California’s ‘Linux Exemption’ May Be Much Bigger Than Linux
California lawmakers passed amendments to AB 1856 on August 27, 2026, but the bill’s much-discussed open-source exemption is not actually…
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Abbott Paused Flock Spending. Texas’s 3,200 Cameras Are Still Watching
Gov. Greg Abbott directed Texas state agencies to stop funding Flock Safety cameras going forward on August 27, 2026, after…
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Instagram’s Teen ‘Break’ Was Mostly a Reminder Nobody Turned On
Instagram did not make its early Take a Break tool mandatory after teens largely ignored it. In August 2026 testimony…
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Firefox Keeps Full UBlock Origin. Brave Has a Side Door.
Firefox is not the only major browser where users can still run full uBlock Origin. Firefox retains broad, ordinary Manifest…
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AMD’s Old DRAM Swizzle Is Real. the Universal Break Is Not
Skitter Creek Bath Salts is a credible proof of concept for AMD Family 16h processors: with privileged access, it can…
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Reasoning Logs Hid 704 Secrets. the Old Envelopes May Still Open
Publicly shared LLM API logs can still expose customer data hidden inside encrypted reasoning blocks, at least unless providers have…
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Noreply.net Became a Mail Sink: and Nobody Checked the Drain
Security researcher Cory Solovewicz says noreply.net received 401,796 messages after he acquired it in December 2024, including notifications that reportedly…
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Meta Must Pay $567 Million in New Mexico Youth-Safety Case
Meta must pay $567 million over five years into a New Mexico youth-harm abatement fund and adopt state-specific safety measures…
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EU AI Labels Are Live From 2 August
Article 50 of the EU AI Act started applying on 2 August 2026, and that means AI systems serving users…
