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How Copyright Is Being Abused To Censor Albania’s Flamingo Revolution

October 7, 2026 Blogmaster

For the last couple of years, the copyright world has been grappling with the latest generation of AI, as numerous posts on Walled Culture attest. That’s hardly surprising, since AI…

Technology

Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift

October 7, 2026 Blogmaster

After pleading guilty, a 54-year-old North Carolina man, Michael Smith, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for using artificial intelligence to generate songs for a scheme that stole millions…

Technology

Pediatricians renew call to ban raw milk as anti-science rhetoric reigns

October 7, 2026 Blogmaster

As many doctors are moving ahead with the latest advances of modern medicine—from powerful obesity drugs to breakthrough cancer treatments—pediatricians are being forced to turn back, fighting to maintain advances…

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Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand

October 7, 2026 Blogmaster

Life is remarkably selective. Life relies on many molecules with what is termed “handedness”—they’re chemically identical but are mirror images of each other. Most chemical reactions will make a 50-50…

Cybersecurity

Attackers Hijack .gh, .sl, and .as Registries to Obtain Certificates for Google Domains

October 7, 2026 Blogmaster

Attackers compromised three country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and obtained unauthorized HTTPS certificates for several Google domains, Google said on October 6. Google’s own systems were not breached, but any domain…

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Judge Blocks Utah’s Demand That Websites See Through VPNs

October 7, 2026 Blogmaster

Over the last few years, with Congress completely incompetent and a massive moral panic about tech raging, states have stepped up to try to regulate the internet any way they…

Technology

Daily Deal: flowkey Piano Learning App

October 7, 2026 Blogmaster

flowkey is a fun, interactive piano learning platform that helps anyone go from absolute beginner to confident player — at their own pace. It combines step-by-step courses with thousands of…

Technology

Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech

October 7, 2026 Blogmaster

One of Donald Trump’s biggest goals as president is to increase domestic manufacturing and reshore supply chains so that the most in-demand technologies in the world can be 100 percent…

Technology

Jaguar Type 01 debuts; now, no one remembers the electric Ferrari

October 7, 2026 Blogmaster

Does it feel like people are perhaps a little grumpier or more on edge these days? It’s not like it’s without reason. There are wars. The climate is going haywire.…

Cybersecurity

SonicWall Patches CVSS 10.0 Pre-Authentication SSRF Flaw in SMA1000 Appliances

October 7, 2026 Blogmaster

SonicWall has released hotfixes for four flaws in its SMA1000 appliances, the gateways that give remote workers access to a company’s network and applications. The most serious could allow an…

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