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Euro banks block billions in rogue PayPal direct debits after fraud glitch
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/euro_banks_block_paypal_direct_debits/

Euro banks block billions in rogue PayPal direct debits after fraud glitch
: US payments platform back in action, says it's informing affected customers

Palo Alto Networks launches Cortex AgentiX, AI agents that can be deployed across various security vendor platforms to automate cybersecurity actions (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/28/palo-alto-networks-debuts-new-tk-agent-to-fight-…

Palo Alto Networks debuts automated AI agents to fight cyberattacks
Palo Alto Networks launched new AI agents on Tuesday that allow customers to automate certain cybersecurity actions.

{ggbump} creates elegant bump charts in ggplot. #ggplot #rstats

GitHub - davidsjoberg/ggbump: A geom for ggplot to create bump plots
A geom for ggplot to create bump plots. Contribute to davidsjoberg/ggbump development by creating an account on GitHub.

Just re-read the first chapter of a book I am probably not gonna finish writing.
11 years have passed, and oddly some of it feels more topical now.
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/avocado-katz-and-the-battle-for-mars/

Avocado Katz and the Battle for Mars
by David August

#MinCup25 QF4 Personally, I enjoy the six-member silicate ring structure of dioptase. Both images credit mindat.

"The Civil War still turned states to ash, and killed hundreds of thousands of Andrew Jackson’s generation’s kids and grand-kids. Bad compromises are bad because they don’t meaningfully or persistently solve anything."
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/tyrants-fall/

Tyrants Fall
it is their defining characteristic How many enemies dreamed of destroying the White House. How many soldiers wished they could flatten it. How many generals fantasized about razing the American People’s house. This one man beat them all. Same man brought the confederate flag into the Capitol, same man

🔓 A breach every month raises doubts about South Korea’s digital defenses
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/30/a-breach-every-month-raises-doubts-about-south-koreas-digital-defenses/

A breach every month raises doubts about South Korea's digital defenses | TechCrunch
Known for its blazing fast internet and home to some of the world’s biggest tech giants, South Korea has also faced a string of data breaches and cybersecurity lapses that has struggled to match the pace of its digital ambitions.

STM32MP2 update: I have logging on the A35 cores via the UART on the M33!
It took a bit of work to get the IPC channels up and running (using the IPCC to handshake a buffer in SRAM2) but now you can just log by invoking g_log("foo") like you could anywhere else in my platform and it a) goes to the right place and b) is tagged with the core ID.

US progressives are embracing debate shows long used by conservatives, seeing the format as a more authentic alternative to "spoon-fed" political talking points (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/bus…

Debate Shows Are Having a Moment. Here Come the Democrats.
As millions tune in to hyperpartisan face-offs on YouTube or TikTok, can the left find its own Charlie Kirk?

"Because there are many things the simulacrum (the simulation or reproduction) of things do not have that the _actual_ things do have. People still flock to see the Mona Lisa despite reproductions, even very high quality and faithful reproductions."
https://stuff.davidaugust.com/being-hu

Being Human in the Age of AI
being human is big, bigger than we usually think it is