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Epstein had huge cache of child sex pics; victims sue to find out who’s in them

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

On Tuesday, two survivors of child sex abuse accused the Justice Department of failing to notify dozens of victims found in Jeffrey Epstein’s massive collection of child sex images. In…

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Apple reportedly building server packed with M-series Ultra chips for AI

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

Apple is working on an AI server that would use Apple’s high-performance M-series Ultra chips found in Mac desktops. The potential product’s expected release in 2029 would mark the first…

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Paramount Funds, ‘Leaks’ Dodgy Study Saying California Will Suffer If Its Merger Is Blocked

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

Larry and David Ellison are desperate to get their unpopular $111 billion merger between Paramount/CBS and Warner Brothers across the finish line. So they’ve been engaging in no shortage of…

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Researchers swap in human brain cells for a mouse’s cortex

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

In recent years, there has been a lot of excitement about the potential for studying human diseases in what are called “organoids.” These small patches of tissue, formed using stem…

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California may gut state net neutrality law to comply with Trump admin demand

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

California is on the verge of accepting $1.86 billion in federal broadband grant funds, despite the Trump administration telling states they cannot enforce net neutrality rules on any Internet service…

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Not just Proton: Getting to know Valve’s new SteamOS compatibility layers

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

Since the release of the Steam Deck, Valve fans have gotten very familiar with the idea of the Proton compatibility layer that allows games written for Windows to run capably…

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Lionsgate releases a new trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

Lionsgate has released an action-packed trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping—a sequel to 2023’s Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and a prequel leading into the events of…

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Nonprofit that tracks meteors taken down by “critical blow” from a cyberattack

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

The International Meteor Organization, the nonprofit that coordinates and publishes amateur and professional observations of meteor phenomena, said its infrastructure has suffered a “critical blow” from a cyberattack. “We recently…

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The Real AI Threats: Automated Hacking And Surveillance, Conventional Weapons Development, Biological Misuse

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

Techdirt has just written about concerns that AI development is proceeding more quickly than human oversight can monitor and control it. Since then, there has been lively debate about whether…

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Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data

September 16, 2026 Blogmaster

Half a year after Iranian drone strikes knocked out multiple Amazon data centers, the US tech company has acknowledged the permanent loss of some customer data that was hosted in…

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