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1. UK once again demands backdoor to Apple’s encrypted cloud storage

   By Karlston, October 1, 2025
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   • 357 views
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   • October 1, 2025

2. Amazon’s DNS problem knocked out half the web, likely costing billions

   By Karlston, October 21, 2025   

   • amazon
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   • 352 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 21, 2025

3. Meta won’t allow users to opt out of targeted ads based on AI chats

   By Karlston, October 2, 2025   

   • meta
   • ads
   • (and 1 more)

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     • meta
     • ads
     • ai
   • 1 comment
   • 410 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • October 2, 2025

4. Inside the web infrastructure revolt over Google’s AI Overviews

   By Karlston, October 16, 2025
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   • 353 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 16, 2025

5. US uncovers 100,000 SIM cards that could have “shut down” NYC cell network

   By Karlston, September 23, 2025
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   • 534 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 23, 2025

6. For the 2nd time in weeks, Microsoft packages laced with credential stealer

   By Karlston, Monday at 09:47 PM
   • 1 comment
   • 96 views
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   • Comment by The Boca Deb
   • Monday at 10:30 PM

7. Amazon agrees to make canceling Prime easy, will refund customers $1.5B

   By Karlston, September 25, 2025   

   • amazon
   • prime
   • 0 comments
   • 376 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 25, 2025

8. Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update

   By Karlston, March 25   

   • apple
   • age verification
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     • apple
     • age verification
     • uk
   • 0 comments
   • 216 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 25

9. Archive.today CAPTCHA page executes DDoS; Wikipedia considers banning site [Updated]

   By Karlston, February 11
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   • 1,153 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • February 11

10. There’s a rash of scam spam coming from a real Microsoft address

    By Karlston, January 28   

    • microsoft
    • spam
    • 1 comment
    • 485 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • January 29

11. Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it

    By Karlston, August 8, 2025   

    • google
    • scam
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    • 442 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 8, 2025

12. Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked

    By Karlston, August 9, 2025
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    • 533 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 9, 2025

13. Unpacking Passkeys Pwned: Possibly the most specious research in decades

    By Karlston, August 28, 2025
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    • 474 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 28, 2025

14. UK regulators plan to force Google changes under new competition law

    By Karlston, October 10, 2025   

    • google
    • antitrust
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      • google
      • antitrust
      • united kingdom
    • 0 comments
    • 342 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 10, 2025

15. DOJ aims to break up Google’s ad business as antitrust case resumes

    By Karlston, September 23, 2025   

    • google
    • antitrust case
    • 0 comments
    • 383 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 23, 2025

16. ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results

    By Karlston, August 1, 2025   

    • chatgpt
    • chats
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      • chatgpt
      • chats
      • search results
    • 0 comments
    • 443 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 1, 2025

17. Delta denies using AI to come up with inflated, personalized prices

    By Karlston, August 2, 2025   

    • delta airlines
    • ai
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      • delta airlines
      • ai
      • pricing
    • 1 comment
    • 476 views
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    • Comment by Nuclear Fallout
    • August 2, 2025

18. Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes

    By Karlston, August 11, 2025
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    • 412 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 11, 2025

19. Nvidia chips become the first GPUs to fall to Rowhammer bit-flip attacks

    By Karlston, July 15, 2025   

    • nvidia
    • gpus
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      • nvidia
      • gpus
      • rowhammer
    • 0 comments
    • 555 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 15, 2025

20. “No honor among thieves”: M&S hacking group starts turf war

    By Karlston, July 8, 2025   

    • ransomware
    • 0 comments
    • 646 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 8, 2025

21. YouTube’s selfie collection, AI age checks are concerning, privacy experts say

    By Karlston, August 1, 2025
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    • 718 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 1, 2025

22. Delta’s AI spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers say

    By Karlston, July 26, 2025   

    • delta airlines
    • ai
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      • delta airlines
      • ai
      • pricing
    • 0 comments
    • 577 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 26, 2025

23. In a first, a ransomware family is confirmed to be quantum-safe

    By Karlston, April 24
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    • 497 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 24

24. Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps

    By Karlston, July 8, 2025   

    • google
    • gemini ai
    • (and 1 more)

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      • google
      • gemini ai
      • data slurping
    • 0 comments
    • 552 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 8, 2025

25. Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records

    By Karlston, July 16, 2025   

    • dns
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 614 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 16, 2025