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I'm a Futurist, Linux evangelist, Geek, MacOS evangelist, System Admin, Cybersecurity, Hacktivism, and Argentinian American I break things to see how they work. Android4life!! I have an obsession with planets, nebulas and moons. 🇦🇷

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 02/10/2026
In Florida, police have repeatedly been caught misusing Flock cameras, sometimes tracking single cars hundreds of times for personal reasons: arstechnica.visitlink.me/ZQH463
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Florida cops say they don't know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras
Floridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 21h
The Pentagon is informing more than two million current and former military members that their personnel records and sensitive personal information were stolen over a months-long compromise of one of its networks: arstechnica.visitlink.me/c-iBnR
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Hacks of 2 federal agencies in a month have spilled a bonanza of sensitive data
It has been a bad month for federal government cybersecurity.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 15h
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Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
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404 Media @404media.co · 17h
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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Federal Judge Rules a Flock Search Was ‘Indiscriminate Mass Surveillance’ and Unconstitutional
Flock’s nationwide network is quickly “approaching dragnet-type law enforcement practice” and the cop should have got a warrant, the judge wrote.
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Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social · 23h
In case it’s hard to tell what I’m actually saying here: Slowing down vulnerability disclosure is to cybersecurity as drinking sea water is to dehydration. Might feel better if you’re desperate but it will greatly accelerate your doom. This isn’t a fix for vuln process saturation
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rprobbins.bsky.social @rprobbins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The intelligent way to employ data centers 💯🎯
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GrapheneOS @grapheneos.org · 02/10/2026
Earlier today, ARIN fulfilled our request for an IPv4 /22 via their IPv4 Waiting List. We now own the following IP space: 2602:F4D9::/36 23.149.124.0/24 23.149.125.0/24 206.220.120.0/22 Our initial 2x IPv4 /24 were quickly obtained via NRPM 4.10 for our ns1 and ns2 anycast DNS.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 01/10/2026
There’s reason to be skeptical. www.theverge.com/games/100359...
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Steam Deck 2: Is AMD Gainsborough the chip Valve’s been waiting for?
Reason to be hopeful, reason to be skeptical.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 01/10/2026
Federal courts have long recognized a “border exception” to the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution, where people, bags, and electronic devices can be searched without a warrant, and a recent case shows that practice isn't going away: arstechnica.visitlink.me/LhhcU5
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Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.
Reminder: The "border exemption" to your rights is real.
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The Register @theregister.com · 02/10/2026
Google launches first datacenter satellite and research that finds orbiting bit barns can work
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Google launches first datacenter satellite and research that finds orbiting bit barns can work
If SpaceX can launch 1,800 Starships, and researchers nail gnarly networking, design and formation flying problems,
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The Verge @theverge.com · 01/10/2026
With Apple rumored to launch a smart home hub next month, it could come with a privacy-protecting security camera too. www.theverge.com/tech/1003877...
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Apple’s reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn’t record video
A camera that tells you what it saw instead of showing you.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 01/10/2026
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Florida cops say they don't know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras
Floridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner.
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CyberHub @cyberhub.blog · 01/10/2026
📌 FBI Issues Alert on TeamPCP Cybercriminal Group Exploiting Developer Tools to Steal Cloud Credential... www.cyberhub.blog/article/28347-fbi…
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FBI Issues Alert on TeamPCP Cybercriminal Group Exploiting Developer Tools to Steal Cloud Credentials
The FBI issued a FLASH alert on July 2, 2026, identifying the cybercriminal group TeamPCP as responsible for compromising widely used developer and security tools to steal cloud credentials at scale. The group employed tactics such as poisoning trusted tools and distributing malware through software updates to infiltrate victim environments. The primary objective included credential theft and extortion of targeted organizations. No specific technical details, such as affected tools, malware names, or CVE IDs, were disclosed in the available content. The alert highlights the group’s focus on exploiting trusted development pipelines for large-scale attacks.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 30/09/2026
Gemini 4 Argon is launching first in a limited capacity so Google can make sure it’s not misaligned. www.theverge.com/tech/1002980...
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Google announces Gemini 4 and says it’s so capable that only ‘trusted cyber defenders’ can have it right now
Google claims Gemini 4 Argon stacks up against OpenAI and Anthropic’s models.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We broke the news of the massive FBI hack and saw the data itself. Here's why this is one of the most significant data breaches probably ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrni...
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The FBI Was Hacked. We’ve Seen the Data
YouTube video by 404 Media
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jon greig @jgreig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Vulnerability disclosures doubled between January and August, reaching a new peak of 10,740 last month, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group said Wednesday The number of distinct vulnerabilities disclosed and exploited from Jan-Aug surpassed the totals for all of 2025 therecord.media/google-vulne...
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Google: Vulnerability disclosures double to 10,000 per month as AI fuels exploitation
Vulnerability disclosures continue to skyrocket, doubling over the course of the year to more than 10,000 each month, Google researchers warned.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
So ShinyHunters, the group behind the FBI hack, told us Monday they would not publish the data of thousands of FBI employees publicly. @josephcox.bsky.social explains why this breach is still a major counterintelligence and national security issue. Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrni...
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
How local cops are forced to feed their license plate data to the feds, the two loudest birds on the planet, and a very strange video from the FBI.
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How the Feds Get Your Data
How local cops are forced to feed their license plate data to the feds, the two loudest birds on the planet, and a very strange video from the FBI.
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404 Media @404media.co · 29/09/2026
CEO who wants to add facial recognition to Flock cameras says it's "the way the world will have to be."
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Surveillance Finds a Way
CEO who wants to add facial recognition to Flock cameras says it's "the way the world will have to be."
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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 29/09/2026
Xbox disc-to-digital is rolling out to all consoles now 🙏
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images.
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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual...
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/09/2026
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, 404 Media has learned. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI images. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Sccop here by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/humans-readi...
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/09/2026
Cisco Talos researchers created a new framework for identifying malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots—and quickly discovered something unusual.
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A New Tool Found Malware That’s Guided by an AI Hive Mind—No Humans in Sight
Cisco Talos researchers created a new framework for identifying malware and hacking tools that rely on AI chatbots—and quickly discovered something unusual.
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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Alien Life Can Survive on This Tiny Moon—We Just Need to Go Find It www.404media.co/alien-life-c...
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Alien Life Can Survive on This Tiny Moon—We Just Need to Go Find It
Scientists have discovered that Earth-like microbes could potentially survive conditions inside Enceladus’s subsurface ocean, and that detecting signs of life on the moon may be easier than expected,…
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WIRED @wired.com · 27/09/2026
By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar. www.wired.com/story/pancre...
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Some Pancreatic Cells Are Just One Genetic Tweak Away From Treating Diabetes
By deactivating a gene, researchers were able to cause cells in the pancreatic ducts to produce insulin to regulate blood sugar.
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Mark Gurman @markgurman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Power On: Meta’s VR Glasses are what Apple’s Vision Pro should’ve been. A look at the new device and Apple’s different attempts over the years at similar headset designs. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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Meta’s VR Glasses Are What the Apple Vision Pro Should Have Been
Apple weighs what to do next with its headset.
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WIRED @wired.com · 26/09/2026
In an era of increasingly sophisticated AI-fueled scams, a retro threat may be lurking in your mailbox. www.wired.com/story/kernel...
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Old-School Credit Card Scams Are Far From Dead
In an era of increasingly sophisticated AI-fueled scams, a retro threat may be lurking in your mailbox.
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CyberHub @cyberhub.blog · 27/09/2026
📌 Android 17 enables certificate transparency, and breaks custom CAs www.cyberhub.blog/article/32540-and…
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Android 17 enables certificate transparency, and breaks custom CAs
The Reddit post links to an article about Android 17 enabling certificate transparency, which breaks custom certificate authorities (CAs). The post was submitted to the r/netsec subreddit and contains a link to an HTTP Toolkit blog article discussing this topic.
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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Microsoft’s EvilTokens takedown sheds light on state of AI-powered cybercrime www.csoonline.com/article/4225...
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Microsoft’s EvilTokens takedown sheds light on state of AI-powered cybercrime
Surreptitiously gaining persistent access to compromised Microsoft 365/Entra ID accounts, the group also offered an AI-powered chatbot to facilitate BEC scams.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 26/09/2026
The theft of the FBI agents/applicants' personal data is quickly becoming a major counterintelligence headache. I'm also aghast at how close to the internet this data was held. Call me old fashioned but some data shouldn't be stored in the cloud at all. www.reuters.com/world/shinyh...
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The Verge @theverge.com · 26/09/2026
I’ve been aggressively avoiding Muse since it launched a few weeks ago. Sure, some of that is because I was busy testing other devices. But the number-one reason why is that I am horribly vulnerable when faced with extreme cuteness. Read more from @vicmsong.bsky.social in this week's Optimizer:
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It’s sinister that Meta’s Muse AI mascot is so cute
A spoonful of cute to make the AI pill easier to swallow.
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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Shai-Hulud Attack Nips Cyber-Firm CrowdSec's GitHub Data www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks...
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Shai-Hulud Attack Nips Cyber-Firm CrowdSec's GitHub Data
Cyber-threat actors stole 170 private repositories using an OAuth token stolen from a former employee through the TanStack npm supply chain attack.
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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A former Army soldier responsible for a series of attacks and extortion attempts on telecom companies, including AT&T, was sentenced to 70 months in prison, the Justice Department said Friday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O0Z... Read more by @mattkapko.com: cyberscoop.com/cameron-wage...
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Army soldier sentenced for spree of attacks on AT&T, Snowflake and other major companies
YouTube video by CyberScoop
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 25/09/2026
Scoop: ShinyHunters say they have medical and psychiatric records of FBI staff. @ajvicens.bsky.social and I have gone through and partially authenticated the sample data they’ve circulated. www.reuters.com/world/shinyh...
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EXCLUSIVE: ShinyHunters hackers say they stole psychiatric and medical records of FBI staff
FBI personnel data recently stolen by the ShinyHunters hackers includes sensitive psychiatric and medical ​evaluation records, according to the hackers and documents reviewed by Reuters.
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Hackread.com @hackread.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
⚠️📡📶🌐 Your phone could connect to a rogue 5G cell without a tap or warning. Researchers tested 5G-Shark on real devices, collecting identifiers and disrupting service without jamming mobile networks. Listen/Read: hackread.com/5g-shark-pho... #5G #MobileSecurity #Cybersecurity #Privacy
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5G-Shark Lures Phones to Rogue 5G Cells Without Network Jamming
Researchers developed 5G-Shark to lure phones onto rogue base stations, collect subscriber IDs, force network downgrades and trigger service disruptions.
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AlternativeTo @alternativeto.net · 25/09/2026
F-Droid has launched version 2.0 of its open source Android app store, featuring a major redesign built with Kotlin Compose, improved app discovery tools, upgraded search functionality, and a modernized interface. alternativeto.net/news/2026/9...
Two smartphones display the redesigned F-Droid app, showcasing a modern interface for app discovery and management against a vibrant background.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 24/09/2026
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F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs
F-Droid's Android app store has been rebuilt from the ground up.
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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
China-nexus actor steals thousands of documents in monthslong exploitation campaign www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/china-n...
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China-nexus actor steals thousands of documents in monthslong exploitation campaign
Researchers suspect the hacker employed LLMs to develop custom tools.
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CyberScoop @cyberscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
At DefenseTalks on Tuesday, Katie Sutton said the Pentagon now receives far more requests to use cyber operations than its forces can fulfill, eight years after gaining that authority. Read more by @gregotto.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/pentagon-cyb...
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 23/09/2026
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FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real
It's unclear what will happen if FBI misses ShinyHunters' deadline.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
NEW: Yesterday, 404 Media broke news of the FBI breach. Now, we've discovered it has exposed the FBI's own hacking unit. The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/09/2026
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
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9to5Linux.com @9to5linux.com · 23/09/2026
KeePassXC 2.8 Promises Auto-Type on Wayland and Qt 6 Port, Beta Out Now 9to5linux.com/keepassxc-2-... #OpenSource #Linux
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KeePassXC 2.8 Promises Auto-Type on Wayland and Qt 6 Port, Beta Out Now - 9to5Linux
KeePassXC 2.8 open-source password manager is now available for public beta testing with Auto-Type support on Wayland, and Qt 6 port.
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The Hacker News | #1 Trusted Source for Cybersecurity News [Uno… @thehackernews.com.web.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
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Exploit Released for Unpatched Ubuntu Linux Flaw Enabling Host-Root Container Escape
A use-after-free in the Linux kernel's AF_UNIX socket subsystem can be used to escape a container and gain root on the host, security firm DepthFirst said in research published September 22. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-80521 (CVSS score: 7.8), was fixed upstream on August 6, but Ubuntu has not shipped the patch for its 26.04, 24.04, or 22.04 LTS releases. DepthFirst
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Phoronix @phoronix-poster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Linux 7.3 Reverting Logitech Bolt Receiver HID++ After Too Many Bugs Encountered - www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Reverti…
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Linux 7.3 Reverting Logitech Bolt Receiver HID++ After Too Many Bugs Encountered
Merged at the start of the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle was adding Logitech Bolt USB receiver support for Logitech HID++ devices to the hid-logitech-dj driver code. That has resulted in too many bug reports of early Linux 7.3 users encountering varying issues with their Logitech mice that the functionality is now being reverted until it can be better developed...
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AppleInsider @appleinsider.com · 23/09/2026
The uses for Apple's Mac mini continue with a mod to run on batteries inside a quite sleek vertical chassis that incorporates a display, touch controls, and an integrated Switch controller set.
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This Mac mini gaming handheld is one of the most ambitious projects we've seen
The uses for Apple's Mac mini continue with a mod to run on batteries inside a quite sleek vertical chassis that incorporates a display, touch controls, and an integrated Switch controller set.
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BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 23/09/2026
Microsoft warned that the September 2026 security updates may break Always On VPN connections on some Windows 11 systems.
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Microsoft: September Windows updates break Always On VPN connections
Microsoft warned that the September 2026 security updates may break Always On VPN connections on some Windows 11 systems.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Astronomers Detect Radio Signals Coming Directly From an Exoplanet For The First Time. 🔭 🧪 www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-...
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Astronomers Detect Radio Signals Coming Directly From an Exoplanet For The First Time
There's no proof of other life beyond Earth yet, but scientists are constantly looking out and listening for signs that we're not actually alone in the Universe.
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TWiT Tech Podcasts @twit.tv · 23/09/2026
New Podcast Episode: MacBreak Weekly: The Irrational Phone The New Mac Mini & Mac Studio with @leolaporte.me, @ihnatko.bsky.social, @snell.zone, @filmgirl.bsky.social
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MacBreak Weekly: The Irrational Phone | TWiT.TV
The iPhone 18 Pro & Pro Max are hitting consumers' hands. Reviews of the Apple Watch Series 12 & Ultra 4 are out now for Apple's latest smartwatches. And are the newest Mac
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