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A phone held against a bank card while an invisible line runs from it to a distant payment terminal and a stranger's hand

The call is the attack. Researchers found malware that spends your card while you hold it.

Group-IB documented a scheme where a caller posing as your bank talks you into installing an app, then relays your contactless card to a terminal somewhere else in real time. The defence is a sentence, not a setting.

7 min read · Updated August 28, 2026 · Method: Group-IB threat research published August 12, with independent coverage from BleepingComputer and Help Net Security

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Paper cutouts of a phone, laptop, tablet and watch move from a contract into a return box while a key sits aside.

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Apple Upgrade makes the monthly price smaller, not the ownership question

The new US program covers iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. It is a lease, so compare the full term, return rules and buyout before signing.

7 min read · Updated August 2, 2026 · Method: Verified against a dated primary source and independent reporting.

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Everyday computers and phones with rising price tags in front of large data-center racks consuming memory chips

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The first AI bill may arrive as a more expensive laptop

Data centers are absorbing memory and storage at a scale that device makers cannot ignore. June's earnings and price moves showed how the AI race is reaching household technology budgets.

8 min read · Updated July 22, 2026 · Method: One primary company filing and two independent business reports

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