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Article Perplexity cites 215,128 template pages as evidence
Three sites generated 215,128 scripted "best software" pages that AI engines like Perplexity cite as sources - fueling misinformation, SEO abuse, and malware.
Same badge, new model underneath
A systems-analysis read on Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1: why a point release quietly moves the safety boundary and what to re-test before you ship it.
The 150x model tax
Cost, latency, and quality trade against each other in LLM inference. How to route work, use serving-layer levers, and architect systems on the efficient frontier.
A robot dog moves on command inside your network
The Creepy Crawlies robot dog is a networked device that moves on command. Its control channel and actuator define the risk, not its label.
Code rides the error channel
Arbitrary code execution in QubesOS through the copy-to-VM error reporting backchannel, and what it means for the trust boundary between qubes.
Google locked AuroraStore out of the Play Store
The Play Store blocking AuroraStore shows GrapheneOS users never held the app delivery path. The dependency, not the block, is the exposure.
MFA protects the login, not the session.
Fastpotify mints unbound session cookies that survive MFA. Stolen via AiTM or infostealer, they replay as full sessions. The telemetry that catches it.
The Wire — latest
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- Content farms built for AI, not humans, are grounding Perplexity's software picks
- Court Spares Google a Forced Breakup of Its Ad Tech Empire
- Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 targets agentic coding, with a pay-with-your-data tier
- No summarizable content — source is a headline only
- 153M ID Scans Surface on Dark Web, Traced to Vendor IDScan.net; FBI Opens Probe
- Aging Brains Blend Memories Rather Than Losing Them, Brain Scans Suggest
- Bringing a Dead $300 Tektronix TDS7104 Scope Back to Life
- Building a Text Editor for the Web: Canvas vs. contenteditable vs. textarea
- Dan Luu picks apart Ed Zitron's 'AI is a bubble' predictions and finds the numbers don't add up
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