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Newsroom revolt: unions slam USA Today’s cozy deal with surveillance giant Palantir


Meta, Google, TikTok must face 3,000+ addiction lawsuits after appeal rejected

The news comes days after a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay $567M
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Cyberattack hits North Carolina ports, raising supply chain risks

Attackers don’t need to steal data to cause widespread economic disruption.
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Flock planned to turn Uber and Lyft cars into mobile surveillance vehicles

350,000 Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers were earmarked for surveillance.
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More kids in the UK are unexpectedly finding deepfakes of themselves online


Europe accelerates and expands satellite fleet as security needs grow

Europe is supercharging IRIS² with 66 more satellites for secure connectivity.
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Trump UFO briefing with Robert Bigelow, plus the SpaceX moon crash


Musk’s Grokipedia is a ghost town for months now: here’s why it matters

Elon Musk hasn’t tweeted about Grokipedia since February.
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Meta ordered to pay $567M in New Mexico for teen mental health fund

Meta designed addictive products and failed to protect kids from sexual exploitation.
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ByteDance goes big with a massive new AI rival to Mythos

The ByteDance model is currently undergoing pre-training, FT reports.
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Florida man protests Flock cameras by blocking them with signs

Authorities say the protester isn’t violating any laws.
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Metropolitan Police ordered to tighten data security after sensitive information leaks


Perez Hilton rushed to hospital after alleged TikTok self-harm livestream


Chinese-made Zbtlink routers have a backdoor, researchers say

At least 100,000 of the routers are deployed worldwide.
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Apple fights UK's latest push for encrypted user data access

The iPhone maker's latest legal fight could shape the future of encrypted data worldwide.
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Russian spies hijack hotel WiFi worldwide to infect travelers with malware, Microsoft warns

Russia's Midnight Blizzard is using fake Windows and browser updates to infect business travelers with malware and steal Microsoft 365 credentials.
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'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' leaks on X, drawing millions of views

The copy was viewed by 5.9 million X users and gathered 143,000 likes and 10,000 reshares.
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Hackers target Rapid City's wastewater system, officials say

The incident comes as US officials investigate a wave of cyberattacks targeting water and wastewater utilities in at least seven states.
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Elon Musk's X launches X Money with early pay and 6% yield


Noyb files GDPR complaint against online dictionary for consenting to 1,741 ad partners with just one click