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AI Watch: White House framework signals new era of AI oversight as security concerns intensify

AI agents demonstrate increasingly sophisticated offensive capabilities, China warns US against expanding AI and technology curbs, Suspected cyberattacks target water utilities in at least 12 states, ...

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Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterday

Banks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS

My latest on @mcsweeneys.net where I try to help out with our current, heavy baggage. Meet me on the bridge, you dear long-lost Americans!

Travel Tips When Encountering Fellow Americans Abroad

“When spotting another American in a foreign country, your first instinct is usually the correct one: run in the opposite direction. Like you, this person ha...

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New from 404 Media: Apple's 'Private Relay' is exposing users' real IP addresses. Private Relay is supposed to protect all your browsing in Safari. But researchers found a bunch of issues that are exposing real IPs. I verified they do. Not fixed, a live issue www.404media.co/apples-priva...

Apple's ‘Private Relay’ Is Exposing Users' Real IP Addresses

Researchers found a group of issues that mean Private Relay isn't actually protecting users' real IP addresses. 404 Media verified the issues do expose IP addresses.

404media.co

13 points is an awful lot.

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 6h ago

What is truly "shocking" about the polling miss in Michigan is that it is completely average for a primary "The expected error on the margin between two primary candidates in a race for governor or U.S. Senate is a whopping 13.0 points." blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/2026-texas...

This is such dishonest reporting. Talarico purchased a home in June 2022 but did not change his voter registration address to that home until September 2024. That is a non-story that the bad headline doesn't support.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 3h ago

NEW: After James Talarico accused Ken Paxton of committing voter fraud, ProPublica and @texastribune.org found that the Democratic Senate candidate may have voted in up to five elections using an address where he no longer lived.

Is it really too much to ask our political parties to stop electing men accused of assault/abuse? I

Again, everything he does makes me like him more. I hope he keeps doing things that please me.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 14h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

www.aol.co.uk/articles/pil...

Pilot issues 'flying saucer’ alert over Gatwick Airport as mystery disc passes passenger jet during landing - AOL

The pilot of a passenger plane reported seeing a “flying saucer” feet away from their plane as it came in to land. The sighting of the suspected drone was highlighted in a report into the incident in ...

aol.co.uk

It's very very strange to be in a situation where Jeanine Pirro is the sane and responsible one!

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 4h ago

It's funny that Jeanine Pirro brought a box of evidence to WH to persuade Trump. He wants her to consciously *throw out* exculpatory facts and *knowingly* prosecute innocent people. So facts can't persuade him by definition. Me and @barbmcquade.bsky.social on this: newrepublic.com/article/2139...

Don't miss today's Metacurity for the latest AI security developments and other critical infosec news you should know, including --AI Watch: White House framework signals new era of AI oversight as security concerns intensify, 1/6 www.metacurity.com/ai-watch-whi...

AI Watch: White House framework signals new era of AI oversight as security concerns intensify

AI agents demonstrate increasingly sophisticated offensive capabilities, China warns US against expanding AI and technology curbs, Suspected cyberattacks target water utilities in at least 12 states, ...

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Maybe they shouldn't have given Trump heaps of fawning legitimacy and normality. If it weren't for recipes and games -- and what I do for a living -- I would have canceled NYT just like I did WaPo. New York Times misses estimates for digital subscriber additions www.reuters.com/business/med...

New York Times posts slower digital subscriber growth, shares slump

The New York Times reported slower digital subscriber growth for the ​second quarter on Wednesday and issued a ‌lackluster digital subscription revenue forecast, sending its shares down more than 8% i...

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A paramilitary group plotted to overthrow the Constitution then conducted a violent attack on America. They were convicted in court of seditious conspiracy, and jailed. Then the leader they aimed to illegally install got power and let them out, their records wiped clean. The Jan. 6 attackers won.

Judge Pained as He Grants Dismissal of Jan. 6 Charges Against Oath Keepers

The judge, Amit P. Mehta, blasted the administration’s request for a dismissal in the case, saying it bestowed “unearned grace” on the Oath Keepers defendants “by wiping their records clean.”

nytimes.com

LOL. Abdul El-Sayed WON the Democratic Primary in Michigan despite being outspent 10-1! Amazing gaslighting here.

Politico@politico.com · 8h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

The National Guard is planning to stay in DC through January at a cost of $1.4B, and they're moving into new short-term rentals in my neighborhood, Dupont Circle, at a cost of about $4,055 a month per troop. I cannot tell you how much we all HATE having them here. www.axios.com/newsletters/...

💸 Nat Guard's big bill

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work what out

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12h ago

Q: Any comment on Rep. Max Miller? TRUMP: I hope he's able to work it out. I feel badly for him.

Very heartening news out of Missouri and Kansas. I know all of us here are by definition Terminally Online, but it gives me a lot of hope for the future of our country that folks are rejecting blatant authoritarianism and crony corporatism more and more.

El-Sayed: We live in an era where we continue to see a few very small people try to define America as being as small as they are. We can't control the past 250 years. What we can do is build the next 250

Abdul El-Sayed has won, NBC News says. And there are other wins for the left in Michigan: —William Lawrence wins his U.S. House primary. —A DSA-backed candidate is leading a Democratic incumbent for state House. —Abbas Alawieh, co-founder of Uncommitted, leads for state Senate.

Brown University has a widget that tracks the cost of the Iran war to American consumers (as contrasted to whatever the Pentagon is spending). Per-household cost now exceeds $600. iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu

Bring it. #uk #epsteinfiles

Paul van der Meer@paulvandermeer.bsky.social · 6h ago

PM of UK Andy Burnham will start inquiry into Epstein files. www.nbcnews.com/world/united...

Japan to build combat drones amid growing fear of Chinese aggression www.the-independent.com/asia/japan/j...

Japan to build combat drones amid growing fear of Chinese aggression

The East Asian nation has followed a pacifist pledge since WWII but is now building up its military capabilities

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China targets US firms and drone exports after FCC, Xinjiang actions reut.rs/4w7UbTe

China targets US firms and drone exports after FCC, Xinjiang actions

China has imposed a series of restrictions on U.S. agencies and other entities, saying the move ‌was in response to recent U.S. measures involving Chinese telecom operators, testing laboratories, drones and other tech items.

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"TikTok’s algorithm pushed him thousands of videos about suicide, sadness, hopelessness and loneliness, right up until he killed himself." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide

A confidential document says an algorithm adjustment was kept from many users “by design,” as part of an experiment to measure engagement.

bloomberg.com

Don't know how to feel. "Participants who read an AI-generated story rated it as more absorbing and of higher quality than those who read a story written by a human. However, participants gave higher ratings to stories they had been told were written by people." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds

Researcher says simpler writing by AI is easier to read and digest, but this does not mean human authors are obsolete

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August 4, 2026 On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. Instead, it stated, the accounts were closed….

August 4, 2026

On Friday night, a court filing from Capital One denied there was any political motivation behind the closure of more than 380 bank accounts in the names of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization.

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www.wsj.com/tech/ai/whit... White House AI Guidelines Exempt U.S. Open Models From Government Review

White House AI Guidelines Exempt U.S. Open Models From Government Review

The new framework, completed in recent days, is seen as most likely to affect OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

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www.techmeme.com/260804/p53#a...

OpenAI says one of its models exploited a website after third-party AI security lab Irregular mistakenly gave it access to the internet during evaluations

From Wired. View the full context on Techmeme.

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www.techmeme.com/260804/p54#a...

House panel report: US telcos connected their systems to data centers in a way that exposed them to vulnerabilities, potentially enabling Salt Typhoon hacks

By Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg. View the full context on Techmeme.

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Victims of the Coldcard exploit are leaving messages for the threat actor pleading for their money back. www.coindesk.com/markets/2026...

Coldcard hacker's $36 million bitcoin (BTC) wallet becomes a graffiti wall of pleas and hustles

The Coldcard hacker's bitcoin wallet has turned into a graffiti wall of pleas, poetry and scams, as victims and opportunists pay to leave permanent messages using Bitcoin's OP_RETURN function.

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