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when your CEO goes to dinner at the White House, you're probably pretty confident those ongoing money laundering investigations are never going to amount to anything; why not have another go at the US, after all if Binance execs can get a pardon...
Tether launches USAT, a US-regulated stablecoin issued by Anchorage Digital Bank, marking the company's direct return to the US market that it left in 2018 (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)
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January 27, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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"I think it's no surprise that a company run by a man who sat behind Trump at his inauguration, and donated to the destruction of the White House, has taken a stance that helps ICE agents retain anonymity."
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Meta Is Blocking Links To ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta's social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
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NEW: After Apple launched Lockdown Mode years ago, and Google released its own special security feature for Android last year, WhatsApp now offers a new mode for users at high risk of being targeted with spyware.
It's called Strict Account Settings and enables certain restrictions to protect users.
It's called Strict Account Settings and enables certain restrictions to protect users.
WhatsApp is rolling out a new stricter security setting to protect users from cyber attacts | TechCrunch
Days after Meta was sued over alleged false privacy claims surrounding its chat app WhatsApp, the company has rolled out a new setting to protect users
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January 27, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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UK government teaming up with Meta is looking great.
Court filings: Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of sexual interactions (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
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January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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I've been saying 'get off facebook' for so long I've worn a groove, but maybe get off of facebook?
Court filings: Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of sexual interactions (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
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January 27, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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“Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of sexual interactions, according to internal Meta documents filed in a New Mexico state court case and made public Monday.”
Meta CEO Zuckerberg blocked curbs on sex-talking chatbots for minors, court filing alleges
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of sexual interactions, according to internal Meta documents file...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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NEW: Instagram, Threads, and Facebook are blocking links to ICE List, which lists thousands of what it says are DHS employees; a Meta spokesperson claims it's because the site violated a policy about soliciting PII. @davidgilbert.bsky.social has the scoop:
Meta Is Blocking Users From Sharing Website Listing ICE Agents
Users of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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When reached for comment, Meta spox Andy Stone cited the company's policy on "sharing personally identifiable information." But ICE List does not contain the info detailed in the policy...
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January 27, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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look how they massacred my boy
State of Mozilla 2025
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January 27, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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Truly a generational talent at the intersection of villainy and mediocrity, one of the greats
Court filings: Mark Zuckerberg approved allowing minors to access AI chatbot companions that safety staffers warned were capable of sexual interactions (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
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January 27, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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good read here on how Silicon Valley trained AI by buying, scanning and destroying millions of books www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
How Silicon Valley built AI: Buying, scanning and destroying millions of books
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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“In this case, the [rebel] alliance is a loose network of tech startups, developers and public interest technologists committed to making AI more open and trustworthy and to checking the power of industry heavyweights like OpenAI and Anthropic.”
Mozilla is building an AI ‘rebel alliance’ to take on industry heavweights OpenAI, Anthropic
Mozilla is looking to deploy its roughly $1.4 billion in reserves to support "mission driven" companies and nonprofits, and is particularly focused on AI.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Mozilla has the money to keep the open source Firefox browser going for decades, but instead it's going to burn through its cash on a brainless CEO's high salary and redundant AI development that will fail to compete with anything.
January 27, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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there is nobody in this world who understands less about a name, and its power, than an engineer
Clawdbot creator Peter Steinberger says he is changing the name of the viral AI agent to Moltbot after he "was forced to rename the account by Anthropic" (Henry Chandonnet/Business Insider)
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January 27, 2026 at 6:53 PM
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Watching this Clawdbot frenzy from afar, it seems insane to give an AI direct access to your entire digital life with so few guardrails like many of the most enthusiastic adopters are. Feels like some security horror stories will come out of it all.
Clawdbot creator Peter Steinberger says he is changing the name of the viral AI agent to Moltbot after he "was forced to rename the account by Anthropic" (Henry Chandonnet/Business Insider)
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January 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Mozilla has announced a new plan to lose $1.4 billion
An interview with Mozilla president Mark Surman about plans to deploy its ~$1.4B in reserves to fund an AI "rebel alliance" to challenge companies like OpenAI (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
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January 27, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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New: Unsealed court docs detail Big Tech’s yearslong, secret race to ingest the collective works of humanity, including Anthropic’s project to “destructively scan all the books in the world.”
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How Silicon Valley built AI: Buying, scanning and destroying millions of books
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
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January 27, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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France ditching US cos. The EU and the rest of the world are disengaging from US influence at all levels.
Dollar falling, UST rates rising, gold at historic highs.
Trust is precious. Trump/MAGA squandered it. Now we'll be much poorer and less safe as a result.
Dollar falling, UST rates rising, gold at historic highs.
Trust is precious. Trump/MAGA squandered it. Now we'll be much poorer and less safe as a result.
France plans to replace Microsoft Teams and Zoom with French-made and Outscale-hosted Visio by 2027, as part of a push to drop US software vendors in government (Pascale Davies/Euronews)
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January 27, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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The big stated goal of the Andy Jassy era at Amazon has ended with a whimper www.geekwire.com/2026/amazon-...
Amazon closing all Amazon Fresh and Go stores to focus on Whole Foods and grocery delivery
After a decade of experimentation and expansion, the company says it wasn't able to find the right model for its Amazon-branded grocery and convenience stores. Most locations will close Sunday.
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January 27, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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Devastating SEO news for the AI YouTubers who spent the past week making Clawdbot their entire personality
Clawdbot creator Peter Steinberger says he is changing the name of the viral AI agent to Moltbot after he "was forced to rename the account by Anthropic" (Henry Chandonnet/Business Insider)
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January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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this applies to Aylo's free sites; users who've already gone through current age verification will still have access when logged in. but if you're not grandfathered in, you're out www.404media.co/uk-pornhub-b...
![“Anyone who has not gone through that process prior to February 2 will no longer be able to access [the sites] and they're going to be met with a wall,” Alexzandra Kekesi, VP Brand and Community at Aylo, said. “Basically, their journey on our platform will start and end there.” Users on paid sites will be able to access those sites if they’re logged in; this restriction applies to Aylo’s free video sharing platforms.
“When ECP acquired Aylo in March of 2023, one of our most important commitments was to work with regulators and industry, adult and mainstream, in order to find a solution to keep minors from accessing explicit content online,” Solomon Friedman, partner and vice president of compliance at Ethical Capital Partners, said in the call. “That remains a key focus of our attention today. ECP does not wish for one single minor to be able to access adult content, not just on a levels platforms, but on any adult platforms. It unfortunately is disheartening that regulators have not been given the legislative tools that they need, and instead, have been provided with really flawed sets of laws that in some jurisdictions were never intended to succeed.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pt47oe625rv5cnrkgvntwbiq/bafkreifmkld6jyvr63mfasu2mdhih4vniv2fpunhv4ihbm2x2uokjcf5aq@jpeg)
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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An incredible story of how one man, tricked into working in a scam compound in Southeast Asia, leaked all of their secrets to @agreenberg.bsky.social before trying to escape.
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He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Human trafficking to scam compounds in SE Asia is a catastrophe for forced laborers and their scam victims worldwide. One individual, Red Bull, gave @agreenberg.bsky.social incredible insight into the situation over months from inside. Then he attempted an escape www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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I honestly don’t know what to say about @agreenberg.bsky.social’s latest other than that it is much stranger than fiction and that I very much hope you take some time with it:
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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Last year, Andy Greenberg was contacted by a source going by "Red Bull" who claimed to be trapped in a Southeast Asian scam compound. The source shared videos, documents, and intel from the inside.
Then he tried to escape.
A must-read from @agreenberg.bsky.social who devoted so much to this saga:
Then he tried to escape.
A must-read from @agreenberg.bsky.social who devoted so much to this saga:
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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