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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.
Three model calls, finished before you blink
Qwen 3.8 27B at 1500 tokens/s on Cerebras is an orchestration budget, not a quality upgrade - spend it on validation and decomposition, not more agents.
FBI probes sale of 153 million license records
An FBI probe into a service selling 153 million driver's license records shows why static identity data cannot be rotated, recalled, or trusted as proof.
Firefox blocks cross-site tracking by default
Firefox moved tracking protection from optional settings into the engine by default. Why enforcement, not preference, protects your anonymity.
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.
Pixel 11 drops hardware MTE
Pixel 11 has no hardware memory tagging. GrapheneOS inherits the gap. What the missing per-access MTE check removes from your threat model.
Private was never private
Messaging apps protect your chat from other users, not from the operator that holds the content, the metadata, and the terms you accepted at install.