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1:52:31

33 - Pocket Narcissist

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/10/03

Man Used a Robot Vacuum to Catch His Wife CheatingSamsung SmartThings firmware update bricks "smart" refrigerators The AI Industry Has a Jurassic Park Problem More AI caught trying to break into systems - this time US & Canadian gov't Anthropic has a press release showing how well their latest model (GLM 5.3) breaks into other systems Gemini getting in on the model-escaping hype OpenAI says rogue agents may have affected more than 100 organizations Micro Center requires photo ID and signed

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2:16:43

32 - Regulatory Propaganda

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/09/20

Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeksDefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later - Cliff Stoll⁩ US says Chinese firms extracted billions of tokens from frontier AI models This shirt is like an AI invisibility cloak ASCII smuggling isn't just an AI security risk Anthropic wants Claude to analyze your bank account and financial data ESA Says It Has Two Lawsuits Pending Against 'Illegal' Private Minecraft Servers Hackers Got Inside a Flock

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2:57:41

31 - You Are The Beta

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/09/20

SNICKERS® HUNGR.AI | Even AI Can Get Hungry SNICKERS Built a Digital Candy Bar For When Your AI Your Acts "Hungry" Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code Data centers’ ‘oh s--t’ moment Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime Comcast Turns Millions Of Routers Into Motion Sensors - The Same WiFi Signals Can ID You With 99.5% Accuracy AI is designing viruses – what could possibly go wrong? New CrowdStrike 'FalconFlank' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges Hackers abuse

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2:40:01

30 - Now With More AI Slop

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/08/23

Young US adults are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobsAmazon, Meta, Microsoft, and other US tech giants are hiding $1.65 trillion in AI debt Hey, Your AI Is Showing DraculaGPT to destroy entry-level medical jobs Prior authorization consumes more clinician full-time-equivalents than the entire projected US physician shortage A GITHUB MISCONFIGURATION LET KIMI K3 CHEAT A CYBERSECURITY BENCHMARK. Hackers want your nudes. Here’s how to keep your privates, private Edge to end Manifest

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1:20:02

Bonus 1 - Fungal Slab

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/08/15

Passkeys by default and retirement of Microsoft-provided SMS and voice authentication - Microsoft Entra IDminiOTP-2-i programmable Two-Factor Security Token with time sync Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 400 flaws, 3 zero-days New Microsoft Defender 'ShieldBreak' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges Executive Producer: Sir bigl0af Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon

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2:31:09

29 - AI VD

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/08/08

Meta AI model hacked a company during misconfigured cyber testHugging Face is being used to easily undress women and children Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint Court Filing Reveals Windows Device ID Helped FBI Trace Alleged Scattered Spider Hacker AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust The State Department Presented an

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2:47:28

28 - Vibe-Coded Sandbox

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2026/07/26

John C. Dvorak on Computer Chronicles in 1987This latest frightening ransomware attack was orchestrated entirely by an LLM Claude can now use your 1Password credentials for you Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie. OpenAI and Hugging Face partner to address security incident during model evaluation Security incident disclosure @ Hugging Face — July 2026 OpenAI says it accidentally hacked Hugging Face with a new AI system Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5-billion settlement

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2:41:32

27 - Goatse Systems

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2026/07/12

Your smart home may be whispering your secrets to strangers Microsoft patches RoguePlanet Defender zero-day vulnerability Sony erases digital content from libraries; we’re reminded we don’t own what we buy Studio Canal Removal (UK) Sony latest company to delete purchases from digital libraries Over 14 million login credentials leaked from six ISPs in major data breach — here’s what we know PlayStation’s Physical Media-Free Future Is Offensive Good Old Games Meta data center water discharges

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2:48:49

26 - Acronym Salad

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2026/06/27

Google's New CAPTCHA Plans Will Create A Two-Tier Internet Only Accessible To Those With 'Approved' Devices Callback 8020: The Future of Flip-Phones Google says ShinyHunters hackers targeting education sector via Oracle exploit The First Company-Wide AI Ban Just Hit My Inbox. Here’s What It Means Apple fixes Beats Studio Buds flaw that let hackers spy on conversations Microsoft, like, totally gets why students are booing AI-pilled graduation speakers Microsoft's worst 'Nightmare' unleashes

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1:44:29

25 - Cumshot on the Motherboard

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/06/07

AI Startup Says It Will Pay People $2,000 A Month to Masturbate... Yes, ReallyGoogle API Keys Weren't Secrets. But then Gemini Changed the Rules. United flight forced to turn around because of a Bluetooth speaker name MyPillow must decide whether to be firm or soft as ransomware crims demand pay Carnival confirms ShinyHunters cruised off with 6M customer records after April breach Spotify might soon flag your 'sad-boy' playlists Companies Are Getting Burned by Burning Tons of Tokens AI costs how

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2:16:31

24 - Marginally Plausible Bullshit

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2026/05/23

Microsoft testing adjustable taskbar, Start menu in Windows 11DOJ Is Asking Apple and Google to Hand Over Data on 100,000 Users of a Car App 60% of MD5 password hashes are crackable in under an hour CISA Admin Leaked AWS GovCloud Keys on Github Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses Amazon employees are “tokenmaxxing” due to pressure to use AI tools Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users Social media site with 1.3 billion users sends harsh layoffs

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1:32:34

23 - Zero-Day Explitive

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2026/05/10

Canvas hack forces some Tennessee universities to push back finals. What happened?GoDaddy customer claims registrar transferred 27-year-old domain without any security checks British kids using fake mustaches, IDs, and VPNs to bypass online age checks, study finds Why is Claude always blackmailing people? Meta isn’t doing enough to keep kids off Facebook and Instagram, rules EU Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered

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1:32:34

22 - Raw Dogging the Internet

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/04/25

Firestarter malware survives Cisco firewall updates, security patchesApple and Google Broke Their Own Rules by Promoting 'Nudify' Apps, Report Says Anthropic quietly pulls Claude Code from Pro plan and hands local model advocates their strongest argument yet You’re about to feel the AI money squeeze I Just Vibe Coded a Global Mass Surveillance Site in 2 Hours With OpenAI's Codex. It Was Terrifyingly Easy Chaotic Eclipse BlueHammer PoC for Windows Defender Exploited by Researchers to Escalate

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2:28:20

21 - May Cause Silent Data Corruption

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2026/04/19

iOS 26.4 age verification is proving a disaster for some users — here's how to fix it or stop the update Apple age verification failing for some – here's what to try Apple asked to investigate after Jersey users hit by age-check barriers Dad stuck in support nightmare after teen lied about age on Discord Teenager’s Gemini mistake locks entire family out of Google accounts WireGuard VPN developer can't ship software updates after Microsoft locks account Developer of VeraCrypt encryption software

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2:28:20

20 - C-Suite FOMO

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2026/04/02

GrapheneOS won't comply with age check laws for operating systemsLinux Distros Resistance against Age-Verification Laws GitHub - BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify: The age verification status of Open Source Operating Systems · GitHub Ageless Linux - Wikipedia THAT law and it's copies here and abroad Revert "userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records (#40954)" by paramazo · Pull Request #41179 · systemd/systemd · GitHub Android developer verification: Balancing openness and choice with

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2:21:08

19 - K-Y Jelly For Your Data

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/03/14

You're paying AI companies a monthly subscriptionAI Can Now Unmask Anonymous Internet Users, New Study Finds US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware Dev stunned by $82K Gemini bill after unknown API key thief goes to town OpenClaw has yet another major security flaw Wheatfield, Indiana Solar Farm Devastated by Severe Storm: Assessing the

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1:54:40

18 - AI Arsonist

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2026/02/21

Klaatu thread on OpenClawWhy Trying to Secure OpenClaw is Ridiculous OpenClaw AI agents targeted by infostealer malware for the first time An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations - Ars Technica Microsoft AI CEO Warns Most White Collar Jobs Fully Automated "Within Next 12-18 Months"; Anthropic Fears Potential For 'Heinous

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2:56:54

17 - Open Source Freeballing

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/02/14

Windows 11 Notepad flaw let files execute silently via Markdown linksNotepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users Microsoft’s Pivotal AI Product Is Running Into Big Problems It’s incredible. It’s terrifying. It’s OpenClaw. | 1Password From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password Moltbook was peak AI theater Docker’s AI Assistant Vulnerability Exposes Critical

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2:23:49

16 - HTML Motherfuckers

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2026/01/24

Saying "please" to ChatGPT costs OpenAI $millions, but Sam Altman says it's well-spentTreating AI like a Human OpenAI says its data centers will pay for their own energy and limit water usage Google Patches Zero-Click Gemini AI Flaw Leaking Workspace Data Lexus uses OTA update to disable remote start in Germany because climate authoritarianism Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations 840,000+ users hit by malicious browser

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2:17:08

15 - Hell-LM

Two and a Half Bens ·

2026/01/10

Stolen LastPass backups enable crypto theft through 2025Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot The Downside to Using AI for All Those Boring Tasks at Work Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank This Holiday it is Time to Acknowledge Fraud at Palo Alto Networks AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse Newer models are more prone to silent but deadly failure modes MSFT quibbles on what AI behavior constitutes a "vulnerability" Microsoft pushes

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