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Another one bites the dust.
Russia's oil & gas money machine is being demolished. Repairs were already hampered by sanctions on critical components from abroad, but skilled crews should also be in short supply by now.
https://kyivind…

Russian gas processing plant stops production following drone attack, Reuters reports
The Astrakhan gas processing plant in southern Russia has stopped production following a fire at the facility caused by a drone attack, three industry sources told Reuters.

Russian assaults are failing! Ukraine holds its defenses and strikes oil refineries | Front Summary: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/22/russian-assaults-are-failing-ukraine.html

Filing: Strava voluntarily dismissed its patent lawsuit against Garmin, for allegedly infringing its heat map and segments features, just 21 days after filing (Ray Maker/DC Rainmaker)
https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/10/strava-drops-voluntarily-lawsuit-again…

Strava Voluntarily Drops Lawsuit Against Garmin
 Strava’s multifaceted legal (and social media) attack on Garmin was short-lived. Just 21 days after filing the original patent infringement case, alongside a Reddit post from their executive team attacking Garmin, the company has decided to dismiss the case

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https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/politiek/artikel/5546865/flinke-tegenvaller-voor-boeren-en-minister-wiersma-uitzondering

As SBOMs slowly progress at the federal level and in enterprises, the rise of AI coding assistants is fueling optimistic—and, some experts argue, “kind of insane”—claims about a future with vulnerability-free software.
Check out my latest CyberScoop piece.
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The slow rise of SBOMs meets the rapid advance of AI
Despite progress from CISA and global regulators, SBOM adoption in the private sector remains slow as experts debate if AI-driven coding will improve or undermine software security and transparency.

Falcons QB Penix 'feeling good,' plans to play https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46688232/falcons-qb-penix-feeling-good-plans-play-dolphins

Navigating 10-foot flames,
he arrived at the crashed
cyber truck.
But the bulletproof door,
opened electronically by a hidden push button,
wouldn’t budge.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2025/cyb…

How the Cybertruck's design may have trapped crash survivors in flames
In at least a dozen cases since 2019, people have struggled to access or exit Teslas during life-threatening emergencies, fueling lawsuits alleging the company’s futuristic features have caused injuries and deaths.

Wildfire has consumed vast chunks of Ukraine. Is Russia deliberately fueling the flames?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/23/wildfire-has-consumed-vast-chunks.html

Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated.
Instagram’s former head of safety testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn the company had
a “17x” strike policy
for accounts that engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
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Court Filings Allege Meta Downplayed Risks to Children and Misled the Public
Newly unsealed court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.

Filing: Meta axed research based on a Nielsen survey in 2020 that found evidence of social media harms, claiming the survey was tainted by the "media narrative" (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustain…