HSBC blocks customers using sideloaded Bitwarden from mobile banking app
HSBC is reportedly locking some UK customers out of its mobile banking app after they installed a password manager outside official app stores. The reports center on Bitwarden, a widely used open-source password manager. Customers who installed it via F-Droid, an open-source app catalog, say HSBC’s app flagged their device as a security risk and […]
Malicious browser extensions are harvesting ChatGPT conversations at massive scale
Security researchers have uncovered a widespread surveillance campaign targeting ChatGPT users. This raises fresh concerns about how much personal and professional information people are unknowingly exposing through AI tools. According to new findings from cybersecurity firms OX Security and Secure Annex, two popular Chrome browser extensions with a combined user base of more than 900,000 […]
Finnish startup IXI plans launch of autofocus smart glasses that adjust vision in real time
Finnish eyewear startup IXI says it is preparing to launch smart glasses that automatically adjust focus in real time, aiming to replace traditional bifocal and varifocal lenses with what it calls a more natural way to see both near and far. The glasses look like ordinary spectacles but use eye-tracking sensors and liquid-crystal lenses to […]
D-Wave announces quantum breakthrough that could unlock scalable commercial systems
D-Wave says it has solved a major technical bottleneck that has long limited the scalability of gate-model quantum computers. The company announced Tuesday that it has demonstrated a new way to control large numbers of quantum bits on a single chip, a step it claims brings commercially scalable quantum computers closer to reality. The breakthrough, […]
