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Court Partially Reverses Trump Attacks On Law That Tried To Make Sure Broadband Deployment Isn’t Racist

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

Earlier this year the Trump administration decided to illegally dismantle the 2021 Digital Equity Act, which was intended to help push internet access into long-neglected parts of the U.S. The…

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Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

Artist Elmer Saflor, who goes by the online handle “Superelmer,” loves that millions of people have shared his “Running Away Balloon” comic since it became a popular meme in 2017.…

Cybersecurity

Cruciferra Crypter Uses BYOVD and Process Ghosting to Hide Windows Malware

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

The China-linked cybercrime group behind the use of income tax-related phishing lures targeting Indian taxpayers, tax professionals, and corporate finance teams has been observed using a sophisticated crypter service called…

Cybersecurity

GitHub Adds 3-Day Dependabot Cooldown to Limit Poisoned Package Adoption

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

GitHub has announced a new cooldown mechanism in Dependabot, allowing the tool to wait at least three days after a release is published before opening a pull request. “The cooldown…

Cybersecurity

TELESHIM Abuses Telegram for C2 in Attacks Against Middle East Governments

July 27, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged fresh malicious cyber activity by a threat actor with ties to East Asia targeting government entities in the Middle East. The intrusions have resulted in the…

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First teaser for Apple TV’s Neuromancer debuts at SDCC

July 26, 2026 Blogmaster

Apple TV is fast eclipsing HBO as the go-to platform for prestige TV, especially science fiction, with standout fare like Slow Horses, Severance, Foundation, For All Mankind, Murderbot, Silo, Pluribus,…

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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

July 26, 2026 Blogmaster

This week, both top comments on the insightful side come in response to our post about the attempted murder charges that were dropped after bystander recordings exposed the lies of…

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SDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099

July 25, 2026 Blogmaster

It’s been nearly five years since Ridley Scott first announced his plans for a TV spinoff of his sci-fi masterpiece Blade Runner (1982) and the 2017 sequel Blade Runner 2049.…

Cybersecurity

Malvertising Sends Malware in Pieces, Then Makes the Browser Build the Executable

July 25, 2026 Blogmaster

A malvertising operation dubbed SourTrade is making victims’ browsers build the final Windows executable themselves, using a legitimate Bun runtime as its base instead of serving one complete malicious file…

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SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight

July 25, 2026 Blogmaster

SpaceX was more than lucky Friday, sending its 13th full-scale Starship test flight halfway around the world from South Texas to an on-target, intact splashdown in a remote section of…

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