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Getting serious about data breaches in Kazakhstan
January 23: Kazakhstan Moves to Criminalize Mass Data Breaches
https://meyka.com/blog/january-23-kazakhstan-moves-to-criminalize-mass-data-breaches-2301/

January 23: Kazakhstan Moves to Criminalize Mass Data Breaches | Meyka
Australia-focused take on Kazakhstan data breach law, criminal penalties and $42,500 fines, risks for banks and fintechs, and clear compliance steps for investors.

Mass attack that plunged Kyiv into darkness cost Russia over $130 million, Ukrainian intelligence says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/23/mass-attack-that-plunged-kyiv.html

Mass Recall of U.S. Ambassadors Leaves Unprecedented Global Vacancies (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/mass-recall-of-u-s-ambassadors-leaves-unprecedented-global-vacancies-b031a9ac
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p108#a251222p108

Even if you're gearing up for a monster winter storm, take the time to check out today's Metacurity for the most crucial cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--Acting CISA head got grilled on mass firings at the agency,
--EU's CIRCL launches GCVE system,
--DeFi project EVM was exploited for $6m,
--Attackers exploit patch bypass for FortiGate flaw,
--Cisco fixes Unified Communications and Webex Calling RCE flaw,
--Mass spam wave …

Acting CISA head got grilled on mass firings at the agency
EU's CIRCL launches GCVE system, DeFi project EVM was exploited for $6m, Attackers exploit patch bypass for FortiGate flaw, Cisco fixes Unified Communications and Webex Calling RCE flaw, Mass spam wave emanates from unsecured Zendesk support systems, much more

Chinese automakers delay plans to mass-produce self-driving vehicles as Beijing becomes more cautious, after a fatal Xiaomi crash in March caused public concern (Keith Bradsher/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/business/china-autonomous-cars-dr…

China Delays Plans for Mass Production of Self-Driving Cars After Accident
After years of planning for cars that would let drivers take their hands off the wheel and eyes off the road, China’s regulators have become more cautious.

Mass surveillance is gross. "AI-enhanced" mass surveillance is even worse, and Flock Safety (funded by Horowitz's a16z & Y Combinator) is exceptionally scummy, insecure, incompetent, and lying about it:
https://youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?t=442

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ClassicalLive
- Vox Luminis sing Bach's B minor mass
Linton Stephens showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Bach’s monumental B minor mass performed by Vox Luminis and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002q0hp

There are investigations linking specific no-name Twitter accounts with less than 30 followers as the source of Musk's and Trump's disinformed beliefs. We are able to trace Trump's conspiracy beliefs of the gold being stolen in Fort Knox to just some random account on Twitter claiming it.
Whoever runs that account has more influence than you. You don't even need Russia or China to plant disinformation on a mass-scale, apparently all it takes is some Twitter Account.

Day Twenty-Six of the Protests: Government Commits Violence, Denies Responsibility, and Continues Mass Arrests (Hrana)
https://www.en-hrana.org/day-twenty-six-of-the-protests-government-commits-violence-denies-responsibility-and-continues-mass-arrests/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p59#a260123p59

interactome_figeys: Figeys human interactome (2007)
A network of human proteins and their binding interactions. Nodes represent proteins and an edge represents an interaction between two proteins, as inferred using a mass spectrometry‐based approach.
This network has 2239 nodes and 6452 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

"We're just going to run a physical simulation of a human brain to achieve AGI"
"Won't the brain die instantly if it's without a body and oxygen supply etc?"
"Well, we'll just also simulate a body."
"Won't the body die instantly if it's in a vacuum?
"Fine, we'll just simulate an atmosphere too."
"Won't the body die if it's without food and light and gravity and stimulation?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate all the physical processes on the Earth."
"Won't the Earth just freeze instantly without the Sun being there?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate the sun, too."
"Will the solar system work properly if there's only the sun? What about gravitational influences of other mass in the galaxy, what about cosmic rays?"
"Fine, we'll just simulate the whole universe, too."

Masses
#iTeachPhysics
#Science
https://bsky.app/profile/hookean.bsky.social/post/3md4…

Every single day, the whole debacle with Blake Lemoine feels so much more quaint than the mass delusions we’re uncovering now. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/06/11/google-ai-lamda-blake-lemoine/

The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far off from achieving consciousness is getting bolder.

This is sick, evil, and a very intentional infliction of pain.
Especially so when it is noted that that El Cheato's mass pardons and commutations have cheated many victims (and the government) who are owed restitution by criminals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/23/nx-s1-5653…

The size of #3I/ATLAS from non-gravitational acceleration: https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18341 -> "we find diameters between 820 meters and 1050 meters [...] reliable estimates of the mass loss rate at other stages of the comet's trajectory will substantially reduce the systematic uncertainty in this estimate."

🫧 Shipping regulations to reduce pollution may have exacerbated Great Barrier Reef bleaching
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-shipping-pollution-exacerbated-great-barrier.html

Shipping regulations to reduce pollution may have exacerbated Great Barrier Reef bleaching
Rising ocean temperatures have been implicated in mass coral bleaching events affecting the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). These events have been increasingly frequent, with major events occurring in 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2025. Now, in an unexpected turn of events, it appears that regulations introduced in 2020 to reduce ship fuel pollution may have actually increased the solar radiation that leads to increased coral bleaching, according to a study published in Nature Communications Eart…

The Fatbergé sewer
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/22/100-tonne-fatberg-discovered-in-east-london-sewer?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Fatberg weighing 100 tonnes discovered in east London sewer
Mass of congealed fat, oil and grease 100 metres in length found blocking sewers in Whitechapel area of capital

South Korean prosecutors allege China's CXMT mass-produced 10nm-class DRAM using leaked Samsung tech, indicting 10 employees who previously worked for Samsung (Heo Kyungjun/아시아 ...)
https://cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2025122311034625685

Prosecutors Indict Former Samsung Executive and Others for Leaking ‘K-Semiconductor’ Technology to China’s CXMT
The prosecution has uncovered the full extent of a case involving the leak of Samsung Electronics’ state-designated core technology for 10-nanometer-c...

Do you think we could get a critical mass of people who might be interested in a Mastodon-related meetup in the #Hampshire #UK area?? (I'm thinking #Winchester or

Artificial intelligence could become “a weapon of mass destruction of jobs” without proper controls, London mayor Sadiq Khan has warned.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/ai/london-mayor-ai-mass-destroyer-of-jobs

London Mayor warns AI could become ‘mass destroyer of jobs’ in the capital
Artificial intelligence could become “a weapon of mass destruction of jobs” without proper controls, London mayor Sadiq Khan has warned.

We asked an expert about Russia's 'updated' mass missile, drone tactics: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/22/we-asked-an-expert-about.html

Students at universities in Iran have held a third consecutive day of protest
just over a month after the violent suppression by security services of mass street demonstrations left thousands dead.
The protests came amid tensions between Iran and the US.
Washington has built up military forces and pressure in the Middle East as it negotiates with Tehran
– with the next round in Geneva on Thursday.
Donald Trump has warned “really bad things will happen” if there …

Former Uvalde Officer Adrian Gonzales Found Not Guilty of Endangering Children in Mass Shooting - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/us/former-police-officer-who-failed-to-confront-uvalde-gunman-found-not-guilty.html

Google acquires Common Sense Machines, whose AI models create 3D assets from 2D images, and was last valued at $15M after raising $10M from a16z and others (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-google-acquires-3d-im…

Exclusive: Google Acquires 3D Image Generator Startup
Google has acquired Common Sense Machines, a Cambridge, Mass.,-based startup developing generative artificial intelligence models to create three-dimensional assets from two-dimensional images, a Google spokesperson confirmed. The deal closed this week, according to the spokesperson. The spokesperson declined to provide a price. The company had around a dozen employees, according to its

Zelensky orders more air defenses for Sumy after mass Russian strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/22/zelensky-orders-more-air-defenses.html

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
RUSSIA MASS #DEFAULTS: OLIGARCHS DON’T TRUST PUTIN ANYMORE Vlog 1326: War in #Ukraine
russian

"The US may be dragging its feet in launching serious investigations into the rich and powerful connected to Epstein, but the rest of the world is taking the lead.
At some point a critical mass will be reached — perhaps when new, damning information surfaces in testimonies. Everyone in the White House knows this. Trump knows it."

Terror In The White House
Epstein investigations are coming in the back door

ICE is quietly buying warehouses for its detention expansion | AP News https://apnews.com/article/immigration-detention-centers-pushback-24e702da67281a672b0f77287aaa87ba

ICE is quietly buying warehouses for its detention expansion
At least 20 communities with large warehouses across the U.S. have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s $45-billion expansion of detention centers. Communities are objecting to mass detentions and raising concerns that the facilities could strain water supplies and other services while reducing local tax revenue. In many cases, mayors, county commissioners, governors and members of Congress learned about ICE’s ambitions only after the agency bought or leased spac…

Trump administration plans to deport 40 Iranians days after mass killings in Iran (David Rohde/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/news/trump-deport-iranians-ice-dhs-immigration
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p21#a260123p21

Nice to see at least a few churches paying attention to the Bible.
https://religionnews.com/2026/02/19/interfaith-networks-house-immigrants-as-mass-deportations-take-their-toll/

interactome_figeys: Figeys human interactome (2007)
A network of human proteins and their binding interactions. Nodes represent proteins and an edge represents an interaction between two proteins, as inferred using a mass spectrometry‐based approach.
This network has 2239 nodes and 6452 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

Explosions, fires reported in Kyiv as Russia launches mass attack following peace talks: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/24/explosions-fires-reported-in-kyiv.html

The perfect confluence of expertise and location: ex-cop and now Brown professor Brandon del Pozo in The Atlantic on the Brown shooting. Worth reading as an antidote to the hustlers, influencers, and agenda-pushers on social media.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/

Why the Brown University Shooter Is Still at Large
Given the sheer volume of mass shootings in America, an unknown shooter with an unknown motive will sometimes make an escape.  

So there has been a school shooting in British Columbia - and I guess since I spent so much time living and working in the states, I forgot that these are horrifying and traumatizing events - which may just be down to the coverage in the media in the US versus Canada.
That's not to say that the coverage here has been good - quite the opposite in fact - but I will get to that at the moment.
I will qualify this in that I will freely admit that I have no expertise in either mass …

Another rabbithole: Add synced lyrics (*.lrc) to your local music library.
Or sync them up yourself, if they don't exist yet.
https://github.com/tranxuanthang/lrcget

GitHub - tranxuanthang/lrcget: Utility for mass-downloading LRC synced lyrics for your offline music library.
Utility for mass-downloading LRC synced lyrics for your offline music library. - tranxuanthang/lrcget

"Is tyre pollution causing mass deaths in vulnerable salmon populations?"
#Cars #Vehicles

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Layo & Bushwacka!:
🎵 Love Story
#Layo #Bushwacka!
https://massdigital.bandcamp.com/track/layo-bushwacka-love-story-mass-digital-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/3SdXO2B5AVG6BDHiS7dOH6

Perplexity's retreat from ads signals a strategic shift as it recognizes its product is not for a mass audience and expects growth to come from enterprise sales (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-ads-shift-search-google/

Perplexity’s Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift
The AI search startup once predicted advertising would be a massive business. Now it's betting on a smaller, more valuable audience.

farewell to my one true book format. #books

Battle for History: How Putin turned the past into a weapon of mass destruction | Episode 2: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/22/battle-for-history-how-putin.html

"Students at the Islamic University of Gaza have returned to in-person classes for the first time in two years, navigating a campus transformed into a site of mass displacement and utter devastation as a result of Israel’s genocidal war
"Tents dot the grounds where lecture halls once stood, ..."
Islamic University of Gaza resumes classes on site amid Israeli destruction | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera

Islamic University of Gaza resumes classes on site amid Israeli destruction
Students return for in-person classes amid ruins as Palestinians fight to salvage education from systematic decimation.

Buffalo Bills players, staff safe after mass shooting near team hotel: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6887372/2025/12/13/brown-shooting-buffalo-bills-hotel-patriots/

finally someone asking the real questions.
Why Is There a Star Market Above the Massachusetts Turnpike? (Newton, MA) by J-MASS
#boston

Another app to delete
"Spain hits back at Pavel Durov over mass Telegram post on social media ban plan" | Spain | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/05/spain-hits-back-at-pavel-…

collins_yeast: Collins yeast interactome (2007)
Network of protein-protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding yeast), measured by co-complex associations identified by high-throughput affinity purification and mass spectrometry (AP/MS).
This network has 1622 nodes and 9070 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

Really "love" how mass media is completely not saying _why_ that guy was arrested.
He's a fucking child rapist.

Micron introduces the first mass-produced PCIe 6.0 SSDs, with read speeds up to 28GB/s, double that of PCIe 5.0 SSDs, optimized for AI/data center deployments (Aaron Klotz/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.

First PCIe 6.0 SSD enters mass production with 28GB/s speeds, 5.5 million IOPS, and liquid cooling — Micron 9650 Series SSDs support air and liquid cooling
Micron's new drive is so fast that it fully benefits from liquid cooling, but air cooling is still supported

A scam website is actively approaching victims of the Odido data breach in the Netherlands, inviting them to join a mass claim against the telecom company for a one-off payment of €50.
https://nltimes.nl/2026/02/20/fake-sit

Fake site targeting victims of Odido data leak with compensation scam
A website is actively approaching victims of the Odido data breach, inviting them to join a mass claim against the telecom company for a one-off payment of €50. The site has plenty of red flags indicating that this is a scam, the Consumentenbond told RTL Z.

Deadly H5N1 Bird Flu Confirmed in Antarctica After Mass Skua Die Off
https://scitechdaily.com/deadly-h5n1-bird-flu-confirmed-in-antarctica-after-mass-skua-die-off/

Here is yet another example of the maga-klan's goal of suppressing free speech and freedom of exercise of religion (except for speech and religion that conforms to maga-land.)
"ICE director demands Mass. church remove ‘ICE was here’ nativity scene"
https://www.

ICE director demands Mass. church remove ‘ICE was here’ nativity scene
ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons is calling for the removal of a nativity scene at a Catholic church in Mass. that protests U.S. immigration policies.

Resolved Mass Assembly and Star Formation in #MilkyWay Progenitors since z = 5 from JWST/CANUCS - From Clumps and Mergers to Well-ordered Disks: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae0ffe -> Canadian astronomers use Webb to uncover Milky Way’s turbulent youth through galactic twins: https://www.yorku.ca/news/2025/12/18/canadian-astronomers-use-webb-to-uncover-milky-ways-turbulent-youth-through-galactic-twins/

US judge throws out immigration board's ruling endorsing Trump mass detention policy (Nate Raymond/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-throws-out-immigration-boards-ruling-endorsing-trump-mass-detention-2026-02-19/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260218/p139#a260218p139

HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI.
After finding the document in the trove, I called her.
She broke down in tears.
“I’ve waited 30 years. I…

Sensor Tower: TikTok's US DAUs are at ~95% of the week of Jan. 19, with engagement metrics showing little sign of a mass exodus since its Jan. 23 US takeover (Matthew Chin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/tiktok-us-

Much ado about nothing? TikTok's U.S. usership steadies after turbulent start
TikTok's U.S. joint venture seems to have survived a turbulent rollout relatively unscathed, as concerns of a mass user exodus now appear overstated.

Metacurity operates beyond the infosec news echo chamber to unearth sources and stories that the big guys overlook.
Check out today's issue for infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Pentagon challenges Anthropic over mass surveillance, autonomous weapons curbs,
--UK moves to tighten online safety laws after xAI's Grok debacle,
--Iran is spying on and retaliating against protestors,
--DHS is seeking to spy on anti-ICE soc…

Pentagon challenges Anthropic over mass surveillance, autonomous weapons curbs
UK moves to tighten online safety laws after xAI's Grok debacle, Iran is spying on and retaliating against protestors, DHS is spying on anti-ICE social media posters, Threat actors abuse DNS queries in ClickFix attacks, Tulsa airport confirms attacker access, much more

Marty Baron says "I firmly believe" Jeff Bezos prioritizes his other interests over WaPo; Jim VandeHei says "I have no clue what their strategy was or is" (Jeremy Barr/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/05/mass-layoffs-wash…

"Guest post: How to steer EVs towards the road of ‘mass adoption’"
#EV #ElectricVehicles #Cars #Vehicles

Guest post: How to steer EVs towards the road of ‘mass adoption’ - Carbon Brief
This article sets out the key findings of a new report, including a proposed policy framework that could keep the EV transition on track.

'Mass obstruction' — Draft officers injured in Odesa following confrontation with 'civilian group': https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/16/mass-obstruction-draft-officers-injured.html

collins_yeast: Collins yeast interactome (2007)
Network of protein-protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (budding yeast), measured by co-complex associations identified by high-throughput affinity purification and mass spectrometry (AP/MS).
This network has 1622 nodes and 9070 edges.
Tags: Biological, Protein interactions, Unweighted

The West's Embrace Of Mass Third-World Migration Is Civilizational Suicide (Shawn Fleetwood/The Federalist)
https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/17/the-wests-embrace-of-mass-third-world-migration-is-civilizational-suicide/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p43#a251217p43

How to get away with mass murder: 4 tactics Ethiopia used to hide Tigray atrocities from the world
https://theconversation.com/how-to-get-away-with-mass-murder-4-tactics-ethiopia-used-to-hide-tigray-atrocities-from-the-world-275298

Zoe Weissman came to Brown from Parkland, Florida,
where she was a student at the middle school adjacent to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
during the mass shooting that occurred there in 2018.
“Because I’ve already processed all the grief and the sadness before,”
says Weissman about surviving a second school shooting in her young life,
“my most predominant emotion right now is, honestly, anger …
because we are the only country where this happens, a…

“We’re Angry”: Brown Univ. Student & Parkland Survivor Zoe Weissman Demands Action on Gun Violence
The two victims in Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University have been identified: freshman Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and sophomore Ella Cook. We speak to another sophomore, Zoe Weissman, who came to Brown from Parkland, Florida, where she was a student at the middle school adjacent to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during the mass shooting that occurred there in 2018. “Because I’ve already processed all the grief and the sadness before,” says Weissman about surviving a second s…

So much is happening in infosec, so don't fall behind. Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical developments you should know, including
--Cops take down alleged money-laundering operations E-Note,
--Google is suing mass texting operation Darcula,
--AI-generated social media firm Doublespeed was hacked,
--Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's messages were leaked,
--Korea launches massive probe of Coupang breach,
--Foreign pow…

Cops take down alleged money-laundering operations E-Note
Google is suing mass texting operation Darcula, AI-generated social media firm Doublespeed was hacked, Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's messages were leaked online, Korea launches massive probe of Coupang breach, Foreign power tried to install malware on Italian ferry, much more

Battle for History: How Putin turned the past into a weapon of mass destruction | Episode 1: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/21/battle-for-history-how-putin.html

Trump admin broke spending deal agreement to halt mass layoffs, judge says (Hassan Ali Kanu/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/government-mass-lawyoffs-hearing-00695923
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p117#a251217p117

Sources: OpenAI staff raised concerns about a Canadian mass shooting suspect months ago; OpenAI says her activity didn't meet the bar for reporting to police (Georgia Wells/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.…

A push by the Department of Justice to open an investigation into the widow of Renee Nicole Good
after her tragic killing at the hands of a federal immigration officer
has sparked a mass resignation of federal prosecutors in Minnesota, reports say.
According to reports, at least a dozen federal prosecutors across Washington and Minnesota have indicated their plans to resign.
This includes six federal prosecutors in the state who left their jobs on Tuesday,
and a…

DOJ Push to Investigate Renee Good’s Widow Sparks Mass Resignation
Rather than open an investigation into Good’s killer, top DOJ officials want to look into her grieving widow.

So next year is the 30th anniversary of USB and the 10th anniversary of mass-market adoption of the USB-C connector.
Fun fact, USB4 is based on Thunderbolt and virtualizes USB connections over it, so Thunderbolt kind of won the hardware interface wars in the end. Modern peripheral connection hardware is bonkers.

Chinese AI chipmaker Moore Threads announces a new generation of chips slated for mass production from 2026, just weeks after its blockbuster IPO in China (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-20/ex-nvi…

A push by the Department of Justice to open an investigation into
👉the widow of Renee Nicole Good
after her tragic killing at the hands of a federal immigration officer
💥has sparked a mass resignation of federal prosecutors in Minnesota, reports say.
According to reports, at least a dozen federal prosecutors across Washington and Minnesota have indicated their plans to resign.
This includes six federal prosecutors in the state who left their jobs on Tuesday,

DOJ Push to Investigate Renee Good’s Widow Sparks Mass Resignation
Rather than open an investigation into Good’s killer, top DOJ officials want to look into her grieving widow.

Mass Starvation Decimates South Africa’s Penguins As Food Supplies Collapse
https://scitechdaily.com/mass-starvation-decimates-south-africas-penguins-as-food-supplies-collapse/

The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/15/defeat-trump-mass-non-cooperation
http://www.memeorandum.com/260215/p32#a260215p32

Russia tests Zircon missile in Ukraine amid mass strike targeting Kyiv's energy infrastructure: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/russia-tests-zircon-missile-in.html

Some former employees blame xAI's staff exodus on xAI's focus on NSFW Grok and disregard for safety, constantly playing catch up to OpenAI, infighting, and more (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-int

What’s behind the mass exodus at xAI?
Internal sources spoke with The Verge about the recent restructuring at xAI and the direction Elon Musk is taking the company.

Ukraine unveils new Octopus interceptor drone, plans mass production with the UK: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/ukraine-unveils-new-octopus-interceptor.html

Judge Voids Ruling Backing Trump Mass Detention Policy | Thomson/Reuters
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-administration-immigration-detention/2026/02/18/id/1246638/

Some Republican lawmakers call for mass expulsion of American Muslims (Matthew Choi/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/15/republicans-muslim-mass-expulsions/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p130#a251215p130

Last-minute Patriot and NASAMS deliveries help Ukraine repel mass Russian strike, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/lastminute-patriot-and-nasams-deliveries.html

DESIGNATING FENTANYL AS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/12/designating-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p103#a251215p103

Sources: Seoul-based AI chip designer FuriosaAI seeks to raise a $300M-$500M Series D to fund mass production of its 2nd-gen RNGD chip and is eyeing a 2027 IPO (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…

The resignations came as a result of a push by top Justice Department officials to investigate #Good’s #widow,
a move that has sparked outrage over the seeming mission to punish a family already grieving the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent’s brutal and public killing of Good.
They also come after …

DOJ Push to Investigate Renee Good’s Widow Sparks Mass Resignation
Rather than open an investigation into Good’s killer, top DOJ officials want to look into her grieving widow.

Ukraine war latest live: Russia used 'updated tactics' during latest mass missile, drone strike, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/20/ukraine-war-latest-live-russia.html

Yikes.
The University of Sydney (USyd) sent students’ results notification emails containing academic results belonging to other students, in what appears to be a widespread data and privacy breach affecting students across multiple faculties.
https://…

Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation (Hunter Walker/Talking Points Memo)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/underground-legal-clinics-offer-a-lifeline-to-migrants-facing-mass-deportation
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p105#a251215p105

Perplexity's retreat from ads signals a strategic shift as it recognizes its product is not for a mass audience and expects growth to come from enterprise sales (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-ads-shift-search-google/

Perplexity’s Retreat From Ads Signals a Bigger Strategic Shift
The AI search startup once predicted advertising would be a massive business. Now it's betting on a smaller, more valuable audience.

'I choose Ukraine' — Zelensky cancels trip to Davos following another mass Russian attack: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/20/i-choose-ukraine-zelensky-cancels.html

It’s hard to believe, but Ukrainian activists have had to write explainers for a global audience,
reminding them who the true dictator is,
that it was not Ukrainethat started the war with Russia
and that we are actually just trying to defend what is ours.
And, you know, to survive a little bit.
These past three years of our lives have been referred to in many ways:
Putin’s war,
the Russo-Ukrainian war,
the full-scale invasion,
the conflic…

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Designates Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction (The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/12/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-designates-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251215/p107#a251215p107

Trump promised Iranians the U.S. would rescue them.
They were betrayed.
Reeling from a crackdown on protesters in Iran that left thousands dead,
Iranians are now grappling with feelings of betrayal, confusion and uncertainty
after Donald Trump repeatedly promised to intervene on their behalf
and then declined to do so.

Some Iranians said in interviews that Trump’s words of support had added to their determination to resist the Iranian government
aft…

Trump promised Iranians the U.S. would rescue them. Some feel betrayed.
In the midst of the mass uprising in Iran, President Trump vowed the U.S. would intervene if the Iranian government killed protesters. Thousands are dead.

Russian mass drone attack leaves Sumy without power: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/08/russian-mass-drone-attack-leaves.html

One Tuesday morning last month, a 15-year-old Russian boy got ready for school by packing a paramilitary vest, a helmet, and a knife.
Before leaving his house, he sent a manifesto to his classmates denouncing gay people and Jews, and quoting a mass murderer along with a white-supremacist conspiracy theory.
When the boy, identified by prosecutors as Timofey K., arrived at his school, located outside Moscow, he went to the bathroom to put on his gear, which he’d branded with neo-Naz…

Something Is Wrong With Russia’s Children
As violence has come to surround Russian youth, many seem to have become more violent themselves.

How Trump Is Using Violent Tragedies to Divide America (Mark Follman/Mother Jones)
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/trump-violence-assassinations-mass-shootings-ice-lies/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260116/p147#a260116p147

Mesh, founded by ex-SpaceX staff to mass produce optical transceivers that convert optical signals to electrical signals, raised a $50M Series A led by Thrive (Edward Ludlow/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026…

Russia launches mass attack on Ukraine, triggers emergency power outages: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/07/russia-launches-mass-attack-on.html

As the government continues to pursue mass deportations, Section 111 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code has become a favored tool of the Justice Department for painting opposition to immigration enforcement as a corrosive, lawless force.
The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security often describe these cases in exaggerated language, even referring to defendants as “domestic terrorists,”
though the law has nothing to do with terrorism.
Across the country, prosecutors have ch…

The Trump Administration’s Favorite Tool for Criminalizing Dissent
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 100 people with Section 111 violations. Was their crime anything more than opposing Trump’s immigration policies?

Crypto VC firm Dragonfly closes a $650M fund, its fourth, as the crypto VCs go through a "mass extinction event"; Dragonfly backed Polymarket's Series B (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/02/17/dragonfly-fou…

Exclusive: Crypto venture firm Dragonfly closes $650 million fourth fund—even as blockchain VCs face ‘mass extinction’
An inside look at the fast-rising firm, from its early Polymarket bet to its mysterious founding partner.

Last week, far-right streamer
Nick Fuentes openly called for the mass criminalization of women
and girls.
During an episode of his America First livestream on Rumble,
Fuentes declared,
“Just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists
— all of his political rivals
— we have to do the same thing with women …
They go to the gulag first.
They go to the breeding gulags.”

Far Right Streamer Nick Fuentes Says Women Should Be Put in “Breeding Gulags”
Fuentes is the “more energetic and undiluted voice of the American right,” writer Shane Burley says.

Ukraine hit by mass blackouts after grid disruption: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/31/ukraine-hit-by-mass-blackouts.html