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27 - Goatse Systems
2026-07-11
The Bens discuss not owning your digital content, data breaches, AI shenanigans, AI-hallucinated espionage, Microsoft’s Quantum-Safe Roadmap, and more!
- 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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