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  • GrapheneOS won't comply with age check laws for operating systems
  • Linux Distros Resistance against Age-Verification Laws
  • GitHub - BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify: The age verification status of Open Source Operating Systems · GitHub
  • Ageless Linux - Wikipedia
  • THAT law and it's copies here and abroad
  • Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)" by paramazo · Pull Request #41179 · systemd/systemd · GitHub
  • Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with safety
  • iCloud user learns ‘Hide My Email’ privacy does not apply to serious threats
  • Apple discontinues the Mac Pro with no plans for future hardware
  • The 2026 farm bill quietly hands big tech control over American farmland. Here’s the fine print
  • An AI agent destroyed this coder’s entire database. He’s not the only one with a horror story
  • The AI Dirty List
  • Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
  • The Story of EVi - NerdNextDoor's Blog
  • The deadliest poison known to AI
  • Tiny Township Fears Iran Drone Strikes Because of New Nuclear Weapons Datacenter
  • COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages
  • March Windows updates break Teams, OneDrive sign-ins
  • Microsoft Confirms Samsung Galaxy Connect App Caused Windows 11 C: Drive Access Bug
  • HackerOne discloses employee data breach after Navia hack
  • This new FCC rule could upend the router market
  • The Tech Bubble Might Finally Be Popping
  • Security experts at RSAC keep calling AI stupid

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  • You're paying AI companies a monthly subscription
  • AI Can Now Unmask Anonymous Internet Users, New Study Finds
  • US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban
  • FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware
  • FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware
  • Dev stunned by $82K Gemini bill after unknown API key thief goes to town
  • OpenClaw has yet another major security flaw
  • Wheatfield, Indiana Solar Farm Devastated by Severe Storm: Assessing the Aftermath - Energy News Beat
  • NIPSCO releases statement after severe weather damaged Wheatfield solar farm
  • 1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak
  • Mailinator Alternatives
  • I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI
  • She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says
  • Meta sued over AI smart glasses' privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage
  • A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses
  • Amazon orders 90-day reset after code mishaps cause millions of lost orders
  • WhatsApp introduces parent-managed accounts for pre-teens
  • California Law Forces Age-Tracking Into Every Operating System by 2027
  • MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow
  • I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.
  • upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

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  • Klaatu thread on OpenClaw
  • Why Trying to Secure OpenClaw is Ridiculous
  • OpenClaw AI agents targeted by infostealer malware for the first time
  • An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
  • Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story
  • Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations - Ars Technica
  • Microsoft AI CEO Warns Most White Collar Jobs Fully Automated "Within Next 12-18 Months"; Anthropic Fears Potential For 'Heinous Crimes'
  • Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of its self-driving cars
  • As Pentagon Races to Deploy AI, Operational Challenges Highlight Risks
  • As Pentagon Races to Deploy AI, Operational Challenges Highlight Risks
  • Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down
  • Accenture ‘links staff promotions to use of AI tools’
  • Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage
  • Microsoft Teams hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly collecting voice data — violating Illinois biometric privacy laws
  • TeamSpeak's Servers Overwhelmed By Mass Discord Exodus
  • Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true
  • Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent's mistake
  • YouTube Blocks Background Listening Workaround for Free Users
  • Google Maps Is Now Less Useful If You’re Not Signed In
  • Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities

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  • Windows 11 Notepad flaw let files execute silently via Markdown links
  • Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users
  • Microsoft’s Pivotal AI Product Is Running Into Big Problems
  • It’s incredible. It’s terrifying. It’s OpenClaw. | 1Password
  • From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password
  • Moltbook was peak AI theater
  • Docker’s AI Assistant Vulnerability Exposes Critical Security Flaws in Containerization Platform
  • Google recovers "deleted" Nest video in high-profile abduction case
  • Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds
  • 149 Million Usernames and Passwords Exposed by Unsecured Database

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  • Saying "please" to ChatGPT costs OpenAI $millions, but Sam Altman says it's well-spent
  • Treating AI like a Human
  • OpenAI says its data centers will pay for their own energy and limit water usage
  • Google Patches Zero-Click Gemini AI Flaw Leaking Workspace Data
  • Lexus uses OTA update to disable remote start in Germany because climate authoritarianism
  • Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations
  • 840,000+ users hit by malicious browser extensions. Uninstall these ASAP!
  • Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"
  • Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars
  • Cisco’s Zero-Day RCE Nightmare: UC Flaw Sparks Urgent Patching Frenzy
  • MSFT rolls out OOB updates to fix broken Reboot Tuesday
  • LastPass Warns of Fake Maintenance Messages Targeting Users' Master Passwords
  • GitLab patches major security flaw - here's what we know

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  • Stolen LastPass backups enable crypto theft through 2025
  • Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot
  • The Downside to Using AI for All Those Boring Tasks at Work
  • Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank
  • This Holiday it is Time to Acknowledge Fraud at Palo Alto Networks
  • AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse Newer models are more prone to silent but deadly failure modes
  • MSFT quibbles on what AI behavior constitutes a "vulnerability"
  • Microsoft pushes huge Copilot update with features like Clippy 2.0
  • ChatGPT falls to new data-pilfering attack as a vicious cycle in AI continues
  • Texas gets TRO to prevent Samsung from collecting SmartTV data
  • Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87
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  • California startup's new fire-suppression system uses sound instead of water
  • The Sound of Silence: How Waves Snuff a Flame
  • Using Sound Waves to Put Out Fire: The Story of Two George Mason University Students | Emergent
  • New UEFI flaw enables pre-boot attacks on motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, ASRock
  • Riot is forcing Valorant players to update their PC firmware to keep playing
  • Our king, our priest, our feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages
  • Malicious npm package steals WhatsApp accounts and messages
  • Fraudsters are using AI systems to forge art documents
  • The scientist who helped create AI says it’s only ‘a matter of time’ before every single job is wiped out—even safer trade jobs like plumbing
  • Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030
  • Google Search Traffic Drops 25 Points To News Publishers In Two Years
  • LangGrinch Vulnerability in LangChain Core Enables RCE via Prompt Injections
  • From AI to analog, cybersecurity tabletop exercises look a little different this year
  • Elon Musk Says He's Removing 'Sustainable' From Tesla's Mission
  • Tesla is the most unreliable used car brand in America, even behind Jeep and Chrysler
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  • React2Shell
  • React2Shell: Decoding CVE-2025-55182 – The Silent Threat in React Server Components
  • Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner
  • Brave browser starts testing agentic AI mode for automated tasks
  • AI will play an even bigger role in our love lives in 2026, experts say
  • GA man arrested for destroying evidence by erasing his phone
  • Python plan to boost software security foiled by Trump admin’s anti-DEI rules
  • Over 10,000 Docker Hub images found leaking credentials, auth keys
  • The Worst Thing About AI Is That People Can’t Shut Up About It
  • Smart bed owners experience AWS outage nightmare as they're left sweating and stuck in upright position
  • Linux founder Linus Torvalds defends Windows’ Blue Screens of Death
  • Google DeepMind agrees to sweeping partnership with government: 'Incredible potential to drive a new era'
  • ChatGPT's 'Adult Mode' Is Coming in 2026
  • FuckU-FuckMe
  • Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”
  • New ConsentFix attack hijacks Microsoft accounts via Azure CLI
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  • Decades-old ‘Finger’ protocol abused in ClickFix malware attacks
  • Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
  • How The $10 Trillion AI Bubble Pops
  • Why can’t ChatGPT tell time?
  • Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy
  • OpenAI discloses API customer data breach via Mixpanel vendor hack
  • What to know about a recent Mixpanel security incident
  • Flights disrupted after Airbus discovers intense sun radiation could impact flight control data
  • Cloudflare out for 6hrs - internet goes dark
  • AWS outage in October 2025
  • AWS denies global outage, blames ‘inaccurate speculation’ after Fortnite, Arc Raiders and other platforms suffer simultaneous outages
  • Experts warn of ‘ChatGPT psychosis’ among users of AI chatbots
  • Fake “Windows Update” screen fuels new wave of ClickFix attacks
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  • Hackers found a way to weaponize CAPTCHA pages, and it's incredibly effective
  • 'Orthosomnia' Might Be Ruining Your Sleep. Here's What You Should Know.
  • Hackers turn Cisco and Citrix zero-days into a malware nightmare
  • Why Windows sucks and how to fix it, according to a former Microsoft engineer
  • MSFT Teams feature to block screen capture
  • Unsurprisingly, X users locked out in the cold after botched authentication switch
  • Google is rolling out conversational shopping—and ads—in AI Mode search
  • DoorDash hit by new data breach in October exposing user information
  • Original Mac calculator design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for 10 minutes
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  • Researchers show that training on “junk data” can lead to LLM “brain rot”
  • When AI writes code, humans clean up the mess
  • Digital ID is now less about illegal working, more about rummaging through drawers
  • BRUSH EXPLOIT CAN CAUSE ANY CHROMIUM BROWSER TO COLLAPSE IN 15-60 SECONDS
  • EY EXPOSES 4TB SQL SERVER BACKUP PUBLICLY ON MICROSOFT AZURE
  • Meet the new Clippy: Microsoft unveils Copilot's "Mico" avatar
  • Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
  • Why AI Breaks Bad
  • Study: AI Models Trained On Clickbait Slop Result In AI ‘Brain Rot,’ ‘Hostility’
  • AI enabled browsers are a security nightmare
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  • Walmart CEO expects AI will 'change literally every job' - not just engineering | ZDNET
  • Chatbots Play With Your Emotions to Avoid Saying Goodbye
  • Self-driving Waymo pulled over for illegal U-turn, officer has no one to ticket
  • Three Ai agents realize they're all AI, then switch to a Secret Language…
  • Abusing Notion's AI Agent for Data Theft
  • This app will pay you $30/day to record your phone calls for AI
  • Your budget Android phone might be spying on you
  • Instead of improving productivity, AI is creating ‘workslop’
  • The U.K. keeps threatening to censor American tech companies
  • Imgur blocks UK users after data watchdog signals possible fine
  • Fire breaks out at Chevron's refinery in California
  • The UK’s war on Apple encryption is back
  • Intel and AMD trusted enclaves, a foundation for network security, fall to physical attacks
  • The retro technology connecting kids to their friends
  • Kiss reality goodbye: AI-generated social media has arrived
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  • Call Center workers complain about being called a robot after acting like a robot on Yahoo and Slashdot
  • Reddit is the source of LLM hallucinations
  • Carrot isn't working for Win11. MSFT gets the stick on PCWorld and Techspot
  • Man goes on sodium bromide diet on ChatGPT's suggestion; starts hallucinating alongside the AI
  • Why do we still think it's a good idea to support formats that you can embed code in?
  • Moving all gov't agency data into OpenAI LLMs. I see no security problems with this
  • Anthropic AI goes rogue when trying to run a vending machine
  • Courts aren't ready for the wave of AI-generated evidence hitting trials
  • SharePoint vulnerability with 9.8 severity rating under exploit across globe
  • ChatGPT Hallucinated a Feature, Forcing Human Developers to Add It
  • New Koske Linux malware hides in cute panda images
  • Lovense sex toy app flaw leaks private user email addresses
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  • Microsoft only fixing one of two SecureBoot Exploits
  • Apple’s Kill Switch Would Completely Change Your Next iPhone
  • MIT brain scans suggest that using GenAI tools reduces cognitive activity
  • LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions
  • 40,000 Cameras, From Bird Feeders to Baby Monitors, Exposed to the Internet
  • Smart TV OS owners face “constant conflict” between privacy, advertiser demands
  • Pope Leo makes AI’s threat to humanity a signature issue
  • Creators say they didn’t know Google uses YouTube to train AI
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