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Slate Auto gets serious about privacy for its bare-bones EV pickup

With no embedded modem, the Slate Truck is the antithesis of today's connected cars.

the Guardian

Maryland becomes first state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores

Critics say Maryland’s new law banning rapidly change product costs based on consumer data is full of carveouts

TechCrunch

UK cops say arrest of two young hackers disrupted the operations of an infamous hacking group | TechCrunch

Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair, two members of the prolific Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to five years and six months in jail for hacking London’s metropolitan transit system.

TechCrunch

AI music generator Suno breach affects 55M users, per Have I Been Pwned | TechCrunch

A hacker took names, phone numbers, and physical addresses of millions of customers who used AI music generator Suno.

Ars Technica

Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada

The FireSat program can spot wildfires that other satellites miss.

Ars Technica

The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router

With residential proxies all the rage, CISA urges router users to be vigilant.

ZDNET

Microsoft patches record 570 Windows security bugs with two exploited zero days - update now - ZDNET

The July Patch Tuesday Windows update breaks the record for the most security bugs fixed in a single month, with three zero-day flaws and 61 rated critical.

Ars Technica

First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity

Airline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft.

npm's release cooldown is security theater

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TechCrunch

Savi's app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom | TechCrunch

The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday.

bbc.com

Teen hackers jailed after live streaming cyber attack on TfL

Owen Flowers and Thalha Jubair were convicted for their roles in the attack, which led to large costs for Transport for London.

Ars Technica

Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory

Hyundai aims to deploy 25,000 Atlas robots starting with US factories in 2028.

Moody Bible Institute breach leaves 2.3M accounts needing salvation, says cyber expert

ShinyHunters leaks names, addresses, DOBs, and more after Christian college discloses cyberattack

Ars Technica

Will Russia's answer to the Falcon 9 rocket ever take flight?

Grasshopper-like tests could begin in 2028.

Ars Technica

F1 in Britain: Automated software to blame for crushing expectations

Sometimes races finish behind a safety car, but it's not always satisfying.

TechCrunch

Glow emerges from stealth at $1.2B valuation to challenge endpoint security in the AI era | TechCrunch

Glow is targeting a new class of endpoint risks created by the rapid adoption of AI agents and developer tools inside enterprises.

Google launches a cheaper alternative to large AI security models like Mythos

Google says it achieved “competitive performance” compared to larger models.

ZDNET

Ernst & Young breach exposes client tax data - find out if you're at risk and what to do next - ZDNET

For two weeks, attackers had access to a third-party support ticket system containing customer tax information.

TechCrunch

The 'first' AI-run ransomware attack still needed a human | TechCrunch

An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn't quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week's headlines suggested.

Ars Technica

Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation

Disinformation researchers praise ruling blocking Trump visa denials and deportations.

Ars Technica

SpaceX scrubs Starship launch after some of its engines didn't start

Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days."

Ars Technica

Range Rover answers the question: "What if we built a not-SUV?"

The Range Rover GT will debut as an EV with a hybrid version to follow.

Ars Technica

Microsoft adds another year to Windows 10 extended update program

About a quarter of PCs are still running Microsoft's previous operating system.

TechCrunch

Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II | TechCrunch

The vulnerability in the decades-old game could have allowed hackers to take over victims’ computers with a malicious game invite.

Ars Technica

FCC to end Biden-era rule that forces ISPs to list all their fees

FCC to let ISPs stop listing all passthrough fees, give single "up to" price.

Ars Technica

Will AI fix prior authorization—or make it worse?

The government is piloting a program that uses AI for insurance-coverage decisions.

Are we human?

Ars Technica

Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn

With the settlement withdrawn, Google is now bound by the court's full antitrust remedies.

TechCrunch

Canadian spy agency says it hacked drug traffickers, extremists, and a ransomware gang last year | TechCrunch

The hacking operations disclosed in a Canadian spy agency's annual report underscores some pressing national security threats facing the country and its top allies.

Prompt Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking Agents

“Context bombing” tricks malicious AI agents into shutting down before they can do harm.

Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle — firmware uses only around 50KB of RAM and can answer blocked lookups in 10 milliseconds

This project uses a clever hashing trick to fit over half a million blocked domains into just 4MB of flash memory.

Here’s the Truth About Whether Meta’s NameTag Face Recognition Tech ‘Exists’

Since WIRED reported on Meta’s NameTag face recognition system, company executives have made confusing and conflicting remarks about its very existence.

Ars Technica

OnePlus confirms shutdown in the US and Europe, ending months of speculation

OnePlus promises to continue supporting the phones it has already released.

Ars Technica

Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback

Xona aims to deploy 258 satellites into low-Earth orbit as a GPS alternative.

TechCrunch

Coca-Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack | TechCrunch

Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will "remain suspended" in the United States following a hack.

Launch HN: Traceforce (YC S26) – Company-wide security monitoring for AI apps | Hacker News

Ars Technica

Buzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon

While an impressive sale, the pen and switch did not break records.