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Hackers Breach Polish Power Plant Controls via Private Cellular Network and Shut Turbine

August 11, 2026 Blogmaster

Attackers shut down a steam turbine and the process-water treatment system at a Polish combined heat and power plant by coming in over the private cellular network the local grid…

Cybersecurity

BdThemes Supply Chain Attack Poisons JSON to Create Rogue WordPress Admins

August 11, 2026 Blogmaster

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a supply chain compromise impacting WordPress plugin vendor BdThemes, prompting the content management systems (CMS) platform’s plugins team to temporarily disable their downloads. “Unlike traditional…

Technology

Fauci’s Senate Hearing Shows How Conspiracy Theories Have Become Political Weapons

August 10, 2026 Blogmaster

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment and declined to answer questions from a…

Technology

Amazon backs power plant that may become top source of US climate pollution

August 10, 2026 Blogmaster

Amazon’s artificial intelligence ambitions will soon be partly fueled by a natural gas-burning power plant in Texas that “could become the largest single source of climate pollution in the United…

Technology

Developer Cold Iron Studios shuts down cloud version of $60 game with no refunds

August 10, 2026 Blogmaster

Following its announcement in March, game developer Cold Iron Studios has shut down the servers for the cloud version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite on the Nintendo Switch. The game originally…

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Trump signs bonkers order that cuts vaccines, promotes ones that don’t exist

August 10, 2026 Blogmaster

President Trump signed an executive order Monday that makes sweeping, unilateral changes to federal vaccine recommendations. The order aims to reduce the number of lifesaving vaccines all children are recommended…

Technology

With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling AI strategy

August 10, 2026 Blogmaster

Meta has announced its intention to focus on open-weight large language models. Additionally, the company announced the release of an open model called Muse Glimmer and a promise to open…

Technology

Ars Live: Ross Scott discusses the Stop Killing Games movement

August 10, 2026 Blogmaster

By now, any serious gamer is familiar with a favorite title becoming unplayable after a centralized online server gets shut down, or being unable to purchase and download a digitally…

Technology

SpaceX’s Earnings Show Elon Wiped Out Two-Thirds Of Twitter’s Ad Business

August 10, 2026 Blogmaster

When SpaceX filed for its IPO, we went through the S-1 to point out just how far off the mark Elon Musk’s predictions about his Twitter takeover turned out to…

Technology

Trump Doubles Down On Conspiracy Theories After DOJ Drops Reflecting Pool Vandalism Charges

August 10, 2026 Blogmaster

We’ll see how long US Attorney (and, of course, former Fox News personality) Jeanine Pirro gets to keep her job. I would guess the exit door is only inches away…

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