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The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American
for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone,
according to an indictment and media reports. 
This is thought to be the first known case in the United States where federal prosecutors have charged someone for the alleged destruction of data using a “duress” password built into a phone’s software.
According to The Guardian, which covered the story earlier this …

US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.

The look-ma-no-env-vars approach to enabling the new native FSR 4.1.1 in Linux on RDNA 3 (besides using Steam's current Proton Experimental, which is for Steam games only). OptiScaler is not necessary. I'm using it to provide the FSR watermark.
#Gaming #AMD

Companies are increasingly using AI benchmarking services to aggregate public job listings and other payroll data to identify under- and over-paid employees (Callum Borchers/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/life…

Wisst ihr noch, diesen #Zoll -Deal, den die #Schweiz offiziell in 2025 mit den USA ausgehandelt hat und der irgendwann mal noch umgesetzt werden sollte. Kanada scheint etwas mehr Rückgrat zu haben …

When I don't have a laptop with me, I sometimes do server admin stuff using my smartphone. It's a reasonably secure phone because it runs a hardened Android distribution called #GrapheneOS. Or so I thought. Shoddy apps can of course violate your security and privacy on any operating system.
As a matter of fact, I once set up a Mastodon server via SSH using my smartphone as a terminal. My te…

Hearst, Dow Jones, Condé Nast and NJ.com are setting subscription renewal prices using dynamic pricing, often using AI and referred to as "personalized offers" (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/…

"These 3D-printed homes are built using 'ink' made of residual wood from local sawmills"
#Houses #Wood
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3D-printed homes in Maine built using 'ink' made of residual wood from local sawmills
The new project in Maine is part of an initiative to build more homes faster and more efficiently.

So the country with a gigantic prison-industrial forced-labour workforce will now charge other countries an import tariff due to their supposed forced labour practices?
Trump accused of using forced labor as ‘convenient’ justification for tariffs | Trump tariffs | The Guardian
https://www.t…

Trump accused of using forced labor as ‘convenient’ justification for tariffs
US president faced criticism from Democrats after tariffs of between 10% and 12.5% imposed on more than 80 countries

Apple reverses its plan to move iCloud Hide My Email addresses to private.icloud.com after user backlash; the feature will continue using the icloud.com domain (Juli Clover/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/24/apple-hide-my-email-domain/

Apple Won't Change Hide My Email Domain After Backlash
Apple today said it is reversing its decision and will not change the email domain used for the iCloud+ Hide My Email feature. Emails sent using...

Meta launches Facebook Verified, a free program it says will verify that users are real humans by analyzing a facial recognition selfie and assigning badges (Mat Smith/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2222353/meta-launches-facebook-verified/

Meta Launches New Facebook Verified Badge For Actual, Real Humans
Meta is trying to tackle scammers that are using generative AI by introducing a new kind of verification using user selfies.