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Would The Next George Floyd Video Survive Meta’s New Teen Safety Rules?

August 31, 2026 Blogmaster

Earlier this year, one of the smartest internet rights people around, Heather Burns, suggested the “Darnella Test” regarding any kind of “kid safety” rule online. It’s named after Darnella Frazier.…

Technology

Daily Deal: Ultrathin Sleep Aid Under Pillow Speaker

August 31, 2026 Blogmaster

Enjoy calming sounds, bedtime music, audiobooks, or podcasts without wearing headphones or disturbing a sleeping partner. The Ultrathin Sleep Aid speaker fits comfortably beneath or beside your pillow, delivering clear,…

Technology

ICE Worked With Iran To Deport Iranians Back To A Country Trump Repeatedly Claimed Was Harming Iranians

August 31, 2026 Blogmaster

The Trump administration has been working steadily to remove protected status for asylum seekers that even Trump admits are deadly “shitholes.” Trump makes claims about countries that seem to indicate…

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NASA’s next “great observatory” begins mission to widen our view of the Universe

August 31, 2026 Blogmaster

NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, equipped with a 300-megapixel camera sighted through a refurbished spy mirror, launched Sunday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a mission…

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ChatGPT and Reddit now face EU’s toughest online safety rules

August 31, 2026 Blogmaster

OpenAI’s ChatGPT will have to comply with tougher EU rules such as removing illegal content or face potential fines, the European Commission said on Monday, as Brussels grapples with how…

Cybersecurity

⚡ Weekly Recap: Chinese Spy Proxy, AI Agents Go Off-Task, Router Backdoors and More

August 31, 2026 Blogmaster

The boring parts caused most of the trouble. A router shipped ready to listen. A fake check turned the user into the installer. Trusted systems collected traffic and passwords, then…

Cybersecurity

Securing Claude Code: The New Compliance API, Local Visibility, and Identity Governance

August 31, 2026 Blogmaster

Claude Code reads files, runs shell commands, invokes MCP tools, and acts through the credentials available on a developer’s machine. Anthropic’s new Compliance API endpoints give security teams their clearest…

Cybersecurity

Aurora Ransomware Operators Use Cursor AI in Attacks Against 10 Targets

August 31, 2026 Blogmaster

Threat actors associated with Aurora (aka Aur0ra) ransomware have been observed using SpaceX’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cursor to break into target networks, according to findings from CloudSEK and…

Cybersecurity

ValleyRAT Backdoor Hides in Signed Adware That Users Add to Antivirus Exclusions

August 31, 2026 Blogmaster

The threat actor known as Silver Fox has been observed distributing the ValleyRAT backdoor disguised as a signed Chinese adware application, running the malware under a trusted process to slip…

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Texas Politicians Slowly Realize Elon Musk Hijacked Billions In Taxpayer Broadband Grants

August 31, 2026 Blogmaster

Back in June I wrote a feature for The Verge about how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos had convinced Republicans to redirect billions in taxpayer money away from future-proof fiber…

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