2026-08-15
I've finally found a true crime documentary that doesn't make murder investigations feel like entertainment — and you can stream it for free on BBC iPlayer
The third season of Murder 24/7 is now available to stream on BBC iPlayer — and it's the best example of true crime education over entertainment that I've ever seen. [...]
2026-08-15
A phone company just lost 1.6 million records to a phone call
Have I Been Pwned logged the leaked records, and The Register reported the dump on 14 August. Jessica Lyons, its cybersecurity editor, wrote it. A ShinyHunters spokesperson told her the group broke in by voice-phishing a member of staff. There was no exploit and no unpatched flaw. Someone picked up the phone. The detail that […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-15
The US told Apple not to buy Chinese memory chips. It has no rule that stops it
The commerce secretary made the comments to The Wall Street Journal on 14 August, in a piece by Rolfe Winkler, Raffaele Huang and Amrith Ramkumar. “The Trump administration is not in favor of that,” Lutnick said. There have to be “other solutions to the memory issue, but it’s not great American companies using Chinese memory”. […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-15
Your phone gets five years of updates by law. Your car gets nothing
Robert Ferris put the question to forecasters and executives for CNBC on 15 August. The average American car is now 12.8 years old, on Mobility Global’s figures. A new one costs close to $50,000, and nobody selling software-defined vehicles will say they last that long. Sam Fiorani forecasts vehicles for AutoForecastSolutions, and he gave the […]<br /> This story continues at The Next We [...]