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Microsoft unveils AI security tools it says outperform competing platforms

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

Microsoft is introducing new AI tools designed to help customers continuously streamline and automate the process of identifying and reducing their exposure to security risks. The new tools come less…

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Trump Officials Want To Use Human Rights Aid To Advocate For White South Africans And Right-Wing Causes In Europe

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. For decades, the U.S. Department of State gave money to groups protecting free speech, human rights…

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ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author’s style

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now refusing requests to generate text that directly mimics the style of famous authors. When asked to do so, the popular LLM instead offers a response that…

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Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a “dead end” for rapid reuse

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

SpaceX successfully launched its Starship vehicle on Friday and appeared to demonstrate important and credible steps toward fulfilling the massive rocket’s immense promise. As soon as the vehicle’s next flight,…

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Verizon touts $1B dark fiber deal for Google data centers as first of many

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

Verizon is seeking to tap into Silicon Valley’s AI spending in a big way. The telecom giant revealed a deal worth more than $1 billion to link Google data centers…

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5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter “harmful” speech

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

Texas cannot enforce a law’s requirement that websites block minors from seeing harmful speech, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled on Friday. Big Tech lobby groups…

Cybersecurity

NVIDIA Forms 37-Member Open Secure AI Alliance and Open-Sources NOOA Framework

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

NVIDIA and 36 other organizations have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance to develop and share open technologies, techniques, and tools for securing software and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The…

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Administration Admits It’s Canceling Federal Grants For Purely Political Reasons

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

We all know this administration is more than willing to reward “red” states and punish “blue” states. There will always be an administration official on hand to claim the incredibly…

Cybersecurity

Dysphoria IoT Botnet Adds Blockchain C2 and Victim Relays After JackSkid Disruption

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

Dysphoria, an Internet of Things (IoT) botnet line tracked by CNCERT and XLab, has adopted blockchain-based name services and infected-device relays after a March law-enforcement operation against JackSkid infrastructure. The…

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Judge Rejects Google’s Attempt To DMCA Its Way Out Of Being Scraped

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

Back in December we called out Google for filing a DMCA 1201 lawsuit over companies scraping Google’s results. Almost everything about the lawsuit seemed problematic, not the least of which…

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