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[flagged] NY Times publishes headline claiming the "A" in "NATO" stands for "American" (xcancel.com)

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Apple releases iOS 18 security updates for iOS 26 holdouts (sixcolors.com)

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Cindy Cohn of the EFF Interviewed by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show [video] (youtube.com)

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Tom Scott is back on YouTube [video] (youtube.com)

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The Internet Is a UGC Reaction Video Now (joanwestenberg.com)

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Hong Kong police can now demand phone passwords under national security law (bbc.com)

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EPP wants to overturn and force new vote for indiscriminate Chat Control (digitalcourage.social)

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App Store developers: suggest your small ideas for improvement (lapcatsoftware.com)

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EU: 'Digital Omnibus' reflects key lobbying messaging from large tech companies (business-humanrights.org)

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End of "Chat Control": Paving the Way for Genuine Child Protection (patrick-breyer.de)

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AI can 'same-ify' human expression – can some brains resist its pull? (nature.com)

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Conseil d'État upholds Criteo's €40M GDPR fine (noyb.eu)

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"I've spent so many hours wasted on plugins" (musicradar.com)

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"This Is Not the Computer for You" Debunked (lapcatsoftware.com)

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Safari web browser bugs: A year in review (lapcatsoftware.com)

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Upcoming Vote on Chat Control: Renew Deal Is Worse Than Rejected Draft Report (patrick-breyer.de)

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Foreign-funded lobby groups outside EU are pushing ChatControl with propaganda (digitalcourage.social)

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iOS 26.4's new setting lets you disable another Liquid Glass effect (9to5mac.com)

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The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Art Historical Objects (thisiscolossal.com)

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I've never parented a 6-year-old. But I've dealt with macOS system updates (ihnatko.com)

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GDPR Omnibus: EU "simplification" far removed from real business needs (noyb.eu)

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Tahoe pull-down buttons are misaligned (aresluna.org)

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The Supreme Court doesn't care if you want to copyright your AI-generated art (engadget.com)

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Software Can Be Finished (rosswintle.uk)

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Why Apple's move to video could endanger podcasting's greatest power (anildash.com)

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A.I. Isn't People (todayintabs.com)

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Happy Map (pudding.cool)

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Accidental UI Calming (aresluna.org)

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I don't care what tools you use. But – and this is a big but (mad-scientist.club)

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On Software Quality (pxlnv.com)

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Microsoft execs worry AI will eat entry level coding jobs (theregister.com)

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Mastodon Engagement Viewer (leeholmes.com)

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[flagged] US Gov Deploys Grok as Nutrition Bot, It Advises for Rectal Use of Vegetables (futurism.com)

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Magnus Carlsen Beats ChatGPT in Chess Without Losing a Piece (time.com)

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Open Letter: We say no to Big Tech mass snooping on our messages (edri.org)

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Google keyword `brew` points to a malicious site with false instructions (github.com/homebrew)

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A Comprehensive Analysis of Hazardous Additives in Headphones (arnika.org)

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A Comprehensive Analysis of Hazardous Additives in Headphones (arnika.org)

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Hazardous substances found in all headphones tested by ToxFREE project (theguardian.com)

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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras (bloodinthemachine.com)

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And then? And then Mullvad was censored in the UK (mullvad.net)

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Techno-cynics are wounded techno-optimists (aftermath.site)

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Grok Exposed a Porn Performer's Legal Name and Birthdate–Without Being Asked (404media.co)

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Extension of interim rules to combat CSAM must prevent indiscriminate scanning (europa.eu)

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LLVM: Concerns about low-quality PRs being merged into main (llvm.org)

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The risks of OpenAI's Whisper audio transcription model (baldurbjarnason.com)

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Have I hardened against LLMs? (baldurbjarnason.com)

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Data Protection Day: 5 misconceptions about data protection, debunked (noyb.eu)

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'AI' is a dick move, redux (baldurbjarnason.com)

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Satya Nadella decides Microsoft needs a quality czar (theregister.com)

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Draft on Chat Control: Mass Surveillance to Continue, Sparking Renewed Protests (patrick-breyer.de)

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Chat Control 1.0: Civil Society Mobilizes Against Extending Mass Surveillance (patrick-breyer.de)

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Beg Bounties (troyhunt.com)

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Guthman Musical Instrument Competition (2026 Finalists) (gatech.edu)

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If Apple is richer than ever, why does it feel so broke? (macworld.com)

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Plotting via Claude (leancrew.com)

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The Fallen Apple (mattgemmell.scot)

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Microsoft stock plunges as Wall Street questions AI investments (aljazeera.com)

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Nvidia Halts Plan to Invest $100B in OpenAI, WSJ Says (bloomberg.com)

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Nvidia halts plan to invest $100B in OpenAI after talks collapse (business-standard.com)

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The AI problem no one is talking about (morrick.me)

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New OpenAI tool renews fears that "AI slop" will overwhelm scientific research (arstechnica.com)

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Apple's John Ternus Takes over Design in Latest CEO Succession Move – MacRumors (macrumors.com)

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Node.js: New HackerOne Signal Requirement for Vulnerability Reports (nodejs.org)

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We will ban you and ridicule you in public if you waste our time on crap reports (curl.se)

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AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns (irishtimes.com)

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Claude Code Won't Fix Your Life (joanwestenberg.com)

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cURL stopped HackerOne bug bounty program due to excessive slop reports (github.com/curl)

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U.S. Court Order Against Anna's Archive Spells More Trouble for the Site (torrentfreak.com)

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Woz vs. Wooz (cabel.com)

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iOS 26 Shows Unusually Slow Adoption Months After Release (macrumors.com)

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Tim Cook Posts AI Slop in Christmas Message on Twitter (daringfireball.net)

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TikTok unlawfully tracks your shopping habits – and your use of dating apps (noyb.eu)

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Mozilla's new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox (theverge.com)

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Data center construction moratorium is gaining steam (theverge.com)

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Chat Control Twist: Commissioner Sides with Parliament over Governments (patrick-breyer.de)

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The Free Software Foundation Europe deleted its account on X (fsfe.org)

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Livestream: MEPs Question Commissioner Brunner on Chat Control (europa.eu)

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Bad Dye Job (daringfireball.net)

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Elon Musk is on a racist posting spree again (theverge.com)

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Apple security bounties slashed as Mac malware grows (9to5mac.com)

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UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B (theregister.com)

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New EU regulator is contractually prohibited from hurting Meta's feelings (pluralistic.net)

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OpenAI just made another circular deal (theverge.com)

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When Playdate Stopped Being Fun (gingerbeardman.com)

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Chat Control is not dead, it is just being privatized (patrick-breyer.de)

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Apple Event – November 20 (Spoof) [video] (youtube.com)

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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops' CPUs (arstechnica.com)

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Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed with AI? (pcmag.com)

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EU governments are removing Chat Control from today's COREPER agenda (digitalcourage.social)

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Becoming an AI detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit (theguardian.com)

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Chat Control Still Poses High Risks Despite Removal of Mandatory Scanning (patrick-breyer.de)

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Urban Myth of 5-7-5 (graceguts.com)

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Apple Peelings (warnercrocker.com)

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She was hanging from the Bataclan's window. He caught her hand (lemonde.fr)

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Chat Control is close to being adopted, and its worse (mastodon.social)

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Chat Control one step closer to being adopted (hachyderm.io)

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Oversight Committee Releases Additional Epstein Estate Documents (house.gov)

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EU Commission about to wreck core principles of the GDPR (noyb.eu)

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Hilarious Finalists from the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards (popsci.com)