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Each week, Metacurity offers our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush,
This week's selection covers
--Scam compound captive risks it all to expose its inner workings,
--AI is a core source of geopolitical power and security,
--Regulators should jettison checkbox cyber compliance with innovations,
--AI-led cybersecurity superintelligence i…

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 1/24/26
Scam compound captive risks it all to expose its inner workings, AI is a core source of geopolitical power and security, Regulators should jettison checkbox cyber compliance with innovations, AI-led cybersecurity superintelligence is coming, AI's dual-use capabilities are transforming cybersecurity

Of course insurers won't cover your genAI experiments. That just too much risk.
(Original title: Insurers don’t want to cover AI)
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/26/insurers-dont-want-to-cover-ai/

Insurers don’t want to cover AI
AI everywhere is — as you know — the future of business and civilisation! Except your company may have issues insuring against AI causing problems. AIG, Great American, WR Berkley, and other insure…

Short documentary about the evolution of car chase scenes in movies. I didn't know that "The French Connection" shows an actual traffic accident with a civilian car that wasn't involved in the shoot! The film team hadn't even acquired a permission to film their chase scenes.
The video mentions CGI for set extensions but unfortunately it doesn't cover the full CG cars and environments that we're seeing nowadays.

Each Saturday, Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and paid subscribers a digest of the best infosec-related long reads we couldn't cover in the crazy mix of daily news.
This week's selection covers,
--Tracking down the culprits in the Polish energy cyberattack,
--How China uses geo-blocking as reverse censorship,
--How Russia maneuvered spy satellites alongside Western satellites,
--Secure provenance methods can maintain effective cybersecurity,

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 2/21/26
Tracking down the culprits in the Polish energy cyberattack, How China uses geo-blocking as reverse censorship, How Russia maneuvered spy satellites alongside Western satellites, Secure provenance methods can maintain effective cybersecurity, Uncovering UK crypto exchanges that moved money to Iran

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A federal judge in Minnesota heard arguments Monday
in a lawsuit filed by city and state officials to halt Trump’s deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota.
“The federal government cannot coerce us into doing it their way,” says Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison,
who is part of the group that brought the lawsuit.
As the Trump administration continues to obstruct local investigations into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by …

“Feels Like a Cover-Up”: Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Slams Trump Admin over Deadly ICE Crackdown
A federal judge in Minnesota heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit filed by city and state officials to halt Trump’s deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota. “The federal government cannot coerce us into doing it their way,” says Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who is part of the group that brought the lawsuit. As the Trump administration continues to obstruct local investigations into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minne…

Of course not.
He's an authoritarian yet timid cipher of a leader
Starmer indicates he will not U-turn on plan to scrap some jury trials | UK criminal justice | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan/28/starmer-indicates…

Sources: WaPo is reversing course on its plans not to send any sports staffers to cover the Winter Olympics in Italy and now expects to send four journalists (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/business/media/washi…

Washington Post Reverses Decision on Olympics Coverage
The newspaper will send a small team of reporters to cover the Olympics after it informed sports journalists on Friday that the paper would not send a group.

You might think switching to an electric vehicle is the best step.
In fact, for short trips, an electric bike or moped might be better for you, and for the planet.
That’s because these forms of transport – collectively known as electric micromobility – are cheaper to buy and run.
But it’s more than that – they are actually 💥displacing four times as much demand for oil as all the world’s electric cars at present,
due to their staggering uptake in China and other nation…

The world’s 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars
Electric vehicles get all the press – but it’s the smaller unsung two wheelers cutting oil demand the most.