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  • Young US adults are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs
  • Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and other US tech giants are hiding $1.65 trillion in AI debt
  • Hey, Your AI Is Showing
  • DraculaGPT to destroy entry-level medical jobs
  • Prior authorization consumes more clinician full-time-equivalents than the entire projected US physician shortage
  • A GITHUB MISCONFIGURATION LET KIMI K3 CHEAT A CYBERSECURITY BENCHMARK.
  • Hackers want your nudes. Here’s how to keep your privates, private
  • Edge to end Manifest v2 support. Firefox gloats
  • Patchmageddon: The race to patch software vulnerabilities before zero-day cyber-exploitations proliferate
  • A San Francisco ‘tech prankster’ got 50 Waymos ordered onto the same street, exposing robotaxis’ cyber/airbag problem
  • Ubuntu on Windows Subsystem for Linux is outpacing Ubuntu on physical hardware
  • Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
  • AI hallucinated case law in insurance company’s filings in L.A. County house fire dispute
  • Shield Font
  • ShieldFont uses ligatures to poison AI scrapers
  • Over 70 Years of PBS Video History Has Been Lost as a Denver Cloud Storage Vendor Shuts Down Without Warning

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  • Passkeys by default and retirement of Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication - Microsoft Entra ID
  • miniOTP-2-i programmable Two-Factor Security Token with time sync
  • Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 400 flaws, 3 zero-days
  • New Microsoft Defender 'ShieldBreak' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges

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  • Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber test
  • Hugging Face is being used to easily undress women and children
  • Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery
  • Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint
  • Court Filing Reveals Windows Device ID Helped FBI Trace Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker
  • AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust
  • The State Department Presented an Error-Filled Map of Africa. What Happened Next Is a Warning for Every CEO Using AI
  • Xbox testing disc-to-digital feature that digitizes a physical game collection
  • After noise complaints, judge orders Waymo to stop overnight charging in Santa Monica
  • AI psychosis is the new leadership blind spot
  • BMW is putting Spider-Man ads on your dashboard, after promising it never would
  • AI slop pollutes the CVE pipeline with fake vulns
  • OpenJDK Interim Policy on Generative AI
  • AI Just Went Rogue Again. This Time It Turned to Deception.
  • China launches mysterious probe into security of Palo Alto Networks' products

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  • John C. Dvorak on Computer Chronicles in 1987
  • This latest frightening ransomware attack was orchestrated entirely by an LLM
  • Claude can now use your 1Password credentials for you
  • Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.
  • OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation
  • Security incident disclosure @ Hugging Face — July 2026
  • OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system
  • Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5-billion settlement with authors
  • Pearson’s Anti-Piracy Vendor Takes Down Best-Selling Author’s Own GitHub Repo
  • Microsoft Entra ID gets passkeys default authentication starting September
  • Data Centers Had Been Benefitting from Sales Tax Breaks: More and More States Are Revoking Them
  • This Viral TikTok Trend Has Experts Nervous That It’s Really Being Used to Train AI
  • AI could steal fingerprints from high-resolution selfies, experts warn
  • LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps
  • THE AI BUBBLE IS NO ORDINARY BUBBLE

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  • Your smart home may be whispering your secrets to strangers
  • Microsoft patches RoguePlanet Defender zero-day vulnerability
  • Sony erases digital content from libraries; we’re reminded we don’t own what we buy
  • Studio Canal Removal (UK)
  • Sony latest company to delete purchases from digital libraries
  • Over 14 million login credentials leaked from six ISPs in major data breach — here’s what we know
  • PlayStation’s Physical Media-Free Future Is Offensive
  • Good Old Games
  • Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium — system offline for months for cleaning, closed-loop cooling system purge spread rare metal-resistant bacteria in Cheyenne’s water system
  • Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images
  • Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%
  • Faster solutions, lower test scores: How AI is eroding math skills
  • Startup sues Palo Alto Networks' Koi Security, saying an AI-hallucinated report falsely linked it to Chinese espionage
  • Microsoft accelerates quantum-safe roadmap as risks grow

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  • Google's New CAPTCHA Plans Will Create A Two-Tier Internet Only Accessible To Those With 'Approved' Devices
  • Callback 8020: The Future of Flip-Phones
  • Google says ShinyHunters hackers targeting education sector via Oracle exploit
  • The First Company-Wide AI Ban Just Hit My Inbox. Here’s What It Means
  • Apple fixes Beats Studio Buds flaw that let hackers spy on conversations
  • Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers
  • Microsoft's worst 'Nightmare' unleashes BitLocker bypass 0-day
  • Your 2027 Car Will Decide If You Can Drive
  • Washington - Dadss - Driver Alcohol Detection System
  • Google DeepMind is worried about what happens when millions of agents start to interact
  • US Gov asks Anthropic to ban 'foreign national' access to Fable, Mythos
  • Over 400 Arch Linux AUR Packages Hijacked to Deploy Infostealer and eBPF Rootkit
  • GitHub - lenucksi/aur-malware-check: Detection tools for the June 2026 atomic-lockfile AUR supply-chain attack. Consolidated from community Gists.
  • Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users
  • "Tell Him He's A Piece Of Shit": Employee Hijacks Meta Meeting In AI Revolt
  • Hackers Abuse Steam Workshop Application Wallpapers to Hijack Active Steam Sessions

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  • AI Startup Says It Will Pay People $2,000 A Month to Masturbate... Yes, Really
  • Google API Keys Weren't Secrets. But then Gemini Changed the Rules.
  • United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name
  • MyPillow must decide whether to be firm or soft as ransomware crims demand pay
  • Carnival confirms ShinyHunters cruised off with 6M customer records after April breach
  • Spotify might soon flag your 'sad-boy' playlists
  • Companies Are Getting Burned by Burning Tons of Tokens
  • AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.
  • Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel
  • Academic’s warning about using AI was written using AI
  • LLMs believe false statements even after explicit warnings that they’re false
  • Hackers Tricked Meta AI Into Handing Out Access to Major Instagram Accounts

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  • Microsoft testing adjustable taskbar, Start menu in Windows 11
  • DOJ Is Asking Apple and Google to Hand Over Data on 100,000 Users of a Car App
  • 60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour
  • CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github
  • Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
  • Amazon employees are “tokenmaxxing” due to pressure to use AI tools
  • Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users
  • Social media site with 1.3 billion users sends harsh layoffs message
  • Bitcoin trader recovers $400,000 using Claude AI after getting 'stoned' and losing wallet password 11 years ago — bot tried 3.5 trillion passwords before decrypting an old wallet backup
  • NV datacenter leaving 49k Lake Tahoe residents soon without power
  • Proposed hyperscale datacenter in Utah to create heat equivalent to 23 atom bombs per day
  • Google quietly cuts free storage to 5GB without a phone number
  • Linus Torvalds says Linux security list is becoming ‘unmanageable’ due to AI bug reports
  • Smart Vape Devices & Age Verification Explained
  • The Trump administration is bringing back flavored vapes. Advocates and lawmakers say the risks outweigh the benefits
  • AI face is taking over — and driving plastic surgeons crazy
  • An AI announcer mispronounced and skipped names during a graduation
  • EV drivers will pay $130 a year under Congress’ 2026 transportation bill
  • "Stop Hiring Humans" Billboards Are Appearing In US Cities...

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  • Canvas hack forces some Tennessee universities to push back finals. What happened?
  • GoDaddy customer claims registrar transferred 27-year-old domain without any security checks
  • British kids using fake mustaches, IDs, and VPNs to bypass online age checks, study finds
  • Why is Claude always blackmailing people?
  • Meta isn’t doing enough to keep kids off Facebook and Instagram, rules EU
  • Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue
  • California tech company Cloudflare to lay off more than 1,000 workers, cites AI
  • As the most severe Linux threat in years surfaces, the world scrambles
  • New Linux 'Dirty Frag' zero-day gives root on all major distros
  • Critical vm2 sandbox bug lets attackers execute code on hosts
  • Microsoft was worried OpenAI would run off to Amazon and ‘shit-talk’ Azure
  • Microsoft's patch for a 0-day exploited by Russian spies fell short. Another Windows flaw is under attack
  • Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives
  • Study finds even the best AI models lose money betting on soccer
  • First US Integrated Humanoid Robot Factory To Build 100,000 NEO Robots By 2027
  • Microsoft Edge Stores Passwords In Plaintext In RAM
  • Chrome forces 4Gb AI model into every device without permission
  • AskJeeves shut down 1 May 2026

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  • Firestarter malware survives Cisco firewall updates, security patches
  • Apple and Google Broke Their Own Rules by Promoting 'Nudify' Apps, Report Says
  • Anthropic quietly pulls Claude Code from Pro plan and hands local model advocates their strongest argument yet
  • You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze
  • I Just Vibe Coded a Global Mass Surveillance Site in 2 Hours With OpenAI's Codex. It Was Terrifyingly Easy
  • Chaotic Eclipse
  • BlueHammer PoC for Windows Defender Exploited by Researchers to Escalate Privileges
  • Disgruntled hacker drops second zero-day Windows Defender exploit just hours after Microsoft patches first one
  • Chaotic Eclipse
  • https://archive.ph/Qcp1g
  • https://archive.ph/GkT3F
  • https://www.tomshardware.com/software/macos/macos-has-a-49-7-day-networking-time-bomb-built-in-that-only-a-reboot-fixes-comparison-operation-on-unreliable-time-value-stops-machines-dead-in-their-tracks
  • https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/914672/the-ram-shortage-could-last-years
  • https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/04/contrary-to-popular-superstition-aes-128-is-just-fine-in-a-post-quantum-world/
  • https://archive.ph/G5mEM

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  • iOS 26.4 age verification is proving a disaster for some users — here's how to fix it or stop the update
  • Apple age verification failing for some – here's what to try
  • Apple asked to investigate after Jersey users hit by age-check barriers
  • Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord
  • Teenager’s Gemini mistake locks entire family out of Google accounts
  • WireGuard VPN developer can't ship software updates after Microsoft locks account
  • Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software says Windows users may face boot-up issues after Microsoft locked his account
  • Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects
  • Action Required: Account Verification for Windows Hardware Program Begins October 16, 2025
  • After 16 years and $8 billion, the military’s new GPS software still doesn’t work
  • Microsoft says poisoned AI acts normal until a trigger word makes it ‘blow up’
  • Max severity Flowise RCE vulnerability now exploited in attacks
  • USB Cable Blockers
  • Entire Claude Code CLI source code leaks thanks to exposed map file
  • This Startup Is Hiring an ‘AI Bully.’ Should Your Company Do the Same?
  • Microsoft Copilot is now injecting ads into pull requests on GitHub
  • GitHub backs down, kills Copilot PR ‘tips’ after backlash
  • America Dependent On Chinese Electrical Parts For AI Build-Out
  • AI Models Lie, Cheat, and Steal to Protect Other Models From Being Deleted
  • Amazon discontinuing support for older Kindles
  • GPUBreach: Root Shell Access Achieved via GPU Rowhammer Attack 

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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
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  • New ConsentFix attack hijacks Microsoft accounts via Azure CLI
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  • Decades-old ‘Finger’ protocol abused in ClickFix malware attacks
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  • Experts warn of ‘ChatGPT psychosis’ among users of AI chatbots
  • Fake “Windows Update” screen fuels new wave of ClickFix attacks
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  • Original Mac calculator design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for 10 minutes
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  • AI enabled browsers are a security nightmare
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  • Walmart CEO expects AI will 'change literally every job' - not just engineering | ZDNET
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  • The retro technology connecting kids to their friends
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  • SharePoint vulnerability with 9.8 severity rating under exploit across globe
  • ChatGPT Hallucinated a Feature, Forcing Human Developers to Add It
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  • Lovense sex toy app flaw leaks private user email addresses
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  • Microsoft only fixing one of two SecureBoot Exploits
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  • 40,000 Cameras, From Bird Feeders to Baby Monitors, Exposed to the Internet
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  • 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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