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Here’s what actually happened in OpenAI’s Australian gov’t server hack

September 29, 2026 Blogmaster

Last week, when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the world that an OpenAI agent had accessed “non-public files” from his country’s Medicare statistics portal during testing, his description of…

Technology

NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers

September 29, 2026 Blogmaster

For two decades, largely in service to the International Space Station, NASA has sought to foster an “economy” in low-Earth orbit. Twenty years ago, with a program to develop private…

Cybersecurity

Russia’s Star Blizzard Targets 100+ Organizations With Fake Event Invites to Deliver Backdoor

September 29, 2026 Blogmaster

Russian state hackers known as Star Blizzard have been using fake event invitations to trick people into installing a backdoor on their Windows computers, according to Microsoft. The campaigns, aimed…

Cybersecurity

French Tax Data Theft Using Stolen Staff Passwords Went Undetected for Seven Weeks

September 29, 2026 Blogmaster

An attacker used stolen passwords of staff at France’s tax administration to take tax data on hundreds of thousands of taxpayers and businesses in June and July. Neither the tax…

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Reckless Ben Finally Listens To Some Lawyers: Files Anti-SLAPP Motion Against Bricks & Minifigs

September 29, 2026 Blogmaster

Last week, “Reckless” Ben Schneider did Wired’s “Autocomplete Interview” which is always fun. At one point, one of the questions is “Does Reckless Ben have a law degree?” and his…

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Daily Deal: uTalk Language Education

September 29, 2026 Blogmaster

We have all wanted to learn a language at some point but it’s hard to get started. Some language learning tools can be complicated and very time-consuming. But with uTalk,…

Technology

This study looks at how and with whom connected cars share your data

September 29, 2026 Blogmaster

In news that should surprise very few, connected cars remain a complete privacy nightmare. But now we have a better idea of what data those cars are giving away, and…

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Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says

September 29, 2026 Blogmaster

Apple continues to face backlash for removing ICE-tracking apps like ICEBlock from the App Store, a drastic step that seemed to be triggered by Trump administration claims that the apps…

Cybersecurity

New Spectre-v2 BTR Attack Leaks Linux Memory Despite Existing Defenses

September 29, 2026 Blogmaster

A group of academics from VUSec and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna have disclosed details of a new Spectre CPU vulnerability variant that affects Just-In-Time (JIT) engines present in web browsers, language…

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Documents Expose Even More About Stephen Miller’s Ghoulish Anti-Migrant Directives

September 29, 2026 Blogmaster

Let’s start this off by clearing the air: Stephen Miller looks exactly like the sort of person who wants to elevate white people above everyone else. Sure, he doesn’t have…

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