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Engineer receives $30,000 for exposing a vulnerability affecting 7,000 robot vacuum cleaners — tinkerer just wanted to drive his robot vacuum with a PS5 controller

A software engineer gets access to 7,000 DJI Romo robot vacuum cleaners while tinkering with an idea to use a gamepad to control his robotic hoover. Gets $30,000 from DJI for an undisclosed discovery.

Tom’s Hardware

Sonos’ new portable speaker leaks early at Best Buy — here’s what we know

Soon, the Sonos family of portable speakers will gain a new member — the top-secret Sonos Play.

Tom’s Guide

Man Accidentally Hacks 7,000 Robot Vacuums Worldwide to PS5, Sees Thousands of Living Rooms

A security flaw in DJI Romo robot vacuums allowed access to thousands of devices worldwide, raising concerns about IoT vulnerabilities.

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Guy accidentally takes command of 7,000 robots in the homes of 7,000 strangers while trying to control his vacuum with a gamepad

Oops.

PC Gamer

New report claims Microsoft's 'This Is an Xbox' campaign was hated by employees

Microsoft's 'This Is an Xbox' campaign was reportedly disliked by many employees who were even 'offended' by the initiative.

TechRadar

Report: Former Xbox President Sarah Bond's direction "offended" employees — "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign deemed failure

With Phil Spencer's departure, Xbox employees are supposedly relieved that the President of Xbox has left as well.

Windows Central

User accidentally gains control of over 6,700 robot vacuums while tinkering with their own device to enable control with a PlayStation controller — security flaw reveals floor plans and live video feeds

An AI strategist used Claude Code to reverse engineer his robot vacuum and control it with a PlayStation controller, but it accidentally gave him control of thousands of similar devices spread all across the world.

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A simple hack gave the owner of a brand new DJI Romo access to a global army of 7,000 robovacs — and the security flaw isn’t fully fixed

Robovac user gets a lot more than he bargained for after connecting his PS5 controller to a DJI Romo.

TechRadar

Microsoft is testing superconducting cables to make AI data centers far more efficient

Microsoft aims to explore high-temperature superconductors to reduce energy consumption and minimize the environmental impact of AI data centers worldwide.

Windows Central

The Trump phone seems to be real after all – and we just got our best look yet at it

Trump Mobile executives have shown off the latest look of the Trump T1 phone in an interview with The Verge.

TechRadar

'We need to improve Windows in ways that are meaningful for people': Microsoft promises to fix Windows 11 this year — and it's about time

There's a steep hill to climb here, but at least Microsoft is making it clear that it's serious about bringing an end to the painful bugs.

TechRadar

Not even Microsoft is confident that Copilot is right for coding, as it's encouraging staff to try out Anthropic's AI model, according to one report

Anthropic is backed by Microsoft, though, to the tune of at least $5 billion.

PC Gamer

Razer CEO Draws a Line Between AI Tools and AI “Slop” in Games

What is the difference?

Operation Sports

Xbox could launch an ad-free cloud gaming tier soon — here’s what we’ve heard

It appears rumors of an ad-free tier for Xbox Cloud Gaming might come true soon. Here's what recent reports say.

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Razer CEO admits users could fall in love with its holographic AI assistant project but 'that’s definitely not something we plan to build the product toward'

"At some point in time, we’re going to see so much slop out there that we’re going to crave for really great art."

Tom’s Hardware

AI surpasses 2024 Bitcoin mining in energy usage, uses more H20 than the bottles of water people drink globally, study claims — says AI demand could hit 23GW and up to 764 billion liters of water in 2025

A study finds that AI has surpassed Bitcoin and the bottled water industry in its use of resources, with other experts saying that the estimate is actually conservative.

Windows Central

OpenAI is racing to give ChatGPT a flashy upgrade after Google's Gemini 3 rattled CEO Sam Altman into "code red"

A new report suggests that OpenAI may release GPT‑5.2 ahead of schedule, aiming to keep ChatGPT competitive after Google’s successful Gemini 3 launch and Sam Altman’s “code red” warning.

PC Gamer

'This is a race towards who can get more and more of the world’s 7.5 billion people to become subscribers': IBM's CEO says the AI industry isn't a bubble

I'm not so sure.

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Tom’s Guide

Google is using AI to rewrite headlines — and users are starting to notice

Google is testing AI-generated headlines in Discover — and the results range from oversimplified to totally misleading. Here’s what’s happening, why it matters and what it means for the future of your news feed.

PC Gamer

Google's toying with nonsense AI-made headlines on articles like ours in the Discover feed, so please don't blame me for clickbait like 'BG3 players exploit children'

With the power of AI, data centres the size of a kolkhoz can now write clickbait instead of underpaid journalists at struggling websites.

PC Gamer

'Every moment flawed and messy because we are, also': Indie developer rallies against big studios' increasingly flippant remarks about generative AI

D-Cell Games joins the indie artists taking a stand against gen-AI usage.

Tom’s Hardware

Valve makes almost $50 million per employee, raking in more cash per person than Google, Amazon, or Microsoft — gaming giant's 350 employees on track to generate $17 billion this year

Valve is estimated to make $16.2 billion from Steam alone in 2025.

International Business Times UK

Google Hits Back at Claims Saying They Are Using Gmail to Train AI: 'We Have Not Changed Anyone's Settings'

Google has denied a report circulating online that say they automatically changed Gmail's policies to use messages and attachments to train AI models

The Independent UK

Valve’s Steam Machine launch could be just hours away

With a release date close, the Steam Machine’s price could be higher than firs thought

Tom’s Guide

Steam Machine Is Back: live updates on Valve's console comeback and Steam Frame VR launch

Valve has revealed a trio of Steam hardware devices including a new living room console and a VR headset. Here's a live look at what's coming.

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