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Flock Cameras Can Track Every Car in America. Police Love Them. Citizens Dont.
The New York Times - 12 Aug 2026 00:46
In Texas, theres one thing liberals and conservatives agree on: They dont want cameras trained on their cars.
Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quietly Installing Beta 'Photos' App on Enterprise Machines
Slashdot - 10 Aug 2026 04:34
Microsoft's cloud storage app OneDrive got a new Photos app in the worst possible way, reports the blog Neowin . "The app is reportedly showing up even on Windows 11 Enterprise machines, despite apparently being ...
Thrive Holdings, A.I.-Focused Buyer of Service Firms, Raises $2 Billion
The New York Times - 13 Aug 2026 03:03
The company, Thrive Holdings, acquires businesses to infuse them with artificial intelligence and drew interest from backers like SoftBank.
The Largest Data Center In California Has Been Denied Water For Cooling - Now It's Suing A Public Agency
BGR - 13 Aug 2026 01:17
A developer wants to combine water rights from several plots of farmland to help cool a data center. Regulators said no, and now the developer is suing.
Trump Administration Enlists Private Companies To Hack Foreign Cybercrime Groups
Slashdot - 13 Aug 2026 01:00
The Trump administration today unveiled a new program that will allow vetted U.S. companies to conduct cyber surveillance and offensive cyber operations against foreign transnational criminal organizations. A presidentia...
ICE Plans to Give Agents Legend of Korra-Style Electrified Gloves
Gizmodo - 13 Aug 2026 00:54
Just in terms of having electrified gloves, they're kinda like the villains on a fictional TV show.
SpaceX wraps Starlink double header day with the launch of 24 Starlink satellites from California
SPACE.com - 12 Aug 2026 11:48
SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink global internet satellite constellation to orbit from California on Aug. 11, wrapping the second Starlink launch of the day.
Contiguous US Breaks Its Record For Hottest Month Ever, NOAA Says
Slashdot - 12 Aug 2026 03:30
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The contiguous United States sizzled to its hottest month ever last month, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. July averaged 76...
Microsoft Patches 398 Flaws Including a Windows Driver Zero-Day Under Active Attack
The Hacker News - 12 Aug 2026 01:40
Microsoft released its monthly security updates on Tuesday, and one of the flaws it closed is already being used in attacks. The bug sits in a core Windows kernel driver that handles network socket operations. An attacke...
OpenAI reportedly completed a $7 billion employee tender offer
TechCrunch - 11 Aug 2026 00:03
San Francisco's housing market is in trouble again.
Flight tracking poster, Schlage Sense Pro review, & more on Smart Home Insider
AppleInsider - 10 Aug 2026 17:05
On this week's episode of the Smart Home Insider podcast, we cover a new plane tracker, a smart home dashboard app, and review several new devices.FlightPortrait artwork, as covered on the latest episode of Smart Hom...
SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon as cyberattacks hit U.S. water systems
Scientific American - 10 Aug 2026 10:00
Scientists analyze an accidental SpaceX impact on the moon as cyberattacks target U.S. water systems and a new mRNA flu vaccine is approved by the FDA
Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People
SecurityWeek - 10 Aug 2026 04:44
The vulnerabilities affected software used by eight of Belgiums ten largest banks and over 60 government agencies. The post Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People appeared first on Sec...
China's New Atomic Clock Is More Than Just Ultra-Precise
BGR - 9 Aug 2026 10:17
Cesium atomic clocks are some of the most accurate time-keeping devices ever made, but the newest generation of clocks render them obsolete.
This Expensive, Gold-Plated Nvidia GPU Came With A Certificate Of Authenticity
BGR - 9 Aug 2026 00:47
This special edition Nvidia GPU, designed to celebrate the Middle East, takes the idea of a showpiece PC accessory to an even more glamorous level.
New leak may reveal the iPhone Ultras two launch colors
9 to 5 Mac - 9 Aug 2026 00:41
Apple is set to announce the first-ever foldable iPhone next month. A new rumor today suggests that the iPhone Ultra might be available in two colors: silver and dark blue.
Nearly 800 Malicious npm Packages Deliver Cross-Platform RAT and Infostealer
The Hacker News - 8 Aug 2026 00:18
A cluster of nearly 800 malicious packages has been published to the npm registry as part of a new campaign designed to deliver cross-platform malware targeting Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. "These packages appear...
Claude Code and Gemini CLI Flaws Let a GitHub Issue Reach CI Workflow Secrets
The Hacker News - 7 Aug 2026 13:48
A GitHub issue opened by an account with no repository privileges was enough to execute code on the CI runners behind Anthropic's and Google's own coding-agent repositories. On OpenAI's, it was enough to hija...
U.S. Senate confirms Schiess to lead Space Force
Space News - 7 Aug 2026 12:42
New chief takes command as the Space Force prepares for rapid growth, acquisition reforms and Golden Dome The post U.S. Senate confirms Schiess to lead Space Force appeared first on SpaceNews.
Meta ordered to pay almost $1bn over child safety failings
Sky News - 7 Aug 2026 02:57
Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been ordered to pay $567m (£421m) to address the harm caused to children on its platforms.
Job Seekers Are Racing to AI-Proof Their Résumés
Wall Street Journal - 13 Aug 2026 12:36Attackers Exploit SharePoint Authentication Bypass After Public PoC Release
The Hacker News - 13 Aug 2026 11:39
Threat actors have begun to exploit a newly disclosed Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability following the release of a proof-of-concept (PoC) code. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-55040 (CVSS score: 9.1), which re...