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The AI upgrade to Siri, Apple's creaky old voice assistant, has been brewing for some time. Now we have more details, courtesy of a report from Apple super-scooper Mark Gurman.

As expected, the new version of Siri — codenamed Campos — will use a fine-tuned version of Google Gemini for its on-board intelligence. But the bigger claim is how embedded it will be throughout the iPhone experience — and the features it is adding in common with Gemini and its OpenAI rival, ChatGPT.

Here's how Gurman describes what Apple insiders consider the "central feature" of its all-new Siri, apparently set to be unveiled by Tim Cook at WWDC 2026: "A chat-like feel and the back-and-forth conversational abilities of OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini."

If unveiled in June and released in September as reported, all iPhone, iPad, and Mac users will be able to upgrade to ChatGPT-like chatter, courtesy of pressing a button or saying the magic word "Siri." Everything they could formerly do on the ChatGPT app would be directly accessible anytime they're holding their phone.

And oh yes, word to OpenAI (and Google, for that matter) — Apple almost certainly won't include ads, as the free model of ChatGPT is about to add. Apple's business model has long revolved around selling luxury hardware with the least software friction.

What would a ChatGPT-like Siri mean?

If this all turns out to be the case, the result could be earthshaking for the AI business. Here's why:

The iPhone is in the lead, breaking away from Samsung for the first time as of this year. Increasingly, it's the world's bestselling smartphone. If the entire iOS gets a chatbot upgrade baked in, and if ChatGPT doesn't give you anything you can't get via Siri, including the friendly chatty l'il know-all chatbot experience, the question becomes: How many out of the estimated 67 million daily active users of ChatGPT would still want the friction of opening an app?

SEE ALSO: Apple is reportedly working on an AI pin wearable that is AirTag-sized

A mass migration on iOS would come at the worst possible time for Sam Altman, who is reportedly burning through a billion dollars of OpenAI's war chest a month.

And Altman's problems may pale in comparison to Nvidia's if another part of Gurman's report pans out. Google and Apple are discussing hosting those millions of iPhone-based Siri chats on Google servers, using the company's specialized TPU chips — a direct rival to Nvidia's line of GPU chips that have made it, for the moment, the most valuable company in the world.

Apple, currently the third most valuable company in the world, in concert with Google, now the second-most valuable, may be about to turn that around — even before the arrival of a new CEO.

Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.

Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move onto the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you covered! Below are piecemeal answers that will serve as hints so that you can find your way through each difficulty level.

How to play Pips

If you've ever played dominoes, you'll have a passing familiarity for how Pips is played. As we've shared in our previous hints stories for Pips, the tiles, like dominoes, are placed vertically or horizontally and connect with each other. The main difference between a traditional game of dominoes and Pips is the color-coded conditions you have to address. The touching tiles don't necessarily have to match.

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The conditions you have to meet are specific to the color-coded spaces. For example, if it provides a single number, every side of a tile in that space must add up to the number provided. It is possible – and common – for only half a tile to be within a color-coded space.

Here are common examples you'll run into across the difficulty levels:

• Number: All the pips in this space must add up to the number.

• Equal: Every domino half in this space must be the same number of pips.

• Not Equal: Every domino half in this space must have a completely different number of pips.

• Less than: Every domino half in this space must add up to less than the number.

• Greater than: Every domino half in this space must add up to more than the number.

If an area does not have any color coding, it means there are no conditions on the portions of dominoes within those spaces.

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Equal (6): Everything in this space must be equal to 6. The answer is 6-1, placed vertically; 6-2, placed horizontally.

Equal (1): Everything in this red space must be equal to 1. The answer is 6-1, placed vertically; 1-1, placed horizontally.

Less Than (3): Everything in this space must be less than 3. The answer is 4-2, placed horizontally.

Medium difficulty hints, answers for Jan. 22 Pips

Equal (0): Everything in this purple space must be equal to 0. The answer is 6-0, placed vertically; 0-1, placed vertically.

Equal (1): Everything in this red space must be equal to 1. The answer is 0-1, placed vertically; 2-1, placed horizontally; 1-3, placed vertically.

Equal (2): Everything in this red space must be equal to 2. The answer is 2-1, placed horizontally; 2-2, placed vertically.

Greater Than (3): Everything in this space must be greater than 3. The answer is 6-6, placed horizontally.

Hard difficulty hints, answers for Jan. 22 Pips

Number (10): Everything in this space must add up to 10. The answer is 2-6, placed vertically; 4-0, placed vertically.

Less Than (2): Everything in this space must be less than 2. The answer is 4-0, placed vertically; 0-3, placed horizontally.

Equal (4): Everything in this space must be equal to 4. The answer is 4-4, placed horizontally; 4-3, placed vertically.

Number (9): Everything in this space must add up to 9. The answer is 0-3, placed horizontally; 5-6, placed vertically.

Equal (5): Everything in this dark blue space must be equal to 5. The answer is 5-6, placed vertically; 3-5, placed vertically.

Equal (3): Everything in this space must be equal to 3. The answer is 4-3, placed vertically; 3-5, placed vertically; 3-6, placed vertically.

Greater Than (4): Everything in this space must be greater than 4. The answer is 4-5, placed horizontally.

Greater Than (16): Everything in this space must be greater than 16. The answer is 3-6, placed vertically; 6-6, placed horizontally.

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Today's Connections: Sports Edition will be easier if you remember your childhood games.

As we've shared in previous hints stories, this is a version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans.

Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier — so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for the latest Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for some clues, tips, and strategies to assist you.

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The NYT's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides the publication's sports coverage. Connections can be played on both web browsers and mobile devices and require players to group four words that share something in common.

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Each puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer.

If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake — players get up to four mistakes until the game ends.

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Players can also rearrange and shuffle the board to make spotting connections easier. Additionally, each group is color-coded with yellow being the easiest, followed by green, blue, and purple. Like Wordle, you can share the results with your friends on social media.

SEE ALSO: Wordle-obsessed? These are the best word games to play IRL. Here's a hint for today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Want a hint about the categories without being told the categories? Then give these a try:

• Yellow: Manic

• Green: Championship winners

• Blue: Not on TV anymore

• Purple: Reads like an NBA team

Here are today's Connections: Sports Edition categories

Need a little extra help? Today's connections fall into the following categories:

• Yellow: An Energetic Person

• Green: Head Coaches Who Won A Super Bowl

• Blue: Former ESPN Shows

• Purple: Ends in an NBA Team, In Singular Form

Looking for Wordle today? Here's the answer to today's Wordle.

Ready for the answers? This is your last chance to turn back and solve today's puzzle before we reveal the solutions.

Drumroll, please!

The solution to today's Connections: Sports Edition #486 is...

What is the answer to Connections: Sports Edition today?

• An Energetic Person - DYNAMO, FIREBALL, GO-GETTER, SPARK PLUG

• Head Coaches Who Won A Super Bowl - DON SHULA, JOHN MADDEN, MIKE TOMLIN, SEAN PAYTON

• Former ESPN Shows - AROUND THE HORN, DREAM JOB, PLAYMAKERS, STUMP THE SCHWAB

• Ends in an NBA Team, In Singular Form - EMPTY NET, JOE BUCK, THE YANKEE CLIPPER, TONY HAWK

Don't feel down if you didn't manage to guess it this time. There will be new sports Connections for you to stretch your brain with tomorrow, and we'll be back again to guide you with more helpful hints.

Are you also playing NYT Strands? See hints and answers for today's Strands.

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Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Connections.

Eleven Labs announced today that it worked with artists such as Liza Minnelli for the Eleven Album, a collection of songs created to promote the company's new AI music generator, Eleven Music.

Many of the songs on the album are now streaming on Spotify in a public playlist. Additional tracks, including the new Liza Minnelli song, "Kids Wait Til You Hear This," can be heard on the ElevenLabs website. An ElevenLabs spokesperson told Mashable all of the songs will be available on Spotify soon.

Spoiler alert: The new Liza Minnelli song is... not great!

Introducing the Eleven Album

ElevenLabs is an AI audio company. It recently partnered with celebrities (including Minnelli) to launch the Iconic Voices Marketplace, which lets users license cloned celebrity voices in commercial or editorial work. The company's new AI music generator, Eleven Music, launched in December.

An ElevenLabs blog post describes the album as "a landmark musical release," but the album feels more like an advertisement for Eleven Music than genuine musical expression. Minnelli and Art Garfunkel are the biggest names on the album, which also features producers, songwriters, and musicians from a variety of genres.

"When you see people get involved in [AI projects], I think the first thing you gotta look at is how much money did they pay them?" said Justine Bateman, a filmmaker and author who has been an outspoken critic of generative AI in the arts, in a phone interview with Mashable. "Nobody is making partnerships with these tech companies — nobody legitimate in the business — is making any sort of partnerships with these tech companies for free. So they pay these people a lot of money, whoever it is, to partner with them, as marketing, to try and legalize themselves to their target audience, which is everyone who is not a filmmaker, or a musician.”

SEE ALSO: No, that AI country song didn't go No. 1 on Billboard. Yes, it is terrible.

In a press release provided to Mashable, ElevenLabs described the creative process as a collaboration. "Each contributor produced a fully original track that blends their signature sound with the capabilities of Eleven Music, showcasing new creative possibilities without compromising human artistry." The press release also stated that the artists will maintain "full authorship and commercial rights" to the music.

Minnelli is a beloved EGOT-winning icon, though it's not clear how much involvement she had with the actual production of the track credited to her. The 79-year-old artist has largely stepped away from public life in recent years while dealing with health issues.

A quote from Minnelli is included in the blog post:

I’ve always believed that music is about connection and emotional truth. What interested me here was the idea of using my voice and new tools in service of expression, not instead of it. This project respects the artist’s voice, the artist’s choices, and the artist’s ownership. I grew up watching my parents create wonderful dreams that were owned by other people. ElevenLabs makes it possible for anyone to be a creator and owner. That matters.

What does Eleven Album sound like?

Minnelli is known for her alto singing voice, stage presence, and larger-than-life personality, but the new song "Kids Wait Til You Hear This" sounds absolutely nothing like Minnelli's body of work. I was expecting a Broadway-style showtune, but the track is actually an obnoxiously generic EDM song. It sounds to me like the producers were trying to ape the classic 2010 dance song "Barbra Streisand" by Duck Sauce, but if so, they're way off track.

Other songs, such as "Uno, Dos, Tres" by Kai.wav and "She got that fire" by Kondzilla, are painfully derivative, a common problem with AI-generated music. However, some of the tracks could easily be mistaken for music fully created by human beings. Composer Demitri Lerios has an instrumental song on the album, and if you heard the track in a movie score, you'd likely have no idea it was co-created with generative AI.

Personally, I find AI music to be quite soulless, and the album has done nothing to change that impression. As I said, it's really more of an advertisement than anything else, which undercuts any artistic value it's trying to achieve.

Why do so many artists object to artificial intelligence?

AI in music and the arts remains extremely controversial, and many artists take a hard line against the use of AI in any context. Whenever a company uses generative AI in commercials, music, video games, or filmmaking, it faces fierce backlash from AI critics.

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Many musicians criticize the AI industry for training audio models on copyrighted works without permission or payment. The industry's environmental impact is also a sticking point among critics. Other artists worry that AI technology will take jobs from artists, actors, musicians, and other creative professionals. And on a creative level, some people passionately believe that AI-generated art is an oxymoron in and of itself.

"If you took three meals that were made by really great chefs and you smushed your hands up into all this food and you mashed it all together, and then you sort of treated it like clay and molded something that looked like a chicken breast and put it on a plate — did you cook that? And are you a chef? That’s what it is," Bateman told Mashable.

"People need to stop talking about AI like it’s some independent entity," the filmmaker said. "It is an algorithm made wholly of — 99.9 percent of the time — made wholly out of completely stolen work, that some human is using to try to approximate what they think will sell. Is that art?"

Of course, the backlash (and lawsuits) from artists hasn't stopped major Hollywood studios, music labels, and advertising agencies from embracing AI technology in various forms.

There are also promising use cases for AI audio technology, such as the ability to translate podcasts or music into any language on the planet. As stated previously, ElevenLabs said the album showcased "new creative possibilities without compromising human artistry."

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

Samsung's next batch of flagship smartphones is almost here, and leaked details are coming in hot. A pair of reports this week pointed to possible color choices and price points for the still-unannounced Galaxy S26 lineup.

For starters, prominent leaker Evan Blass took to X to post a list of Galaxy S26 color options, allegedly definitive. They are:

• Black

• White

• Silver Shadow

• Sky Blue

• Cobalt Violet

• Pink Gold

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Those are fairly standard colors for a smartphone in this day and age, so anyone expecting something really bold like Apple's orange iPhone last year might be disappointed.

Meanwhile, Korean outlet iNews24 had encouraging news, via a Samsung source, about price points for the Galaxy S26 models. The company is "doing their best" to make sure the price of the Galaxy S26 Ultra (the most expensive model) doesn't exceed 2 million won, the source said.

That converts to roughly $1,360, or about $60 more than the price of the Galaxy S25 Ultra.

With a margin that small, Samsung could opt to keep the price of the S26 Ultra the same as last year's equivalent. And that could happen despite rising prices of memory chips amidst a massive RAM shortage.

We still don't know when exactly Samsung will actually show off these phones and put these rumors to rest, but a launch event announcement is expected any day now.

In Jan. 2026, the gap between the haves and the have-nots could hardly be more stark — even in AI world.

On the have-not side, there's OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Long the hype man for imminent digital superintelligence (aka AGI), Altman backtracked and said we're in an AI bubble last year. He's made odd deals to feed the money hog known as ChatGPT; subscriptions ain't paying the bills. Last week, Altman rolled out what in 2024 he called "the last resort" for the company — selling ads on ChatGPT. A popular LinkedIn post this week used an AI image of Altman out in the cold, begging for change with a self-mocking cardboard sign: "AGI = Ads Generate Income."

And then there are the haves in warm rooms in snowy Davos, Switzerland — where the weather report for the AI economy, from the annual World Economic Forum, is just peachy.

Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO, who rode the company to a $4 trillion valuation on the back of powerful GPU chip sales growth that hasn't quite slowed yet, flipped the script when asked about the AI bubble. "This is the largest infrastructure build-out in human history," Huang said of active and promised data center projects. "And so the AI bubble is, comes about because the investments are large. And the investments are large, because we have to build the infrastructure necessary for all of the layers of AI above it."

Huang wasn't denying the existence of a bubble, exactly — he just suggested it was a misreading of our current economic outlook. Just look at all that infrastructure coming down the pipe! Left unsaid was whether those massive projects would dry up if AI itself continues to not show returns on investment for regular businesses (especially if AI models like DeepSeek can be built with minimal data center usage, the opposite of what made Nvidia successful).

In Nvidia's telling, the tail is now wagging the dog. And the rest of Davos, a popular confab for billionaires, pretty much wagged along in agreement.

"I think there will be big failures, but I don't think we are in a bubble," said Larry Fink, CEO of Blackrock, a top tech investment firm. (Blackrock holds more than $200 billion in Nvidia stock.)

Also at Davos, one Nobel Prize-winning economist described what was currently happening in AI as a "rational bubble", comparing it favorably to the infamous tulip bulb panic of the 17th century. Why? Because with AI, insisted Peter Howitt, economics professor at Brown University, "there's something real out there."

Howitt didn't suggest what that real thing was, but insisted there would be a winner — and their arrival would herald the bursting of the bubble. "At some point, when it becomes a little clearer who the winners are going to be, the values of the other firms are going to start to fall, and that's when the crash will take place."

So who is that winner, other than Nvidia and its circular OpenAI deals? Microsoft, with its own favorable OpenAI deal, might be in a position to "win" the AI economy. Microsoft currently owns a 27 percent stake in the ChatGPT maker. If Altman can't keep the lights on long-term, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella could well ride in to the rescue and snap up OpenAI itself.

Nadella, on the surface, seemed just as optimistic about AI's future as the rest of the titans. And yet in his appearance, the Microsoft CEO also sounded a note of alarm. If the AI economy doesn't root itself in non-tech sectors, it will be a bubble — and soon.

"The real question in front of all of us is how do you ensure that the diffusion of AI happens, and happens fast," Nadella said. "For this not to be a bubble by definition, it requires that the benefits of this are much more evenly spread." (Nadella has been criticized by investors for too much AI infrastructure spending.)

So to summarize the view from the Davos bubble: We're not in an AI bubble, we're in a massive infrastructure investment that will benefit workers. Well, maybe we're in a rational bubble. But we will be in an irrational bubble if everyone doesn't get on board with the AI economy real soon, presumably by sending poor Sam Altman some ad dollars. Got that?

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Apple is getting into the AI wearable space with its very own AI pin, according to a new report from The Information.

According to the report, Apple's AI pin could be released as soon as 2027 and would be around the size of a slightly thicker AirTag. The report describes Apple's work-in-progress AI pin as being a "thin, flat, circular disc with an aluminum-and-glass shell." The Apple AI pin will have a single physical button along its edge and a charging interface on the back of the device, much like the Apple Watch.

Crucially, the Apple AI pin will reportedly have two cameras as well, one being a standard lens and the other being a wide-angle lens, on the front of the device. The cameras are designed to capture photos and videos of the user's surroundings. On the audio end of things, the Apple AI pin has a speaker along with three microphones to pick up sound.

Apple has been looking to ramp up its presence in the AI space after being largely absent while companies like Google and Microsoft have focused on getting into the market. Apple recently announced it was partnering with Google in order to power Apple Intelligence and Siri with the search giant's Gemini AI model. Apple has also been working on a complete AI revamp of its voice assistant Siri.

According to the report, Apple is aiming for a 2027 release for its AI pin in order to compete with OpenAI's own mystery AI wearable, which is slated to launch later this year. However, the report also states that development of the AI pin is in the "very early stages" and Apple could potentially cancel the device if it isn't up to par with the company's standards.

AI pins have been a challenge for companies looking to create physical, standalone wearable AI devices. The Humane Pin was probably the biggest example of a failed AI wearable, with the company having raised hundreds of millions of dollars only to launch and sell less than 10,000 units of its much-criticized device. The company closed less than a year after the Humane Pin launched.

If Apple does indeed launch the long-awaited foldable iPhone in September as rumored and the AI pin months later, we're looking at a very interesting timeframe ahead for brand new Apple products.

Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.

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Satisfyer has other toys, too (if you’re not into air-pulse stimulation). The Double Joy, for example, is a top-rated couples toy that connects to the Satisfyer app. It’s a waterproof wearable vibrator designed for every body for internal and external stimulation. The brand also sells male masturbators and butt plugs. So, if you’re on a budget, there’s probably a toy in this sale that’ll get you there without breaking the bank.

TL;DR: This limited-time bundle gives you lifetime access to Microsoft Office Pro 2021 plus Windows 11 Pro for just $39.99 (reg. $418.99).

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Keeping a Windows PC productive usually means juggling multiple upgrades — your operating system on one side, your productivity software on the other. This limited-time bundle simplifies that decision by pairing Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows with Windows 11 Pro for a single one-time payment of $39.97.

Office Professional 2021 includes the tools most people rely on daily: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, OneNote, Publisher, and Access.

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It’s designed for real work, whether that’s building spreadsheets, writing reports, managing email, or creating presentations. The familiar ribbon-based interface keeps everything accessible, while updates to Excel analysis tools and PowerPoint design features help speed things up without changing how you work.

Windows 11 Pro handles what happens underneath. It introduces a cleaner interface, better window management with Snap layouts, stronger security through features like BitLocker and TPM 2.0, and productivity improvements that make multitasking easier.

For professionals, it adds tools like Hyper-V, Windows Sandbox, and Azure AD support. For everyone else, it simply makes daily computing feel smoother.

Windows 11 Pro also brings Copilot, Microsoft’s AI-powered assistant, directly into the OS. It can help summarize content, adjust system settings, generate ideas, and even assist with writing or code — all without leaving your desktop.

Together, these two Microsoft gems cover both what you do and how your PC runs. Instead of paying ongoing subscription fees, this bundle lets you own two core Microsoft tools outright.

Get both Office Pro 2021 and Windows 11 Pro for just $39.99 (reg. $418.99).

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TL;DR: Live stream Maestrelli vs. Djokovic in the 2026 Australian Open for free on 9Now. Access this free streaming platform from anywhere in the world with ExpressVPN.

The 2026 Australian Open movies into the second round with a number of interesting matchups, including Maestrelli vs. Djokovic. The big question is whether Djokovic can still compete in the latter rounds, and if he can't, will the Serbian legend continue to compete?

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UPDATE: Jan. 22, 2026, 12:06 p.m. EST This piece has been updated with a statement from Google.

Google's AI assistant Gemini has surged to the top of AI leaderboards since the search giant's latest update last month.

However, cybersecurity researchers say the AI chatbot still has some privacy problems.

Researchers with the app security platform Miggo Security recently released a report detailing how they were able to trick Google's Gemini AI assistant into sharing sensitive user calendar data (as first reported by Bleeping Computer) without permission. The researchers say they accomplished this with nothing more than a Google Calendar invite and a prompt. 

The report, titled Weaponizing Calendar Invites: A Semantic Attack on Google Gemini, explains how the researchers sent an unsolicited Google Calendar invite to a targeted user and included a prompt that instructed Gemini to do three things. The prompt requested that Gemini summarize all of the Google Meetings the targeted user had in a specific day, take that data and include it in the description of a new calendar invite, and then hide all of this from the targeted user by informing them "it's a free time slot" when asked.

According to researchers, the attack was activated when the targeted user asked Gemini about their schedule that day on the calendar. Gemini responded as requested, telling the user, "it's a free time slot." However, the researchers say it also created a new calendar invite with a summary of the target user's private meetings in the description. This calendar invite was then visible to the attacker, the report says.

Miggo Security researchers explain in their report that "Gemini automatically ingests and interprets event data to be helpful," which makes it a prime target for hackers to exploit. This type of attack is known as an Indirect Prompt Injection, and it's starting to gain prominence among bad actors. As the researchers also point out, this type of vulnerability among AI assistants is not unique to Google and Gemini.

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The report includes technical details about the security vulnerability. In addition, the Miggo Security researchers urge AI companies to attribute intent to requested actions, which could help stop bad actors engaging in prompt injection attacks.

“We have a number of defenses to protect users from this type of attack," a Google spokesperson said in an email statement to Mashable, who also stressed that the vulnerability from this report had been reported to the company and fixed. "The contributions of the research community are a big help in developing such robust protections — we appreciate the researchers for their responsible disclosure.”

Your Apple TV is likely the last device you upgrade regularly. In recent years, updates have primarily focused on faster chips and a redesigned Siri Remote, which remains compatible with older models.

Notepad was overhauled with a modern interface and new features alongside Windows 11, and Microsoft has continued updating it. Now, the text editor is getting even more Markdown editing features and a few other changes.

German luxury compact SUVs are often associated with high price tags, but one particular model has quietly proven that premium doesn’t always mean pricey. This SUV delivers the refinement, comfort, and technology buyers expect from a German brand, yet it does so with a value proposition that surprises many shoppers who assume higher costs come with the badge. For those balancing luxury and sensible spending, it’s becoming one of the most attractive options in its segment.

We’ve all played mobile games that rely on tapping, swiping, and tilting, but what about plugging and unplugging your charging cable? As strange as it sounds, that’s exactly what a clever web developer created, and you can play it on your Android phone without downloading anything.