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Post #232123 2.32K Sep 13, 2026, 15:04 UTC

Astra and Fable still hack on simple variants of alignment evals from 2025
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Post #232122 2.65K Sep 13, 2026, 15:03 UTC

AI models don't kill people – people kill people
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theregister AI models don't kill people – people kill people AI fearmongers forget we could just jail tech execs until morale and model safety improve

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Post #232121 2.32K Sep 13, 2026, 14:22 UTC

Your car is selling your data
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The Verge Your car is selling your data The amount of data about you that many cars collect — and sell to third parties — is staggering.

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Post #232120 2.32K Sep 13, 2026, 14:02 UTC

Flock worker calls police on reporter filming public camera installation
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https://www.investigatetv.com/ Flock worker calls police on InvestigateTV reporter filming public camera installation Questions about privacy and oversight surrounding Flock Safety's national camera network persist

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Post #232119 2.37K Sep 13, 2026, 14:00 UTC

US Customs supervisor busted for stealing hardware from Homeland Security PCs
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Tom's Hardware US Customs supervisor busted for stealing Core i7 CPUs, RAM, and hard drives from Homeland Security PCs, damage estimated at $105… Silicon heist at the border

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Post #232118 2.29K Sep 13, 2026, 12:56 UTC

Matt Mullenweg reportedly returns as Automattic CEO 2 days after getting booted
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The Verge Matt Mullenweg returns as Automattic CEO two days after getting booted Mullenweg says the company’s board is “back in agreement.”

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Post #232117 2.28K Sep 13, 2026, 12:22 UTC

'Fingerprints' inside the Sun could reveal if it once swallowed a planet
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The Royal Astronomical Society 'Fingerprints' inside the Sun could reveal if it once swallowed a planet drupal-media[data-view-mode=half_page_width] { display: inline-block; width: 50%; } It is thought the Sun may have engulfed a super-Earth-sized planet early in its h...

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Post #232116 2.56K Sep 13, 2026, 12:08 UTC

U.S. in Highest-Risk Category for Civil War, Coup, or Collapse in CIA Model
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Substack Scored on the CIA's Instability Model, the United States Is in the Highest-Risk Category for Civil War, Coup, or Collapse The federal center is entering the kind of decay that has ended other unions. The more autocratic the country becomes, the weaker Lincoln's case for staying, and the stronger the case for going.

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Post #232115 2.37K Sep 13, 2026, 11:51 UTC

Carney's Bid to Make Canada an 'Associate Member' of the EU
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The Wall Street Journal Exclusive | Mark Carney’s Audacious Bid to Make Canada an ‘Associate Member’ of the EU As trade talks with the U.S. collapse, prime minister pursues a major—and risky—pivot to Europe; an Ottawa book club plays its part.

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Post #232114 2.65K Sep 13, 2026, 11:21 UTC

Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests
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TechCrunch Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests | TechCrunch Revolut said it notified affected customers and alerted the relevant government agency, law enforcement, and financial regulators.

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Post #232113 2.55K Sep 13, 2026, 11:13 UTC

Homebrew 7.0.0
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Homebrew 7.0.0 Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 7.0.0. The most significant changes since 6.0.0 are faster installations and upgrades, stronger sandboxing, a native macOS app, built-in vulnerability checks and an advisory database, the end of macOS 10.15 support and…

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Post #232112 2.26K Sep 13, 2026, 11:11 UTC

Nvidia dismisses "circular financing", says every $1 it invests brings back $100
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Invezz Nvidia says every $1 it invests brings back $100: so why does the stock keep falling?

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Post #232111 2.25K Sep 13, 2026, 09:54 UTC

Norton Neo Browser
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Neo Browser Neo: the private, protected browser by Norton Neo blocks trackers, ads and fingerprinting before they load, pairs Norton's threat intelligence with a streaming VPN, and runs AI that never logs your chats.

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Post #232110 2.22K Sep 13, 2026, 09:45 UTC

Killing with a car costs $1.6M, California requires drivers to carry $30K
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Max Mautner Killing someone with a car costs $1.6 million. California requires drivers to carry $30,000 NHTSA puts the average economic cost of a traffic fatality at $1.6 million. California requires a driver to carry $30,000 in bodily injury coverage, and everyone who was not in the crash pays the rest.

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Post #232109 2.23K Sep 13, 2026, 09:44 UTC

Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley
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BBC News Insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley A recent spate of stark warnings about the dangers of AI has been met with scepticism by executives and investors.

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Post #232108 2.27K Sep 13, 2026, 08:11 UTC

JetKVM Mini
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JetKVM Introducing JetKVM Mini - JetKVM A JetKVM from $33, wired or wireless. New open-source firmware, the same web interface.

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Post #232107 2.26K Sep 13, 2026, 07:38 UTC

American Medical Association Backs Classification of Nearsightedness as Disease
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American Academy of Ophthalmology American Medical Association Backs Formal Classification of Nearsightedness as a Disease Nation’s largest physician organization adopts policy calling for insurance coverage for treatments that can slow its progression in children.

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Post #232106 2.23K Sep 13, 2026, 07:18 UTC

Aligned to Whom?
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hyperbola Aligned to whom? You are relying very heavily on the priors of the model to do a good job for you. What happens when you cannot judge whether those priors are good?

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Post #232105 2.27K Sep 13, 2026, 07:01 UTC

When Anyone Can Build Software, Who Decides What Not to Build?
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Post #232104 2.19K Sep 13, 2026, 06:48 UTC

After Math
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What's new After Math [This is a guest post by Silvia De Toffoli and Eamon Duede. This blog post was initially written in a different file format and converted using AI. — T.] Silvia De Toffoli (University School …

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