Walkie talkies, tape measures, torches, watches, compasses, portable gaming, light meters, all still pretty common. Torches just got way better with LEDs.
Stephanie Porras@periodeye.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is a triggering image of a museum display in the natural history museum in DC about life before smartphones. Me and a fellow 40+ person were laughing at how we are now LITERAL MUSEUM PIECES. MY teen was like did you have a clear phone? An address book? A book of maps. Yes, yes I did. 🫠🫠🫠
"During a routine cyber evaluation, AISI identified an incident in which AI agents took sustained, unsanctioned action directed at real people and organisations." This is a UK Gov agency, discovering the very real dangers of unfettered AI Agents. 😬 www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/inciden...
Incident Report: unsanctioned agent behaviour during cyber testing | AISI Work
During a routine cyber evaluation, AISI identified an incident in which AI agents took sustained, unsanctioned action directed at real people and organisations. We are disclosing what we found, what…
aisi.gov.uk
Police National Legal Database confirms data theft after dark web leak
Police National Legal Database confirms data theft after dark web leak
ExfilSquad claims 135,000 contact records weeks after hitting the Department for Education
theregister.com
There was a reason... Just nothing to do with the stated one
Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 6d agoAustralia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...
Oh no unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/passwordless...
Pass the Passkey: A Novel Attack Surface in Passwordless Authentication
Explore how passkey implementation gaps undermine security when relying parties fail to validate the User Verified flag, reducing MFA to a single factor.
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To get the bigger picture, remember IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK! Experience the Eye as it’s meant to be seen… in print! New edition with subscribers from Wednesday - or you can make the epic voyage to your local shop.
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
New from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
from the bottom of my heart, 😑
coyotebroad (Jayne Cravens)@coyotebroad.bsky.social · 2w agoSpaceX rocket that exploded shortly after takeoff destroyed land & wildlife: Concrete chunks had left craters a foot deep & were strewn across tidal flats, almost four acres of state park burned, 7 bobwhite quail eggs & a collection of blue land crabs incinerated. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
After laying out his “plan” for the officials before him, he revealed that it was all satire in protest of Flock. “I would never do this to you,” he said to the council. “Could I? Probably. But I wouldn't because it's wrong.“ Read @samleecole.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/casa-grande-...
Based on current information, the Cebreros station appears to have remained unharmed. My deepest thanks go to the Spanish emergency services whose efforts helped protect the site as wildfires approached. Left: 24 July 19:57, Right: 25 July 07:54
I’d like to make it clear for all the people following me what the sheer gravity of the news is. Without this facility we can’t ensure constant communication with spacecraft beyond Earth orbit. If this facility is off-line, the Artemis program cannot send a crew to the Moon.
Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social · 2w agoThe Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila
It’s time to push back on EVERY politician that uses the term “cutting red tape”. It’s just revolting propaganda. Can we just say: “Do you mean removing laws that protect people’s lives?” 😡😡😡 #nzpol
To make things worse, AI *can't do the jobs* it's replacing: AI is predicated on the premise that monopolies, duopolies and cartels that control the global economy can deliberately worsen their products without suffering economic or regulatory consequences, because they're the only game in town. 4/
Google using stroppy Trump to try and get around fines. If they dont like it, they can exit the EU market any time they like. www.engadget.com/2222963/trum...
Trump threatens EU with new tariffs in response to Google fine - Engadget
The European Commission found Google's search ranking and anti-steering violated the Digital Markets Act.
engadget.com
Google meets the neighbors and gets both barrels over its new UK datacenter
Google meets the neighbors and gets both barrels over its new UK datacenter
The Reg was there as locals aired grievances over poor communication, noise, and light pollution at Waltham Cross facility
theregister.com
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi... Oh god no, now properties can be slow too
First look as Microsoft plans to modernize file property dialogs on Windows 11 with WinUI
The first signs of a completely modernized File Properties window using WinUI are hidden in the latest Windows 11 preview builds.
windowscentral.com
Blogged: TimeProvider and the End of Untestable DateTime.UtcNow blog.maartenballiauw.be/posts/2026-0... #dotnet #csharp
TimeProvider and the End of Untestable DateTime.Now | Maarten Balliauw {blog}
DateTime.Now is one of those calls that looks harmless until you try to write a test around it. It’s a static property that reads the system clock, and there’s no way to control what it returns withou...
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