Here’s another downside to AI, I’m afraid. Engadget.com reports that Google has announced the first-ever discovery of a zero-day exploit made with AI. Zero-day vulnerabilities are often the most dangerous since they’re unknown to the targets, leaving them with zero days to prepare for the attack. Google said in the report the threat actor was planning to use it in a “mass exploitation event,” but its proactive discovery “may have prevented its use.” Google added that it doesn’t believe its own Gemini models were used, but still has “high confidence” an AI model was part of discovering the vulnerability and weaponizing an exploit. Google and Anthropic have been building measure stores try to prevent their models from creating ‘high severity vulnerabilities.’

Apple has unleashed iOS 26.5 now, as well as iPadOS 26.5, which give the promised end-to-end encryption RCS with Android phones. According to Macrumors.com, the feature has to be carrier-supported, and the Android phone will need to support the feature. If so, we finally get the end-to-end encryption of our texts. Those encrypted texts will have a little padlock symbol like you see on encrypted browsers. Also in iOS 26.5…the map app will be getting ads this summer. Apple also is including a Pride Luminance wallpaper that matches the Apple Watch face and band. 

In other Apple news, Cupertino is doing late stage development testing on AirPods that are equipped with cameras. The cams aren’t for pictures or video like in the variety of smart glasses, but  to see the space surrounding a user and provide information.

TikTok has launched an ad-free subscription plan in the United Kingdom. Techcrunch.com notes that it runs 3.99 Pounds per month…about $5.44 monthly. It is available for users that are over 18. It is not only ad free, but TikTok claims your data won’t be used for advertising purposes. Call me a skeptic on that…I bet TikTok sells your data to others and they will use it to target marketing to you. The no ad use clears the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation. Third party brokers will still get their hands on your data. So far, no word on if or when the ad-free paid subscription will come to the US.

I’m Clark Reid and you’re ‘Technified’ for now.