·The Verge
The US is banning foreign robots
The FCC announced a new import ban covering foreign-made "advanced robotic devices" and power inverters, including mobile robots such as humanoid and quadruped models. While the ag...
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·VentureBeat
Visa used Mythos to hunt for bugs in its own payment network, then open-sourced the harness that made it possible
Visa tested Anthropic’s Claude Mythos against parts of its global payments infrastructure, where the model linked small weaknesses into exploit chains that might otherwise appear l...
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·github.com
Developer releases a userscript that adds Hacker News discussion panels directly alongside linked articles
A Hacker News user built a userscript to avoid opening separate tabs for an article and its HN comments. The tool opens linked articles with a resizable side panel showing the rela...
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·The Verge
Ariana Grande is suing the hackers who’ve been leaking her songs and videos for years
Ariana Grande filed a Los Angeles lawsuit against unnamed defendants accused of hacking, stealing, and leaking her private creative materials. The complaint says 45 unreleased song...
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·TechCrunch
Bot-detection startup Spur nabs $200M from Insight
Spur Intelligence raised $200 million from Insight Partners to support technology that distinguishes legitimate human traffic from automated bots. The company focuses on helping cu...
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·The Verge
eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement
eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million to settle claims from David and Ina Steiner, who were targeted after their EcommerceBytes newsletter covered the company. Th...
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·The Verge
The union drive at the Wikimedia Foundation is expanding
US-based staff at the Wikimedia Foundation are joining a union drive that began in June with UK employees. The workers, affiliated with the Communications Workers of America as Wik...
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