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Dev Kills Cloud Version Of Game On Switch, Offers Discount To Rebuy It For Switch 2

August 14, 2026 Blogmaster

We’ve talked a great deal about the Stop Killing Games movement and those discussions have typically traveled along two paths of importance. On the one hand, the movement is very…

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Pro Se Plaintiff Caught Hiding Prompt Injections In Court Filings; Responds By Hiding More

August 14, 2026 Blogmaster

There have now been dozens of stories of bad lawyers using AI results in filings, most of which show up in the form of fake case citations. That’s old hat…

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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Watermark My Words

August 14, 2026 Blogmaster

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts,…

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PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider

August 14, 2026 Blogmaster

After its cloud storage provider went defunct, a PBS affiliate decided to sue a data center provider to regain access to 50TB of TV shows, videos, and other data dating…

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State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers

August 14, 2026 Blogmaster

A state court in Washington this week ordered Kalshi to stop offering sports gambling and a variety of other wagers on its prediction market. King County Superior Court Judge John…

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Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case

August 14, 2026 Blogmaster

A judge has identified what appears to be the first time a US plaintiff has attempted to hide text in court filings that only an artificial intelligence system can read…

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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity

August 14, 2026 Blogmaster

The first flight of the largest battery-electric aircraft to take to the skies lasted nearly half an hour while costing just $5 of electricity. That aviation feat comes at a…

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Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation

August 14, 2026 Blogmaster

Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code is under active exploitation. “The NCSC has received a notification indicating that active abuse…

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Trump Wants The DOJ To Go After Olympian David Hearn Again In Reflecting Pool Vandalism Case

August 14, 2026 Blogmaster

This is why having a case dismissed with prejudice is important. Trump’s cronies/donors — who were paid millions to do a job they’d never done before — failed to bring…

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Daily Deal: The Ultimate Unity Game Development Bundle

August 14, 2026 Blogmaster

The Ultimate Unity Game Development Bundle has 44+ hourse of video training designed for aspiring developers. Dive deep into Unity Engine and C# fundamentals, master player physics, and polish your…

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