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Clayface trailer leans into the body horror

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

The San Diego Comic-Con kicks off tomorrow, and DC Studios and Warner Brothers are setting the stage by dropping the first full trailer for Clayface, part of the DC Universe’s…

Technology

ISPs’ long nightmare of having to list all the fees they charge is finally over

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

The Federal Communications Commission today voted to eliminate a Biden-era rule that required Internet service providers to list all of their so-called “passthrough” fees on easily accessible broadband price labels.…

Technology

Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

For years, Microsoft has leaned heavily into extensive backward compatibility across multiple generations of Xbox hardware as a major selling point for its consoles. Today, that effort expands past the…

Cybersecurity

GitHub Cuts Public Bug Bounty Payouts, Moves Top Rewards to VIP Tier

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

Beginning July 27, 2026, GitHub will cut public bug bounty payouts by at least half at every severity level. Critical findings will drop from $20,000-$30,000+ to a fixed $10,000, while…

Technology

Careful What You Sue For: Trump’s BBC Case Just Forced His Financial Records Into Discovery

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

We’ve written in the past that people online often get way too excited about theoretical pending “discovery” in frivolous lawsuits filed by bad actors. Because while there are certainly a…

Technology

OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

OpenAI says an agent powered by its LLM models escaped its sandboxed testing environment to infiltrate Hugging Face’s servers as part of an overzealous attempt to obtain solutions to a…

Technology

Next Space Force chief throws cold water on the idea of space privateers

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

In the early years of the United States, when the nascent US Navy was still getting its sea legs, several presidents used privateers to capture or destroy enemy warships when…

Technology

Hyundai claims humanoid robot plan is not part of talks with striking workers

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

Hyundai Motor Company’s plan to put humanoid robots to work by 2028 is not part of current negotiations with striking South Korean autoworkers, according to the company. The automaker is…

Cybersecurity

Adobe Acrobat Extension Flaw Let Malicious Sites Read WhatsApp Web Data

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a now-patched vulnerability chain in the Adobe Acrobat Chrome extension that has over 314 million users, which, if exploited, could facilitate a silent hijack…

Cybersecurity

Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine that an unprivileged user can trigger to obtain root access and gain complete control of…

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