 150 sheets of paper up to A4, letter or legal in size. There’s a flatbed scanner on top and the 4.5cm color display is mounted on a tilting control panel surrounded by the usual array of buttons.

The two ports for connecting power and USB cables are at the side, rather than the rear, which could be more convenient, or less, depending on your setup. The Brother DCP-T780DW differs from Brother’s other tank printers by including a 20-sheet ADF, which adds only 3.4cm to its height.

Ink tank printers are the most sustainable way to print as they generate less ink and plastic waste, while all inkjets use less energy than lasers, so I’m glad to see Brother’s packaging is also more sustainable. Instead of polystyrene in the cardboard carton, there’s just more cardboard.

Brother DCP-T580DW: Features & specifications

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As the premium printer, in Brother’s first ink tank range, the DCP-T780DW can do more than merely duplex print and simplex scan. It also has an ADF for copying a stack of up to twenty pages automatically and two paper inputs.

The main tray can hold a useful 150 pages, while a multi-purpose tray at the rear offers an easy way to print one-off jobs such as addressing an envelope. The rear tray, with its flatter paper path, is able to print on heavier paper than the main tray, including card up to 300gsm.

There’s 5GHz Wi-Fi with AirPrint compatibility for wireless connectivity, plus Ethernet and USB ports available. The top speed for black and white printing is quite fast for an inkjet at 16ipm, while color pages emerge almost as quickly at 15ipm. The maximum print resolution is 1,200 x 600dpi, delivered by 840 nozzles.

Brother DCP-T580DW: Setup and operation

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Setting up the Brother DCP-T780DW should be a simple process, especially if you download the free Brother Connect app. Just load some paper and turn on to receive prompts on the printer’s display and your smartphone. Filling the tanks with ink is a quick and clean process. Like Epson, HP and Canon, Brother has made it possible to fill the four ink tanks without spilling a drop.

Like the other systems, the lips of the bottles are keyed, so you can’t pour in the wrong ink. Be sure to pour in the whole 48.8ml bottle though. I made the mistake of half filling the tanks and putting half full bottles back in the box. Once their seals are broken, the bottles leak, even when you think you’ve screwed the lids back on tight. I made a very colorful mess, but to be fair to Brother, it was a case of user error.

Unlike the HP Smart Tank 7001, there’s no inbuilt Bluetooth to make an immediate connection with your smartphone, so the setup procedure takes a little longer. I also found Brother’s ink bottles a little more fiddly to pour than Epson and Canon’s foolproof supertank systems. In short, Brother’s system works just fine.

Brother DCP-T580DW: Performance

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The Brother DCP-T780DW worked well right out of the box. The setup procedure involved running out two test sheets to check ink delivery and nozzle alignment, and both were spot on. All my test pages appeared promptly and with no cases of creased paper, smudges or jams and the results varied from okay to great.

Black text on plain white paper looked crisp and legible down to point size two. However, Brother’s dye-based black appears somewhat grey compared to the pigment black that other brands use. It might not look as glossy or bold, but it is consistent and the ink doesn’t smear when you run a finger over the page as it emerges.

(Image credit: Brother // Future)

Color pages are more impressive thanks to Brother’s bright C/M/Y inks and there’s a great level of detail resolution. Brother launched two tank printers in this series and this higher-specified multifunction model gives significantly sharper prints. That can only be because these print heads are equipped with 840 nozzles, while the cheaper T580 has only 420 nozzles. So while their quoted maximum print resolutions are exactly the same, having double the number of nozzles applying the ink droplets is evidently an advantage.

Scanning single pages on the platen and copying multipage documents with the ADF went without a hitch during my tests and the duplicate pages looked faithful to the originals. There’s no single pass two-side scanning, but nonetheless, it all worked fairly quickly, so I’d recommend this printer for light photocopying duties.

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Brother is bundling two bottles of black ink plus the three colors in the box, so those five bottles could print up to 5,000 color pages, or 15,000 in black and white. That’s great, but it’s less than HP, Epson, or Canon are offering with their equivalently priced tank printers. Brother’s slightly smaller ink bottles and tanks are the reason for this, but I think the difference is small enough not to be a deal-breaker.

Brother DCP-T580DW: Maintenance

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Like all inkjet printers, the Brother DCP-T780DW is likely to dry out and print badly or not at all if left unused for a length of time. The problem is ink clogging the nozzles and the solution is flushing them through with more ink. In a cartridge printer, you’d begrudge that wasted ink, but at least tank printers use affordable ink. This printer has quite versatile maintenance options with a choice of three flushing cycles of varying strength depending how clogged your nozzles are.

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The Brother DCP-T780DW is a reasonably well equipped and well made home office all-in-one, with decent all-round print quality to boot. Brother makes lots of cartridge printers like this, but this tank printer runs on cheap bottled ink and that makes it a much better investment.

The design is compact with the four ink reservoirs neatly integrated, while the 20-sheet ADF on top adds surprisingly little height. Having two paper inputs is another advantage, especially as the multipurpose tray at the rear is able to handle more substantial 300gsm card stock.

I found it easy to use, despite the lack of a touchscreen, while the print quality with both documents and photos is above average. And with enough ink included in the price for 20,000 pages, this looks like a fair price. Now that Brother has proved it can make tank printers that work, let’s hope the rest of its inkjet line-up eventually goes refillable so we can consign cartridges to history.

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• Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro is getting an update to improve its coding
• The update fixes previous issues with formatting and coherence
• The model is expected to become Gemini Pro’s first official stable release

Google's rapid rollout of new models of Gemini is continuing apace, but the latest version of Gemini 2.5 Pro has some notable improvements that the company claims will put it in play for a while as the first “long-term stable release.” The upgrade also patches up some of the issues that might currently frustrate Gemini Pro users.

For now, the model is still in beta, unlike its friskier sibling, Gemini 2.5 Flash. Gemini Pro 2.5 has reportedly taken longer and dealt with some complicated issues around regressions in conversation that made the AI model seem somewhat underpowered as a brain. Those issues have apparently been resolved, with Google bragging about the coding capabilities of the new model in particular. It's outscored rival models on the Aider Polyglot benchmark, a multi-language coding test popular for measuring AI model software composition.

The updated model also offers developers what Google calls “configurable thinking budgets.” These are essentially a way to fine-tune how much computing power Gemini uses to answer complex queries so that you don't use up all of your credits building an app in one go. It’s already available through Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, and will likely become part of Gemini as a whole in the near future.

Gemini Pro power

And it's not just a technical whiz. Gemini Pro has faced complaints of lacking the same creative and conversational flair of its fellow Gemini models, failing to impress outside of technical tasks. The writing and formatting could get sloppy, and long-form responses tended to ramble or circle back on themselves. Google says it’s fixed that issue, with correct formatting, more nuanced writing, and no trailing off mid-response.

All of those upgrades lead to why Google has declared this version of Gemini Pro to be a long-term, stable model, at least for now. For developers and enterprise users, that kind of certainty is valuable in its own right, just as much as regular upgrades.

The new model will have an impact on Gemini users outside of the office, too. The same improvements to formatting, memory, and contextual understanding will likely be incorporated into the public-facing version of Gemini just to keep things neat. And it fits with Google's strategy to embed Gemini everywhere and encourage everyone to use it for any of their AI needs. Gemini Flash is the default option for those not paying a subscription fee for Gemini. Gemini Nano handles AI for Android devices, but Gemini Pro is intended to be the flagship model, the one that impresses everyone.

Google will definitely try to live up to that vision with the new model, but the competition has hardly gone away. OpenAI, Anthropic, and even Apple are all racing to be on top of the AI model game. Gemini 2.5 Pro proves Google won't be falling behind any time soon, at least now that it's stopped regressing.

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• A huge dataset has been discovered unsecured online by researchers
• This contained roughly 4 billion records - including personal information
• The data could potentially be part of a surveillance effort targeting Chinese citizens

An open instance containing "billions upon billions” of exposed records has been discovered online by cybersecurity researchers - and millions of people could be at risk as a result.

Researcher at Cybernews worked with cybersecurity researcher and owner of cyber risk and data protection site SecurityDiscovery.com to uncover a huge database without a password, leaking 631GB of information, equating to roughly 4 billion records.

The dataset primarily consists of Chinese customers and users from a range of different sources, in what the Cybernews research teams believed is a “meticulously gathered and maintained” database designed to build “comprehensive behavioral, economic, and social profiles of nearly any Chinese citizen.”

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A surveillance effort

This could be part of a surveillance project, researchers argue, and there are plenty of ways that a threat actor could exploit this information, such as social engineering attacks, identity theft, fraud or even blackmail.

“The sheer volume and diversity of data types in this leak suggests that this was likely a centralized aggregation point, potentially maintained for surveillance, profiling, or data enrichment purposes,” the team observed.

The instance was “”quickly taken down” after it was discovered, but it’s not known how long it was open for. Unsurprisingly for suspected surveillance data, the information contains PII like full names, dates of birth, and phone numbers, as well as financial data like card numbers, debt and saving information, and spending habits.

The largest collection of records most likely came from WeChat, a Chinese alternative to WhatsApp, with over 805 million records exposed.

Close behind was a collection of residential data “with geographic identifiers” with 780 million, and a collection named “bank” of 630 million records, primarily with financial and personally identifiable information.

If this data breach is as large as it seems, it contains over a billion records more than the National Public Data breach, which was recently reported as one of the largest data breaches ever.

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• Lenovo quietly launches powerful Strix Halo mini PC with AI focus in China
• Ryzen AI Max+ 395 delivers 126 TOPS performance in compact size
• 128GB RAM and 4TB storage mean it will suit both creative and AI workloads

Lenovo has introduced a compact new system powered by AMD’s most powerful consumer APU to date, the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 “Strix Halo.”

Part of the LCFC AI Mini PC lineup, this machine, now on sale via JD.com in China, combines workstation-class specs with a desktop-friendly footprint that targets AI developers, content creators, and power users.

At the device's core is AMD’s new Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, featuring 16 Zen 5 CPU cores, 32 threads, and an RDNA 3.5-based Radeon 8060S integrated GPU with 40 Compute Units. It also includes a dedicated NPU delivering up to 50 TOPS. Taken together, the CPU, GPU, and NPU provide up to 126 TOPS of AI performance, which is enough to run LLMs and other AI workloads locally.

China-only for now

Designed for AI tasks, creative workflows, and high-performance gaming, the LCFC system features 128GB of LPDDR5X-8000 memory, which is more than you'll find in many full-sized gaming rigs, and supports two M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 SSDs, each with up to 2TB capacity, for a total of 4TB of high-speed storage.

Although it’s described as a mini PC, at roughly 9.7 x 7.4 x 3.8 inches, it’s firmly in the SFF (Small Form Factor) category; compact enough for tight workspaces while still offering powerful internals.

Connectivity includes a 1GbE Ethernet port and built-in Wi-Fi, although it does not appear to support Wi-Fi 6. The I/O selection includes one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port, two USB 2.0 ports, one USB Type-C, HDMI 1.4, and DisplayPort 1.4.

While the DisplayPort is useful, the HDMI 1.4 output is a drawback, as it lacks support for 4K at 120Hz, something expected in modern high-end systems.

The LCFC AI Mini PC is reportedly priced at ¥13,989 in China, which converts to approximately $1,946. That places it in the high-end category, although it's still competitively priced given its workstation-grade specs and AI abilities.

Given the rising demand for compact PCs capable of running AI models locally, there's likely to be international interest should Lenovo decide to make its new system more widely available. For now, however, it appears to be exclusive to the Chinese market.

Via TweakTown

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• The New York Times is requesting that all ChatGPT conversations be retained as part of its lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft
• This would mean that a record of all your ChatGPT conversations would be kept, potentially forever
• OpenAI argues that chats with AI should be a private conversation

Back in December 2023, the New York Times launched a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement. The New York Times alleges that OpenAI had trained its ChatGPT model, which also powers Microsoft’s Copilot, by “copying and using millions” of its articles without permission.

The lawsuit is still ongoing, and as part of it the New York Times (and other plaintiffs involved in the case) have made the demand that OpenAI are made to retain consumer ChatGPT and API customer data indefinitely, much to the ire of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, who took to X.com to tweet, “We have been thinking recently about the need for something like ‘AI privilege’; this really accelerates the need to have the conversation. IMO talking to an AI should be like talking to a lawyer or a doctor. I hope society will figure this out soon.”

recently the NYT asked a court to force us to not delete any user chats. we think this was an inappropriate request that sets a bad precedent.we are appealing the decision.we will fight any demand that compromises our users' privacy; this is a core principle.June 6, 2025

OpenAI describes the New York Times lawsuit as “baseless”, and in a lengthy post on the OpenAI website titled, ‘How we’re responding to The New York Times’ data demands in order to protect user privacy’, OpenAI lays out its approach to privacy.

Brad Lightcap, COO, OpenAI, says that the demand from the NYT “fundamentally conflicts with the privacy commitments we have made to our users. It abandons long-standing privacy norms and weakens privacy protections.”

Private investigations

As more and more people share intimate details of their lives with AI chatbots, which are often taking on the role of a therapist, I can appreciate the need to be able to keep AI conversations private, however, I can also see the NYT’s point of view that if there is evidence that supports its claims against OpenAI then it needs to have access to that data without OpenAI being able to declare it all as too private to share.

At the moment, a ChatGPT chat is removed from your account immediately when you delete the conversation, and scheduled for permanent deletion from OpenAI systems within 30 days. The order would mean that even deleted ChatGPT conversations would have to be retained by OpenAI.

As a ChatGPT user myself, I’ve always appreciated the ability to be able to remove conversations entirely. If OpenAI is forced to comply with this request, then it’s going to affect pretty much everybody who uses the service, on either a free, Plus, Pro, or Teams (but not Enterprise or Edu account holders).

The order also does not impact API customers who are using Zero Data Retention endpoints under OpenAI’s ZDR amendment.

OpenAI has said it has appealed the order to the District Court Judge and will inform us when it knows more.

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If you've ever read Who Moved My Cheese? by Dr. Spencer Johnson, you know the moral of the business parable is that change is inevitable and we should embrace it. If you're unfamiliar with it, I suggest you pick up your iPhone and phone a friend for a quick chat. Doing so might remind you how little the Phone app on iOS has changed in almost two decades. It's a comfort that, according to fresh rumors, might soon evaporate, leaving you crying out, "Who moved my cheese?!"

We're just a few days away from Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2025), and the internet is abuzz with rumors about numerous changes coming to virtually every major Apple platform.

iOS is naturally chief among them and, thus far, the prevailing rumors have dealt with the look, which may lean toward floating frosted glass objects (yes, like visionOS on the Vision Pro). None of these changes gives me real pause, but Mark Gurman's (Bloomberg) latest prognostication is perhaps a bridge too far: a redesigned Phone app.

Gurman is scant on details, but he describes "a new view that combines favorites, contacts, recent calls, and voice mails" in a single view. He does not address the keypad, but I think it's safe to assume that if Apple is touching the other four Phone app elements, it's unlikely they'll leave the Keypad alone.

While iPhone call and communication functionality has seen numerous changes over the years, like call hand-off across ecosystem devices, FaceTime, Name Drop for contact sharing, and, most recently, Satellite support, the Phone App itself has barely changed at all.

This is a good thing.

No dial tone

(Image credit: Future)

Each year, no matter the scale of change for any given version of iOS, the chief complaint I get is, "Why did they change it?"

Most people I've spoken to are not thrilled with recent design and organizational updates to the Photos app or Mail. Sometimes Apple's efforts to streamline apps or make them easier to use result in hidden features or at least moved elements that no average consumer can find (at least those I know).

I'm not saying Apple will do away with the keypad, but a change in how the digits are presented, which has more to do with classic analog phones than any digital communication device, is possible. That would be the kind of change that would send iPhone users over the edge.

The rumored changes to the app, which appear to revolve around losing the distinct Contacts, Recents, Favorites, and Voicemail elements in favor of a long window of stacked elements, are unlikely to draw many cheers at WWDC and even less enthusiasm when it reaches consumers on new iPhone 17 handsets later this year.

There is some good news. Gurman claims the changes will be optional. I wonder, though, if they will be the default. If there's one thing consumers hate more than change, it's having to hunt around to figure out how to reverse it.

So, sure, Apple, spruce up iOS and maybe even give the Phone app a polish, but if you have big changes in store, just make sure they're not the default. If not, don't call me, maybe.

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• AT&T is investigating new claims of a data breach
• The data was posted on a breach forum, and includes plaintexts SSNs
• It could be new, or could be a re-release of older data

AT&T is investigating a leak of data on a cybercrime forum, but with some skepticism, as some have suggested it may just be a re-release of an earlier data breach.

The trove of data includes 88 million customer records, but 86 million of these are unique, including personal information such as dates of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses.

What makes this breach potentially dangerous is that the data is highly organized, and includes 44 million plaintext social security numbers that could be used to commit fraud and identity theft.

Just a re-release or something more sinister?

The HackRead research team first spotted the files on May 15, with the same collection of data appearing again on June 3 and spreading to multiple other leak sites and forums since then.

There is some debate over the origin of the data, with HackRead finding similarities between encrypted and plaintext values from the collection that could tie it to the April 2024 AT&T breach that utilized the Snowflake vulnerability.

On the other hand, it could be a re-release of a previous breach, or a combination of one of the many AT&T breaches.

For example, in 2024 AT&T confirmed that the data of 51 million customers had been stolen after previously denying that the data was stolen from AT&T systems.

The data was initially stolen in 2021. The famous Snowflake vulnerability debacle of 2024 also saw customer data stolen from AT&T, with the company then negotiating and paying $300,000 in Bitcoin to one of the hackers to delete the data.

The bottom line is that the data includes almost everything a cyber criminal would need to commit fraud or steal an identity, making identity theft protection and credit monitoring a good choice for those potentially affected by the breach.

Via The Register

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• FBI warns BADBOX 2.0 malware has infected over a million devices
• Cheap, Chinese-made, Android-powered devices often the victim
• Devices hijacked to become part of global botnet

Over a million devices have been infected by a dangerous malware strain which has turned them into malicious proxies, the FBI has warned.

In a new alert, the agency urged users to be on their guard against BADBOX 2.0, a malware threat which targets Android-powered devices, often made in China.

The FBI warns devices such as smart TVs, streaming boxes, projectors, tablets, and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices could all be at risk or being turned into residential proxies which are then used for malicious activity.

BADBOX 2.0 malware warning

"The BADBOX 2.0 botnet consists of millions of infected devices and maintains numerous backdoors to proxy services that cyber criminal actors exploit by either selling or providing free access to compromised home networks to be used for various criminal activity," the FBI warning states.

It noted the affected devices often come with the malware preloaded, but it can also be transferred after installing firmware updates and malicious Android applications which have managed to get onto Google Play and third-party app stores.

"Cyber criminals gain unauthorized access to home networks by either configuring the product with malicious software prior to the users purchase or infecting the device as it downloads required applications that contain backdoors, usually during the set-up process," explained the FBI.

"Once these compromised IoT devices are connected to home networks, the infected devices are susceptible to becoming part of the BADBOX 2.0 botnet and residential proxy services4 known to be used for malicious activity."

It added the malware is also able to load and click ads without users being aware, generating revenue for the hackers, and also access victim's accounts using stolen credentials.

The FBI has warned users to monitor their devices carefully, and make sure all their IoT devices come from a reputable source. Users are also instructed not to download apps from unauthorized app stores, and make sure their software and firmware is kept up to date.

The original BADBOX malware was detected in 2023 with a similar mode of operation, targeting cheap unbranded Android TV boxes.

The botnet was successfully disrupted by German authorities back in December 2024, but this doesn't seem to have dissuaded the hackers, who have managed to grow the network across the globe, leading to the re-classification as BADBOX 2.0.

BADBOX 2.0 was initially flagged in early 2025 by cybersecurity experts from the HUMAN's Satori Threat Intelligence team, which, together with multiple partners, removed dozens of malicious apps from the Play Store, banned their developers, and sinkholed communications for hundreds of thousands of infected devices.

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Tern Setups is one of the first portable monitors that got me interested in working with multiple displays and not just using my iPad as a secondary display when I was using my MacBook.

I've tested out plenty of the best portable monitors, although, not all of them boast the higher screen specs you'll find with this model. So, I was keen to see how the Tern Setups 16-in 4K OLED portable display measured up - and how it lives up to its eye-catching promise.

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Tern Setups 16-inch 4K OLED portable monitor: Unboxing & first impressions

When I got my package from Tern, I opened it up to find the 16-inch monitor, a sleek magnetic stand, USB-C to USB-C Cables, an HDMI cable, a 30W Brick, and a sleek sleeve to carry the display in so it won't get scratched up when not in use. The packaging is super clean and minimal, fitting the entire brand for Tern beautifully.

The panel is super thin, thinner in person than I expected. There is a slightly thicker part at the bottom back of the display, but that's understandable and still would be considered thin in my book. The bezel is tiny, and the ports are easy to access, regardless of whether you are using the stand or using the monitor without the stand. I followed basic guidelines to set the panel to match my MacBook colors perfectly, giving me rich blacks, bright colors, and gorgeous contrast.

Tern Setups 16-inch 4K OLED portable monitor: Design & Build QualitySpecs

Model: 16" Portable Monitor + Stand
Panel Type: 4K OLED (3840 x 2400)
Aspect Ratio: 16:10
Brightness: 400 nits
Color Range: 100% DCI-P3
Color Depth: True 10-bit
Refresh Rate: 60Hz (2.5K model offers 144Hz!)
Response Time: 1ms
Connectivity: 2x USB-C, 1x HDMI, 1x USB-A
Passthrough Power: 40W
Weight: 1.15kg (2.54 lbs)
Max Stand Height: 25cm (9.8in)

I'm in a phase of life where I am adding MagSafe to everything; I have a BenQ Laptop Light bar I can mount with Magsafe that I keep adding to places. I love mounting my iPhone to different things with MagSafe, and I'll even mount SSDs (Samsung T7s and such) via MagSafe to the back of laptops to give an easy, on-the-go solution to add storage to notebooks. So, when I saw Tern use a magnet to hold a monitor up, I thought it was genius in every way. The stand feels clever and fun, all while being super easy to use.

Another thing that I was thrilled to see is that the Tern monitor has some key ports built-in that make it super practical. They have USB-A, USB-C, and a full-size HDMI, something I have yet to see on a portable monitor. This means that even if I'm not using a laptop but want to display content, I can use a standard, easy-to-find HDMI cable to connect to most devices that output video these days.

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Tern Setups 16-inch 4K OLED portable monitor: In use

I've used this monitor just about everywhere. I've had it in my possession for 139 days as of right now, and in that time, I have taken it on a few trips and many coffee shop runs. However, this has been the perfect "around the studio/house" monitor for my specific workflow. Rather than carrying around a bigger monitor, working without a second monitor, or unpacking my portable monitor in my backpack, I jump to this gorgeous monitor.

It's been the perfect companion for everything from late-night writing sessions (lit up by that BenQ Laptop light bar) to evening light gaming on my iPad or my Nintendo Switch; it's been a fantastic display to help me set up a server Mac Mini that I have and needed to work on, it was a great companion for setting up some Desktop PCs I was testing and more. It has been a portable workhorse that I have been able to rely on for just about everything. This display has become so indispensable that I leave it right where I keep my bag in my studio or other workspaces, ready to break out at any moment.

It's excellent in vertical and horizontal use cases, especially when I use the magnetic stand to raise the display off the desk or table. It's got a super convenient USB-C and USB-A port. However, I would not transfer large files or charge large devices through this, but having quick access for quick file transfer is excellent.

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )

Now, a few notes that make this a spectacular monitor, but with a little bit of room to grow. First, since the cables hang off the base of one side, this panel needs to be perfectly centered with the magnet, or it can tug one way or another, especially if at full height and with a heavier cable.

Secondly, It's a bummer that the passthrough power caps at 40W, but for most people, that won't be a huge downfall, just for those heavy power users. Thirdly, the Magnetic stand is nifty and super cool, but this may get in the way depending on your bag setup. In some of my backpacks, this fit beautifully without any issues.

In others, the way my bag was orientated, there was no good area to put this stand. So, if you are picking one of these up, ensure you have a place in your bag to safely and securely put the stand, and then you'll have no issues.

All in all, this is the most beautiful portable panel that I have tried. It's gorgeous, and since Tern has a handful of different resolutions and feature options, anyone can find what they need regarding portable displays with Tern.

Attributes

Notes

Rating

Design

Beautiful, professional design

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ease of use

Easy to utilize

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Practicality

Practical for most all

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Price

High price, high quality

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Tern Setups 16-inch 4K OLED portable monitor: Final verdict

The Tern Setups 16-inch 4K OLED portable monitor is the best spec-for-spec, color-accurate portable monitor I have tested. It's beautifully built, high-featured, and tuned for creative and business workflows. Whether you need an easy-to-use display around your house, office, or workspace, or a display you can take on the go in a bag traversing the world, the Tern Setups 4K OLED Portable Monitor is a fantastic option.