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Volvo increases the batteries for 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in refresh

September 15, 2026 Blogmaster

Volvo provided flights from Washington, DC, to London, England, and accommodation so Ars could see its refreshed vehicles. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. There must be a case…

Cybersecurity

China-Linked Hackers Exploit Chrome-Windows Zero-Day Chain to Deploy GRIMWEDGE

September 15, 2026 Blogmaster

A Chinese threat actor has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign that exploits recently patched security flaws in Google Chrome and Microsoft Windows to deliver a malicious JavaScript backdoor called…

Cybersecurity

Cisco Secure Email Gateway Flaw Exploited in the Wild, Enables Root Command Execution

September 15, 2026 Blogmaster

Cisco has warned that a new critical vulnerability impacting AsyncOS Software for Cisco Secure Email Gateway has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-76461, carries…

Technology

For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit

September 14, 2026 Blogmaster

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made the first public declaration Monday that the United States has placed “space control weapons” in orbit, an announcement that will surely reverberate in the…

Technology

Adult Woman Dies From Measles Complications In Pennsylvania

September 14, 2026 Blogmaster

Despite RFK Jr.’s assurances that he’s absolutely killing it combating this pesky measles thing that resurfaced after decades under his leadership, the only thing that is being killed are American…

Technology

AI bots “Timmy,” “Ren,” and “Jackie” are flooding social media with slop

September 14, 2026 Blogmaster

AI agents are flooding the Internet with slop-infused spam sent to social media platforms and writers in an attempt to gain traction for a startup promoting a “complex social system…

Technology

Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA’s decision on a Mars spacecraft

September 14, 2026 Blogmaster

In theory, developing a spacecraft that will fly to Mars, insert itself into orbit around the red planet, and relay transmissions back and forth to large satellite dishes on Earth…

Technology

RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield

September 14, 2026 Blogmaster

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will deliver a keynote address at an anti-vaccine conference being held in Washington, DC, later this week and hosted by the anti-vaccine organization…

Technology

Appeals Court Sees Nothing Wrong With Terrorizing A 14-Year-Old To Obtain A Confession

September 14, 2026 Blogmaster

It’s easy to get submerged by the wave of bad news generated by the current administration on what often seems to be an hourly basis. Ask me how I know.…

Technology

Online hate researcher keeps hammering X despite deportation threat

September 14, 2026 Blogmaster

The US is not backing down from its fight to deport noncitizen technology researchers who monitor safety risks on the biggest online platforms. In July, a judge blocked as unconstitutional…

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