Technology News for Monday 21st April 2025

1. New Gmail phishing attack uses Google's garb: How to avoid it

Cybercriminals are sending emails from a seemingly legitimate address, mimicking official Google support communications. These emails claiming the threat of law enforcement action on their Google accounts, take users to cleverly replicated login pages ...

2. Millions Of Americans Get Microsoft's Free Upgrade Offer

Microsoft's stressed campaign to push hundreds of millions of Windows 10 users to upgrade continues. But there are still more than 700 million holdouts and an alarming redline for users without PCs eligible for the upgrade. While that's thought to be ...

3. Apple Cuts Product Manufacturing Emissions in Half From 2020

Apple announced a series of environmental sustainability milestones, including revealing that it has surpassed a 60% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the value chain from its 2015 baseline. The achievements were announced alongside ...

4. Instagram tries using AI to determine if teens are pretending to be adults

Instagram is beginning to test the use of artificial intelligence to determine if kids are lying about their ages on the app, parent company Meta Platforms said on Monday. Meta has been using AI to determine people's ages for some time, ...

5. AI Reasoning Models Can Help Your Company Harness Diverse Intelligence

By John Lee. In his 1983 book Frames of Mind, Howard Gardner introduced the theory of multiple intelligences, expanding the definition of intelligence to include various intellectual abilities. Gardner's theory highlights the diversity of human ...

6. NBA Foundation Awards Four Minnesota Nonprofits In Latest Round of Funding

Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities, Improve Your Tomorrow, Project Scientist and YouthLink are among 82 NBA Foundation grant recipients. Minneapolis-St. Paul – The NBA Foundation recently awarded four local organizations with grants supporting ...

7. NBA Foundation announces new round of grants creating equitable opportunities

The NBA Foundation partnered with 82 nonprofit organizations to support a diverse group of grantees in a range of career pathways. Grace Scalzo, for NBA.com.

8. Active Exploitation of Vulnerabilities in Apple Products

The vulnerabilities are: CVE-2025-31200: Successful exploitation of the memory corruption vulnerability could allow an attacker to perform code execution by processing an audio stream in a maliciously crafted media file.

9. A New Mode, New Hero, and New Rules In Season 16

The magic is calling. Season 16 launches tomorrow, and it's bringing the biggest updates Overwatch 2 has ever seen. Whether you're conquering Stadium, flexing your skills with Freja, or just here for some magical skins, this season is packed with all that ...