Chipolo, an AirTag rival, debuts rechargeable trackers with a six-month battery life
Chipolo debuts a lineup of rechargeable trackers to compete with AirTag and others.
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Bolivian court orders the release of a prominent right-wing opposition leader
A Bolivian court was holding a final hearing on the release of powerful opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho after two years of pretrial detention
USAID is holding a fire sale to get rid of all the equipment it planned to use on the 5000-plus projects Trump canceled
Millions of dollars in equipment has been sold, redistributed, abandoned, or lost after Trump administration gutted foreign aid agency
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Microsoft announces super wideband stereo mode for Bluetooth LE devices — audio no longer downgrades to mono when microphone is used
You will need a Bluetooth LE audio headset to use this feature.
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FDA approves new Covid-19 vaccines in US but limits who can get them
Agency authorizes shots for those 65 and older, with young people eligible if they have underlying medical conditions
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Judge denies Meta's request to dismiss sexual harassment lawsuit filed by early employee
Stonelake, who worked at Meta from 2009 until being laid off in early 2024, filed the suit against Meta in Washington state earlier this year, alleging sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation.
Case file: s3.documentcloud.org/documents…
Judge denies Meta's request to dismiss sexual harassment lawsuit filed by early employee | TechCrunch
Stonelake, who worked at Meta from 2009 until being laid off in early 2024, filed the suit against Meta in Washington state earlier this year, alleging sexual harassment, sex discrimination, and retaliation.Dominic-Madori Davis (TechCrunch)
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All United Nations Security Council members, except for US, call for ceasefire and aid into Gaza
Fourteen of the 15 United Nations Security Council members - four permanent ones and 10 that rotate - are demanding a ceasefire and aid to be let into Gaza, calling the situation a "famine".
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4chan launches legal case against Ofcom in US federal court
It wants the court to prohibit Ofcom from enforcing the Online Safety Act against it in the US.
Ford recalls more than 355,000 pickup trucks over instrument display failure on the dashboard
Ford is recalling more than 355,000 of its pickup trucks across the U.S. because of an instrument panel display failure that’s resulted in critical information, like warning lights and vehicle speed, not showing up on the dashboard
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Internet standards body proposes new header field disclosing AI — will make it easier for machines to determine if AI was used on a site
Machines cannot recognize machines, apparently.
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The FBI and agencies in the UK, Canada, and others warn that a Chinese hacking campaign targeting US telecoms has expanded to more countries and US companies
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People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber threat actors are targeting networks globally, including, but not limited to, telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure networks. While these actors focus on large backbone routers of major telecommunications providers, as well as provider edge (PE) and customer edge (CE) routers, they also leverage compromised devices and trusted connections to pivot into other networks. These actors often modify routers to maintain persistent, long-term access to networks.This activity partially overlaps with cyber threat actor reporting by the cybersecurity industry—commonly referred to as Salt Typhoon, OPERATOR PANDA, RedMike, UNC5807, and GhostEmperor, among others. The authoring agencies are not adopting a particular commercial naming convention and hereafter refer to those responsible for the cyber threat activity more generically as “Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors” throughout this advisory. This cluster of cyber threat activity has been observed in the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and other areas globally.
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/cybersecurity-advisories/aa25-239a
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Trump administration suspends FEMA employees who warned about disaster response
The letter urges Congress to take action to stop the Trump administration from dismantling FEMA and prevent “another national catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina.”
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Trump Envoy Sparks Fury for Telling Lebanese Journalists Not to Be “Animalistic”
Ambassador Tom Barrack said “animalistic” behavior is “the problem with what is happening” in the Middle East.
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Pregnant teen shot in road rage incident gives birth on life support before dying from her injuries
Katelynn Strate, 17, was seven months pregnant when she was hit by a bullet during the incident in Ponchatoula, Louisiana
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Mexico's steel exports to US are down 16.6% in wake of tariff
Mexican steel exports to the United States declined sharply in the first half of 2025, hit hard by U.S. tariffs that increased the cost of importing the alloy into the world's largest economy.
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Are we truly on the verge of the humanoid robot revolution?
Are we truly on the verge of the humanoid robot revolution? - Berkeley News
In two new papers, UC Berkeley roboticist Ken Goldberg explains why robots are not gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency.Kara Manke (Berkeley News)
Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
A new study out of UCSB's Media Neuroscience Lab indicates that gaming disorder (AKA video game addiction) likely develops from a player's preexisting mental health conditions.The Current
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HKU Benchmarks the Brains Behind 36 Leading LLMs
AI Reasoning and on Chinese Tasks Takes Centre Stage: HKU Benchmarks the Brains Behind 36 Leading LLMs - All News - Media - HKU
HKU Business School today released its Large Language Model (LLM) reasoning capability assessment report, benchmarking the reasoning capabilities of 36 leading LLMs using Chinese language and characte...www.hku.hk
Chris Roberts hopes Squadron 42 will be “almost as big” as GTA VI next year
French report also suggests Star Citizen might hit 1.0 release in “2027 or 2028.”
Chris Roberts hopes Squadron 42 will be “almost as big” as GTA VI next year
French report also suggests Star Citizen might hit 1.0 release in “2027 or 2028.”…Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)
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The Outer Worlds 2 wants you to join the space police
Preview: The sequel's prologue stresses meaningful choices, wry humor
The Outer Worlds 2 wants you to join the space police
Preview: The sequel’s prologue stresses meaningful choices…Kyle Orland (Ars Technica)
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Healthcare Services Group data breach impacts 624,000 people
The Healthcare Services Group (HSGI) is alerting more than 600,000 individuals that their personal information was exposed in a security breach last year.
Trump’s “War Department” Is All About Appearances
The dumbbells are in charge, and they're closing the strategic pushup gap
DHS moves to bar aid groups from serving undocumented immigrants
Disaster-aid groups said the new contracts would make it harder for nonprofits to help the most vulnerable Americans in the aftermath of a disaster.
In other words, if your house burns down, or you need rescue after being swept away in a flood, you need to produce proof of citizenship or a visa before you can get help from anybody. Even if your ID was lost or destroyed in the disaster.
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Apple Revokes EU Distribution Rights for Torrent Client, Developer Left in the Dark
Under EU law, Apple is required to give its users more freedom to install apps that are not listed in the official App Store. This allows for easier access to software that's typically prohibited by Apple, including the popular iTorrent BitTorrent client. The iTorrent client built a steady user base over the past year, but that came to an abrupt end when Apple decided to revoke the developer's alternative distribution rights.
Apple Revokes EU Distribution Rights for Torrent Client, Developer Left in the Dark * TorrentFreak
Apple has inexplicably revoked the EU distribution rights for the iTorrent app, and left its developer in the dark without answers.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
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M.K Bhadrakumar: India Turns to China as U.S. Bullying Backfires
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4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36419565
Lawsuit.
4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law
4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law
The notorious troll sites filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court as part of a fight over the UK's Online Safety Act.Court Watch
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Russia-based Yandex employee oversees open-source software approved for Department of Defense use
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36420260
Fast-glob, a widely used Node.js utility designed to quickly find files and folders that match specific patterns, is maintained by a single developer working for Yandex, a Russian tech company that cooperates with requests from the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia’s security and counterintelligence agency. The package has no known common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs); however, its status as a single-maintainer project—with no contributor oversight, poor security hygiene, and deep integration into thousands of software projects—makes it a high-risk dependency.This package is at significant risk of falling under foreign ownership, control, and influence. We recommend its immediate removal from products, particularly those purchased or used by the U.S. Department of Defense or the Intelligence Community.
As the DoD cracks down on foreign influence in software, this serves as another powerful reminder that knowing who writes your code is just as critical as understanding what the code does.
Russia-based Yandex employee oversees open-source software approved for Department of Defense use
Fast-glob, a widely used Node.js utility designed to quickly find files and folders that match specific patterns, is maintained by a single developer working for Yandex, a Russian tech company that cooperates with requests from the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia’s security and counterintelligence agency. The package has no known common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs); however, its status as a single-maintainer project—with no contributor oversight, poor security hygiene, and deep integration into thousands of software projects—makes it a high-risk dependency.This package is at significant risk of falling under foreign ownership, control, and influence. We recommend its immediate removal from products, particularly those purchased or used by the U.S. Department of Defense or the Intelligence Community.
As the DoD cracks down on foreign influence in software, this serves as another powerful reminder that knowing who writes your code is just as critical as understanding what the code does.
Popping Fast-Glob’s Hood - Hunted Labs
Solo maintainer poses supply chain risk to more than 5,000 software packages, including container images in Node.js and Department of Defense systemsLea Bourgade (Hunted Labs)
Russia-based Yandex employee oversees open-source software approved for Department of Defense use
cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/36420260
Fast-glob, a widely used Node.js utility designed to quickly find files and folders that match specific patterns, is maintained by a single developer working for Yandex, a Russian tech company that cooperates with requests from the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia’s security and counterintelligence agency. The package has no known common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs); however, its status as a single-maintainer project—with no contributor oversight, poor security hygiene, and deep integration into thousands of software projects—makes it a high-risk dependency.This package is at significant risk of falling under foreign ownership, control, and influence. We recommend its immediate removal from products, particularly those purchased or used by the U.S. Department of Defense or the Intelligence Community.
As the DoD cracks down on foreign influence in software, this serves as another powerful reminder that knowing who writes your code is just as critical as understanding what the code does.
Russia-based Yandex employee oversees open-source software approved for Department of Defense use
Fast-glob, a widely used Node.js utility designed to quickly find files and folders that match specific patterns, is maintained by a single developer working for Yandex, a Russian tech company that cooperates with requests from the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia’s security and counterintelligence agency. The package has no known common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs); however, its status as a single-maintainer project—with no contributor oversight, poor security hygiene, and deep integration into thousands of software projects—makes it a high-risk dependency.This package is at significant risk of falling under foreign ownership, control, and influence. We recommend its immediate removal from products, particularly those purchased or used by the U.S. Department of Defense or the Intelligence Community.
As the DoD cracks down on foreign influence in software, this serves as another powerful reminder that knowing who writes your code is just as critical as understanding what the code does.
Popping Fast-Glob’s Hood - Hunted Labs
Solo maintainer poses supply chain risk to more than 5,000 software packages, including container images in Node.js and Department of Defense systemsLea Bourgade (Hunted Labs)
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Russia-based Yandex employee oversees open-source software approved for Department of Defense use
Fast-glob, a widely used Node.js utility designed to quickly find files and folders that match specific patterns, is maintained by a single developer working for Yandex, a Russian tech company that cooperates with requests from the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russia’s security and counterintelligence agency. The package has no known common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs); however, its status as a single-maintainer project—with no contributor oversight, poor security hygiene, and deep integration into thousands of software projects—makes it a high-risk dependency.This package is at significant risk of falling under foreign ownership, control, and influence. We recommend its immediate removal from products, particularly those purchased or used by the U.S. Department of Defense or the Intelligence Community.
As the DoD cracks down on foreign influence in software, this serves as another powerful reminder that knowing who writes your code is just as critical as understanding what the code does.
Popping Fast-Glob’s Hood - Hunted Labs
Solo maintainer poses supply chain risk to more than 5,000 software packages, including container images in Node.js and Department of Defense systemsLea Bourgade (Hunted Labs)
VIDEO: Mount Pleasant Resident Confronts Plain-Clothed ICE Agents
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4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law
4chan and Kiwi Farms Sue the UK Over its Age Verification Law
The notorious troll sites filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court as part of a fight over the UK's Online Safety Act.Court Watch
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Utah redistricting: what to know about the order to redraw congressional maps
Utah redistricting: what to know about the order to redraw congressional maps
A court sent the maps back to the legislature before the 2026 midterms, and new boundaries could favor DemocratsGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Duffy says department taking control of Union Station, extends Trump's control of Washington
National Guard troops have been on patrol inside and outside of Union Station after Trump launched the anti-crime effort earlier this month. Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were shouted down by opponents of the federal intervention when they visited with troops there last week.
Duffy echoed the Republican president, who said last week he wants $2 billion from Congress to beautify Washington as part of his crackdown on the city. The Republican president has sent thousands of National Guard troops and federal law enforcement officials into Washington in a bid to fight violent crime he claimed had strangled the city.
Local police department statistics show violent crime in Washington has declined in recent years, but Trump has countered, without offering evidence, that the numbers were fudged.
WATCH: Duffy says department taking control of Union Station, extends Trump's control of Washington
Duffy made the announcement Wednesday as he joined Amtrak President Roger Harris at Union Station for the launch of a new high-speed train.PBS News
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Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration
cross-posted from: piefed.social/post/1195826
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Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration
Linux users who have Secure Boot enabled on their systems knowingly or unknowingly rely on a ke [...]LWN.net
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A whistleblower at SSA said DOGE officials uploaded Social Security’s entire dataset to a vulnerable cloud system, without security or oversight measures.
A new whistleblower disclosure from SSA Chief Data Officer Charles Borges reported that DOGE officials, while working at SSA, authorized themselves to create a live, cloud-based version of SSA’s entire dataset, containing personal information of millions of Americans. DOGE officials uploaded the dataset to a vulnerable system, without including measures for security or oversight, according to a whistleblower disclosure that the Government Accountability Project submitted to the Office of Special Counsel and multiple congressional committees this week.
The report noted that SSA’s data contained details that individuals submit when applying for a Social Security card. Generally, that includes their name, location and date of birth, citizenship status, race and ethnicity, phone number, mailing address, and their parents’ names and Social Security numbers, along with other sensitive information.
SSA whistleblower warns of major security risk following DOGE data access
A whistleblower at SSA said DOGE officials uploaded Social Security’s entire dataset to a vulnerable cloud system, without security or oversight measures.Drew Friedman (Federal News Network)
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Pulizie nel Fediverso.
Oggi ho fatto un po’ di pulizia su Snowfan.
Tra i follower ho trovato di tutto: account sospesi, profili fermi da anni con zero post e zero interazioni, account già migrati altrove… Insomma, un bel cimitero digitale.
Su circa 800 follower, ne sono rimasti 339: più della metà erano “zombie”.
Può darsi che per errore sia finito nel mucchio anche qualcuno di attivo, e se così fosse mi scuso: nessun problema, si rimedia sempre.
Questa esperienza però ci ricorda una cosa importante: fare pulizia ogni tanto è sano, non solo a livello d'account, anche (specialmente) a livello di server. Mantiene leggere le istanze, riduce i costi e aiuta a concentrarsi su ciò che conta davvero: le persone attive, presenti e partecipi.
Certo, fa scena dire “ho 10.000 follower”, ma che senso ha se la maggior parte non esiste più? È solo peso inutile nei database. La vera forza del Fediverso è la sua leggerezza ed economicità, non i numeri gonfiati.
Meglio pochi, buoni e vivi… che tanti, finti e silenziosi. 😉
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Teen killed himself after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’, lawsuit claims
Adam, from California, killed himself in April after what his family’s lawyer called “months of encouragement from ChatGPT”. The teenager’s family is suing Open AI and its chief executive and co-founder, Sam Altman, alleging that the version of ChatGPT at that time, known as 4o, was “rushed to market … despite clear safety issues”.The teenager discussed a method of suicide with ChatGPT on several occasions, including shortly before taking his own life. According to the filing in the superior court of the state of California for the county of San Francisco, ChatGPT guided him on whether his method of taking his own life would work.
It also offered to help him write a suicide note to his parents.
Teen killed himself after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’, lawsuit claims
Open AI to change way it responds to users in mental distress as parents of Adam Raine allege bot not safeRobert Booth (The Guardian)
Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras
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in reply to Pro • • •I gotta question the sourcing on this. You've linked to a company that sells cyber security software.
Feels a bit like citing an article on HomeSecurityUSA talking about the rising number of burglaries and break-ins in your neighborhood.
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