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TikTok users don't have as much agency over their FYPs as they think https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/how-much-control-do-tiktok-users-really-have-over-fyps/

TikTok users don't have as much agency over their FYPs as they think
The "not interested" feature is your friend, but users must intentionally and constantly curate their FYPs...

«Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users:
SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry’s approach to LLM security fails over and over.»
WTF: What is intelligent now and how to tackle what? Certainly not the usual popular AI for IT security.
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Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users
SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over.

Google updates Project Genie, its interactive world builder, with Street View integration, and expands access to the tool to AI Ultra subscribers globally (Jessica Conditt/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2176797/project-g

Project Genie Adds Google Street View Integration And Goes Live For Global AI Ultra Users
Ground your snow-globe worlds in real-world locations from Google Maps.

Alistair Davidson @… on 'How building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight': 'Build a web application that works on a playstation portable on a 3G connection - if you do, it will work for all your users, and it will still work 30 years from now'

How building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight
My client was a utility company, and they had a big problem...

Interviewer: “When you see Gaza destroyed like this, how do you feel?”
Katz: “What do I feel? Feel good.”
Hey boy, are you a work of art? Because you’d look great hanging in Nuremberg. @…

Drop Site on Twitter
🇮🇱 A new Channel 14 report shows senior Israeli government and military officials openly celebrating the destruction of Gaza, the mass killing of Palestinians, their forced displacement to the coast, and Israel’s permanent occupation of the territory. One senior officer described all 70,000 Palestinians he said Israel had killed as “terrorists.” The full video is linked below. Here are some of the remarks: 🔹 Defense Minister Israel Katz: “The important thing: those neighborho…

From a Chinese state-sponsored news outlet. Can you say pot-kettle-black?
"Investigations found that the foreign intelligence agency had taken control of multiple routers within China and used them as platforms to send phishing emails disguised as invitations to participate in review work or traffic violation payment notices, targeting staff at key institutions."

China’s state security authorities uncover foreign agency using domestic routers as cyberattack proxies; users notice only slower speeds - Global Times
China’s state security authorities recently found that a foreign intelligence agency had used domestic routers in China as “proxies” and phishing emails to target personnel at key institutions to steal sensitive data, while affected users remained unaware, experiencing only slower internet speeds, frequent disconnections and unexpected reboots, according to China's Ministry of State Security (MSS).

Shell Recharge UK is introducing cheaper charging rates for electric cars around midday during the summer months and at night all year round.
Available only via their app – not for roaming users or adhoc users – unfortunately!
https://www.shell.co.uk/electric-vehicle-c

Google has re-engineered its search engine to keep users inside its own ecosystem with AI-powered interactive experiences. If your task is to find and critically assess information on the open web, you're fresh out of luck.
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Google Search is no longer about searching
Google has re-engineered its search engine to keep users inside its own ecosystem with AI-powered interactive experiences. If your task is to find and critically ...

Weird question for a Saturday, but:
Anyone else seeing an elevated number of *authenticated* (logged in) users abusing URLs like `requestUri=/..%2f.env.local` ?
Over the past couple weeks it's ramped up. Different users. Can't tell if this is browser compromise, cookie stealing… or some other local-to-user failure.
Thoughts?

Anthropic last week began letting Mythos users share cybersecurity threats with others who may face similar vulnerabilities, modifying its previous stance (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthr…