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This is crazy. Lawmakers in several US states are contemplating banning VPNs, because…think of the children! www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
Banning VPNs - Schneier on Security
This is crazy. Lawmakers in several US states are contemplating banning VPNs, because…think of the children! As of this writing, Wisconsin lawmakers are escalating their war on privacy by targeting VP...
www.schneier.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is crazy. Lawmakers in several US states are contemplating banning VPNs, because…think of the children! www.schneier.com/blog/archive...
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.
www.wired.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage. www.wired.com/story/flock-...
The cloud giants say they've built a tool "to transform how cloud service providers connect with one another." www.theregister.com/2025/12/01/a...
AWS, Google roll out multi-cloud fix they said wasn't needed
Re:invent: After reassuring regulators all was well, pair debut interconnect to smooth the bumps
www.theregister.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The cloud giants say they've built a tool "to transform how cloud service providers connect with one another." www.theregister.com/2025/12/01/a...
According to Kuo, Apple has already signed a non-disclosure agreement with Intel to access an early 18AP process design kit, specifically a 0.9.1 GA revision that lets Apple's silicon team model and prototype designs against Intel's upcoming node. www.techspot.com/news/110430-...
Intel could return to Macs and iPads by 2027, but this time as Apple's contract chipmaker
According to Kuo, Apple has already signed a non-disclosure agreement with Intel to access an early 18AP process design kit, specifically a 0.9.1 GA revision that lets...
www.techspot.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
According to Kuo, Apple has already signed a non-disclosure agreement with Intel to access an early 18AP process design kit, specifically a 0.9.1 GA revision that lets Apple's silicon team model and prototype designs against Intel's upcoming node. www.techspot.com/news/110430-...
Morgan Stanley credit analysts Lindsay Tyler and David Hamburger describe several fault lines. www.techspot.com/news/110441-...
Oracle's credit risk is spiking as Wall Street asks how it's going to pay for all that AI
Morgan Stanley credit analysts Lindsay Tyler and David Hamburger describe several fault lines: a growing gap between spending and available funding, a balance sheet that continues to...
www.techspot.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Morgan Stanley credit analysts Lindsay Tyler and David Hamburger describe several fault lines. www.techspot.com/news/110441-...
The development, linked to new enterprise features within Google Messages, has led to a sharp rise in searches related to workplace monitoring and concerns over what information companies can legally view. www.ibtimes.co.uk/google-now-s...
Google Share Text Messages: When Employers Can Read Your Messages
Google's new update allows employers to access text messages on managed Android devices. Learn when your boss can read your chats and who is affected.
www.ibtimes.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The development, linked to new enterprise features within Google Messages, has led to a sharp rise in searches related to workplace monitoring and concerns over what information companies can legally view. www.ibtimes.co.uk/google-now-s...
In case you have been busy and preoccupied. shostack.org/blog/appsec-...
Shostack + Friends Blog > Secure By Design roundup - November 2025
Perspective on CISOs as facilitators, a deep dive into the types of diagrams for medical devices, poetry, Chinese LLMs, Chinese drones and Chinese routers. Do any of them contain secrets?
shostack.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
In case you have been busy and preoccupied. shostack.org/blog/appsec-...
The Broadcom business unit launched the case in March, when it alleged that during negotiations over a support contract Siemens provided a list of the VMware software it used. www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/v...
VMware re-states claim Siemens used unlicensed software
: Fresh court filings try to keep the case about copyright, and in US courts
www.theregister.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Broadcom business unit launched the case in March, when it alleged that during negotiations over a support contract Siemens provided a list of the VMware software it used. www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/v...
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Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Yeah, it happens. 😉 jeffhallinmn.substack.com/p/i-had-an-e...
I Had An Epiphany
I think I now know why Republicans hate universal health care
jeffhallinmn.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Yeah, it happens. 😉 jeffhallinmn.substack.com/p/i-had-an-e...
Where is the International Court? charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-order-...
"The Order Was to Kill Everybody."
Pete Hegseth's murders. And our War Crimes President.
charliesykes.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Where is the International Court? charliesykes.substack.com/p/the-order-...
Brilliant!!! digitalsynopsis.com/advertising/...
Heinz Came Up With A Genius Color Code Hack To Fight Ketchup Fraud
A lot of small restaurants fill their empty Heinz bottles with other ketchup brands. Heinz wanted to do something about this "ketchup fraud". First, they
digitalsynopsis.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Brilliant!!! digitalsynopsis.com/advertising/...
This needs to move higher up the list before it becomes critical. jeffhallinmn.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need To Deal With Artificial Intelligence
If we do not, it will likely ruin our society but not for the reasons you think
jeffhallinmn.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This needs to move higher up the list before it becomes critical. jeffhallinmn.substack.com/p/we-need-to...
Great discussion about the Poverty Line. www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Great discussion about the Poverty Line. www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Michael W. Green did some math recently. For a family of four to afford housing, health care, child care and other necessities, he calculated that they would need at least $136,500 a year. wapo.st/4pySw6b
An investor called $140,000 the new poverty line. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Michael W. Green did some math recently. For a family of four to afford housing, health care, child care and other necessities, he calculated that they would need at least $136,500 a year. wapo.st/4pySw6b
Michael W. Green did some math recently. For a family of four to afford housing, health care, child care and other necessities, he calculated that they would need at least $136,500 a year. wapo.st/4pySw6b
An investor called $140,000 the new poverty line. Experts disagreed but said he had a point.
Michael Green’s tally of the costs of raising a family in the U.S. today is going viral, even if some economists scoff at his math.
wapo.st
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Michael W. Green did some math recently. For a family of four to afford housing, health care, child care and other necessities, he calculated that they would need at least $136,500 a year. wapo.st/4pySw6b
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Beijing is pulling the ladder up behind it when it comes to the market for low-cost goods.
China Wants to Dominate High- and Low-Tech Industries
Beijing is pulling the ladder up behind it when it comes to the market for low-tech goods.
bloom.bg
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Beijing is pulling the ladder up behind it when it comes to the market for low-cost goods.
The labor market is slowing down, particularly for white-collar professionals in tech-heavy cities. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Axios AM - 💼 America's hiring hotspots
www.axios.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The labor market is slowing down, particularly for white-collar professionals in tech-heavy cities. www.axios.com/newsletters/...
Think before you opine. jeffhallinmn.substack.com/p/career-end...
Career Ending Move
It is not just that people are gutless
jeffhallinmn.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Think before you opine. jeffhallinmn.substack.com/p/career-end...
The incident follows a similar mishap last month, where Deloitte submitted a report with AI-generated errors to an Australian government agency. www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Deloitte faces new scrutiny over suspected AI-generated mistakes
A Canadian province asked Deloitte to review a $1.6 million report it created for the Department of Health and Community Services, which contains inaccurate citations.
www.semafor.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The incident follows a similar mishap last month, where Deloitte submitted a report with AI-generated errors to an Australian government agency. www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Software supply chain security company ReversingLabs said it found the "vulnerability" in bootstrap files provided by a build and deployment automation tool named "zc.buildout." thehackernews.com/2025/11/lega...
Legacy Python Bootstrap Scripts Create Domain-Takeover Risk in Multiple PyPI Packages
Old Python bootstrap scripts and a malicious PyPI package expose developers to domain takeover and RAT risks.
thehackernews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Software supply chain security company ReversingLabs said it found the "vulnerability" in bootstrap files provided by a build and deployment automation tool named "zc.buildout." thehackernews.com/2025/11/lega...
The problem for RISC was economic. Chips manufactured in smaller volumes cost far more than commodity chips like x86. www.theregister.com/2025/11/27/a...
HPC won't be x86 forever – and it's starting to show
Feature: Arm and RISC-V would like a word
www.theregister.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The problem for RISC was economic. Chips manufactured in smaller volumes cost far more than commodity chips like x86. www.theregister.com/2025/11/27/a...
Luckily, the malware only remained active during the day-long outage, which also knocked major websites offline for hours. www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/m...
Botnet takes advantage of AWS outage to smack 28 countries
: Even worse, it might have been a 'test run' for future attacks
www.theregister.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Luckily, the malware only remained active during the day-long outage, which also knocked major websites offline for hours. www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/m...
OpenAI and Google are reducing the number of image or video requests you can make on their latest media-generation platforms. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
Sora and Google's Nano Banana Pro Are Slammed, and Scale Back Free Videos and Images
OpenAI and Google are reducing the number of image or video requests you can make on their latest media-generation platforms.
www.cnet.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
OpenAI and Google are reducing the number of image or video requests you can make on their latest media-generation platforms. www.cnet.com/tech/service...
On Windows 11, the password icon appears only if multiple sign-in options (e.g., PIN, security key, password, fingerprint) are available. If you only use a password, the icon may not appear at all since Windows will just show the password field by default. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...
Microsoft: Windows updates make password login option invisible
Microsoft warned users that Windows 11 updates released since August may cause the password sign-in option to disappear from the lock screen options, even though the button remains functional.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
On Windows 11, the password icon appears only if multiple sign-in options (e.g., PIN, security key, password, fingerprint) are available. If you only use a password, the icon may not appear at all since Windows will just show the password field by default. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...