CAL 3D Printing Spins Resin Right Round, Baby
Computed Axial Lithography (CAL) is a lighting-fast form of volumetric 3D printing that holds incredible promise for the future, and [The Action Lab] filmed it in action at a Berkeley team’s booth at the “Open Sauce” convention.
The basic principle works like this: an extra-viscous photopolymer resin sits inside a rotating, transparent cylinder. As the cylinder rotates, UV light is projected into the resin in patterns carefully calculated to reproduce the object being printed. There are no layers, no FEP, and no stop-and-start; it’s just one long exposure from what is effectively an object-generating video, and it does not take long at all. You can probably guess that the photo above shows a Benchy being created, though unfortunately, we’re not told how long it took to produce.
Don’t expect to grab a bottle of SLA resin to get started: not only do you need higher viscosity, but also higher UV transmission than you get from an SLA resin to make this trick work. Like regular resin prints, the resolution can be astounding, and this technique even allows you to embed objects into the print.
It’s not a new idea. Not only have we covered CAL before, we even covered it being tested in zero-G. Floating in viscous resin means the part couldn’t care less about the local gravity field. What’s interesting here is that this hardware is at tabletop scale, and looks very much like something an enterprising hacker might put together.
Indeed, the team at Berkeley have announced their intention to open-source this machine, and are seeking to collaborate with the community on their Discord server. Hopefully we’ll see something more formally “open” in the future, as it’s something we’d love to dig deeper into — and maybe even build for ourselves.
Thanks to [Beowulf Shaeffer] for the tip. If you are doing something interesting with photopolymer ooze (or anything else) don’t hesitate to let us know!
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Una falsa patch per la firma digitale, diffonde malware! Attenzione alla truffa
In data odierna – avverte il Cert-AGiD – sono pervenute segnalazioni da parte di Pubbliche Amministrazioni riguardo a una campagna malevola mirata diffusa in queste ore.
Email malevola
L’e-mail fraudolenta, sfruttando un presunto aggiornamento urgente di un software di firma digitale, induce gli utenti a cliccare sul link presente nel corpo del messaggio con lo scopo di scaricare un file ZIP contenente un VBS malevolo.
File VBS malevolo
Il file VBS non adotta tecniche di offuscamento e il codice risulta commentato in italiano, suggerendo l’uso di strumenti AI da parte di un threat actor italiano o, in alternativa, il tentativo di sviare l’attribuzione.
L’obiettivo è l’installazione di Action1, uno strumento legittimo normalmente utilizzato per la gestione remota di patch e la risoluzione delle vulnerabilità presenti sui sistemi da parte degli amministratori IT, ma che in questo contesto viene sfruttato da attori malevoli per ottenere accesso non autorizzato ai dispositivi compromessi.
Analisi del file MSI
Per il CERT-AGID si tratta della prima evidenza in Italia dell’abuso di questo strumento da parte di attori malevoli, sebbene a livello internazionale sia già noto per essere stato sfruttato in campagne di distribuzione di malware, incluso dal gruppo ransomware Conti.
Analogamente a quanto accaduto con altri prodotti leciti di remote management, come ScreenConnect, i criminali informatici sfruttano software firmati e legittimi per ridurre la probabilità di rilevazione da parte delle soluzioni di sicurezza.
Al momento non è stato identificato il malware o il payload finale che potrebbe essere distribuito; è verosimile che gli attori malevoli stiano attendendo il momento più opportuno per rilasciarlo.
Azioni intraprese e suggerimenti
Il CERT-AGID ha avviato le opportune attività di contrasto alla campagna, diffondendo gli IoC relativi e contattando il Gestore di Firma interessato. Invita inoltre le Pubbliche Amministrazioni e, più in generale, tutti gli utenti che abbiano ricevuto questa email a:
- non cliccare sul link contenuto nel messaggio;
- utilizzare gli Indicatori di Compromissione (IoC) messi a disposizione dal CERT-AGID per effettuare le opportune verifiche;
- usare il tool hashr per la ricerca di file malevoli all’interno dei propri sistemi;
- in caso di compromissione, isolare immediatamente il dispositivo e segnalare l’incidente al CSIRT Italia.
Indicatori di Compromissione
Gli IoC relativi a questa campagna sono stati già condivisi con le organizzazioniaccreditate al flusso IoCdel CERT-AGID.
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Le statine che prendo sono di Teva Italia e quella attuale sarà evidentemente la mia ultima confezione di questa marca.
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Sgomberare il Leoncavallo per colpire l’antifascismo
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Nel frattempo, a Roma, lo stabile occupato da CasaPound in via Napoleone III, proprietà statale affidata a Miur e Demanio, ha accumulato un danno erariale di oltre 4,6 milioni di euro
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Basta armi ad Israele! L’Anpi di Roma scende in piazza il 28 agosto. L’adesione di Articolo 21
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Basta armi ad Israele! Con questo messaggio molto chiaro l’Anpi di Roma scende in piazza il 28
Garanzie di sicurezza per l’Ucraina, cosa può insegnare il caso maltese. L’analisi di Caffio
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La proposta italiana di un gruppo di Paesi amici dell’Ucraina che si impegnino ad intervenire a difesa di Kyiv in caso di aggressione, è un contributo realistico alla soluzione della crisi che è conforme al sistema di sicurezza internazionale delle Nazioni Unite. L’uso della forza è
“Mia moglie”, l’osceno gruppo Facebook di cui parlano tutti ma nessuno chiude
È partito il tam tam delle segnalazioni a Meta e alla Postale, ma i 30mila iscritti continuano a condividere indisturbati foto rubate e commenti misoginiNadia Ferrigo (La Stampa)
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La simulazione di un social network popolato solo da bot dimostra che le strategie per ridurre polarizzazione e hate speech online hanno effetti minimi, o addirittura peggiorano la situazione
Un esperimento condotto dall’Università di Amsterdam rivela che il problema sia strutturale e connaturato proprio ai social network, e di conseguenza impossibile da risolvere con interventi semplici. I risultati dell'esperimento vanno comunque considerati con il giusto grado di scetticismo, dato che lo studio non è ancora stato sottoposto a peer-review, ma è comune interessante approfondire l'idea da cui sono partiti Petter Törnberg, assistente professore specializzato in intelligenza artificiale e social media, e il ricercatore Maik Larooij.
Gli autori hanno creato una piattaforma sintetica minimale, progettata da zero, dove agenti simulati potevano:
- Pubblicare post
- Repostare contenuti
- Seguire altri utenti
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Ricercatori simulano un social network popolato solo da bot. Indovinate com'è finita?
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Trump attacca i giudici dell’Aja: sanzioni per fermare le inchieste su Gaza
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Colpiti magistrati impegnati nelle indagini sui crimini di guerra, mentre Washington e Tel Aviv cercano di bloccare i mandati di arresto internazionali
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Trump giochicchia coi dazi e la PlayStation 5 aumenta di prezzo
L'articolo proviene da #StartMag e viene ricondiviso sulla comunità Lemmy @Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
Sony ha ritoccato i prezzi della sua console PlayStation 5 per la terza volta in quattro anni: il primo aumento per la guerra dei chip, ora per i dazi di Trump. Si tratta di un unicum nella storia
Non sono stato furbo.
Potevo comprarla quando costava ancora 500€ e rivenderla l'anno prossimo a 1000€
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Playing DOOM on the Anker Prime Charging Station
At this point the question is no longer whether a new device runs DOOM, but rather how well. In the case of Anker’s Prime Charging Station it turns out that it’s actually not too terrible at controlling the game, as [Aaron Christophel] demonstrates. Unlike the similar Anker power bank product with BLE and a big display that we previously covered, this device has quite the capable hardware inside.
According to [Aaron], inside this charging station you’ll not only find an ESP32-C3 for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) duty, but also a 150 MHz Synwit SWM341RET7 (Chinese datasheet) ARM-based MCU along with 16 MB of external flash and 8 MB of external RAM. Both of these are directly mapped into the MCU’s memory space. The front display has a 200×480 pixel resolution.
This Synwit MCU is a bit of a curiosity, as it uses ARM China’s Star-MC1 architecture most of the information on it is in Chinese, though it’s clear that it implements the ARMv8-M profile. It can also be programmed the typical way, which is what [Aaron] did to get DOOM on it, with the clicky encoder on the side of the charging station being the sole control input.
As can be seen in the video it makes for a somewhat awkward playing experience, but far more usable than one might expect, even if running full-screen proved to be a bit too much for the hardware.
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Attacchi di downgrade FIDO, nuova minaccia per l’autenticazione
I ricercatori di Proofpoint hanno identificato un sofisticato attacco di downgrade che potrebbe aggirare l’autenticazione basata su FIDO, esponendo gli obiettivi a minacce “adversary-in-the-middle” (AiTM).
Queste alcune tra le principali evidenze riscontrate dai ricercatori:
- Utilizzando un “phishlet” dedicato, gli attaccanti potrebbero effettuare il downgrade dell’autenticazione basata su FIDO a metodi meno sicuri, esponendo gli obiettivi a minacce “adversary-in-the-middle” (AiTM).
- Questo attacco sfrutta una lacuna apparentemente insignificante nella funzionalità, dove non tutti i browser web supportano il metodo di autenticazione “passkey” (FIDO2) con Microsoft Entra ID, consentendo agli attaccanti di falsificare un “user agent” non supportato e forzare un metodo di autenticazione meno sicuro.
- Sebbene siano tecnicamente possibili, i ricercatori di Proofpoint non hanno ancora osservato attacchi di downgrade dell’autenticazione FIDO “in the wild”, con l’attenzione degli attaccanti che rimane su account con altri metodi MFA o senza metodi MFA.
Nonostante la mancanza di un utilizzo osservato da parte degli attori delle minacce, Proofpoint considera gli attacchi di downgrade dell’autenticazione FIDO come una significativa minaccia emergente. Questi attacchi potrebbero essere condotti da avversari sofisticati e APT (in particolare attori sponsorizzati da stati o hacker tecnicamente esperti).
Sottolineano i ricercatori Proofpoint: “È importante notare che le “passkey” basate su FIDO restino un metodo di autenticazione altamente raccomandato per proteggersi dal phishing di credenziali prevalente e dalle minacce di account takeover (ATO).”
Guardando al futuro, man mano che cresce la consapevolezza dei rischi posti dal phishing AiTM e sempre più organizzazioni adottano metodi di autenticazione “resistenti al phishing” come FIDO, gli attaccanti potrebbero tentare di evolvere le tattiche, le tecniche e le procedure (TTP) esistenti incorporando il downgrade dell’autenticazione FIDO nelle loro “kill chain”.
L'articolo Attacchi di downgrade FIDO, nuova minaccia per l’autenticazione proviene da il blog della sicurezza informatica.
Spyware sotto tiro! Apple rilascia una patch critica per uno 0day usato su iOS e iPadOS
Un’implementazione di sicurezza urgente è stata distribuita da Apple per iOS e iPadOS al fine di sanare una falla critica zero-day. Questa vulnerabilità, riconosciuta con l’identificativo CVE-2025-43300, risulta essere sfruttata attivamente in attacchi estremamente mirati, come confermato.
Le patch urgenti, rilasciate come iOS 18.6.2 e iPadOS 18.6.2, risolvono una vulnerabilità di danneggiamento della memoria che potrebbe essere innescata dall’elaborazione di un file immagine creato appositamente.
Il problema principale è una scrittura fuori dai limiti all’interno del framework ImageIO, un componente fondamentale per il modo in cui i sistemi operativi Apple gestiscono e riproducono vari formati di immagine.
Secondo l’avviso di sicurezza di Apple, l’azienda è “a conoscenza di una segnalazione secondo cui questo problema potrebbe essere stato sfruttato in un attacco estremamente sofisticato contro individui specifici“.
Inviando un’immagine dannosa, un aggressore potrebbe scrivere dati al di fuori del buffer di memoria previsto. Questo tipo di difetto di corruzione della memoria è un vettore classico per ottenere l’esecuzione di codice arbitrario, consentendo potenzialmente a un aggressore di assumere il pieno controllo di un dispositivo interessato.
Questo schema di attacco è simile ai precedenti exploit zero-click utilizzati per implementare strumenti di sorveglianza come Pegasus, in cui le vittime vengono compromesse semplicemente ricevendo un file tramite un’app di messaggistica, senza alcuna interazione da parte dell’utente.
Le patch rilasciate da Apple coprono::
- iPhone XS e successivi
- iPad Pro (13 pollici, 12,9 pollici di terza generazione e successive, 11 pollici di prima generazione e successive)
- iPad Air di terza generazione e successivi
- iPad di settima generazione e successivi
- iPad mini di quinta generazione e successivi
Lo sfruttamento attivo di CVE-2025-43300 lo trasforma da un rischio teorico a un pericolo chiaro e attuale per gli utenti di dispositivi non aggiornati.
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EDRi Annual Report 2024: Reinforcing digital rights and justice in uncertain times
Read about EDRi’s work in 2024 to build an inclusive and equitable digital world. Last year, we witnessed massive changes in the political realm after the European elections in June, and resisted growing attacks on important digital rights legislation while staying rooted in our long-term vision for digital futures.
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Neutrino da record del 2023, ora sappiamo che non era un'illusione
Un nuovo studio conferma che Km3-230213A, il neutrino con più energia mai rilevato, non era un errore statistico. Ma rimane il mistero sulla sua origineJorge Garay (Wired Italia)
Apple prova a superare la crisi puntando sulla smart home?
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I detrattori accusano Apple di aver perso la capacità di ideare nuovi device, sedendosi sugli allori dei continui aggiornamenti dei vecchi dispositivi, ma secondo indiscrezioni di stampa Cupertino starebbe per
Pippo Baudo. Il funerale come cerimonia mediatica
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La cerimonia funebre che ha portato l’ultimo saluto al protagonista di sessant’anni di televisione generalista è stata trasmessa in diretta da Rai Uno. Da quando si è appresa la notizia della scomparsa di Baudo si sono contate
Così dobbiamo cambiare l’informazione. Una proposta per Meloni
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Giorgia Meloni, le domande dei giornalisti e la Rai
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Entusiasti, spettinati, grati. Galvanizzati, sorridenti, stanchi, estasiati. Soddisfatti. Siamo tutto questo, e molto altro, dopo la diciassettesima edizione: è stata una festa meravigliosa. I numeri record (oltre 40.000 presenze attive in 4 giorni, oltre 10.000, oltre 400 volontari) raccontano poco di quello che abbiamo vissuto:
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Il caso De Martino e il lato oscuro delle telecamere di sorveglianza. Il video di @Matteo G.P. Flora
Stefano De Martino e la sua compagna sono stati vittime di un video diffuso online, probabilmente sottratto da telecamere di sorveglianza domestiche. Un episodio che riporta al centro dell’attenzione il problema della sicurezza digitale, ma di cui avevamo parlato nel... 2017!Le telecamere smart possono diventare occhi indiscreti se non protette: password deboli, sistemi non aggiornati e configurazioni superficiali aprono la porta a intrusioni gravi, con conseguenze devastanti per la privacy.
In questo video analizziamo i rischi reali, la diffusione non consensuale di immagini intime e le soluzioni pratiche per difendersi, tra tecnologia, responsabilità e tutela personale.
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The Department of Defense asks its civilian workers to apply for a "volunteer force" to support ICE that may involve working under "austere conditions.#Immigration
Pentagon Asks Its Civilian Employees If They Want to Work for ICE
The Department of Defense sent an email to civilian employees Wednesday asking them to sign up for a “volunteer force” that will help both Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection with Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign. A job application page says the Department of Defense's civilian employees would be deployed to ICE and CBP sites and that they may be expected to work under “austere conditions.”“The Secretary of Defense has authorized DoD civilian employees to participate in details to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to contribute to its operations along the Southern Border and its internal immigration enforcement activities,” the email, seen by 404 Media, says. “Selected Department employees will have a chance to offer critical support to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as they fulfill the President’s intent to ensure a safe and orderly immigration system.”
The Department of Defense has roughly 950,000 civilian employees.
The email suggests that DHS is trying to recruit from within the Department of Defense for CBP and ICE, which has a vastly expanded budget and has been trying to hire new agents at a huge scale. The email, which was addressed to “DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES,” asks current civilian Department of Defense employees to apply for the force on the USA Jobs website. The application page says the employees would be working largely in support roles at “facilities along the U.S. border or ICE and CBP facilities throughout the interior of the United States … Locations will extend to other geographic areas according to the need. Conditions at some locations could be austere. Deployment locations are based on need and are not negotiable.”
“At the discretion of ICE and CBP, Detailees will be assigned to perform some or all of the following duties at the several ICE and CBP facilities throughout the interior of the United States:
- Data Entry: Enter and maintain data elements in relevant information systems;
- Operational Planning Support: Assist ICE and CBP in developing concepts of operation and campaign plans to execute internal arrests and raids as well as patrols along the Southwest Border (SWB);
- Processing and Throughput Logistics: Assist ICE and CBP in managing the physical flow of detained illegal aliens from arrest to deportation, as well as manage associated data;
- Logistical Support: Assist ICE and CBP in managing the logistical planning to move law enforcement personnel, operational capabilities, and support equipment across the United States to improve efficiencies and the effectiveness of operations.”
In recent weeks, the Trump administration deployed the Marines to Los Angeles and deployed the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington D.C. The Los Angeles deployments were in response to widespread protests against ICE raids in the city, but the military itself was not conducting immigration enforcement.
The email references a June memo sent by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to "senior Pentagon leadership" that reads "In support of the President' s priority of securing our borders, I am authorizing the detail of Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employees to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support its operations at the United States southern border and with internal immigration enforcement."
Volunteer Force (DOD Detail)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Volunteer Force (VF) provides Department of Defense civilian employees an opportunity to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in their commitment to ensuri…USAJOBS
Le emozioni devono essere regolate nella mente. Aql (dall'arabo= intelletto) significa legare.
L'amore non è un'emozione, è uno stato del cuore. Anelo a raggiungere questo stato, a non identificare più l'amore nella mente.
Guarda sempre te stessa. Nei confronti degli altri sai che devi comportarti giustamente, e ti basta questo. Guarda sempre te stesso e valuta, giudica dove sta il bene e orientati sempre nella sua direzione.
Tu guarda te stessa perchè la vita è un dono di Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala per essere temporaneamente giudici e fautori di noi stessi, facilitati dalla guida e dalla saggezza dell'Amorevole. Siamo vicari su questa terra.
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Emergency workers sent a civilian to the hospital after an Afghanistan War era military vehicle smashed into their car.#News
A National Guard Tactical Vehicle T-Boned a Civilian Car in D.C.
A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) All Terrain Vehicle T-boned a civilian SUV in Washington D.C. this morning and the driver of the SUV was taken to the hospital. The aftermath of the accident was captured in photos shared with 404 Media provided by Operand Online and in a video on the /r/washingtondc subreddit.
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The crash happened around 6 a.m. Wednesday morning. “We responded to a two vehicle crash at 8th street and North Carolina avenue. One of the vehicles was a military vehicle,” D.C. Emergency Medical Services spokesperson Vito Maggiolo told 404 Media. “We extricated the driver of the civilian vehicle…and that driver was transported to a local hospital with minor injuries."Images provided by Operand Online.
The D.C. National Guard did not return 404 Media’s request for comment, but told Washington Post reporter Dan Lamothe that a National Guard M-ATV hit the civilian and that the crash was "currently undergoing an investigation.”Images provided by Operand Online.
The D.C. National Guard is conducting "presence patrols” in the D.C. metro area—a term of art originally used by the Pentagon to describe Global War on Terror operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. During a "presence patrol,” troops walk through civilian areas as a show of force. These current patrols are happening at the behest of President Donald Trump. At the moment, the DC National Guard is unarmed but guardsmen have been ordered to train with pistols and may be armed on the streets of D.C. in the coming days.M-ATVs are a product of America’s war in Afghanistan. They were pitched as a lighter weight and more nimble version of the Pentagon’s MRAP that was designed to navigate Afghanistan’s crumbling infrastructure. M-ATVs weigh 15 tons, or around 30,000 pounds, and are meant to survive the blast from an improvised explosive device. A 15 ton vehicle moving at high speed will have a hard time stopping on any street, let alone the streets of D.C.
Kurdistan iracheno, giornalista condannato ad altri quattro anni e mezzo
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Sherwan Sherwani in carcere già non avrebbe dovuto starci; ma poiché in carcere c’era, ne sarebbe uscito entro qualche settimana alla fine della pena. Invece,
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This document pool contains updates and resources on the EU's proposed 'Regulation laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse' (CSA Regulation)
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The Sig Sauer P320 has a reputation for firing on its own. The National Guard is training to use them on the streets of D.C.#News
DC National Guard Is Being Trained to Carrying Pistols Known to Fire at Random
The DC National Guard may soon be patrolling the streets of our nation's capital with a handgun famous for firing on its own.Following news that National Guard troops in DC would soon carry weapons, journalist Marisa Kabas of The Handbasket reported that members of the Guard on duty in DC were being sent to firing ranges to make sure they know their way around M-17 pistols.
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The M-17 is the military variant of the Sig Sauer P320, a handgun famous for accidental discharges. Controversy has swirled around the weapon in gun nerd circles for years as the number of incidents where it fires on its own has stacked up. Multiple shooting ranges won’t allow the P320 on the premises, ICE told its agents to stop using the gun, and a recently leaked 2024 FBI report confirmed it’s prone to fire at random.And yet the National Guard is being trained to carry it on the streets of DC. According to messages and documents obtained by Kabas, members of the DC National Guard task force were “qualifying” with the M-17, meaning they can demonstrate proficiency with it and are cleared to use it during a mission. “According to two people familiar with the situation and whose identities are being kept anonymous for their safety, members of the DC National Guard task force assigned to patrol the streets of the nation’s capitol are qualifying—military speak for meeting training requirements—to carry and operate M-17 pistols,” Kabas reported.
The U.S. military started carrying the M-17 in 2017 after Sig won a contract to replace aging Beretta M9s and Sig M11s.
The gun has long been controversial, but the problems with it broke into the mainstream in July after Airman Brayden Lovan died at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. Early reporting indicated that Lovan had died from a gunshot wound. Days after his death, Air Force’s Global Strike Command suspended the use of M-18 pistols (a compact variant of the M-17) and people assumed the weapon’s infamous accidental discharge problems were to blame.
In the aftermath of Lovan’s death, gun nerds spent hours dismantling the gun online in an effort to explain its mysterious tendency to fire by itself. Matt Rittman, who makes YouTube videos under the name Wyoming Gun Project, discovered that the P320’s slide has a lot of give and that a combination of slight pressure on the trigger and wobbling the slide can make the gun discharge. It’s common enough that there are supercuts on YouTube that show law enforcement officer’s P320 firing when holstered. Rittman’s demonstration has been copied, memed, and reposted in gun nerd circles since his discovery.
On August 8, the Air Force announced it had arrested an unnamed airman in connection to Lovan’s death. The shot that had caused controversy around the P320 and sent gun nerds scrambling for answers looks to be anything but accidental. “Out of an abundance of caution and based on initial reporting, Air Force authorities ordered various safety precautions involving the M-18 after this tragic event,” an Air Force spokesperson told Task & Purpose. “Since then, the investigation has progressed and an individual has now been arrested on suspicion of making a false official statement, obstruction of justice, and involuntary manslaughter.”
Through all of this, gunmaker Sig Sauer has denied any wrongdoing. It issued multiple statements saying the gun is safe and that it only fires if the trigger is “moved to the rear.” It also provides a customer service phone number to people “impacted by a P320 range or a training provider ban” so Sig can “clarify any misinformation and provide the truth.”
Unless something changes, the M-17 will soon be on the streets of DC and in the hands of the National Guard as they conduct "presence patrols” on behalf of the Trump administration.
The D.C. National Guard did not return 404 Media’s request for comment.
Airman arrested for death that prompted Sig Sauer M18 review
Airman Brayden Lovan, 21, died on July 20, 2025 at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. His death remains under investigation.Jeff Schogol (Task & Purpose)
The Gamescom app spammed attendees with AI-generated meetings before organizers disabled it.#News #VideoGames
AI at the World’s Biggest Games Event Booked Random Meetings for Attendees
Gamescom, one of the biggest video game industry trade shows in the world, used AI to book meetings for attending publishers, developers, and media even if they didn’t want them. Attendees complained about random meetings showing up on their calendars, prompting Gamescom to turn off the feature and apologize.Gamescom is a video game trade fair and convention in Germany that brings together journalists, developers, and studio executives for a week of networking and announcements. Since the death of E3, Gamescom is now the biggest video game convention in the world.
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It’s a place where people take a lot of meetings, but usually ones they requested and set up weeks in advance by talking directly to human public relations represenatives. Those plagued by AI-generated meetings shared their frustration on social media. “I’ve got 9x AI-created meetings that have all been ‘accepted’ by the other attendee… but after speaking to one they’ve confirmed they didn’t know about it either,” Graham Day, a Twitch partner, said on X.Screenshots of Day’s Gamescom app showed a block of 30 minutes 1-on-1 meetings had been confirmed and that the meeting had been "generated based on profile similarities.”
Anyone else’s #gamescom app booked in meetings without your knowledge?I’ve got 9x AI-created meetings that have all been “accepted” by the other attendee… but after speaking to one they’ve confirmed they didn’t know about it either.
How do I stop this @gamescom?! pic.twitter.com/DvHnbHF91k
— Graham Day @ gamescom (@Graham_Day) August 18, 2025
“The Gamescom app AI-generating meetings you have to manually decline is absolutely heinous shit,” Chris Schilling, the editorial director of Lost In Cult, said on Bluesky.Developer JC Lau shared screenshots of the message she received from the app. “Our meeting generator has sent you a meeting suggestion with a person who matches your interests,” the app said in the screenshot. “Don’t miss an opportunity—accept requests!”
The message implied that guests would need to accept the AI-generated meetings to confirm them. But a follow up from Lau showed that wasn’t the case. One of their friends had 9 different push notifications from the app, all for confirmed AI-generated meetings.
Yuppppp one of my friends shared this, mine wasn’t that bad but I don’t know how Informa keeps getting stacks of money for a conference and roll out something this screwed up
— JC Lau 🔜 Dev/Gamescom! (@drjclau.bsky.social) 2025-08-18T16:06:57.323Z
“Gamescom's app added an AI feature this year and it did not go well. Folks were overwhelmed with automatically generated meeting requests that they did not want. It generated a lot of stuff, but not value,” freelance product and UX designer Robiny-Yann Storm said on Bluesky. AI is on Storm’s mind. He’s giving a talk about Gamescom titled: Old news, new package: AI, Procedural Generation, UGC, In-Game Trading, Crypto, and the Metaverse. “It's targeted towards games-adjacent folks, not just game-devs, in how to recognize, discuss, and prevent the 'bamboozle' of things that sound new, but are actually much older,” he told 404 Media.On Bluesky, Henry Stockdale, a senior editor at UploadVR, said that the AI-generated meetings gave him a minor panic attack as he was boarding his plane. “Two meetings were scheduled that already clashed with appointments made outside of the Gamescom platform, so I would not have attended them,” he told 404 Media. “I don't use generative AI and am actively put off by platforms forcing that functionality in.”
Gamescom backtracked. It disabled the AI and sent attendees an apology. It’s unclear how long the service was active and generating unwanted meetings and Gamescom did not return 404 Media’s request for comment. “We tested a new feature today—the AI meeting generator. The Aim was to suggest suitable business contacts based on your profiles and make it easier for you to plan your trade fair contacts,” Gamescom follow up said.
“However, your honest feedback shows us that this feature does not provide the desired value. We have therefore decided to completely remove the automatically generated meetings from your profiles,” it added. “We apologize for any inconvenience caused.”
Many of the affected attendees posted copies of the apology across X and Bluesky. “I think they handled it well, quickly realising this was a bad idea and apologising, though the fact they even thought to try this days before the event is, put politely: poor,” Stockdale said.
Right now, companies are forcing generative AI into everyone’s life, whether they want it or not. It might be a bubble, one so big that it’s propping up the U.S. economy, but we’re stuck with it until it bursts.
Gamescom attendees who escaped AI-generated meetings will not be escaping AI during their time in Germany. NVIDIA is there with Project G-Assist, an AI assistant it says will let PC users dial in their gaming settings. Chris Hewish, the CEO of payment company Xsolla, told Variety that AI would be one of the big focuses of the conference. And Microsoft will host a roundtable for developers about how AI can make them more efficient.
Xbox Invites Developers To AI Roundtable The Same Day It Does Mass Layoffs - Kotaku
Microsoft is asking for feedback at Gamescom 2025 on using AI to make development more efficientEthan Gach (Kotaku)
Rights groups oppose U.S. attorney's retaliation against press
Any serious journalist would tell you that it’d be journalistic malpractice for a local journalist not to report that a prominent public official listed a boarded-up house as his official residence in order to claim eligibility for his position. But that’s not how John Sarcone III, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, sees it.
He was reportedly “incensed” by reporting from the Times Union of Albany and ordered his subordinates to remove it from his office’s media list. In response, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF), Demand Progress Education Fund, and Reinvent Albany have filed a complaint against Sarcone with New York’s Attorney Grievance Committee.
As the complaint explains, “Sarcone is the chief legal officer charged with enforcing federal law in a district that covers over 30,000 square miles and is home to 3.4 million people. And yet he either does not know or does not care about the ‘practically universal agreement that a major purpose of [the First] Amendment was to protect the free discussion of governmental affairs.’”
The complaint requests that the Committee open an investigation to determine whether Sarcone's conduct violates New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct, and exercise its power to impose sanctions, which can include disbarment.
FPF’s Director of Advocacy Seth Stern said: “All licensed attorneys — but especially top prosecutors entrusted to protect the public, not just their clients — should know better than to retaliate against newspapers for basic public-interest journalism. Sarcone has repeatedly abused his office in his brief tenure. The committee should ensure he can no longer undermine the Constitution and embarrass the legal profession.”
Demand Progress Education Fund Special Advisor Kate Oh stated: “A prosecutor who so flagrantly disregards his ethical and professional obligations and tramples over the First Amendment rights of the press should not be empowered to enforce the laws of our nation. Sarcone’s professional history is littered with red flags and must be investigated. No less than the public’s faith in the rule of law is at stake.”
Reinvent Albany Executive Director John Kaehny said: “With great power comes great responsibility, and U.S. Attorneys like John Sarcone are among the most powerful people in America. Unfortunately, Mr. Sarcone has grossly abused his authority and betrayed the public trust. Mr. Sarcone's flagrant misuse of his authority to retaliate against the Albany Times-Union and his repeated, well-documented dishonesty are completely unacceptable, unethical, and violate basic democratic norms and rules of professional conduct. The Times Union is one of the most respected newspapers and civic institutions in New York, and it's chilling to see it attacked by an unethical U.S. Attorney with a personal grievance.”
You can read the complaint here or below. If you’d like further comment, please contact media@freedom.press or eric@demandprogress.org ,or info@reinventalbany.org.
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L’arsenale di Kyiv continua ad ampliarsi. L’ultima arma delle forze armate ucraine è un missile da crociera denominato “Flamingo”, le cui caratteristiche (e le implicazioni strategiche di queste) hanno attirato l’attenzione della comunità internazionale. Secondo i dati circolati il Flamingo, prodotto dalla
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Bernie Leadon, il polistrumentista membro fondatore degli Eagles, sta per pubblicare il suo primo album solista dopo 22 anni. Intitolato Too Late To Be Cool, il disco uscirà il 10 ottobre 2025 per la Straight Wire Records. Si tratta del terzo lavoro solista nella carriera di Leadon e il primo dopo Mirror
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Altra domanda, suggeriscono di non installare add ons altrimenti si vanifica la protezione aggiuntiva fornita da Tor. Io senza Bitwarden sono morto, davvero sarebbe così pericoloso installarlo?
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Bernie Leadon, il polistrumentista membro fondatore degli Eagles, sta per pubblicare il suo primo album solista dopo 22 anni. Intitolato Too Late To Be Cool, il disco uscirà il 10 ottobre 2025 per la Straight Wire Records. Si tratta del terzo lavoro solista nella carriera di Leadon e il primo dopo Mirror
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The inside story of how Tea undercut women's safety groups to get people to join its app; GPS trackers sold on TikTok; and Grok exposes its prompts.
The inside story of how Tea undercut womenx27;s safety groups to get people to join its app; GPS trackers sold on TikTok; and Grok exposes its prompts.#Podcast
Podcast: The Inside Story of Tea
We start this week with Emanuel’s big investigation into the Tea app, and especially how it aggressively grew by raiding women safety groups. After the break, we talk about TikTok Shop selling GPS trackers. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains how Grok was exposing some of its AI persona prompts, and the sometimes NSFW nature of them.
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- How Tea’s Founder Convinced Millions of Women to Spill Their Secrets, Then Exposed Them to the World
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- Grok Exposes Underlying Prompts for Its AI Personas: ‘EVEN PUTTING THINGS IN YOUR ASS’
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