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    Open source package with 1 million monthly downloads stole user credentials

    The security incident report says: "An attacker exploited a script-injection vulnerability in one of our GitHub Actions workflows to publish it." Is the script-injection vuln only present due to how the developers configured GitHub Actions or is this something that also needs to be mitigated by...
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    Live Nation director boasted of gouging ticket buyers, “robbing them blind”

    Annnnnd that's why years ago I decided I would only go to shows if I can buy the tickets directly from the box office. If the tickets are only sold online through LN/TM then I don't need to see it.
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    Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out

    I saw the opposite - a Waymo (no passengers inside) was at an intersection during the power outage, stalled for about 5 minutes, cars drove around it but then it woke back up. It turned its blinker on, was trying to proceed but all the other cars were just blowing through the intersection and...
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    5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme to land North Koreans US IT jobs

    That was definitely written/approved by/insisted upon by lawyers. I used to work with Legal at my last job and got used to always future proofing statements with qualifiers like "at least" or "more than" or "to date" in case the numbers changed later. And Legal likely also insisted on saying...
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    Man accidentally gets leech up his nose. It took 20 days to figure it out.

    Last sentence in What leeches do in the shadows: As it turns out, the man had been mountain climbing a full 20 days prior. While out in nature, he washed his face with spring water, which likely splashed the sucker up his schnoz. Kudos to Beth Mole for the fascinating read.
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    People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads

    Sounds like we're moving towards Black Mirror s7e1 - Common People. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_People_(Black_Mirror)
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    Texas suit alleging anti-coal “cartel” of top Wall Street firms could reshape ESG

    So the GOP is really the PCP or Pro-Cancer-Party since coal mining literally gives their constituents cancer. smh https://archive.kftc.org/issues/health-impacts-coal-mining Health Impacts of Coal Mining In eastern Kentucky our water, land and air are contaminated by mountaintop removal...
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    Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict

    The noted at that bottom should say 2025, not 2026, yes? "This article was updated 8/1/2026 at 3:10 pm with a response from Tesla."
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    Meta beats suit over tool that lets Facebook users unfollow everything

    I don't have an account on or use Facebook but many of my friends do and they find the News Feed the biggest problem, not the people they know and follow so they use extensions like "News Feed Eradicator" which doesn't violate TOS since it's specific to their endpoint...
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    FCC suffers major setback in attempt to defend net neutrality rules

    Crafting legislation about technology that is general enough to be future proof, and doesn't legally obligate using obsolete tech, can be difficult. It requires technical knowledge that Congress doesn't have but agencies hire people who do have that knowledge. Federal employees of agencies are...
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    Adobe promises to “never” train generative AI on user content amid outcry

    I agree - I've had to review cloud/SaaS contracts and TOS as part of my job and their language is pretty standard based on my experience. I think people are misunderstanding the scope of the changes. Reads to me that the primary update is the clarification that they have permission to interact...
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    Sam Bankman-Fried speaks on FTX collapse: “I didn’t ever try to commit fraud”

    I really hope that when this goes to trial, someone accidentally calls him Sam Bankman-Fraud.