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Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Trump Mobile admits it suffered a data breach.

YouTuber Coffeezilla first reported the leak of customer details, now apparently fixed. Trump Mobile CEO Pat O’Brien has now confirmed to The Verge there was a breach, which he blames on “a third-party platform provider.”

“The impacted information appears to be limited to certain customer details, including names, email addresses, mailing addresses, order identifiers and mobile phone numbers.

Out of an abundance of caution, our third-party platform provider has implemented additional safeguards and enhanced monitoring measures while the matter continues to be investigated.”

Update: Added comment from Trump Mobile’s CEO.

The Trump phone is not hereThe Trump phone is not here
Dominic Preston
If I could only have one laptop for work and gaming, I’d get this one

7

Verge Score

The new Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 is almost perfect for me, except it’s $3,600.

Antonio G. Di Benedetto
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
Flipping cool.

The Flipper One is the rare piece of tech that truly feels cyberpunk. I’d love to own one, but like this commenter I know in my heart of hearts that it is beyond me.

PierogiPrince:

The vibes for this thing are extremely neat, I wish I was smart enough to use one

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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Meta’s new app, Forum, is focused on Facebook groups.

The app, available on iOS, lets you browse groups that you’re a part of, make posts to groups, and ask questions to a chatbot to get information sourced from groups. Saw this one thanks to Matt Navarra.

Screenshots from the App Store listing for Forum.
Screenshots from the App Store listing for Forum.
Image: Meta
Anker’s new earbuds have the best call quality I’ve ever heard

8

Verge Score

Soundcore earbuds have outperformed their price for years, but now with vastly improved call quality, the Liberty 5 Pro set the bar.

John Higgins
Andrew Liszewski
Andrew Liszewski
Anker’s SpaceFlow automates decorating your house with projection mappings.

The new accessory sits atop the Nebula X1 and X1 Pro projectors and uses a pair of cameras to precisely map images, videos, and animations to walls and other structures. It also uses AI to automatically generate custom visuals that incorporate elements like windows and doors. It’s available now for $799 but is temporarily discounted to $399.

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The outside of a house illuminated by the SpaceFlow.
The SpaceFlow can make your house really festive, apparently.
Image: Anker
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
ChatGPT for PowerPoint generates presentations with prompts.

The new ChatGPT integration for Microsoft PowerPoint, like an earlier add-on for Excel and Google Sheets, adds a sidebar where users can create or edit presentations using chatbot prompts along with documents, images, and other source material.

The feature is available now in beta for ChatGPT users with Business, Enterprise, Edu, Teacher, K-12, Free, Go, Pro, and Plus plans.

A screenshot of a ChatGPT add-on running in Microsoft PowerPoint
Image: OpenAI / Microsoft
Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Anthropic is in talks to use Microsoft’s AI chips too.

Apparently, that SpaceX $15 billion per year megadeal isn’t even enough capacity for Claude, as The Information reports Anthropic is in early talks to rent Azure servers with Microsoft’s chips, and that “Anthropic has been steadily increasing its Azure usage.”

Like OpenAI, Microsoft’s arrangement with Anthropic runs hot and cold, but its Maia 200 chips are designed to help run existing models like Claude, even if they aren’t as fast at helping to train new ones.