With the iPhone 14 series, you can now contact emergency services from virtually anywhere – even in the absence of any cellular signal. This is thanks to a new feature called Emergency SOS via satellite. As the name suggests, it uses special antennas to communicate with satellites in space instead of cell towers on the ground. Here’s everything you need to know about the feature and how it works.
Consumer AMD CPUs will once again offer encryption protections against physical attacks after facing user backlash for silently removing the feature. As Ars reported last week, AMD stripped the protection, known as TSME, from consumer Read more…
Microsoft says it has detected new self-propagating malware that spreads through USB drives in search of cryptocurrency credentials, which it then sends to attacker-controlled servers. The company named the worm Crypto Clipper because it monitors Read more…
Apple has updated its Beats Studio Buds wireless earbuds to patch a high-severity vulnerability that could be exploited by nearby hackers to eavesdrop on users. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-20701, allowed improper authentication in the firmware running Read more…