Hospital Cyberattack: The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) closed all 35 of its medical clinics following a ransomware attack. While UMMC hospitals are still in operation, elective procedures were canceled. Dr. LouAnn Woodward, UMMC Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs, said in a statement that health records and phone systems are “not operational.” Patients are able to reschedule appointments, but are required to do so in person, as UMMC is unable to use its phone, email and text messaging systems. The FBI and DHS are working with the medical care provider to restore its systems.
Google: Google has announced the Pixel 10a, a budget take on its flagship smartphone. While similar in design to the previous Pixel 9a, the Pixel 10a includes several new features, such as Satellite SOS. Satellite SOS enables users to connect to satellites to call for help in the event that cellular networks are unavailable. The phone is also able to AirDrop to iPhones using QuickShare, which is new for the A series. It also has 30-watt wired charging and 10-watt wireless charging.
Google has also released Lyria 3, an AI music generator. Capable of generating 30-second audio clips in a variety of genres, Lyria 3 is available in English, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese. Google’s Nano Banana model will generate custom album art to go along with the song.
Wikipedia: Wikipedia, known as the free online encyclopedia, has started blacklisting links that lead to Archive.today, an archival website different from Archive.org. The move comes after Archive.org targeted a blogger who attempted to uncover the person behind the archival website. Notably, the archival website had modified several webpages to include the name of the blogger. Given that archives were no longer archives, Wikipedia Editors are being encouraged to replace all links to Archive.today with other sources.
Samsung: On Wednesday, Samsung hosted a Galaxy Unpacked Event. The technology giant revealed its latest flagship smartphone series, the Galaxy S26, S26 Ultra and S26+. This year was focused on artificial intelligence features, including updates to Photo Assist, which allows users to edit a photo with natural language. An AI-assisted horizon lock keeps video footage level and improvements to Night Mode help reduce noise. The S26 Ultra has a new built-in privacy screen, a hardware feature that limits the viewing angles of the screen. This works through wide and narrow pixels that can be selectively dimmed through software settings. The Galaxy Buds also received an updated design, with shorter stems, and the Buds 4 Pro received a wider woofer.
