Google’s Fast Pair technology was designed for convenience. The protocol turns pairing a new Bluetooth accessory into a tap-and-go experience for Android and Chrome OS users. But new research suggests that the same design choices that make Fast Pair effortless also make it alarmingly easy to abuse.

Researchers from KU Leuven University’s Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography group have identified a set of vulnerabilities they call WhisperPair. Their findings reveal that attackers within Bluetooth range – roughly 45 to 50 feet – can take control of wireless headphones, earbuds, and speakers that rely on Fast Pair. The flaw affects devices from at least ten major companies, including Google, Sony, JBL, Jabra, Xiaomi, and OnePlus.

If you weren’t able to shut down your Windows 11 device recently, Microsoft has rolled out an emergency fix addressing a couple of critical bugs that popped up with its latest January 2026 Windows security update. The latest ”out-of-band” update repairs an issue for some Windows 11 devices that would only restart when users tried to shut down or hibernate. The same update restores the ability for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users to log into their devices via remote connection apps.

In 2020, the major players in the console space Nintendo, Sony and Xbox announced a ”shared commitment to safer gaming”to ”improve player safety” across each platform.

Fast forward to this year, and these shared principles have now been updated to ensure they represent the ”constant efforts” to keep each of these game communities safe.

The US was one of a number of countries to escape recent Spotify price increases, but that is now coming to an end.

The streaming music service increased the price of its premium plans in a large number of other countries late last year, while US pricing remained unchanged. Predictably, that was only a temporary respite …

The previous price rise was implemented in many countries around the world, the company citing multiple markets across South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia-Pacific region. In the UK, for example, the price of an individual premium subscription rose from £11.99 to £12.99, while a family plan went up from £19.99 to £21.99.

With a new tool called Mobile Apps by Replit, users can describe their idea, let Replit do its thing, and then scan a QR code to test the app on their iPhones. Here are the details.

Creating a simple app in about 10 minutes

Replit announced this week Mobile Apps by Replit, an interesting vibe coding platform that builds React Native apps based on user prompts. (Why React Native? Probably because Replit’s CEO and co-founder, Amjad Masad, worked on the team that invented React Native while at Facebook.)