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Ctrl-Alt-Speech Spotlight: PwC’s Dan Hays On The Future Of Trust & Safety

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts,…

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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DOJ Now Citing Fake AI-Generated Cases To Keep ICE Detainees Locked Up

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

You’d think that watching multiple lawyers get caught red-handed using AI to file briefs full of made-up citations would cause everyone in the legal profession — especially prosecutors — to…

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Daily Deal: The Ultimate Microsoft Office 2021/365 Training Bundle

July 22, 2026 Blogmaster

StreamSkill has combined seven of their best Office 2021/365 courses to create this awesome Ultimate Microsoft Office 2021/365 Bundle. Whether you’re a student, an office professional, a business owner, a…

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