FBI Pegasus Records Expose a Blind Spot in US Spyware Oversight

Federal court records show how far the FBI’s Pegasus review progressed — and why new US spyware reporting will still leave major gaps in government hacking transparency.
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Reddit Turns Text Posts Into AI Videos: How the Test Works

Reddit is testing AI-narrated versions of selected text posts, with Read/Play controls that keep the original thread intact. Here’s how the experiment works.
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Turn an Android Phone Into a Desktop PC: What Actually Works

Android phones can now power real desktop-style setups, but supported desktop modes and extreme hardware mods are very different beasts.
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How to Take Notes for In-Person Meetings With Google Meet

Google Meet can use Gemini to capture in-person conversations and turn them into a Google Doc with summaries and action items.
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Can Open-Weight AI Pressure OpenAI and Anthropic Valuations?

Open-weight AI does not need to beat frontier models to test the growth and margin assumptions behind OpenAI and Anthropic’s soaring valuations.
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Malaysia Data Center Growth Surges as Johor Capacity Tightens

Johor’s data center pipeline has reached 8,542 MW, but a 0.7% colocation vacancy rate, grid constraints, and water demand mean regional IT buyers need to separate announced capacity from infrastructure they can actually deploy.
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Samsung Galaxy H1 Leak Points to New Over-Ear Headphones: What We Know

Samsung may be preparing a return to full-size wireless headphones with a device reportedly known as Galaxy H1. App code offers the first clues, but key details remain unconfirmed.
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AI Scale, Security Crises, and Robot Ambitions Define This Week in Tech

See what you missed in Daily Tech Insider from August 10–14.
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Microsoft Merges Copilot Apps as Features Disappear Starting Aug. 18

Microsoft is consolidating its consumer Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot apps into one experience, with several feature retirements beginning Aug. 18 and a broader desktop rollout following in September.
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