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SafePal Hardware Wallet Maker Says Flaw Exposed Data of Nearly 40,000 Customers

August 18, 2026 Blogmaster

SafePal has disclosed that an authorization flaw in an order-tracking plug-in exposed the names, email addresses, shipping addresses, phone numbers, and purchase details of approximately 39,798 customers. The hardware wallet…

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CISA Flags Actively Exploited Ray Flaw That Can Trigger Browser-Based RCE

August 18, 2026 Blogmaster

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a critical flaw impacting Ray to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. Ray is…

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Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time

August 18, 2026 Blogmaster

Egypt’s Theban necropolis holds over 400 tombs, a rich resource for archaeologists eager to learn more about that region’s ancient history. A new paper published in the journal Frontiers in…

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Screwworm Infections Get Worse, Government Unleashing Drone Army For Surveillance

August 17, 2026 Blogmaster

A couple of months back, we discussed how screwworm infections had reappeared in Texas for the first time in decades. The foreign surveillance program designed to keep this from occurring…

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Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts

August 17, 2026 Blogmaster

Three former SpaceX engineers have switched their attention from making rocket engines to manufacturing steel parts by using AI-driven software and robots. Their immediate goal involves establishing a prototype factory…

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US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows

August 17, 2026 Blogmaster

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday released data on the vaccination rates of US kindergarteners in the 2025–2026 school year, revealing that rates have once again decreased…

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Another California Court Has Now Broken Media Advertising, So The Copia Institute Asked Another California Appeals Court To Fix It

August 17, 2026 Blogmaster

A few years ago a California appeals court produced the unfortunate Liapes v. Facebook decision. In this decision, it gave the go-ahead to age discrimination claims under California’s Unruh Act…

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As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value

August 17, 2026 Blogmaster

Perhaps it’s the local summer diet of deep-fried cheese curds, corn on the cob, and Spotted Cow, but Wisconsin residents have been feeling pretty dyspeptic about Flock’s automated license plate…

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The Moon’s shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it

August 17, 2026 Blogmaster

DURATÓN, Spain—I’ll say it: I’m hooked. Standing in the shadow of the Moon is one of the rarest opportunities to directly sense the mechanics of our Solar System, when the…

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Critical GitLab GraphQL Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Delete Public Projects

August 17, 2026 Blogmaster

GitLab has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability impacting its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) software that, under certain conditions, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to…

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