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"Europeans’ ‘psychological bias’ to climate change risks slowing down progress, warns study"
#Europe #Climate #ClimateChange

‘Psychological bias’ to climate change risks slowing progress - study
Scientists warn that our understanding and perception of climate-fuelled risks are “limited and flawed”.

Laut #GlobalRisksReport 2026 sehen Expertinnen und Experten kurzfristig geoökonomische #Konflikte als größte Gefahr für globale Krisen.
Gemeint sind Maßnahmen wie Sanktionen oder #Handelsbeschränkungen

Global Risks Report: Sorge vor wirtschaftlichen Auseinandersetzungen ist gestiegen
Im Global Risks Report werden Experten nach den größten Risiken für die Welt gefragt. Aktuell sehen sie ökonomische Konfrontationen vorne, langfristig die Klimakrise.

Meta says its 2Africa subsea cable project remains incomplete in the southern Red Sea segment due to security risks; Google's Blue-Raman cable is also delayed (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-17…

Privacy advocates see risk in new Meta policy that uses AI chats to serve targeted ads https://therecord.media/privacy-advocates-see-risks-meta-ai-ad-targeting

Millions of Americans have a huge financial stake in the next few weeks of Senate negotiations over the Affordable Care Act's enhanced tax credits.
Absent a deal, health care coverage costs could double next year for people who rely on ACA exchange plans.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/1…

3 roadblocks for the Senate's last-ditch health care negotiations
GOP risks a political bludgeoning and key Democrats are facing the ire of their party.

Why it matters to create and maintain open-source infrastructure for security monitoring including collection of forums and malicious communication channels.
This is a strong example (Google dark web report is discontinued) of the risks of relying solely on commercial vendors. If a capability does not align with their business interests or generate sufficient revenue, it can be discontinued at any time. Open-source infrastructure helps ensure continuity, transparency, and long-term ac…

Jack Smith wants to tell Congress about his Trump investigations. That comes with risks. (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/jack-smith-trump-congress-investigations-00693884
http://www.memeorandum.com/251217/p51#a251217p51

Seeing the discussion, I’d like to clarify:
This post is not a statement on #nuclear energy. I was responding to the specific article that I shared, where @… reported that tech companies are “using AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.”
My point is - cutting corners and trying to “speed up” the construction or operation of nuclear power plants can have CATASTROPHIC effects.
Chernobyl was a disaster of mismanagement, cost cutting, and insufficient safety procedures.
I do not trust AI, a technology that is notoriously probabilistic and inconsistent in outputs (and with famously high error rates) to be reliable and competent for a use case where the risks are this high.
I also do not support the mindset of wanting to “speed up” ANY regulatory processes and safety checks when it comes to constructing nuclear power infrastructure.
Licensing is not a “bottleneck” here. It’s a safety prerogative.
(Thanks @… for bringing this to my attention!)

He's so close! Just a little but more and he might see it!
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@joethephish/115905042848812954
Less sarcastically, an interactive interface that recognized natural language and suggested shell commands could be done well, but wouldn't really need an LLM at all (and the inherent risks/costs of the LLM version make it the wrong tool for the job).

Before you head out for the weekend, check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Chinese state hackers used Anthropic to automate cyber intrusions,
--UK MoD knew of Excel's security risks before Afghan data leak,
--NHS investigates Clop's attack claims,
--ASUS patches DSL router critical flaws,
--DoorDash reveals October security incident,
--US feds warn of Akira's expanded encryption …

Chinese state hackers used Anthropic to automate cyber intrusions
UK MoD knew of Excel's security risks before Afghan data leak, NHS investigates Clop's attack claims, ASUS patches DSL router critical flaws, DoorDash reveals October security incident, US feds warn of Akira's expanded encryption capabilities, Kraken is testing how fast it can encrypt, much more

How generative AI is used in the financial sector.
#AI

Generative AI in Financial Services: Use Cases & Risks
Explore generative AI in financial services: how it works, top use cases, customer experience gains, key risks, and governance best practices.

It terrifies me to confront how monstrously selfish and stupid people can be.
Giorgio is a hero who reports from the trenches of democracy in Ukraine. He risks his life to bring the receipts of what is really happening in Ukraine.
If you don't like to read, he also makes a lot of videos.
Please support Ukraine and give the world a glimpse of the truth by sharing the friend link that bypasses the paywall:

"The hidden health risks of bottled water"
#Water #Plastic #Plastics

The hidden health risks of bottled water
Plastic bottled water is popular despite health risks and environmental costs but decentralised technologies could cut plastic waste while improving water safety.

Tesla is recalling over 10,000 Powerwall 2 batteries due to burn risks https://www.theverge.com/news/820123/tesla-recall-uscpsc-powerwall-2-batteries-overheat-fire-burn-hazard

Sources: UK companies and groups tell the UK that a planned ban on paying ransoms to ransomware gangs is unlikely to stop attacks and risks collapsing services (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3dc82018-2d3a-444e-8400-07d4c27a7665

Did an "AI" (LLM) write that report? @… https://flipboard.com/@npr/science-uk3a4d92z/-/a-2dzVqOFxTxGIIGWtXjFa7Q:a:319544…

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says
The risks of using generative artificial intelligence to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education. The sweeping study includes focus groups and interviews with K-12 students, parents, …

What if we viewed AI notetaking not as a solution but as a symptom of deeper workplace dysfunction?
(👆an AI assisted post ;-)
https://www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11-nine-risks-caused-by-ai-notetakers

Nine risks caused by AI notetakers — Careful Industries
AI transcription tools are not currently mature or reliable enough to be regarded as an always on, single-source of truth for meeting notes. Nine common risks, and six possible mitigations.

New OpenAI models likely to pose "high" cybersecurity risk
OpenAI says the cyber capabilities of its frontier AI models are accelerating and warns Wednesday that upcoming models are likely to pose a "high" risk […]
😶‍🌫️ https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/openai-ne

Exclusive: New OpenAI models likely pose "high" cybersecurity risk, company says
OpenAI says it's stepping up efforts to protect against attacks.

Expert warns 'people will die' after Trump risks 'Armageddon' with new budget cuts - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-budget-cuts/

Nesta poll on public attitudes to AI in the public sector: 'Top concerns centre on AI inaccuracy, over-reliance and privacy risks'
https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/five-essential-insights-for-public-sector-managers-on-a…

Five essential insights for public sector managers on AI and public trust
Our findings highlight five critical areas of concern and support that should inform how public sector organisations approach AI adoption

Ignoring evil does not make it go away.
The world needs to wake up and stand against corruption, fascism, oligarchies and billionaires.
Giorgio is a singular point of truth from the frontlines in Ukraine.
Giorgio risks his life and shares the friend link to tell the world what is happening, and what is coming to their cities next.
Please support his work, share widely, and help the world stand up to the evil of greedy and horrid men.

«They tore them to pieces in front of me» – live from the European front of Zaporizhzhia
Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

Mekong sand mining risks collapse of SE Asia’s largest freshwater lake, study finds https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/mekong-sand-mining-risks-collapse-of-se-asias-largest-freshwater-lake-study-finds/

Mekong sand mining risks collapse of SE Asia’s largest freshwater lake, study finds
Rampant sand mining in the Mekong River is directly weakening critical seasonal river flows that sustain Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, new research indicates. The Mekong’s annual wet season flood pulse that feeds water into Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake has been dwindling year by year. Experts have long pointed to upstream hydropower dams in China […]

Anthropic researchers say rich countries' higher AI use risks deepening economic disparities and widening living standard gaps, driven by productivity gains (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/3ad44e30-c738-4356-91fb-8bb2368685c4

In another about-turn, Trump has approved Nvidia H200 chip sales to China. It will make the chipmaker billions of dollars, but Democrats say it risks eroding America’s edge in the AI race and strengthening Beijing’s military and cyber capabilities.
https://www.…

Trump changes direction on Nvidia exports to China
In another about-turn, Trump has approved Nvidia H200 chip sales to China. It will make the chipmaker billions of dollars, but Democrats say it risks ...

Low-maturity #tech orgs fetishize ideas.
Their process goes like this: a senior stakeholder has an idea, then the engineers build it. Only then can the team go and "validate" it.
The main outcome of this process is ANXIETY, because people know they are making a huge bet, but the risks aren't being acknowledged.
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The Product Picnic
Writing on UX and product management to connect today's discourse with classic insights that the industry forgot.

Es wird immer schräger. Irgendwann wird die Freigabe der Epstein-Files das kleinere Übel sein.
FAA restricts commercial rocket launches indefinitely due to air traffic risks from government shutdown https://www.

WBD's board unanimously rejects Paramount's amended $108.4B acquisition bid, saying that it still has "significant" risks compared to Netflix's $83B offer (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/deal

Warner Bros. Discovery Rejects Paramount's Amended $30 Per Share Bid Over 'Insufficient Value' and 'Lack of Certainty'
The board says the revised $108.4 billion bid continues to offer "significant costs, risks and uncertainties" compared to its $83 billion deal with Netflix.

#Blakes7 Series B, Episode 12 - The Keeper
VILA: I could be president.
AVON: Ah.
VILA: Or we can take it in turns.
BLAKE: You ready to go, Vila?
VILA: Why not? Now that would be worth the risks we're taking.
https://

“Disease combinations are often unique – anonymization of health data is therefore particularly complex” An interview on reconstruction risks by @…: https://www.

Interview: On data protection risks with medical research data
Disease combinations are often unique – anonymization of health data is therefore particularly complex. An interview on reconstruction risks.

I know that sentencing kids to tooth decay is small potatoes compared to lots of the rest of what this administration is doing, but this still makes me angry.
(Yes, I know, if we removed all processed sugars from our diet, that would also address tooth decay in a substantial way, but also let's be honest about whether that's going to happen.)

Because #accessibility is out of scope for Baseline, devs may not know how poorly supported a feature is and miss an opportunity to vote for things that are barriers to users and risks to orgs.
“Vote for the web features you want to see”
https://

Tesla is recalling over 10,000 Powerwall 2 batteries due to burn risks https://www.theverge.com/news/820123/tesla-recall-uscpsc-powerwall-2-batteries-overheat-fire-burn-hazard

🪞 Inside a global campaign hijacking open-source project identities
https://www.fullstory.com/blog/inside-a-global-campaign-hijacking-open-source-project-identities/

Inside a global campaign hijacking open-source project identities
Fullstory’s security team uncovered 165 fraudulent domains impersonating open-source projects, revealing widespread risks for developers, users, and maintainers.

In 2025, the top 5 known exploited vulnerability (#KEV) vendors as of https://cyble.com/blog/cisa-kev-2025-exploited-vulnerabilities-growth/ were:
Microsoft (39)
<…

Poll: Many NFL fans want more games despite risk https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46768402/poll-shows-many-nfl-fans-want-more-games-injury-risks

from my link log —
An orbital house of cards: frequent satellite megaconstellation close conjunctions.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.09643
saved 2025-12-11 https://

An Orbital House of Cards: Frequent Megaconstellation Close Conjunctions
The number of objects in orbit is rapidly increasing, primarily driven by the launch of megaconstellations, an approach to satellite constellation design that involves large numbers of satellites paired with their rapid launch and disposal. While satellites provide many benefits to society, their use comes with challenges, including the growth of space debris, collisions, ground casualty risks, optical and radio-spectrum pollution, and the alteration of Earth's upper atmosphere through rocket e…

Texas clears the way for petrochemical expansion as experts warn of health risks (Grist)
https://grist.org/energy/texas-clears-the-way-for-petrochemical-expansion-as-experts-warn-of-health-risks/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p6#a260107p6

This is not good. The energy that is required to heat the volume of one of the world's largest lakes by an extra 3°C is enormous. Excellent comments by colleagues Jay Austin and Maggie Xenopoulos on the anomalous heating of Lake Superior. Coinciding with the anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, this will likely also extend the shipping season, adding late season risks.

Warner Bros. Discovery Board of Directors Unanimously Recommends Shareholders Reject Paramount Tender Offer
The terms of the Netflix merger are superior. The PSKY offer provides inadequate value and imposes numerous, significant risks and costs on WBD.
PSKY has consistently misled WBD shareholders that its proposed transaction has a "full backstop" from the Ellison family. It does not, and never has
https://ir.wbd.com/news-and-events/financial-news/financial-news-details/2025/Warner-Bros--Discovery-Board-of-Directors-Unanimously-Recommends-Shareholders-Reject-Paramount-Tender-Offer/default.aspx

QB Stock Market Week 13: Drake Maye is Taking All the Right Risks and Jalen Hurts Isn't https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/qb-stock-market-week-13-drake-maye-taking-all-right-risks-jalen-hurts-isnt

[M]any consumers might not realize the privacy risks just by glancing at the flyer sent to them, according to Florian Schaub, associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Information.
"The privacy policy is very specific that we're going to track everything, including what you do in Incognito Windows. Previously anonymous data may now be identifiable. All those risks are not disclosed here," Schaub said, after reviewing a copy of the flyer.

OpenAI says the cyber capabilities of its frontier AI models are accelerating and warns that upcoming models are likely to pose a "high" risk (Ina Fried/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/12/10/openai-new-models-cybersecurity-risks

Exclusive: New OpenAI models likely pose "high" cybersecurity risk, company says
OpenAI says it's stepping up efforts to protect against attacks.

QB Stock Market Week 13: Drake Maye is Taking All the Right Risks and Jalen Hurts Isn't https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/qb-stock-market-week-13-drake-maye-taking-all-right-risks-jalen-hurts-isnt

Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/27/limate-related-risks-uk-economy-security

EU tightening visa rules for Russian nationals, citing security risks: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/07/eu-tightening-visa-rules-for.html

It begins: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/581225/man-dumps-home-insurance-over-tower-insurance-s-sea-surge-assessment - people being unable to afford insurance for their homes due to climate-related risks they don'…

"Strip away the rhetoric and what remains is simple: there is no military option that delivers what Trump has promised. The symbolic strike is too weak to matter. Decapitation risks installing a junta. The sustained campaign courts state collapse and regional conflagration"
https://time.com/7345293/…

Trump Has No Good Options On Iran
"As brave Iranians challenge the repressive regime in Tehran, the U.S leader faces three paths, each worse than the last," writes Bobby Ghosh

New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim said he’s still in the dark about the future of the Gateway Tunnel Project
after President Donald Trump declared it dead in the water.
The senator again warned of “catastrophic” consequences if the Hudson River crossings aren’t built.
Work had already begun on the $16 billion,
9-mile passenger rail link to Manhattan’s Penn Station when Trump
—in an apparent act of political revenge against New York Sen. Chuck Schumer
—said it was “t…

Trump’s Gateway Tunnel move risks ‘catastrophic’ fallout, Andy Kim warns

Anthropic launches Cowork for Claude, built on Claude Code to automate complex tasks with minimal prompting, as a research preview for Claude Max subscribers (Webb Wright/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/anthropic-cowork-for-claude-complex-action…

Claude Cowork automates complex tasks for you now - at your own risk
Available first to Claude Max subscribers, the research preview empowers Anthropic's chatbot to handle complex tasks.

After two glorious weeks off , Metacurity is back with a holiday round-up edition of the top infosec developments you should know, including
--Substation destruction and not cyber expertise likely led to Caracas power outages,
--Denmark says Russia was behind destructive cyberattacks,
--CISA staffers suspended after organizing polygraph test of acting director,
--Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan jumped in 2025,
--OpenAI says prompt injection attack risks are here t…

Substation destruction and not cyber expertise likely led to Caracas power outages
Denmark says Russia was behind destructive cyberattacks, CISA staffers suspended after organizing polygraph test of acting director, Chinese cyberattacks on Taiwan jumped in 2025, OpenAI says prompt injection attack risks are here to stay, European Space Agency confirms breach, much more

🚬 Smoking cannabis and eating highly processed foods raise cardiac health risks, study finds
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-11-cannabis-highly-foods-cardiac-health.html

Smoking cannabis and eating highly processed foods raise cardiac health risks, study finds
Smoking cannabis can increase the risk of heart problems—but doing so and eating highly processed foods increases cardiac health risks even more, a new University of South Florida study says.

The year in rainforests 2025: Deforestation fell; the risks did not https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-year-in-rainforests-2025-deforestation-fell-the-risks-did-not/

The year in rainforests 2025: Deforestation fell; the risks did not
The story of the world’s tropical forests in 2025 was not one of dramatic reversal, but one shaped by accumulated pressure. In several regions, deforestation slowed. In others, loss continued in less visible forms, shaped by fire, degradation, and political choices not limited to large-scale clearing alone. Governments continued to speak the language of protection, […]

Trump Says Europe Risks Being Wiped Away Unless Societies Change (Ben Sills/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-05/trump-says-europe-risks-being-wiped-away-unless-societies-change
http://www.memeorandum.com/251205/p27#a251205p27

Q&A with Greg Gutfeld, host of Gutfeld!, on his rivals Colbert and Kimmel, what offends his audience, Fox News persuading him to do a NYT interview, and more (David Marchese/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/magazine/greg-gutfeld-interview.html

Fox News Wanted Greg Gutfeld to Do This Interview. He Wasn’t So Sure.
The pugnacious conservative late-night host on his “hierarchy of smears” and the risks of being a scold.

Deep-sea mining risks disrupting the marine food web, study warns
https://phys.org/news/2025-11-deep-sea-disrupting-marine-food.html

"E-waste recycling in Ghana exposes workers to toxic pollution and health risks"
#Ghana #EWaste #Recycling

E-waste recycling in Ghana exposes workers to toxic pollution and health risks
A University of Michigan study has found that people in Ghana and across the Global South who recycle electronic waste face a difficult paradox: earning livelihoods to ensure survival comes at the cost of severe long-term exposure to toxicity and dramatic environmental pollution.

Giorgio reports from the trenches of democracy on the ground in Ukraine.
He risks his life to report from the front lines so that the world might learn the truth of what is happening in Ukraine.
His is a singular voice that few others dare to experience, certainly not US media, who fail to do their job as the world is overrun with evil and lies.
Giorgio shares the friend link so the truth can be more easily shared. Please support Giorgio's work, and support Ukraine in …

The Front That’s Not On Maps
Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

OK, so now the UK, Norway, Australia and Denmark are all investigating buses made by China's Yutong Group for security risks.
https://www.ft.com/content/07ecb1c0-d4c0-476c-be5b-651e8feb4de1

UK investigates whether buses made in China can be turned off from afar
Investigation comes after Norway found Yutong vehicles could be ‘stopped or rendered inoperable’ by Chinese company

In considering the extent and timing of additional adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate,
the Committee will carefully assess incoming data, the evolving outlook, and the balance of risks.
The Committee is strongly committed to supporting maximum employment and returning inflation to its 2 percent objective.

After Maduro Ouster, Trump Takes On the Risks of Governing Venezuela (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/after-maduro-ouster-trump-takes-on-the-risks-of-governing-venezuela-d1ac75d4
http://www.memeorandum.com/260103/p93#a260103p93

Flood risks in delta cities are increasing, Shanghai study finds #Shanghai

Flood risks in delta cities are increasing, Shanghai study finds
New research shows how the combination of extreme climate events, sea-level rise and land subsidence could create larger and deeper floods in coastal cities in future.

When "self-driving" cars were first getting some hype back in ~2015 or so, I told people who asked me that I didn't think they'd be safe, and that I wished the same money were being invested in driver-assistance systems instead.
At the time, advocates were claiming that self-driving cars would be safer than human drivers.
We now have both self-driving cars and some nifty new driver assistance things, and it turns out that the self-driving cars are in fact being developed by corporations whose attention to the bottom line results in danger to others on the road pretty regularly. I don't actually have stats here for whether they're "safer than human drivers" or not, but the opportunity for one bad software update to make *all* self-driving cars dangerous at once kinda makes me doubt that.
Here's an example of Waymo cars getting "more aggressive" as they try to balance between being too timid and obstructing traffic (including emergency vehicles) and being too dangerous:
https://archive.ph/JJuGv
Here's another example of passing stopped schoolbusses leading to a software recall:
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/waymo-issue-voluntary-software-recall-after-close-calls/story?id=128207776
In the first article, Waymo claims 91% fewer serious accidents per mile. Obviously an independent audit would be actually trustworthy, but even if we take that claim at face value, it's meaningless if an update tomorrow causes 100,000 accidents.
Note that they could be using better engineering practices, and the fact that they aren't shows that they don't care enough about the risks. They could be deploying new software versions incrementally and slowly, letting new versions rack up lots of miles only on a few vehicles before pushing them to a fleet. The should also have the equivalent of a simulation unit test for "schoolbus is stopped, what do?" and if a software version fails that test, it doesn't make it to the fleet. Clearly they don't have that.
I feel pretty vindicated in my earlier prediction that this tech is a bad idea in the hands of the current advocates.

Hands-on with Claude Cowork: looks well positioned to bring the powerful capabilities of Claude Code to a wider audience, but risks of prompt injections remain (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/12/claude-cowork/

First impressions of Claude Cowork, Anthropic’s general agent
New from Anthropic today is Claude Cowork, a “research preview” that they describe as “Claude Code for the rest of your work”. It’s currently available only to Max subscribers ($100 …

Being too dependent on China has great risks. "Oslo tests reveal Chinese electric buses can be switched off remotely"
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/oslo-tests-reveal-chinese-electric-buses-can-be-switched-off-remotely/3…

Oslo tests reveal Chinese electric buses can be switched off remotely
Public transport operator Ruter says manufacturer access allows buses to be stopped from China, prompting Norway to review cybersecurity risks in public transport - Anadolu Ajansı

🤮 The ups and downs of space research
#space

The ups and downs of space research
Microgravity experienced during spaceflight poses potential health risks to astronauts' cardiovascular systems. Determining how to mitigate these health risks is challenging, as countermeasures are tested in Earth's gravity. But what if there was a way to perform research in microgravity, without leaving the atmosphere?

Microsoft Warns Its Windows AI Feature Brings Data Theft and Malware Risks, and 'Occasionally May Hallucinate' - Slashdot
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/23/060221/microsoft-warns-its-windows-ai-feature-brings-data-theft-and-malware-risks-and-occasionally-may-hallucinate

Erasing a Home's Risks on Zillow Doesn't Make Them Go Away (Mark Gongloff/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-12-02/zillow-removing-climate-risks-from-homes-doesn-t-erase-them?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NDY4MTY3MSwiZXhwIjoxNzY1Mjg2NDcxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNk4zWVhLR0lGUUEwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIxMkE1QzVFRUNERDg0NUJEQjVFOTM1MUE0Mzk4QTAxNCJ9.Gp7XIzhM7zplgWUxFgetsvHfyJK9EhKXS2sTZp1nrs0
http://www.memeorandum.com/251202/p47#a251202p47

WBD's board unanimously rejects Paramount's amended $108.4B acquisition offer, saying the bid still has "significant" risks compared to Netflix's $83B offer (Lucas Manfredi/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/deal

Warner Bros. Discovery Rejects Paramount's Amended $30 Per Share Bid Over 'Insufficient Value' and 'Lack of Certainty'
The board says the revised $108.4 billion bid continues to offer "significant costs, risks and uncertainties" compared to its $83 billion deal with Netflix.

Apple Music's growth may be stymied by the lack of a free tier as a funnel; Midia: on a weekly level, 43% of consumers used Spotify and 16% turned to Apple (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Brings Oil Spill Risks to U.S. Coasts https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-offshore-drilling-plan-brings-oil-spill-risks-to-us-coasts-2025-11-20/
…

Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Brings Oil Spill Risks to U.S. Coasts
Center for Biological Diversity: Industry Giveaway of Public Waters Proposed During Climate Talks

The speedy demolition of the East Wing of the White House last week
has health advocates and Democratic lawmakers seeking answers about
what efforts were taken, if any,
to keep workers and passersby safe from potential plumes of asbestos that could arise from the destruction
https://www.

Senator, advocates demand explanation on asbestos risks from East Wing
Asbestos, which can pose serious health risks when exposed during demolition, was frequently used in projects at the time of the East Wing’s construction.

The speedy demolition of the East Wing of the White House last week
has health advocates and Democratic lawmakers seeking answers about
what efforts were taken, if any,
to keep workers and passersby safe from potential plumes of asbestos that could arise from the destruction
https://www.

Senator, advocates demand explanation on asbestos risks from East Wing
Asbestos, which can pose serious health risks when exposed during demolition, was frequently used in projects at the time of the East Wing’s construction.

Even after wildfires are extinguished, smoke damage may continue to pose risks to residents #environment

Even after wildfires are extinguished, smoke damage may continue to pose risks to residents
A new study of the impact of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires has found that even after fires are extinguished, residents who return to their homes may remain at risk of exposure to known carcinogens because of smoke damage.

"Climate change links Tibetan lakes to Yangtze River, fueling flood risks"
#Tibetan #Climate #ClimateChange

Climate change links Tibetan lakes to Yangtze River, fueling flood risks
Climate change is accelerating the reorganization of river-lake systems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, reshaping hydrological and ecological processes in the "Asian Water Tower."

Happy Saturday morning! Each week, Metacurity offers our free and paid 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
--Southeast Asian economies are becoming dependent on cyberscams,
--Cybercriminals are inflicting pain throughout India,
--Mr Deepfakes damaged people beyond the reach of the law,
--Soaring sales of Starlink are creating…

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 11/29/25
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WITNESS: Russian warcrimes in Ukraine as the worst attacks since the war began claim more civilian lives.
Trump supports the killing through his actions, regardless of his lies to cover the greed and cruelty.
Giorgio is a hero reporting from the trenches in Ukraine. He literally risks his life to provide a glimpse of the truth that is otherwise ignored by media and the world.
Support his work and support democracy by sharing the friend link to bypass the paywall, and allow …

Trump Plunges the U.S. Into a New Era of Risk in Venezuela (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/us/politics/trump-venezuela-oil-risks.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260104/p28#a260104p28

Donald Trump abruptly, and very imprecisely announced in a social media post,
“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis.”
The suggestion that the United States might break with a more than three decade-long moratorium on explosive tests sparked a global wave of uncertainty, anxiety, and speculation about the impacts of a potential return to explosive nuclear testing.
This com…

Scientists Say Public Engagement and Pressure Are Key to Reducing Nuclear Risks
Nuclear experts are urging the public to demand concrete steps to reduce the risk of devastation due to nuclear weapons.

Cfius agreements with Chinese companies “do not protect national security,” said Matthew Pottinger, who now chairs the China program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “It’s a fig leaf for capitulation.”
Saga of Chinese Trucking Firm Exposes US National Security Gaps

TikTok pushes merchants to use a new ad-buying tool that promotes videos linking to TikTok Shop rather than merchants' own sites, frustrating some merchants (Ann Gehan/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiktok-shops-new-…

TikTok Shop’s New Ad Policy Risks Alienating Merchants
As TikTok readies itself for the expected sale of its U.S. business to a new venture controlled by American investors, the company is trying to boost its commerce business, TikTok Shop. But the measures it has taken risk alienating merchants who sell on the shopping service. TikTok Shop in ...

The risks of letting Trump become the military paymaster (Don Moynihan/Can We Still Govern?)
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-risks-of-letting-trump-become
http://www.memeorandum.com/251024/p37#a251024p37

Pomelo Care, which delivers 24/7 virtual care for women by using data to flag pregnancy risks and more, raised $92M led by Stripes at a $1.7B valuation (Amy Feldman/Forbes)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/20

This CEO’s $1.7 Billion Health Startup Began With Moms. Now She Wants To Expand To All Women.
Former Flatiron Health exec Marta Bralic Kerns raised $92 million to expand her virtual care model to women at all stages of their lives.

Now the government’s recommendation is to “limit” drinking,
without specifying safe amounts for men and women.
The guidelines also no longer warn that alcohol may heighten the risk of breast cancer and other malignancies.
It is the first time in decades that the government has omitted the daily caps on drinking that define moderate consumption
— standards that are used as benchmarks in clinical studies,
to steer medical advice,
and to distinguish moderate…

New Dietary Guidelines Abandon Longstanding Advice on Alcohol
Now the government’s recommendation is to “limit” drinking, without specifying safe amounts for men and women. The guidelines no longer warn of risks like cancer.

Antarctica’s collapse may already be unstoppable, scientists warn https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251106003941.htm
9,000-year-old ice melt shows how fast Antarctica can fall apart

Antarctica’s collapse may already be unstoppable, scientists warn
Researchers warn Antarctica is undergoing abrupt changes that could trigger global consequences. Melting ice, collapsing ice shelves, and disrupted ocean circulation threaten sea levels, ecosystems, and climate stability. Wildlife such as penguins and krill face growing extinction risks. Scientists stress that only rapid emission reductions can avert irreversible damage.

Adobe launches AI Foundry, a new program to help enterprise customers create bespoke, commercially safe, Firefly-based generative AI models trained on their IP (Webb Wright/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/adobe-mightve-just-solved-one-o…

Adobe might've just solved one of generative AI's biggest legal risks
The company's new AI Foundry aims to help businesses build bespoke AI models with their own IP.

Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has given his government’s blessing to an oil pipeline last week
that would cross Alberta and British Columbia and terminate at the Pacific.
But amid fierce debate over the political, environmental and economic implications of the project,
experts warn that the multibillion-dollar project faces immense – and poorly understood – geological hazards.

Apple Music's growth may be stymied by the lack of a free tier as a funnel; Midia: on a weekly level, 43% of consumers used Spotify and 16% turned to Apple (Ashley Carman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters

From shooting to Slim Jims, immigration agents' poor tactics made for needless safety risks, experts say (Chicago Tribune)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/07/experts-immigration-agents-poor-tactics-unsafe-policing/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251207/p29#a251207p29

After rallying early in 2025, Netflix shares have fallen 28% since the end of June amid concerns about its growth outlook and its costly pursuit of WBD (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-08/netflix-sin…

“I love A.I.”
For Donald Trump, there is no risk, only reward, posed by the dawning and disruptive new age of computing.
Over the past year, the president and his top aides have fully embraced A.I.,
and showered its leading corporate backers with money and regulatory support,
as the administration looks to supercharge one of the primary areas of growth in an otherwise precarious U.S. economy.
That optimism was on display on Tuesday, after the federal government …

Trump Administration Downplays A.I. Risks, Ignoring Economists’ Concerns
The administration has downplayed concerns — from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble — as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth.

Mexico risks Trump's ire with Cuban oil shipments (Jude Webber/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f04088c3-66af-4d7c-b5fd-df0e423bd837
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p101#a260106p101

As data center development pressures power grids, officials have proposed requiring data centers to power down or switch to a backup when blackout risks rise (Katherine Blunt/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil…

Ukraine risks losing key partner or its dignity, warns Zelenskyy,
as Trump sets Thanksgiving deadline to accept deal
US president says ‘Thursday is an appropriate time’ in radio interview as Ukrainian leader weighs up US proposal
Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president António Costa have insisted on Friday that Ukraine must have a central role in deciding its future
and said European leaders would hold discussions on the US-drafted proposal on Saturday.

Police in Edmonton, Canada partner with Axon to test body cameras with AI facial recognition, and say the results will be verified by human officers (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/ai-facial-recognition-axon-edmonton-21f319ce806a0…

AI-equipped police body cameras in Canada's Edmonton spark ethical concerns
Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list. The move by Axon Enterprise, Inc. has raised ethical concerns, especially since the company previously paused facial recognition due to privacy issues. The pilot aims to enhance officer and public safety by identifying individuals flagged for a history of serious offenses. However, critics worry about societal risks and the lack of public debate. Axon CEO Rick Smi…

Sources, public records, and documents detail TuSimple's downfall, after it transferred autonomous driving IP to Chinese partners despite a 2022 CFIUS agreement (Kate O'Keeffe/Bloomberg)

Interviews with current and former OpenAI employees detail how updates that made ChatGPT more appealing to boost growth sent some users into delusional spirals (New York Times)
https://www.

What OpenAI Did When ChatGPT Users Lost Touch With Reality
In tweaking its chatbot to appeal to more people, OpenAI made it riskier for some of them. Now the company has made its chatbot safer. Will that undermine its quest for growth?

Some people are feeding their private medical information into chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini, only to receive generalized or inaccurate diagnoses in response (Maggie Astor/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/well/me

People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots
Despite privacy risks and inaccuracy concerns, people are feeding blood test results, doctor’s notes and surgical reports into ChatGPT and the like.