NerdiessTech news, AI, hardware, and cybersecurity - explained clearly.https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/5 Claude Productivity Workflows I Discovered After Thinking I Knew It Allhttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/5-claude-productivity-workflows-i-discovered-after-thin-49c87e/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/5-claude-productivity-workflows-i-discovered-after-thin-49c87e/I used Claude for writing and research, but a few workflows changed how I treat it as a productivity tool.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAdobe Patches Magento Zero-Day Exploited to Deploy Rust Backdoor and PHP Web Shellhttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/adobe-patches-magento-zero-day-exploited-to-deploy-rust-4af955/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/adobe-patches-magento-zero-day-exploited-to-deploy-rust-4af955/Adobe released patches for CVE-2026-75650 (CVSS 10.0), a Magento zero-day under active exploitation since September 4, 2026.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBengalSEO Poisons Bing Search Results to Deliver MayaBot and Tech Support Scamshttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/bengalseo-poisons-bing-search-results-to-deliver-mayabo-80a388/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/bengalseo-poisons-bing-search-results-to-deliver-mayabo-80a388/Researchers have disclosed a sprawling SEO poisoning campaign, codenamed BengalSEO, that delivers MayaBot malware and routes victims to tech support scams.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTFreeIPA Flaw Chain Lets Anonymous Clients Create Reusable Administrator Credentialshttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/freeipa-flaw-chain-lets-anonymous-clients-create-reusab-7ef766/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/freeipa-flaw-chain-lets-anonymous-clients-create-reusab-7ef766/A flaw in FreeIPA lets a client that has never logged in create a Kerberos identity of its own choosing and end up in the administrators group.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTGrindr to Pay £26 Million to Settle U.K. Claims Over HIV Status Data Sharinghttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/grindr-to-pay-26-million-to-settle-uk-claims-over-hiv-s-9ebb55/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/grindr-to-pay-26-million-to-settle-uk-claims-over-hiv-s-9ebb55/Grindr has agreed to pay £26 million ($35.1 million) to settle a U.K. lawsuit alleging it shared users' HIV status with third parties.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTI ditched my car's basic equalizer for Poweramp and Android Autohttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/i-ditched-my-cars-basic-equalizer-for-poweramp-and-andr-e684e0/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/i-ditched-my-cars-basic-equalizer-for-poweramp-and-andr-e684e0/Most car stereos give you a basic equalizer, if that. Poweramp and Android Auto can go much further.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTI Let Claude Code Run Wild in a Virtual Machine, and It Changed How I Use Auto Modehttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/i-let-claude-code-run-wild-in-a-virtual-machine-and-it--afc3fd/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/i-let-claude-code-run-wild-in-a-virtual-machine-and-it--afc3fd/Running Claude Code inside a virtual machine lets you use auto mode freely without risking your main system's files or credentials.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTOne DNS change fixed the "internet is slow" complaint I'd been chasing for monthshttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/one-dns-change-fixed-the-internet-is-slow-complaint-id--6fde38/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/one-dns-change-fixed-the-internet-is-slow-complaint-id--6fde38/For about three months, my mother told me the internet was slow. Speed tests showed full bandwidth and barely any packet loss.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTTwo Years of BIOS Tweaking Taught Me the Best Settings Are Never the Obvious Oneshttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/two-years-of-bios-tweaking-taught-me-the-best-settings--1f7e12/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/two-years-of-bios-tweaking-taught-me-the-best-settings--1f7e12/Most PC guides cover XMP, EXPO, and ReBAR - but the BIOS goes much deeper than that.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI Jargon Guide: From AGI to Opaque Recurrencehttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/ai-jargon-guide-from-agi-to-opaque-recurrence-a91b38/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/ai-jargon-guide-from-agi-to-opaque-recurrence-a91b38/The AI field keeps minting new terms faster than most can track. Here's what the key ones actually mean.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTFake IT Calls Target Executives in Microsoft 365 Data Theft and Extortion Attackshttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/fake-it-calls-target-executives-in-microsoft-365-data-t-cead4a/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/fake-it-calls-target-executives-in-microsoft-365-data-t-cead4a/Threat hunters have disclosed details of a widespread data theft and extortion threat cluster targeting Microsoft 365 and other SaaS offerings.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Executionhttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/peep-turns-chrome-and-edge-into-post-compromise-backdoo-f92e60/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/peep-turns-chrome-and-edge-into-post-compromise-backdoo-f92e60/Researchers have disclosed details of a Chromium-based post-exploitation toolkit called PEEP that masquerades as a bookmarks extension.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAuthors push back as publishers and agents make claims on Anthropic settlementhttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/authors-push-back-as-publishers-and-agents-make-claims--3997b3/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/authors-push-back-as-publishers-and-agents-make-claims--3997b3/Some authors hoping to receive their share of Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement said they received surprising emails this week.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTTravis Kalanick's Atoms Might Be Getting Into the Robotaxi Businesshttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/travis-kalanicks-atoms-might-be-getting-into-the-robota-f33b1f/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/travis-kalanicks-atoms-might-be-getting-into-the-robota-f33b1f/Travis Kalanick's Atoms announced a $1.7 billion funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz earlier this summer.Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTHikers Rescued After Using Google Gemini for Trip Planninghttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/hikers-rescued-after-using-google-gemini-for-trip-plann-f774e4/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/hikers-rescued-after-using-google-gemini-for-trip-plann-f774e4/Three hikers were rescued from California's Mount Shasta after using Google's AI chatbot Gemini to plan their expedition.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTOpenAI confirms 'wiki incident,' says it's 'working on a framework' for more disclosurehttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/openai-confirms-wiki-incident-says-its-working-on-a-fra-669fdc/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/openai-confirms-wiki-incident-says-its-working-on-a-fra-669fdc/OpenAI has acknowledged its role in a recently reported incident where AI agents took over a German wiki forum.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTSeattle Times and Newsday Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over AI Training Datahttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/seattle-times-and-newsday-sue-openai-and-microsoft-over-8a7e0f/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/seattle-times-and-newsday-sue-openai-and-microsoft-over-8a7e0f/Two more news organizations are suing OpenAI and Microsoft over the supposed use of their journalism to train AI.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTNearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/nearly-impossible-how-fairphone-built-the-ethical-repai-e20520/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/nearly-impossible-how-fairphone-built-the-ethical-repai-e20520/Smartphone longevity didn't used to matter. Today, we expect our smartphones to go the distance, but they've become less repairable.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTXDOF, just 3 months out of stealth, is in talks for a Series B at a $1.2B valuationhttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/xdof-just-3-months-out-of-stealth-is-in-talks-for-a-ser-f48898/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/xdof-just-3-months-out-of-stealth-is-in-talks-for-a-ser-f48898/Less than three months after emerging from stealth, XDOF is in late-stage talks to raise a Series B at a valuation of about $1.2 billion.Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe Army just used a 20-kilowatt laser to take out three droneshttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/the-army-just-used-a-20-kilowatt-laser-to-take-out-thre-1a06e8/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/the-army-just-used-a-20-kilowatt-laser-to-take-out-thre-1a06e8/The US Army used a high-energy multipurpose laser to shoot down three drones near the US-Mexico border.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTUS court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust casehttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/us-court-rules-google-will-not-have-to-sell-ad-exchange-83d4c2/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/us-court-rules-google-will-not-have-to-sell-ad-exchange-83d4c2/A US federal judge has sided with Google, ruling that the company will not have to sell its online advertising exchange.Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTNew Android Drop adds remembered items in Find Hub, makes anti-nausea dots officialhttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/new-android-drop-adds-remembered-items-in-find-hub-make-6ac7bb/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/new-android-drop-adds-remembered-items-in-find-hub-make-6ac7bb/Google's September Android Drop brings Gemini-logged item locations to Find Hub, wider Motion Assist rollout, and messaging upgrades.Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoogle Maps Renames "Lake Ontario" to "Lake America" Even Faster Than US Governmenthttps://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/google-maps-renames-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-even-f-2581e3/https://nerdiess.geektechify.com/post/google-maps-renames-lake-ontario-to-lake-america-even-f-2581e3/Trade talks between the US and Canada broke down last week, leading to a wave of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT