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Brazil takes its National Civil Defense warning platform offline after suspected hackers send an unauthorized alert to mobile phones in several states (Mariana Catacci/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/20/americas/brazil-hackers-unauthorized-alert-latam

Hackers suspected to be behind unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil
An unauthorized alert bearing a mysterious message that was sent to cell phones in several states across Brazil on Saturday morning is suspected to be the work of hackers, the Brazilian government said.

#MapleLeafs
Outside my bedroom window.
It’s been an extremely dry winter, only a few inches of snow since the beginning of Fall. Lawns are mostly brown except where some watering has been done, but grasses are hardy and can withstand the dryness better than trees, especially nonnative varieties that are all over the place. I haven’t paid attention to when leaves have appeared in previo…

The UK proposes an amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill to ban smartphones in all schools in England; a ban was previously just advisory (Sally Weale/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/…

Perfect buttermilk pancakes be perfect, even if you replace sugar with a crushed banana and leave out the butter in the batter. #nommention
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Perfect Buttermilk Pancakes Recipe • 5★ (Gift Recipe)
Pancakes are the hero of the breakfast table, and their very taste can even be described as “deeply breakfasty”: eggy, salty, just this side of sweet. A little indulgent and yet still somehow appropriate first thing in the morning, those fluffy stacks with crisped edges, dripping with maple syrup, are everything you want, exactly when you want them. Here is how to get to them right every time, whether it's a lazy Sunday morning or a hurried weekday.

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On Website Technicals (2024-03)
Tech updates: METERCHANGE, micro-optimisation, podcast WebVTT transcript, CORS, Opus 16kbps, 429, time cues, mp3L, auto dark mode, lite-only text.

SpaceX S-1: xAI plans to buy another $2.8B worth of turbines for its data centers, including a $2B deal for mobile gas turbines, the type it's being sued over (Tim De Chant/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/musk

Musk’s xAI is being sued over its data center generators — now it’s buying $2.8B more | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's xAI said it will buy $2.8 billion worth of natural gas turbines over the next three years, according to SpaceX's IPO filing.

Sensor Tower: in H1, the number of new apps released in the App Store doubled to ~560K, on track to pass 2025's ~600K total, as vibecoded apps flood the store (Kalley Huang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/technology/apple-app-store-vibecod…

‘Vibecoded’ Apps Are Flooding Apple’s App Store
Mobile apps are easy to make with artificial intelligence. That doesn’t mean people are excited to use them.

Bengaluru-based Scapia, which offers travel-focused co-branded credit cards and an app, raised $63M led by GC, a source says at a $500M post-money valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/20/indian…

General Catalyst just led a $63M bet on India's travel payments market | TechCrunch
Scapia, an Indian startup that combines travel booking with co-branded credit cards and mobile payments, said the deal doubles its valuation.

OnePlus confirms it will no longer operate in North America or Europe but will continue in China, while Realme, another Oppo sub-brand, will exit China (CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/oneplus-pulls-out-of-us-and-europe/

It's Official: OnePlus Is Dead. Long Live Oppo
"Never settle" takes on a whole new meaning, as the once-maverick phone-maker retreats from the US and Europe.

Roblox unveils Build, which lets users create basic games through text prompts directly within its mobile app, powered by Roblox's models and open-source models (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/games/966589/roblox-build-ai-phone-moblie-games…

Roblox will let people use AI to make games on their phone
Roblox Build is a new feature coming to Roblox that will let players make games using AI prompts right inside the main mobile app.