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  About 70% of the internet is in danger Niv Bavarsky Your IT manager doesn’t have time to recover your email password this week, since over half of the internet needs to be fixed. Yesterday, developers released vital patches for PHP, a programming language that powers roughly 70% of the world’s websites, warning that if…

Polymarket secures investment from Trump Jr-backed 1789 CapitalPublished Tue, Aug 26 20251:14 PM EDTShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email Donald Trump Jr., executive vice president of development and acquisitions for Trump Organization Inc., during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, US, on Tuesday,…

  Dancing robot company pops 460% in Shanghai IPO Kevin Frayer/Getty Images To put it in terms familiar to anyone who’s seen clips of these humanoids, shares of China’s Unitree Robotics did more than a quadruple backflip yesterday in its stock market debut. It’s a blowout showing from a company whose bots have attracted viral…

AI Agent Hacked Into Crypto Wallet and Stole Funds, OpenAI SaysIt questioned the ethics of what it was doing—before proceeding to do it.BY WEBB WRIGHTPUBLISHED OCTOBER 16, 2026, 1:20 PM ET READING TIME 3 MINUTES The Ethereum blockchain network was first launched in 2015. © Shutterstock READ LATER COMMENTS (15) Turns out not even the…

Child-monitoring apps might need a reboot MIT Technology Review · 5 hours agoby Kelly Clancy · Humans and technology Pam Wisniewski’s digital adolescence showed her the best and the worst of the internet. At 14, she left an abusive home, where she’d been isolated in a fifth-wheel trailer at the end of a seven-­mile dirt…

 MIT Report Finds That AI Is Leading to “Cognitive Surrender” Among Students Futurism · 2 hours agoby Victor Tangermann · Future Society As generative AI continues to intrude on almost every aspect of our daily lives, students are increasingly starting to feel the effects of over-relying on the tech. Some are going to absurd lengths…

Trump and Elon Agree: It Must Have Been the Dog That Ate Ukraine’s StarshieldBoth billionaires denied being responsible for the decision to partially paralyze Ukraine’s military satellite network this week.BY TOM MCKAY PUBLISHED OCTOBER 16, 2026, 6:07 PM ET READING TIME 2 MINUTES Donald Trump holds a press conference with Elon Musk in the Oval Office on May…

Robots can’t do all of Walmart’s heavy lifting yet Walmart In Walmart’s perfect world, workers wouldn’t have to touch a product until it arrived at the store, perfectly organized on the pallet and ready to be placed directly on the shelf. But in the real world, the robots they’ve hired can’t lift the big bags…

 Amazon plans drone delivery for 500 US cities and towns. The next overpriced moisturizer you impulse buy with one click at 3am might be delivered by drone, as Amazon plans to dramatically enlarge its Prime Air drone delivery service by the end of the year. The drones can deliver packages weighing less than 5 pounds…

The web has changed. Ever since ChatGPT was released, and as of July 2026, one-third of all published web pages show signs of AI authorship. What are we actually reading, and did a person write any of it? Think on that. In related news, Apple Music will start labelling tracks that were generated using AI,…

Ukraine says SpaceX restricted its Starlink access Jonathan Raa/Getty Images Ukraine accused SpaceX of suddenly restricting its access to the Starlink satellite network, scrambling the country’s defense tech and forcing it to pause some battlefield operations. An aide to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, Serhii Beskrestnov, said yesterday that Ukrainian vehicles and projectiles traveling above 100…

Netflix commences largest layoffs in years Chris Delmas/Getty Images In a way, “Charlie bit my finger” led to this. Amid slowing growth and heightened competition from platforms like YouTube, Netflix is cutting 6% of its workforce—its largest layoff since 2022, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. Roughly 1,000 people globally will lose their jobs, mostly…

MCA tells maritime sector to plan for life without GPSHeather Prentice October 12, 20260shares The UK government is advising yachtsmen, ship owners, ports and all those involved in the maritime sector to plan for operations without GPS, as spoofing, jamming, signal loss and interference in Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) increase worldwideTAGS: In a significant…

What Is Compute? Here’s Why Compute Is The New Currency Of Innovation Gina Marrs November 4, 2025 In today’s digital age, the term “compute” is everywhere, but what does it actually mean, and why is it becoming so central to innovation? At its core, compute refers to the processing power required to run applications, perform…

  Washington state grapples with the AI data center boom This week, we’ll take you inside a data center in Quincy, sit down with the town’s mayor, and take a closer look at a controversial energy project. As data centers multiply, Washington cities call time-out The construction of data centers is far outpacing regulations; in…

 Lawmakers take aim at job listings that ghosted you Illustration: Morning Brew Inc., Photo: Unsplash The government can’t do anything about your Hinge matches—unless they run a company that’s posting about roles that may not actually be open, aka ‘ghost jobs.’ These types of listings, which attract applicants but lead to no hiring activity, are…

Sam Holland – Oak Bay mayor candidate 2026The Times Colonist Sep 18, 2026 8:48 PM Oct 8, 2026 6:41 PM Sam Holland is running for mayor in Oak Bay. SUBMITTEDListen to this article00:07:09 Sam Holland Municipality where you are running: Oak Bay Position you are running for: Mayor Are you associated with or running as…

ECB head Christine Lagarde ‘ready to serve’ WEF, report says Copyright Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reservedBy Nathan RennoldsPublished on 23/08/2026 – 14:27 GMT+2•Updated 15:31ShareCommentsAdd Euronews on GoogleThe World Economic Forum is currently co-chaired by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and André Hoffmann, the vice chairman of Roche. European Central Bank (ECB) chief Christine…

 Apple Intelligence is getting usage limits, and here’s what it means for you The free lunch is over. Apple Intelligence is about to start counting your requests.By Rachit Agarwal Published September 10, 2026 1:45 AMRachit Agarwal / Digital Trends In its July earnings call, Apple hinted that Apple Intelligence will have usage limits, and heavy…

 Trump admin suspends Microsoft from green card program. Alex Wong/Getty Images 🪪 Trump admin suspends Microsoft from green card program. Vice President JD Vance said yesterday that the administration is suspending the tech giant from a program that allows its employees with H-1B visas to apply for green cards. Vance accused Microsoft of replacing American…

The Hub is getting increasingly desperate to boost the flagging ConsHopes for a right-wing makeover of our country have been spiked in just a matter of weeks by Trumpism Marc Edge / March 31, 2025 / 6 min read Canadian PoliticsMedia Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. Photo from Flickr. Pity the poor Hub. Mere weeks…

The Hub is getting increasingly desperate to boost the flagging ConsHopes for a right-wing makeover of our country have been spiked in just a matter of weeks by Trumpism Marc Edge / March 31, 2025 / 6 min read Canadian PoliticsMedia Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. Photo from Flickr. Pity the poor Hub. Mere weeks…

The Hub is getting increasingly desperate to boost the flagging ConsHopes for a right-wing makeover of our country have been spiked in just a matter of weeks by Trumpism Marc Edge / March 31, 2025 / 6 min read Canadian PoliticsMedia Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. Photo from Flickr. Pity the poor Hub. Mere weeks…

The Hub is getting increasingly desperate to boost the flagging ConsHopes for a right-wing makeover of our country have been spiked in just a matter of weeks by Trumpism Marc Edge / March 31, 2025 / 6 min read Canadian PoliticsMedia Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. Photo from Flickr. Pity the poor Hub. Mere weeks…

The Hub is getting increasingly desperate to boost the flagging ConsHopes for a right-wing makeover of our country have been spiked in just a matter of weeks by Trumpism Marc Edge / March 31, 2025 / 6 min read Canadian PoliticsMedia Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. Photo from Flickr. Pity the poor Hub. Mere weeks…