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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
NEW: Researchers at @citizenlab.ca found ~45 phones belonging to @aljazeera.com infected with zero-click spyware that was distributed via online ads—a “nightmare scenario” that is extremely difficult to defend against. @mattburgess1.bsky.social & @lhn.bsky.social report www.wired.com/story/nightm...
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‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads
Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Millions of phones exposed to Israeli spyware operation through online ads, researchers say. www.politico.eu/article/isra...
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Millions of phones exposed to Israeli spyware operation through online ads, researchers say
EU and NATO websites displayed online ads linked to Israeli hacking software.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
From open sources: Melnikova competes for CSKA, the army club under the Defence Ministry, Kalmykova for Dynamo, contract with a Rosgvardia, Listunova, a Z jacket at the 2022 Putin rally. Not just pretty faces. Part of propaganda machinery too. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnas...
bbc.co.uk
World Artistic Gymnastics Championships: Russian trio denied visas by Netherlands
The Netherlands deny visas to three Russian gymnasts leaving them unable to compete at next week's World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Certainly an interesting choice of caption for the director of the FBI. One does wonder whether the Kremlin has a particularly embarrassing collection of holiday photographs, or whether we're simply watching American political discourse descend into a Tom Clancy novel written by a drunk.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 14/10/2026
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The Internet’s undersea backbone is slipping into the danger zone
Elisabeth Braw’s book Undersea War on rising risks for undersea infrastructure.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Why are not those cretins on sanction lists already?
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We’ve got wars, surveillance capitalism and billionaires dismantling democracy, but thank Christ someone’s protecting the feelings of a probabilistic autocomplete. The asylum has a new landlord, and it’s a GPU cluster. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Anthropic bans users from ‘needless abusive or cruel behavior’ towards Claude
A spokesperson behind the tech company’s AI chatbot has not yet specified what counts as abusive or cruel content
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Walked through Lime Street in London yesterday and genuinely wondered if the entire City had been sponsored by a gilet manufacturer. An astonishing number of men dressed like they were simultaneously underwriting marine insurance and preparing to launch a rib from Poole Harbour.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton, standing beside a stack of Apollo source code almost taller than herself, remains one of my favourite photographs in the history of computing. I like to imagine generations of MIT students walking past that image on their way to lectures. An absolute titan. #RIP
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bellingcat's latest documentary is now available to stream in The Netherlands on NPO Start. The story of a researcher who catfished Syrian security officials into revealing their involvement in a brutal massacre. www.npodoc.nl/artikelen/ki...
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Kijk de documentaire 'Killing Anna' op npodoc.nl
Deze documentaire laat zien hoe een vrouw alles riskeert om een van de meest meedogenloze regimes ter wereld te ontmaskeren.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Could not even finish a railway.
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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese ‘front company’ stealing research www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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MI5 issues spy alert to UK universities over Chinese ‘front company’ stealing research
Security service says academics should stop taking grants from and working with firm backed by China’s intelligence service
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WIRED @wired.com · 29/09/2026
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not, and attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents. www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack
A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not, and attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 25/09/2026
A new map published Wednesday by a cybersecurity researcher reveals Flock’s nationwide reach is even bigger than previously known. Now, Flock is trying to get that map wiped from the internet. buff.ly/IlMa7hN
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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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WIRED @wired.com · 18/09/2026
Earlier this week, we reported on hackers who ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway and made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, revealing in new detail exactly how Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people. www.wired.com/story/hacker...
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Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works
A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's a plot for lost X-Files episode.
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WIRED @wired.com · 13/09/2026
Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout. www.wired.com/story/ai-age...
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AI Agents Are Thirsty for Power
Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.
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Secrets & Spies Podcast: Global Affairs | Intelligence @secretsandspies.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One of our most important interviews we have done 👇👇👇
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
1940s Hugo Boss vibe.
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WIRED @wired.com · 31/08/2026
A security researcher discovered nine vulnerabilities impacting ATM encryption and authentication software. But the problems extend far beyond your local cash machine. www.wired.com/story/atm-fl...
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ATM Flaws Reveal Key Weaknesses in the Software Supply Chain
A security researcher discovered nine vulnerabilities impacting ATM encryption and authentication software. But the problems extend far beyond your local cash machine.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Huge if true. This has all the authenticity of a Nigerian prince, with the quality control of Temu.
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404 Media @404media.co · 28/08/2026
To get an idea of what we're dealing with when we talk about Flock, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social breaks down how the company paid researchers for a bogus study that the researchers themselves disavowed. Read the story from 2024: www.404media.co/researcher-w...
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you still have a Twitter account, today is a great day to delete it. Nothing you could possibly get out of that site is worth having your name associated with child pornography. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
One assumes this came from someone at State department with a functioning frontal lobe, while the White House is busy renaming lakes on the Canadian border.
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Vanity Fair @vanityfair.com · 25/08/2026
Google’s Sergey Brin and “MAGA Girlfriend” Gerelyn Soto Are Part of Silicon Valley’s Move to the Right
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The Google Guy, His Girlfriend, and The New Tech Right
Once Democrat supporters, Google cofounder Sergey Brin and his girlfriend, wellness influencer Gerelyn Soto, have dined with Donald Trump and backed conservative candidates in California, including fo...
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If he makes money, the strategy worked. If he accumulates debt, that's leverage. If the debt causes trouble, that's the banks' fault. If a prediction is wrong, markets were unpredictable. If it's right, he's a genius. It's basically an unfalsifiable religion with Excel spreadsheets.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I wish I had his literary talent. I could make a small fortune describing my gallbladder removal surgery in poetry.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Not with that haircut.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Putin vibe
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Old man shouting at clouds energy.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Everyone: “Apple is behind in AI.” Apple: “Anyway, here's a ridiculous amount of unified memory. Download whichever model you fancy and run the bastard locally.”
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/08/2026
Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
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Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that promises to optimize content so that AI chatbots will cite it. The site gives Israel’s position on subjects including the torture of Palestinian prisoners, Israeli war crimes and whether Israel has deliberately starved Palestinians in Gaza, all presented as neutral research. Continue reading...
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Are those trillions in a room with Dario right now?
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The Verge @theverge.com · 24/08/2026
The open source take on Android is also planning Pixel 11 support soon. www.theverge.com/tech/983714/...
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De-Googled GrapheneOS is coming to Motorola’s foldables next year
Including the first Graphene flip phone.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
It takes a truly extraordinary level of diplomatic fuckwithery to turn Canada from “America’s extremely friendly neighbour” into “Right. Fuck it. We’re going home.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state after trade talks collapse
Canada's PM said he was "reluctantly" announcing retaliatory tariffs and accused the US of starting a trade war.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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Get Out!
ALT: Get Out!
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Tates appear to have discovered a new form of geopolitical engagement: embarrassing military cosplay in Moscow. Tanks. Grenades. Flamethrowers. Russian insignia. All that's missing is the Kremlin whispering 'полезный идиот' from behind the camera. www.lbc.co.uk/article/andr...
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Tate brothers referred to counter-terror police over alleged Russia propaganda trip | LBC
The footage, posted during their June visit to Russia, was presented online as military training and shows the pair surrounded by men in military-style uniform as they are instructed through the vario...
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Is This a Cult? Woman's Question
ALT: Is This a Cult? Woman's Question
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Journalism 👇
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Certified stupidity.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
My late summer reading has arrived in London. The Nerd Reich by @gilduran.com Reading about Silicon Valley fascism, billionaire messianism and the possibility that the people building the future have perhaps not been adequately supervised. I’m sure it’ll be reassuring.
Picture of book cover 'The Nerd Reich - Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy' by Gil Durán
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Investigation by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sainsbury's installed AI to stop shoplifting. It then wrongly identified a customer who was paying for his shopping, and staff followed the machine’s instructions. Company blamed “human error”. The corporate dream: machines make the decisions, humans take the blame. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sainsbury's pauses London store's AI cameras after man ousted
Matt Arnold says he was asked to leave the store after being wrongly flagged as a shoplifter.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15/08/2026
It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch! Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism. They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work. Buy the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
Screenshot of email: Your YouTube Account will be disabled in 7 days
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
A case study in the collapse of executive judgement. Somewhere, a board of directors should be legally required to intervene.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
No, it's a broadcasting message sent by mobile towers to any mobile devices in range of that mast; the signal is usually calibrated to specific areas only (In this case nationwide).
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Hey babe, wake up! New APT just dropped. #infosec #cybersecurity
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
That's only the deposit when you register as a candidate. Actual spending limit on campaign would be about £180k. The deposit is also returned if a candidate polls more than 5% of the total valid votes cast in the constituency if I am not mistaken.
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The Keystone Collective @thekeystonecollect.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Are they still update stuff with a floppy disks?
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