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Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath

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FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions

September 1, 2026 Blogmaster

The Federal Trade Commission and 22 states sued Amazon yesterday, alleging that it has conducted a secret scheme to overcharge advertisers for seven years. “Since 2019, Amazon.com, Inc. has secretly…

Technology

New Android Drop adds remembered items in Find Hub, makes anti-nausea dots official

September 1, 2026 Blogmaster

Let’s be frank: Some of Google’s recent Android feature Drops have been duds, offering little more than an expansion of Gemini summaries and chat functions. The new September Drop does…

Technology

CDC reported then deleted two measles deaths that were questioned by RFK Jr.

September 1, 2026 Blogmaster

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is excluding two measles deaths reported by Pennsylvania health officials last week from its latest update of national measles data. The move publicly…

Cybersecurity

Breeze Comet Executes Hundreds of Fraudulent Transactions via Brazilian Payment Systems

September 1, 2026 Blogmaster

Brazilian financial services, retail, and e-commerce organizations have become the target of a financially motivated threat actor dubbed Breeze Comet (formerly UNC5669) since 2024. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and…

Cybersecurity

Attackers Exploit Critical JFrog Artifactory Flaw to Mint Admin Tokens Days After Disclosure

September 1, 2026 Blogmaster

Threat actors are exploiting a newly patched critical security flaw impacting JFrog Artifactory merely days after public disclosure, according to watchTowr. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-82329 (CVSS score: 9.8),…

Technology

X Kills Nitter And Xcancel, The Last Ways To Read Tweets Without Elon Watching

September 1, 2026 Blogmaster

When Twitter launched, it was originally designed to be just like an open protocol. In the early days, the company eagerly supported third party development, building on that protocol. But,…

Technology

Daily Deal: The All-in-One Super-Sized Ethical Hacking Bundle

September 1, 2026 Blogmaster

To completely understand computer security, it’s vital to step outside the fence and to think outside the box. Computer security is not just about firewalls, Intrusion Prevention Systems, or anti-viruses.…

Technology

It turns out that Orion’s much-maligned heat shield performed really well

September 1, 2026 Blogmaster

Perhaps the biggest question going into the Artemis II mission this spring was how the heat shield at the base of the spacecraft would perform during reentry through Earth’s atmosphere.…

Technology

FBI Lowers Hiring Standards To Approve Applicants Who Admit To Having Sex With Animals

September 1, 2026 Blogmaster

As the Trump administration continues to chase away actual talent in order to staff federal agencies with loyalists and/or people who don’t know any better, it has had to lower…

Cybersecurity

13 Malicious Packagist Packages Target Unpatched iPhones to Steal Crypto Wallet Seeds

September 1, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a set of 13 malicious Composer theme packages on Packagist that are designed to inject JavaScript into Vietnamese movie and comic streaming sites that install those…

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