Pentagon Halts Chinese Coders Affecting DOD Cloud Systems Summary The US Department of Defence has halted a decade-old Microsoft support programme — referred to as “digital escorts” — after discovering…
WhatsApp Fixes ‘Zero-Click’ Bug Used To Hack Apple Users With Spyware Summary WhatsApp has patched a “zero-click” vulnerability in its iOS and Mac apps (CVE-2025-55177) that was being used together…
FCC Rejects Calls For Cable-like Fees on Broadband Providers Summary On 29 August 2025 the Federal Communications Commission issued a Report and Order rejecting a push from the National Association…
Summary Linus Torvalds updated the Linux kernel’s MAINTAINERS file to mark bcachefs as “externally maintained,” signalling he will not be accepting new bcachefs pull requests for the foreseeable future. The…
Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Celebrities Without Permission Summary Reuters found that Meta — and users of Meta’s chatbot tools — created dozens of flirtatious chatbots modelled on real celebrities…
Battlefield 6 Dev Apologises For Requiring Secure Boot To Power Anti-Cheat Tools Summary EA required Secure Boot for PC players in the Battlefield 6 open beta so its Javelin anti-cheat…
Vivaldi Browser Doubles Down On Gen AI Ban Summary Vivaldi CEO Jon von Tetzchner has reiterated the company’s refusal to embed generative AI into its browser, arguing that doing so…
Meta Changes Teen AI Chatbot Responses as Senate Begins Probe Into ‘Romantic’ Conversations Summary Meta is rolling out temporary restrictions on AI chatbots available to teenage users after reports showed…
Mastodon Says It Doesn’t ‘Have the Means’ To Comply With Age Verification Laws Summary Mastodon says it cannot comply with Mississippi’s new age verification law because its decentralised software lacks…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline developed by two Israeli security researchers — dubbed Auto Exploit — uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and…
