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Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles
Wikipedia editors just adopted a new policy to help them deal with the slew of AI-generated articles flooding the online encyclopedia. The new policy, which gives an administrator the authority to quickly delete an AI-generated article that meets a certain criteria, isn’t only important to Wikipedia, but also an important example for how to deal with the growing AI slop problem from a platform that has so far managed to withstand various forms of enshittification that have plagued the rest of the internet.Wikipedia is maintained by a global, collaborative community of volunteer contributors and editors, and part of the reason it remains a reliable source of information is that this community takes a lot of time to discuss, deliberate, and argue about everything that happens on the platform, be it changes to individual articles or the policies that govern how those changes are made. It is normal for entire Wikipedia articles to be deleted, but the main process for deletion usually requires a week-long discussion phase during which Wikipedians try to come to consensus on whether to delete the article.
However, in order to deal with common problems that clearly violate Wikipedia’s policies, Wikipedia also has a “speedy deletion” process, where one person flags an article, an administrator checks if it meets certain conditions, and then deletes the article without the discussion period.
For example, articles composed entirely of gibberish, meaningless text, or what Wikipedia calls “patent nonsense,” can be flagged for speedy deletion. The same is true for articles that are just advertisements with no encyclopedic value. If someone flags an article for deletion because it is “most likely not notable,” that is a more subjective evaluation that requires a full discussion.
At the moment, most articles that Wikipedia editors flag as being AI-generated fall into the latter category because editors can’t be absolutely certain that they were AI-generated. Ilyas Lebleu, a founding member of WikiProject AI Cleanup and an editor that contributed some critical language in the recently adopted policy on AI generated articles and speedy deletion, told me that this is why previous proposals on regulating AI generated articles on Wikipedia have struggled.
“While it can be easy to spot hints that something is AI-generated (wording choices, em-dashes, bullet lists with bolded headers, ...), these tells are usually not so clear-cut, and we don't want to mistakenly delete something just because it sounds like AI,” Lebleu told me in an email. “In general, the rise of easy-to-generate AI content has been described as an ‘existential threat’ to Wikipedia: as our processes are geared towards (often long) discussions and consensus-building, the ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly. Of course, AI content is not uniquely bad, and humans are perfectly capable of writing bad content too, but certainly not at the same rate. Our tools were made for a completely different scale.”
The solution Wikipedians came up with is to allow the speedy deletion of clearly AI-generated articles that broadly meet two conditions. The first is if the article includes “communication intended for the user.” This refers to language in the article that is clearly an LLM responding to a user prompt, like "Here is your Wikipedia article on…,” “Up to my last training update …,” and "as a large language model.” This is a clear tell that the article was generated by an LLM, and a method we’ve previously used to identify AI-generated social media posts and scientific papers.
Lebleu, who told me they’ve seen these tells “quite a few times,” said that more importantly, they indicate the user hasn’t even read the article they’re submitting.
“If the user hasn't checked for these basic things, we can safely assume that they haven't reviewed anything of what they copy-pasted, and that it is about as useful as white noise,” they said.
The other condition that would make an AI-generated article eligible for speedy deletion is if its citations are clearly wrong, another type of error LLMs are prone to. This can include both the inclusion of external links for books, articles, or scientific papers that don’t exist and don’t resolve, or links that lead to completely unrelated content. Wikipedia's new policy gives the example of “a paper on a beetle species being cited for a computer science article.”
Lebleu said that speedy deletion is a “band-aid” that can take care of the most obvious cases and that the AI problem will persist as they see a lot more AI-generated content that doesn’t meet these new conditions for speedy deletion. They also noted that AI can be a useful tool that could be a positive force for Wikipedia in the future.
“However, the present situation is very different, and speculation on how the technology might develop in the coming years can easily distract us from solving issues we are facing now, they said. “A key pillar of Wikipedia is that we have no firm rules, and any decisions we take today can be revisited in a few years when the technology evolves.”
Lebleu said that ultimately the new policy leaves Wikipedia in a better position than before, but not a perfect one.
“The good news (beyond the speedy deletion thing itself) is that we have, formally, made a statement on LLM-generated articles. This has been a controversial aspect in the community before: while the vast majority of us are opposed to AI content, exactly how to deal with it has been a point of contention, and early attempts at wide-ranging policies had failed. Here, building up on the previous incremental wins on AI images, drafts, and discussion comments, we workshopped a much more specific criterion, which nonetheless clearly states that unreviewed LLM content is not compatible in spirit with Wikipedia.”
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Seattle's one fully pedestrianized street is hosting...an automotive photo shoot
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Advertising cars with the exact scene that carbrained people are constantly getting in the way of is ridiculously ironic.
Carbrained people want to enjoy the beauty and lifestyle that comes from walkable cities, but those things only exist because people aren't driving.
They want to drive on empty roads (that are empty because nobody else has cars) to get to a beautiful leaf-shaded downtown with cafés and shops (that only exist because of dense mixed-use cities) then park in an always-vacant spot right outside the door (that is only vacant because everyone else walked or biked)
The "dream lifestyle" of car ownership is a fakery that only exists if cars are an exclusive luxury for a tiny number of people. It's fundamentally elistist, and selfish. But nonetheless that's the lifestyle advertisers continue to push, and the public continues to lap up.
Yes. Like "You're not stuck in traffic. You are traffic."
But getting people to think through anything just seems impossible. It's like most people never really advance beyond toddler levels of reasoning.
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Yuting_11 that's an interesting use case... I don't think we have a widget that does that right now, but a widget to display a single (or multiple) categories could be interesting!
If multiple, though, then you'd probably want to be able to order them, so that makes it difficult.
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Ci sono fitness tracker che non mandano i miei dati di salute agli USA?
Sono alla ricerca di un buon fitness tracker per iniziare a fare cardio in maniera più misurata.
Ero interessato a Polar e Oura in quanto alternative EU (entrambe aziende finlandesi), ma entrambe mandano dati (di salute, quindi sensibili secondo l'art. 9 GDPR) ad AWS.
Siete a conoscenza di soluzioni EU o almeno non USA, cinesi, russe o israeliane, che non mandino i miei dati ad aziende di quelle stesse nazioni?
Mi piacerebbe potermi organizzare con qualcosa di self-hosted, ma ancora non credo di esserne capace.
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Forse in questo caso l'opzione migliore è un device che sia ben supportato da GadgetBridge.
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[Announcement] Secrets of the Atlas Fan Art Competition Winners
Our Secrets of the Atlas themed Fan Art Competition concluded last week. More than 150 Exiles submitted their art inspired by our latest Path of Exile expansion and its content. With the help of our art team, we've selected the winners and are now ready to announce them!
Thank you to everyone for your submissions and congratulations to all the winners! We'll be contacting you soon to arrange your prizes. We'll also award runners-up in a follow-up post later this week.
Top Three Winners
::: spoiler Prize pool
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The Incarnation of Dread by Patrik_h88#6497
You Are Not Alone by kira_shik#4992
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- Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)
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Zana Card by Catake#7434
The Incarnation of Neglect Amigurumi by mageekl2p#3585
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[Announcement] Secrets of the Atlas Fan Art Competition Winners
Our Secrets of the Atlas themed Fan Art Competition concluded last week. More than 150 Exiles submitted their art inspired by our latest Path of Exile expansion and its content. With the help of our art team, we've selected the winners and are now ready to announce them!
Thank you to everyone for your submissions and congratulations to all the winners! We'll be contacting you soon to arrange your prizes. We'll also award runners-up in a follow-up post later this week.
Top Three Winners
::: spoiler Prize pool
- Forum avatar based on the winning submission
- Path of Exile 1 Art Book
- Your choice of one signed Path of Exile poster
- Your choice of two Path of Exile T-shirts
- Chaos Orb Socks
- A random Path of Exile Pin
- Your choice of an Armour Set (an Armour Set from the list below)
- Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
- Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)
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The Incarnation of Dread by Patrik_h88#6497
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You Are Not Alone by kira_shik#4992
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The Incarnation of Dread Figurine by Noxzile#0147
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- Chaos Orb Socks
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- Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
- Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)
Zana Card by Catake#7434
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The Incarnation of Neglect Amigurumi by mageekl2p#3585
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Prize pool
- Your choice of one Path of Exile T-shirt
- Chaos Orb Socks
- A random Path of Exile Pin
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- Your choice of Footprints Effect (any Footprints Effect from the store)
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Illustration by Talldarin#4404
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The Incarnation of Dread by Galactuss#1051
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Zana by Jaydaydraws#4558
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Zana by BestBrick#6221
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Honorable Mention - Zana's Secret by NuclearPlatypus#1404
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While the submission isn't entirely themed around the Secrets of the Atlas, our team spent so much time looking at this art and sharing details from it that we couldn't just dismiss it. Great job, Exile, we had so much fun!
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- Your choice of a Portal Effect (a Portal Effect from the list below)
Illustration by Charly0#0952
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The Incarnation of Neglect by Foridesign#0099
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We Are The Mercenaries of Trarthus by Jarranna#7229
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Brother and Sister by lolozori#1147
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Zana by RxMediEvil#4307
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Illustration by Tyberioaeus#3196
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Zana by amSinPro#6107
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The Torment of Zana by vagabondblade#6731
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Incarnation of Neglect by ZyklonB999#3415
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Illustration by ExileFetus#1070
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- Warlock Armour Pack
- Wasteland Armour Set
- Wasteland Warrior Armour Pack
- White Armour Pack
- Wrangler Armour Set
List of Portal Effects
- Arcane Portal
- Arcane Voidgate Portal Effect
- Arctic Crystal Portal Effect
- Arctic Portal Effect
- Automaton Portal
- Balefire Portal Effect
- Black Portal Effect
- Corsair Portal
- Daresso Portal Effect
- Darkprism Portal Effect
- Demon King Portal Effect
- Divine Arcane Portal
- Divine Demon King Portal
- Divine Stygian Portal Effect
- Dreadspire Portal Effect
- Fire Portal Effect
- Frost Viking Portal Effect
- Ghostflame Stygian Portal Effect
- Golden Angel Portal
- Gore Portal Effect
- Havenwood Portal
- Huntsman Portal
- Infernal Demon King Portal
- Infernal Stygian Portal Effect
- Innocence Portal
- Kaom Portal Effect
- Kraken Portal Effect
- Legion Portal Effect
- Madcap Portal
- Malachai Portal Effect
- Maraketh Portal
- Miracle Portal
- Mist Portal Effect
- Myrmidon Portal Effect
- Mystic Portal
- Necrotic Demon King Portal
- Project Portal Effect
- Pure Light Portal Effect
- Ringmaster Portal Effect
- Scientist Portal Effect
- Seraph Portal Effect
- Spectre Portal Effect
- Steam-powered Portal Effect
- Stormcaller Stygian Portal Effect
- Sulphite Portal
- Temple Portal Effect
- Vampiric Portal
- Wasteland Portal
- Wild Portal
List of Helmets and Helmet Effects
- Abyss Eyes
- Antlers
- Apocalypse Helmet Attachment
- Aquila Crest Helmet Attachment
- Arcane Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
- Arcane Halo
- Arcane Mark of the Phoenix
- Arcane Visage
- Arctic Crown
- Arctic Skull
- Assassin Halo Helmet Attachment
- Assassin Seer Helmet Attachment
- Aureate Halo
- Automaton Halo
- Bent Horns
- Black Headband
- Black Pirate Bandana
- Bleached Skull Helmet
- Blood Guard Helmet Attachment
- Brilliant Crown
- Brilliant Feathers
- Cephalopod Tricorne
- Chaos Orb Helmet
- Coliseum Helmet Attachment
- Corrupted Skull
- Cow Skull
- Curved Horns
- Darkprism Helmet Attachment
- Demon King Horns
- Despair Helmet Attachment
- Divine Ice Crown
- Divine Sign
- Divine Skull
- Dragon Mask
- Druidic Helmet
- Eye Patch
- Faith Guard Helmet Attachment
- Fiery Eyes
- Fiery Visage
- Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
- Flambeau Helmet
- Frost Viking Alternate Helmet
- Frost Viking Helmet Attachment
- Ghostflame Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
- Ghostflame Skull
- Glowing Red Eyes
- Glorious Helmet
- Gore Skull
- Gorgon Snakes Helmet Attachment
- Guardian Mask
- Harmonious Helmet Attachment
- Harmonious Hood
- Holy Eyes
- Ice Crown
- Ice Horns
- Incursion Hood
- Infernal Skull
- Innocence Laurel Helmet Attachment
- Iron Brand
- Iron Maiden
- Lightning Eyes
- Lightning Skull
- Mark of the Phoenix
- Medusa Snakes
- Misery Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
- Misery Helmet Attachment
- Nightfall Helmet Attachment
- Oriath Helmet Attachment
- Oshabi's Headdress
- Phoenix Helmet
- Plague Doctor Helmet
- Purple Divine Sign
- Purple Eyes
- Purple Flaming Head Helmet Attachment
- Purple Skull Helmet
- Purple Smoking Hood
- Rapture Helmet Attachment
- Red Headband
- Red Pirate Bandana
- Rose Skull
- Serrated Mohawk
- Shardcrown
- Sin and Innocence Helmet Attachment
- Sin Talon Helmet Attachment
- Skull Hood
- Smoking Hood
- Spirit Charm
- Steam-powered Skull
- Suffering Helmet Attachment
- Sunrise Helmet Attachment
- Swan Crest Helmet Attachment
- Thorned Skull
- Twilight Helmet Attachment
- Twisted Bone Horns
- Twisted Horns
- Undead Outcast Helmet
- Vaal Orb Helmet
- Wasteland Horns
Announcements - Secrets of the Atlas Fan Art Competition Winners - Forum - Path of Exile
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[Announcement] Merciless Gauntlet Highlights
The Merciless Gauntlet started last week, and the top competitors are displaying unbelievable levels of skill. Zizaran and his team have put together a highlight reel of the event so far, which you can check out below.
Video: The MOST UNIQUE Gauntlet Ever!! ft. Jousis
There are still 6 days left in this event so you have plenty of time to try it out and grab yourself the exclusive Mercenary Gauntlet microtransaction. Good luck!
Announcements - Merciless Gauntlet Highlights - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
[Patch Notes] 0.2.1c Patch notes
0.2.1c Patch notes
- Further incremental improvements to the audio system.
- Fixed a bug where the gamepad UI version of the skill bind management interface was visually misaligned in left and right panel modes.
- Fixed a client crash
This patch may take roughly 15 minutes to become available to download on PlayStation after it has been deployed.
Early Access Patch Notes - 0.2.1c Patch notes - Forum - Path of Exile
Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.Path of Exile
An Open Letter to Yuzo Koshiro: I’m Sorry About the Piracy, but You Probably Made a Suboptimal Choice
An Open Letter to Yuzo Koshiro: I’m Sorry About the Piracy, but You Probably Made a Suboptimal Choice
Dear Mr Koshiro First of all, congratulations on releasing Earthion on PC. It’s beautiful work, and the love and passion involved is clear from the first screen shot. I really appreciate that you re...Safety Stoat Studios (itch.io)
Fashion giant Chanel hit in wave of Salesforce data theft attacks
French fashion giant Chanel is the latest company to suffer a data breach in an ongoing wave of Salesforce data theft attacks.
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Russia’s war against Ukraine
People shelter in an underground walkway during an air raid alarm in the center of Kyiv on Aug. 4, 202. (Sergei Supinsky / AFP via Getty Images)
5 Russian fighter jets hit by Ukraine’s SBU in drone operation in occupied Crimea, one destroyed. Drones operated by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) targeted an airfield in the city of Saky.
‘Massive’ Ukrainian drone strike targets Russian railway station in Volgograd Oblast, local official claims. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that a total of 61 Ukrainian drones were shot down over various regions of the country overnight.
Ukraine confirms drone strike on fuel depot at Russia’s Sochi airport. Videos posted to social media purported to show the view from a plane landing at the airport with the burning depot clearly visible.
Ukrainian strike destroys Russian S-300 in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast, General Staff says. Russian forces use the system to attack Ukrainian-controlled territory and target frontline military positions of the Ukrainian army.
Zelensky says mercenaries from Asia and Africa fighting for Russia in northeastern Ukraine. “The soldiers on this front are recording the participation of mercenaries from China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and African countries in the war. We will respond,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a statement.
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Ukrainian forces repel Russian assault on border checkpoint in Kharkiv Oblast, kill ‘more than ten’ soldiers, military says. The village of Hoptivka lies on the Ukrainian-Russian border, adjacent to Russia’s Belgorod Oblast.
Russia restores runway at occupied Donetsk Airport for kamikaze drone launches, ISW says. Satellite imagery captured in July 2025 shows visible changes at the airport.
Russian forces regrouping near Dnipro River as they prepare for more active ‘island war,’ Ukrainian military officials say. A decrease in assault operations is “related to the regrouping of the relevant Russian units in order to eventually resume more active assaults on the island zone of the right bank of Kherson Oblast,” military spokesperson Serhii Bratchuk told the Kyiv Independent.
Ukrainian soldier working as Russian ‘mole,’ sending GRU military positions, SBU claims. The SBU has detained several people this year accused of working for Russian forces in Ukraine.
Trump says Witkoff may visit Russia this week, calls Putin and team ‘wily characters.’ U.S. President Donald Trump said that his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, may travel to Russia on Aug. 6 or 7 — just days before a deadline for Moscow to reach a peace deal with Ukraine or face secondary tariffs targeting its oil exports.
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Zelensky restores anti-corruption agencies’ independence — but leaves one key change intact
The changes that eliminated the independence of prosecutors other than those from SAPO were not reversed. Experts say that these amendments are at odds with the European Union’s requirements for countries attempting to join the union.
Photo: Tetiana Dzhafarova / AFP via Getty Images
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‘Better now than never’ — Ukraine announces competition for anti-smuggling director 7 months late
After a seven-month delay, Kyiv has finally launched a competition for a State Customs Service director to tackle illegal smuggling that costs the country billions of dollars every year. The news comes as Ukraine faces pressure to push ahead with delayed reforms.
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New study warns Kyiv must break up old business order to thrive post-war
To reverse course and capitalize on its emerging tech ecosystem and future reconstruction efforts, Ukraine must dismantle the influence of sluggish state-owned enterprises and politically favored large firms.
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Operation Vistula – Expulsion of Ukrainians from post-war Poland
Following World War II and the subsequent redrawing of borders in Europe, Polish authorities forced out roughly 700,000 Ukrainians from their homes in what became Poland’s new southeastern frontier.
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Human cost of Russia’s war
Russian drone strikes kill 3 in Kharkiv Oblast. The attacks struck a residential building and a moped, killing three civilians in the Chuhuiv district. Local prosecutors are investigating the attack as a war crime.
Russian attacks kill 7, injure 13, including 4-month-old girl, over past day. Zaporizhzhia Oblast suffered the heaviest toll in the latest wave of Russian attacks, with three fatalities confirmed.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,057,140 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. The number includes 1,010 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Opinions and insights
Pokrovsk is the city of my childhood. Now I watch it die
“The last time we came back to Pokrovsk was in June 2025. The city was mostly destroyed. People who stayed lived in basements or destroyed apartments, or were buried right in the courtyards of their houses,” writes Olena Zashko, videographer at the Kyiv Independent.
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International response
Netherlands to deliver $579 million in US weapon systems to Ukraine, including Patriot missiles. “I am sincerely grateful to the Netherlands for their substantial contribution to strengthening Ukraine’s air shield,” President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote, saying this is “the first such step” among NATO countries.
China rejects US demands to halt Russian, Iranian oil imports. Beijing insists it will continue to secure its energy supplies based on national interests despite pressure from Washington and the threat of punitive tariffs.
Latvia blocks 10 websites spreading Russian propaganda. Baltic states have been raising alarms about a growing Russian threat to the region and NATO.
In other news
Ukrainian lawmaker, ex-governor jailed in drone procurement corruption case. According to investigators, officials involved in the scheme allegedly received up to 30% of contract funds as kickbacks. Among those detained are lawmaker Oleksii Kuznetsov and former Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhii Haidai.
Russia abandons moratorium on deployment of short, intermediate-range missiles. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Aug. 4 that it no longer considered itself bound by the moratorium due to recent actions by the United States.
Russian gasoline prices hit record high amid Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries, Russian media reports. A market source told the Russian state outlet Kommersant that Ukrainian attacks on oil facilities on Aug. 2 contributed to the price hike.
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Piracy Shield Widens Scope to Protect Movie & TV Premieres & Live Music
After focusing on IPTV services offering pirated live football matches from Italy's Serie A, legal amendments adopted by telecoms regulator AGCOM last week will widen the scope of the Piracy Shield blocking platform. The now-infamous claim, that pirate streams will be blocked inside 30 minutes, now applies to movie and TV premieres, and other events broadcast live. The more serious issues concern VPNs, DNS providers and whoever AGCOM decides to pursue next.
Piracy Shield Widens Scope to Protect Movie & TV Premieres & Live Music * TorrentFreak
Italy's Piracy Shield will widen its scope to protect movie and TV show premieres and live music after amendments were adopted last week.Andy Maxwell (TF Publishing)
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Venghino siori: Microsoft aumenta il montepremi di Zero Day Quest a 5 milioni di dollari
Microsoft offrirà premi fino a 5 milioni di dollari in premi per il concorso di hacking Zero Day Quest di quest'anno, che l'azienda descrive come "il più grande evento di hacking della storia".
Anche la Zero Day Quest dello scorso anno ha generato una partecipazione significativa da parte della comunità della sicurezza , in seguito all'offerta di Microsoft di 4 milioni di dollari in premi per vulnerabilità nei prodotti e nelle piattaforme cloud e di intelligenza artificiale. Dopo la conclusione della gara di hacking di novembre, Microsoft ha annunciato di aver pagato 1,6 milioni di dollari , avendo ricevuto oltre 600 segnalazioni di vulnerabilità.
Per la competizione di quest'anno, Redmond ha aumentato il montepremi a 5 milioni di dollari, concentrandosi sulla risoluzione dei problemi di sicurezza nel cloud computing e nell'intelligenza artificiale.
A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records
A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret police records | UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
For Immediate Release August 4, 2025 Contact: Journalism@berkeley.edu A new database on police use of force and misconduct in California makes public 1.Andrea Lampros (UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism)
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