Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users to be able to sideload their apps.

Engadget

Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users to be able to sideload...

Researchers in Italy have developed a system called ‘WhoFi,’ which can generate a unique biometric identifier based on how a person’s body interacts with surrounding Wi-Fi signals without needing them to carry any device at all.

Interesting Engineering

New Wi-Fi fingerprint system re-identifies people without devices

Italian researchers turn Wi-Fi signals into biometric tools, enabling passive tracking of individuals without phones using AI.

Perplexity is in discussions with mobile device makers to pre-install its new Comet browser on smartphones. https://www.reuters.com/business/perplexity-talks-with-phone-makers-pre-install-comet-ai-mobile-browser-devices-2025-07-18/

New data reveals Linux has achieved a new milestone in the United States, breaking the 5% barrier for desktop operating system market share for the first time. https://www.techspot.com/news/108701-linux-surpasses-5-market-share-us-desktops-first.html

Psylo, a new kind of private web browser, refers to tabs as "silos." It applies unique anti-fingerprinting measures per silo, such as canvas randomization, so a visit to the same site in two Psylo tabs appears like it comes from two different devices .

Psylo browser takes aim at digital fingerprinting

: Gotta keep 'em separated so the marketers and snoops can't come out and play

The biggest recorded distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in history was recorded on Friday. Cloudflare says it stopped a 45-second-long DDoS attack that peaked at 7.3 terabits per second, translating to a total of roughly 37.4 terabytes of data.

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Cloudflare: Record 7.3Tbps DDoS Attack Hits Mystery Target

Cloudflare says the attack is a 'multivector DDoS attack' in which 99.996% of the malicious attack traffic was executed via what is known...

Google says its Chrome browser will stop trusting certificates from two certificate authorities after “patterns of concerning behavior observed over the past year” diminished trust in their reliability.

Ars Technica

Two certificate authorities booted from the good graces of Chrome

Chunghwa Telecom and Netlock customers must look elsewhere for new certificates.