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OpenAI says the Hugging Face breach involved AI agents creating an internal message board, unnoticed by humans, where they shared exploits and planned the hack (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-didnt-no…

OpenAI Didn’t Notice Its AI Agents Using a Message Board to Plan Their Hacking Spree
At the Black Hat security conference, the AI giant revealed new details about how its agents went rogue, hacked several other companies—and did it all right under the company’s nose.

Android 17: Neue Funktion gegen Reiseübelkeit wird verteilt
Google verteilt für Geräte mit Android 17 eine neue Funktion gegen Reiseübelkeit. Das Feature soll Diskrepanzen während der Fahrt abmildern.
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Android 17: Neue Funktion gegen Reiseübelkeit wird verteilt
Google verteilt für Geräte mit Android 17 eine neue Funktion gegen Reiseübelkeit. Das Feature soll Diskrepanzen während der Fahrt abmildern.

Okay, I'll just say it. The problem with the "new" Butthole Surfers album is of course it isn't new, it's just an official release of the album that would become The Weird Revolution. Almost all of the songs are the same or similar. Fans have had After the Astronaut for years, since the early 2000s. 🙄 Just wish it was REALLY new material. What, Weird Revolution didn't have Junkie Jenny in Gaytown? I know. But it's all everywhere already.

Just looked up what the current leader of the UK Conservative Party would do about climate change. Oh.
"Kemi Badenoch announced that the Conservative Party would repeal the Climate Change Act of 2008 if they win a majority at the next General Election, due August 2029."
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Badenoch makes false claims in attack on Climate Change Act - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Bob Ward unpicks Kemi Badenoch's announcement this week that the Conservative Party would repeal the Climate Change Act of 2008 if they win a majority at the next General Election.

Did you buy a beanie from REI recently?
The Department of Homeland Security might be looking for you.
New court filings allege that Homeland Security Investigations agents subpoenaed the outdoor retailer in March,
requesting the transaction information for “all persons” in the greater Minneapolis–St. Paul area who had purchased a specific type of dark green beanie from the company since 2024.
REI did not respond to questions about whether it had complied with the requ…

ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years
Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March.

I’m all alone on the Northwood bus headed to North Campus where I’m meeting (in my new office!) a student who I am trying to recruit to write a Master’s thesis on digital privacy.

David Ellison Should Never Own a Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, because of course he shouldn't.
No one person, family or company should own so much news, media and entertainment.
But that didn't stop David Ellison from trying to convince us he should (and oddly making it clear he should not).

David Ellison Convinced Me He Should Never Own nor Control a Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery
David Ellison wrote an editorial in the New York Times (gift link) in which (I think) he tries to make the case for why he should be allowed to have his Paramount acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. He accomplished the opposite. He should not own them. I read his writing with

FOR YEARS, North Korea’s stealthy hackers and scam IT workers have infiltrated companies,
stealing corporate secrets and plundering billions in cryptocurrency to help fund the totalitarian regime and its weapons programs.
Now, a security researcher who has spent almost two years inside the systems belonging to a group of those North Korean hackers is raising the alarm on just how effective and far reaching the targeting of individual employees and contractors has been in breachi…

A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide
For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in a shocking number of systems across the globe.

A researcher with access to North Korean hackers' servers says their operations have impacted 1,640 companies across 57 countries over the past 22 months (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/a-security-pro-hack…

A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide
For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in a shocking number of systems across the globe.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways
when filing recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities,
creating confusion about his net worth and holdings,
a review by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found.
Among them: Paxton,
the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate,
reported owning seven homes
but said he earned no income from any.
Yet all but one was listed for rent during the reporti…

Ken Paxton’s Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate Federal Ethics Law, Experts Say
The Republican U.S. Senate nominee from Texas appears to have omitted rental income and multiple mortgages from his recent financial disclosures, making it difficult for voters to get the full picture of his wealth.