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That's probably not everything U.S. taxpayers are paying for. We'll have to wait for the day of reckoning to find out.
Huff Post: Taxpayers’ Tab for Donald Trump’s Golf Habit Crosses $100 million https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-golf-100-million_n_69c6e1dde4b041837420f5ad @huffingtonpost
Fewer people who need to put food on the table and pay bills will buy these things then.
GamesRadar: PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible" https://www.gamesradar.com/games/ps6-and-xbox-project-helix-will-start-at-a-50-percent-higher-price-than-ps5-and-xbox-series-x-predict-analysts-following-sony-price-hike-and-usd999-is-not-impossible/ @GamesRadar #Xbox #PS5 #PlayStation #Sony #Microsoft
The New Stack: Gitleaks creator returns with Betterleaks, an open source secrets scanner for the agentic era https://thenewstack.io/betterleaks-open-source-secret-scanner/ @TheNewStack #opensource #infosec
The New Stack: GitHub will train AI models on your Copilot data — and share it with Microsoft https://thenewstack.io/github-copilot-interaction-data/ @TheNewStack #GitHub #Copilot #Microsoft
The World Cup shouldn't take place in the U.S., all things considered.
"Google has secured a couple of partnerships with some of the most familiar teams on the World Cup stage."
9to5Google: Google’s Gemini AI and Pixel phones are going to show up a lot during the 2026 World Cup https://9to5google.com/2026/03/27/google-partnership-argentina-france-world-cup-2026/ @9to5google
Google's announcement, from yesterday: We’re partnering with multiple national teams ahead of soccer’s biggest global showdown https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/soccer-nationalteam-partnerships/ #Google #WorldCup
There, on the horizon, is the magic wand that will save humanity from itself. Rest now, the machine will replace you.
"Although Yahoo’s checkered past didn’t destroy the company, it left a stigma that makes it unlikely that it will ever come close to what it once was."
AP: Yahoo turns to AI-powered answer engine Scout to lead it back to its roots in online search https://apnews.com/article/yahoo-artificial-intelligence-search-comeback-a9ec7ff0f7af72662b6d98ddd9c5280d @AssociatedPress #Yahoo
Malwarebytes: Bogus Avast website fakes virus scan, installs Venom Stealer instead https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intel/2026/03/bogus-avast-website-fakes-virus-scan-installs-venom-stealer-instead #fraud #scam #infosec
@jrdepriest @nature "I don't think there's anything to do about that?"
You. Will. Be. Assimilated. Resistance. Is. Futile.
He should be fired.
Tenable Research Advisories have listed several vulnerabilities, three of them high-severity.
High: CVE-2026-5027: Langflow - Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write via upload_user_file https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-26
High: CVE-2026-5026: Langflow - Stored XSS via Malicious SVG Upload https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-25
High: CVE-2026-4984: Botpress - Credential Disclosure via Twilio Webhook Handler https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-22
More here: https://www.tenable.com/security/research @tenable #infosec #vulnerability
@jrdepriest @nature That's a fine catch. Should we write an obit for scientific research because this ain't it?
"Performs its own peer review." ????????????????????
"We present The AI Scientist, which creates research ideas, writes code, runs experiments, plots and analyses data, writes the entire scientific manuscript, and performs its own peer review."
Scientific American: An AI-authored paper just passed peer review. The scientific community isn’t ready https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-wrote-a-scientific-paper-that-passed-peer-review/
The study was posted two days ago.
Nature: Towards end-to-end automation of AI research https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10265-5 @nature #science
The Intercept: DNC Resolution to Reject AIPAC Funding Puts Democratic Leaders in the Hot Seat https://theintercept.com/2026/03/27/dnc-aipac-funding-democratic-party/ @theintercept
Politico: Gavin Newsom to ban California officials from insider betting on prediction markets https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/27/newsom-to-sign-order-banning-insider-prediction-market-bets-for-state-officials-00847938 @politico
Raw Story: Dropping like flies: Yet another Republican quits Congress https://www.rawstory.com/another-republican-exiting-congress-amid-rising-midterm-pressure/ @RawStory
The New Republic: Democrats Hunt Down Epstein Investigators and Missing Hard Drives https://newrepublic.com/post/208290/house-oversight-democrats-epstein-private-investigators-missing-hard-drives @thenewrepublic
New.
Elastic Security: Illuminating VoidLink: Technical analysis of the VoidLink rootkit framework https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/illuminating-voidlink #infosec #Linux #malware #malwareanalysis
New.
Any.Run: Active Magecart Campaign Targets Spain, Steals Card Data via Hijacked eStores for Bank Fraud https://any.run/cybersecurity-blog/banks-magecart-campaign/ @anyrun_app #infosec #fraud #malware #malwareanalysis
@ppb1701 Yeah. But I'll agree with you there will be a major sob show and things will ease up a bit after that.
@ppb1701 That would fit the established practice.
@ppb1701 No, but they might be willing to do an exchange after they're done appealing their case to their buddies in power.
@ppb1701 So, what happens to existing routers currently in use by households? Do they get recalled? Do companies replace them for free?And then what? Do they get replaced by a more up-to-date surveillance version?
@ppb1701 I remember some instances of foreign-made devices being banned in government and official circles. This is a much bigger target.
@ppb1701 has it happened before? On this scale?
