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Sony confirms that some digital PS4 and PS5 games require a one-time online license check "to confirm the game's license", likely to combat refund scams (Gabe Gurwin/GameSpot)
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstat

PlayStation Users Report New Online License Checks, But Sony Quells Concerns
The problem appears to be affecting both PS4 and PS5 games purchased after March 2026.

New WH "News" App Tracks Location Of Its Users - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/03/new-wh-news-app-tracks-location-of-its-users/

“And what are you going to do differently this time?”
“Uh… nothing. We love you, Israel! Keep committing genocide, you zany things.” @… https://bird.makeup…

Adam Johnson on Twitter
Watch as Ken Martin finds seven different ways of saying “pro Israel groups and donors don’t want us to release it because it’ll make obvious what a liability Israel is to the party” without saying it

flixster: Flixster friendship network (2009)
A network of friendships among users of Flixster, an online social movie website that allows users to share movie ratings and to connect each other. Nodes represent users and an edge exists if two users are friends.
This network has 2523386 nodes and 7918801 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted

Workers attempting to access email accounts on Microsoft Outlook experienced widespread disruption on Monday, with users reporting sign-in failures, unexpected logouts and error messages.
https://www.computing.co.uk/ne…

Outlook outage disrupts logins for users
Workers attempting to access email accounts on Microsoft Outlook experienced widespread disruption on Monday, with users reporting sign-in failures, unexpected logouts and error messages.

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Iran-linked hackers leak FBI director’s personal emails in targeted influence operation,
--Anthropic exposed cache of materials through a misconfigured CMS,
--Lockdown Mode locks out mercenary spyware,
--Crypto account protection products fall short,
--Stats SA hit by ransomware,
--ClickFix campaign targets crypto users on macOS th…

Iran-linked hackers leak FBI director’s personal emails in targeted influence operation
Anthropic exposed cache of materials through a misconfigured CMS, Lockdown Mode locks out mercenary spyware, Crypto account protection products fall short, Stats SA hit by ransomware, ClickFix campaign targets crypto users on macOS through fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA pages, much more

"Updated climate chatbot shows users energy use per query"
#Climate #ClimateChange #Energy

Updated climate chatbot shows users energy use per query
A new feature has launched on ChatNetZero, the world’s first chatbot providing users with information on the climate targets set by businesses and governments. The chatbot has introduced per-query energy disclosure, making the energy footprint of AI visible to users.

California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law
after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages
— The amendment is proposed by the same lawmaker who wrote the original law

California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — amendment proposed by the same lawmaker who wrote the original law
SteamOS could still be affected

A look at Coinbase One and other insurance-like plans for crypto users that typically exclude coverage for many kinds of account hacks, including phishing scams (Bloomberg)

Google celebrates 20 years of Translate with a new AI pronunciation practice tool for Android users in the US and India; Translate gets 1B queries per month (Macy Meyer/CNET)
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-20-years…

Google Celebrates 20 Years of Translate With a New Pronunciation Feature
Google's new AI-powered language tool can give you real-time feedback by analyzing speech and correcting your pronunciation.