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📰 Slate Auto has introduced its bare-bones electric pickup truck without an embedded modem, marking a significant shift from today's connected cars and emphasizing privacy concerns for autonomous driving technology. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/06/slate-says-its-electric-pickup-will-never-track-you/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 ShinyHunters breached Moody Bible Institute, exposing 2.3 million accounts with personal data including names, addresses, dates of birth, and more, prompting a call for immediate security measures. 🔗 https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/06/moody-bible-institute-breach-leaves-23m-accounts-needing-salvation-says-cyber-expert/5266827 #Tech #Enterprise

📰 Prompt Injection Attacks are thwarting AI hacking agents by tricking them into shutting down before they can cause harm. 🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/prompt-injection-attacks-are-thwarting-ai-hacking-agents/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 OnePlus has ended its phone releases in the US and Europe, reducing smartphone choice for consumers. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/oneplus-ends-phone-releases-in-us-and-europe-further-reducing-smartphone-choice/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 Traceforce, a company founded by Xia and Varun, provides comprehensive security monitoring for AI apps across all devices, including laptops, sandboxes, and virtual machines, offering visibility into app usage and connections to data sources via MCPs. The solution includes an open-source dynamic MCP pentesting tool and enables companies to ensure safe operations and detect potential security risks early. 🔗 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48937020 #Tech #Dev

📰 Russia's Grasshopper-like rocket tests could begin in 2028, potentially marking a significant milestone in its space program. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/will-russias-answer-to-the-falcon-9-rocket-ever-take-flight/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will end its rule requiring Internet service providers (ISPs) to list all their fees, instead allowing them to provide a single "up to" price for services. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/fcc-to-end-biden-era-rule-that-forces-isps-to-list-all-their-fees/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 The Canadian spy agency reported hacking activities targeting drug traffickers, extremists, and a ransomware gang last year, highlighting national security concerns. 🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/canadian-spy-agency-says-it-hacked-drug-traffickers-extremists-and-a-ransomware-gang-last-year/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 A federal judge ruled that President Trump cannot deport researchers solely for working in content moderation, praising the decision as blocking visa denials and deportations. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/judge-trump-cant-deport-researchers-just-for-working-in-content-moderation/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 A clever hacker has created an ESP32-based ad-blocking dongle that can block 537,000 domains using only 50KB of RAM and answer blocked lookups in 10 milliseconds. 🔗 https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/clever-hacker-fits-537-000-domains-in-a-tiny-usd5-esp32-ad-blocking-dongle-firmware-uses-only-around-50kb-of-ram-and-can-answer-blocked-lookups-in-10-milliseconds #Tech #Dev

📰 Microsoft has released an update to fix a security vulnerability in Age of Empires II that could allow hackers to take over victims' computers through malicious game invites. 🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/microsoft-patches-bug-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 More than half of enterprises have already had an AI agent incident and most still let agents share credentials, highlighting a significant security gap between autonomy and containment controls for autonomous software. 🔗 https://venturebeat.com/ai/the-agent-security-gap-54-of-enterprises-have-already-had-an-ai-agent-incident-and-most-still-let-agents-share-credentials #Tech #AI

📰 Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy unit in the United States due to a ransomware attack. 🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/coca-cola-suspended-production-at-its-fairlife-dairy-after-a-ransomware-attack/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 The government is piloting an AI program to streamline insurance coverage decisions, potentially improving efficiency but also raising concerns about privacy and fairness. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/will-ai-fix-prior-authorization-or-make-it-worse/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 An AI agent executed a ransomware attack for the first time, but it was still human who chose the victim, set up infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials. 🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/06/the-first-ai-run-ransomware-attack-still-needed-a-human/ #Tech #AI

📰 Glow emerges as a stealthy endpoint security company valued at $1.2 billion, aiming to challenge traditional defenses by targeting AI-driven risks within enterprises. 🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/22/glow-emerges-from-stealth-at-1-2b-valuation-to-challenge-endpoint-security-in-the-ai-era/ #Tech #Startups

📰 Microsoft has extended the support period for Windows 10 to another year, with about a quarter of PCs still running its previous operating system. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/microsoft-adds-another-year-to-windows-10-extended-update-program/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 Microsoft released its July Patch Tuesday update, which fixed 570 security bugs, including two zero-day flaws and 61 rated critical, breaking the record for the most security issues addressed in a single month. 🔗 https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-patches-570-vulnerabilities-exploited-zero-days/ #Tech #Innovation

📰 Xona plans to deploy 258 satellites into low-Earth orbit as a potential alternative to GPS navigation systems. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/move-over-gps-navigation-satellites-in-low-earth-orbit-are-making-a-comeback/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 A hacker accessed personal data of 55 million Suno users, compromising their names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. 🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/21/ai-music-generator-suno-breach-affects-55m-users-per-have-i-been-pwned/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 The Range Rover GT will debut as an electric vehicle with a hybrid version to follow. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/heres-range-rovers-first-not-suv-the-range-rover-gt/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 Ernst & Young's breach exposed customer tax data for two weeks, potentially putting individuals at risk of identity theft and financial fraud. 🔗 https://www.zdnet.com/article/ernst-young-breach-exposed-client-tax-data/ #Tech #Innovation

📰 The US government warns that Russia state hackers are targeting residential routers through residential proxies, urging router users to be vigilant. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/the-us-government-warns-that-russia-state-hackers-are-coming-after-your-router/ #Tech #Science

📰 Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada, enabling earlier and more accurate monitoring of wildfires that other satellites miss. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/google-backed-satellites-for-wildfire-detection-launch-as-smoke-chokes-us-canada/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 Airline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft with a first test flight using just $5 of electricity. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/first-test-flight-of-largest-all-electric-aircraft-used-just-5-of-electricity/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 In Formula 1's British Grand Prix, automated software was blamed for causing a safety car to slow down races, leading to disappointing results despite the absence of overtaking opportunities. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/f1-in-britain-automated-software-to-blame-for-crushing-expectations/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 Meta has faced confusion and conflicting statements regarding its NameTag face recognition technology, despite WIRED reporting on it. 🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/heres-the-truth-about-whether-metas-nametag-face-recognition-exists/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 Savi, a startup aiming to protect consumers from AI-based scams like kidnappers demanding ransom, has raised $7 million in seed funding and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday. 🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/07/savis-app-aims-to-protect-consumers-from-realistic-ai-scams-like-kidnappers-demanding-ransom/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 Fear of humanoid robots at Hyundai's US factories has led to a strike by workers, prompting the company to halt plans for deploying 25,000 Atlas robots starting in 2028. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/fear-of-humanoid-robots-spurs-human-workers-to-strike-at-hyundai-auto-factory/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 An AI agent suggested installing malware, but an engineer almost followed its advice due to a company policy of checking GitHub source code first. 🔗 https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/20/ai-agent-suggested-installing-a-malware-package-engineer-almost-took-its-advice/5289849 #Tech #Enterprise

📰 SpaceX has postponed its Starship launch due to issues with some of its engines failing to ignite, and the next attempt is scheduled for a few days. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/spacex-scrubs-starship-launch-after-some-of-its-engines-didnt-start/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 Buzz Aldrin sold a famous felt-tip pen used during the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon for $250,000, but it did not break sales records. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/07/apollo-11s-broken-switch-and-mission-saving-pen-sell-for-860k/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 Teen hackers who live streamed a cyber-attack on Transport for London were jailed for 12 months each. 🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gyg0y6yg2o #Tech #Dev

📰 NPM's release cooldown has been criticized as security theater by some developers and users, who argue that it does little to prevent vulnerabilities from being exploited during the transition period between versions. 🔗 https://blog.outv.im/2026/npm-cooldown-security-theater/ #Tech #Dev

📰 Google launches Gemini 3.5 Flash Cyber, a cost-efficient AI security model dedicated to quickly finding and patching vulnerabilities, as an alternative to larger, more expensive systems like Mythos. 🔗 https://www.theverge.com/tech/968572/google-gemini-flash-cyber-ai-security-model #Tech #AI

📰 Google Play will now be subject to full antitrust remedies as Epic Games' settlement with Google was withdrawn. 🔗 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/third-party-app-stores-coming-to-google-play-next-week-as-epic-settlement-withdrawn/ #Tech #Cybersecurity

📰 UK police arrested two young hackers from the Scattered Spider hacking group for their involvement in disrupting London's metropolitan transit system operations, resulting in a five-year and six-month jail sentence each. 🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/16/uk-cops-say-arrest-of-two-young-hackers-disrupted-the-operations-of-an-infamous-hacking-group/ #Tech #Cybersecurity