NSO Group must pay more than $167 million in damages to Meta for WhatsApp spyware campaign
Meta sued the NSO Group after the Pegasus spyware targeted more than 1,400 WhatsApp users. In 2019 NSO Group exploited a flaw in WhatsApp’s code. Attackers could call someone, and even if the person didn’t answer, Pegasus could still install itself on the device.
Source
Google unveiled a special edition of Gemini Pro for I/O 2025
The updated version of the company’s flagship Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model has significantly improved coding capabilities. The previous version of the Gemini 2.5 Pro model, released in March built with chain-of-thought reasoning, making it the “most intelligent” model the company has released.
Source
Lightricks launched its most powerful AI video generation model to date
The start-up announced LTX Video-13B model with 13 billion parameters and breakthrough compression, aiming to compete with companies such as OpenAI, Google and Alibaba. Lightricks said LTXV-13B can generate videos with “stunning detail, coherence and control”, even when running on consumer-grade hardware.
Source
Google’s iOS app can now ‘Simplify’ technical jargon
Simplify is an AI feature meant to help users understand “jargon” or unfamiliar technical concepts, including medical words that the average person would not know, and technical terms. It uses a prompt refinement approach that was developed by Google Research.
Source
New products
Moto G86
Moto G86 will have a 6.67-inch P-OLED screen, Dimensity 7300 processor, 8 GB or 12 GB RAM and 128 GB or 256 GB of storage. It will come with a 50 MP Sony LYT-600 main camera.
Source
Honor 400 Pro
The phone will have a 6.7-inch OLED screen, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, 12GB of RAM and 512GB of storage. It will come with a 5,300 mAh battery.
Source
