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Curated cybersecurity and tech news — AI-summarized, source attributed.
Hacker turns a programmable e-ink reader into a real network printer
A developer bought an Xteink X3 e-ink reader because its CrossPoint firmware was fully programmable, then grew tired of the clunky upload flow that required joi
How the Buddha Became Two Christian Saints
The Catholic and Orthodox churches once venerated saints Barlaam and Josaphat, whose legend follows an Indian prince, Josaphat, kept in luxurious isolation by a
"I-have-ADHD" skill forces coding agents to lead with the answer, cut the fluff
A developer has published an open-source skill for AI coding assistants that reshapes how those tools respond, prioritizing the actual answer over the conversat
Inception's Mercury 2.5 bets diffusion LLMs can win on latency and cost
Inception Labs has released Mercury 2.5, which it calls the largest diffusion language model ever trained and the most capable diffusion LLM available. Unlike t
LG smart TVs log Wi-Fi, audio, and viewing data — even offline and in standby
An investigation by Gamers Nexus, working with Level1Techs and independent security researchers, found that LG OLED TVs continuously collect and transmit data a
LibreOffice hits record downloads by making 'no AI' a selling point
LibreOffice 26.8, released August 26th, became the suite's most-downloaded update ever, topping 1 million installer downloads in a single week (excluding Linux
LLMs Invent Their Own Social Biases — and Bigger Models Do It Worse
Researchers at Princeton and the University of Chicago show that language models don't just echo human prejudice — they manufacture fresh biases on their own. U
McSweeney's Skewers RTO Mania With a Mayo-Soaked Corporate Dystopia
This McSweeney's satire imagines a near-future where only three megacorporations survive, and follows an "Associate Slop Doula" at Mondo Mayo — a former mayonna
No article text supplied for Meta "Muse" agent — summary can't be verified
The submission provides only a headline and a URL (ai.meta.com/muse/); the article body is empty aside from the title repeated back. There is no source text des
OpenAI Claims AI Agents Solved the Navier–Stokes Millennium Problem
OpenAI says an unreleased model — described as well beyond its GPT-6 Astra system — produced a proof addressing the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness probl
OpenAI Scoops Navier–Stokes Proof From Team Using Its Own Models
OpenAI used an unreleased internal model to produce a resolution of the Navier–Stokes existence and smoothness problem, one of the seven $1M Millennium Prize Pr
Paramount Deploys Fake Grassroots Group to Kill California Merger Suit
Paramount has been caught running an astroturf campaign to manufacture public support for its $111 billion merger with Warner Bros. According to The Intercept,