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NPR hires Nadine Zylstra, who was most recently Pinterest's global head of programming and original content, as chief content officer, starting in July (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/npr-nadine-zylstra-chief-content-office…

NPR Hires Nadine Zylstra as Chief Content Officer
Nadine Zylstra, a media exec who's worked at YouTube, Pinterest and Sesame Workshop, is taking the helm of NPR's content operations.

WWDC26 has an announcement for "container machine" (persistent Linux containers under macOS that map home directories) but they haven't actually done the 1.0 release yet. https://github.com/apple/container

GitHub - apple/container: A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon.
A tool for creating and running Linux containers using lightweight virtual machines on a Mac. It is written in Swift, and optimized for Apple silicon. - apple/container

California is one of two states, along with Texas, that have passed policies requiring content creators to say if they’ve been paid by a political campaign to post,
-- and the Golden State is considering cracking down by fining people who don’t.
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California may fine content creators who don't disclose they were paid to post about politics
California and other states are debating whether to crack down on social media influencers making political advertisements without disclosing that they were paid.

Tient Jordan, prends ça dans les dents...
Condamnation de Marine Le Pen : un pourvoi en cassation, beaucoup de questions - Le Parisien
https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/condamnation-de-m…

Condamnation de Marine Le Pen : un pourvoi, beaucoup de questions
Marine Le Pen a annoncé qu’elle allait se pourvoir en cassation contre l’arrêt qui l’a reconnue coupable de détournement de fonds publics, tout en levant l’obstacle de l’inéligibilité. Mais un débat divise les juristes sur les conséquences.

How an N.F.L.-Backed Plan to Revitalize Canton, Ohio, Faltered https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/business/nfl-canton-hall-of-fame-village.html

The cyber week is already heating up with major news stories, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments you should know, including
--Meta moves to hold NSO in contempt over WhatsApp attacks,
--UK threatens tech firms over child sexting,
--Microsoft disables GitHub repositories after AI tool malware attack,
--Pentagon adds Alibaba, Baidu to China military-linked list,
--Anthropic says AI can turn vulns into exploits in hours,

Meta moves to hold NSO in contempt over WhatsApp attacks
UK threatens tech firms over child sexting, Microsoft disables GitHub repositories after AI tool malware attack, Pentagon adds Alibaba, Baidu to China military-linked list, Anthropic says AI can turn vulns into exploits in hours, Check Point fixes critical VPN flaw under active attack, much more

Digital Content Next, which represents major US publishers, sends Common Crawl a cease-and-desist demanding it stop scraping and remove copyrighted content (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/common-craw…

US publishers tell Common Crawl to stop scraping and delete archive
Digital news publishers in the US have raised “significant legal concerns” over the continued scraping of their content by Common Crawl.

Hall of Fame Enshrinement: 2026 class takes its place in Canton https://www.nfl.com/news/hall-of-fame-enshrinement-2026-class-takes-its-place-in-canton

A US judge says ex-Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge doesn't have to pay the $800-a-day fine he imposed for not revealing her source as she appeals to SCOTUS (Ted Johnson/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/08/catherine-herridge-contempt-fines-…

Judge Clarifies That Reporter Catherine Herridge Doesn’t Have To Pay $800-Per-Day Contempt Fines As She Pursues Supreme Court Appeal
The judge clarified earlier an earlier order as the reporter faced $800 per day payments.