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Trump admin “aware” of deaths in explosive diarrhea outbreak, delays reporting

August 4, 2026 Blogmaster

Two people have died amid the ongoing record-breaking outbreak of explosive diarrhea from the foodborne parasite Cyclospora, Michigan health officials announced Monday. Cyclosporiasis fatalities are extremely rare, and despite the…

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Tom DeLay helped create TV ownership cap—he says Trump FCC has no authority to repeal it

August 4, 2026 Blogmaster

Tom DeLay, the Texas Republican who was House majority leader from 2003 to 2005, said the Federal Communications Commission has no legal authority to repeal the National Television Ownership Rule.…

Technology

The Pixel 11’s “glow” feature is actually called HiLight—here’s what it does

August 4, 2026 Blogmaster

Google will reveal the Pixel 11 series later this month, but leaks and teasers so far have painted a picture of phones that have barely changed since last year. One…

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China is Tesla’s cash cow, but for how much longer?

August 4, 2026 Blogmaster

Tesla’s factory in Shanghai had its best June ever, according to the China Passenger ⁠Car Association. Tesla built 93,579 cars in China that month, a hefty 38 percent increase compared…

Cybersecurity

Greatness PhaaS Adds Device Code Phishing to Bypass MFA and Steal Tokens

August 4, 2026 Blogmaster

The commercial phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit known as Greatness has become the latest crimeware solution to add support for device code phishing, a rapidly growing cyber threat that abuses the legitimate…

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Capital One Says Money Laundering, Not January 6 Riot, Led To Shutdown Of Trump Accounts

August 4, 2026 Blogmaster

I don’t know but when your best argument is “we got locked out of our accounts for supporting violent insurrectionists,” maybe it’s time to stop arguing. But if there’s anything…

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OpenAI says Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit is “aggressive and oddly personal”

August 4, 2026 Blogmaster

OpenAI has accused Apple of waging a “careless, aggressive and oddly personal lawsuit” in a blog post rebutting the iPhone maker’s claims that the AI start-up stole top-secret information. “We…

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2027 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport X proves code is as important as hardware

August 4, 2026 Blogmaster

Chevrolet provided flights from Albany, New York, to Denver and accommodation so Ars could drive the Grand Sport X. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. When Chevrolet introduced a…

Cybersecurity

Fake Adobe and Zoom Updates Install ScreenConnect for Persistent Remote Access

August 4, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active, multi-wave campaign that employs social engineering lures themed around Adobe and Zoom software updates, business document reviews, and system maintenance utilities to…

Cybersecurity

Keyv-Linked npm Worm Poisons Hundreds of Packages, Plants Claude Code and VS Code Hooks

August 4, 2026 Blogmaster

A credential-stealing npm worm that first appeared in keyv@6.0.0 spread beyond the Keyv and Cacheable namespaces into hundreds of packages across multiple organizations on August 4, 2026. SafeDep verified 353…

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