Links 28/08/2026: Chatbot Pushers Admit They're Used Heavily for Social Engineering Scams, Strong Backlash Against "Smart Glasses" (CCTV on Legs)

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- Leftovers
- Science / Mathematics / Computer Science
- Career/Education
- Hardware
- Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
- Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in / Malware
- Security
- Defence/Aggression
- Transparency/Investigative Reporting
- Environment
- Finance
- AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
- Censorship/Free Speech
- Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility
- Monopolies/Monopsonies
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Leftovers
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Science / Mathematics / Computer Science
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New York Times ☛ Near-Total Lunar Eclipse Will Turn Moon Blood Red
People in the Americas, Africa and Europe will have a chance to see Earth’s shadow create a near-total blood moon.
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New York Times ☛ Inside the Iceland Eclipse Festival: $1,000-a-Week Yurts and Endless Optimism
At a festival on a disc golf course, on a peninsula in Iceland, waiting for the sky to descend into darkness.
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Mexico News Daily ☛ Thursday night’s ‘blood moon’ eclipse over Mexico: How and when to watch it
'Blood moon' is a popular and not entiely accurate way of referring to Thursday's lunar event, since the term describes the reddish hue of a fully eclipsed moon and the current eclipse is not quite total.
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Science Alert ☛ Physicists Just Directly Imaged The Quantum Fluctuations of Empty Space
Emptiness isn't empty.
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Science Alert ☛ Running on 4 Hours of Sleep? This 20-Minute Fix Works Almost as Well as a Nap
Relief.
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Science Alert ☛ Meet The 'Bottle Tree' Whose Sap Is Both Poison And Medicine
It can also be medicinal.
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Science Alert ☛ Scientists Pitted Keto Against Mediterranean And Low-Fat Diets. Keto Won on One Clear Health Measure.
"Uniquely beneficial."
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Science Alert ☛ Meet The Gaia Hypothesis: The Theory That Earth Regulates Itself Like a Living Thing
A planet that regulates itself.
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Science Alert ☛ Scientists Analyzed Earth's Hidden Seed Vaults And Made a Disturbing Realization
You reap what you sow.
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Science Alert ☛ Ghost in The Machine: Physicists Measure The Eerie 'Glow' From Shut-Down Nuclear Reactors For The First Time
A shut-down reactor is still radiating something – and physicists just caught it.
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Career/Education
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ACLU ☛ Montana Sets Gold Standard for Indigenous Education Nationwide
The ACLU, ACLU of Montana, and the Native American Rights Fund reached a landmark settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit over the state’s failure to implement its own Indigenous education law.
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Hardware
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man administration weighs expanding chip tariffs to laptops, consoles, and servers, report claims — January's data center exemptions may be scrapped
The Forrest Dump administration is weighing a second round of semiconductor tariffs that would extend duties beyond chips to products built with them.
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CNX Software ☛ LUNYEE 3020 Nova review – A desktop CNC router with 710W spindle tested with UGS and Easel software
We’ve gotten a sample of the LUNYEE 3020 Nova desktop CNC router for review. The machine features a 710W trim router spindle suitable for carving wood, acrylic, and aluminum. The drive system relies on dual HG15 linear guides and 1204 ball screws for enhanced rigidity and motion accuracy, and the machine integrates NEMA 17 stepper motors with 0.89 N·m torque.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Marvell’s stock sinks despite earnings beat and strong guidance [Ed: Bubble]
Chipmaker Marvell Technology Inc. beat expectations and posted guidance that came in just above Wall Street’s estimates, but it wasn’t enough to impress investors, and its stock was headed south in after-hours trading.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ China's YMTC aims to become the world's largest NAND maker by the end of 2027, report says — company plans to overtake Samsung and SK hynix
The target would require YMTC to nearly double its market share in 16 months.
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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Tom's Hardware ☛ EPA faces lawsuit over claims it fast-tracked approval of toxic 'data center chemicals' — exposure to photoacid generators used for semiconductor manufacturing could result in ‘sudden death,’ also appear to be long-lasting PFAS
An environmental group said that two new chemicals approved by the EPA for semiconductor manufacturing do not come with enough safeguards, so they're suing the agency for 'turning the new chemical review process on its head.'
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The Straits Times ☛ Malaysian PM Anwar’s National Day address moved indoors due to haze
The decision was made as an adaptive measure in view of current conditions.
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Latvia ☛ Lack of medication causes adult patients to consider leaving Latvia
Several Latvian patients with spinal muscular atrophy, a severe genetic disease, are considering moving to other European countries, because Latvia does not pay for medicines that significantly slow down the progression of the disease for adults with this diagnosis, reports Latvian Radio.
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New York Times ☛ Malaria, Likely Spread by Mosquito on Plane, Kills 2 Airport Workers in Germany
Six employees at Frankfurt Airport were infected this summer, according to German health officials and the airport’s operator. Four recovered.
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France24 ☛ Norway holds its breath as King Harald's health deteriorates
Norway's King Harald was in a "very serious" condition in hospital on Thursday, the royal court said, and family members gathered at his bedside. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Royal Palace in central Oslo and many lay flowers as they awaited further news of the 89-year-old king's health.
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Science Alert ☛ Scientists Find Signs of Artery Damage in Nearly 8 in 10 Young Adults
Youth isn't enough to protect the heart.
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Science Alert ☛ The Size of The Lymph Nodes in Your Neck Could Influence How Your Brain Ages
Lymph nodes may matter more than we thought.
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Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in / Malware
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Box of Bass is a FREE complete bass rig plugin for macOS, Windows, and Linux
Box of Rules has released Box of Bass, a free multi-channel bass processing rig for macOS, Windows, and Linux.
We recently featured the developer’s Picking Fingers plugin, which changes the character of a bass recording between picked and fingerstyle playing. Box of Bass is a much larger project, designed to turn a single DI signal into a layered studio bass rig.
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So-Called 'Artificial Intelligence' ('AI') / LLM Slop / Plagiarism
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New York Times ☛ Gwyneth Paltrow’s Hamptons Dinner for Scam Altman Postponed
The actress and wellness entrepreneur did not deny her plans to host an intimate gathering for Scam Altman. But it will have to wait.
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Linux Foundation
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OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ Join OpenSSF at AGNTCon + MCPCon North America: Securing Agentic AI [Ed: Contributing to slop hype at GAFAM's LF]
Join OpenSSF at AGNTCon + MCPCon North America this October to explore the Secure Agentic Framework (SAF) and learn how to secure the future of agentic Hey Hi (AI) ecosystems.
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The Fast Mode ☛ Linux Foundation Advances Runtime Evidence for AI Workloads [Ed: Selling slop scams for a fee]
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Social Control Media
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The Straits Times ☛ Meta’s youth protection changes should apply globally, says South Korean media regulator
It said social control media companies needed to take greater responsibility for protecting children.
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The Straits Times ☛ Nepal floods: Relatives, friends turn to social control media for news of uncontactable Malaysians
Nepal-based Fishtail Tours & Travels organised a tour that involved 17 Malaysians.
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New York Times ☛ “Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement
In “The Anxious Generation,” he laid out the evils of social control media for kids. The landmark Meta settlement seems to agree.
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CS Monitor ☛ Meta settlement aims to protect kids. Much more is needed, experts say.
Meta’s settlement to protect children from its social control media platforms will require more than the promised safeguards, experts say.
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Futurism ☛ Meta Forced to Make Massive Changes Limiting How Minors Can Use Instagram and Facebook
"The relief we are getting in this settlement is very meaningful and well beyond what any court has ordered or is likely to order."
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Digital Music News ☛ New Research Reveals Americans Spend More Time Watching YouTube Over Live TV
A new study finds that Americans spend on average more time watching creator-based content on YouTube than live television. A new survey of the media consumption habits of Americans found that 90% access YouTube on a typical weekday, compared to 79% for streaming services and 73% for live TV.
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New York Times ☛ What Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Means
Our reporter Cecilia Kang explains Meta’s settlement of a lawsuit claiming that the company’s social control media platforms had harmed teenage users.
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New York Times ☛ Mark Kapo-berg Wants to Make Sure YouTube and Fentanylware (CheeTok) Share His Pain
Meta, the social control media giant, agreed to change the way children interact with its apps. That could be trouble if its competitors don’t abide by the same rules.
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Security
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Integrity/Availability/Authenticity
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Bruce Schneier ☛ LLM-Based Social Engineering Scams
OpenAI disrupted a social engineering group from Cambodia that used ChatGPT.
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SANS ☛ A polymorphic phishing page (that occasionally breaks itself), (Thu, Aug 27th)
As I've mentioned before in some of my diaries, from time to time, I like to go over phishing messages that get caught in my various spam traps or sent to us here at the Internet Storm Center.
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Privacy/Surveillance
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Futurism ☛ Police Use Surveillance Cameras to Narc On Guy Who Found $30 on the Ground
Whatever happened to "finders keepers"?
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International Business Times ☛ Prince Harry and Co-Claimants Ordered To Pay £9.54m Interim Legal Costs by 28 August
Prince Harry and six co-claimants must pay £9.54m by 28 August towards Associated Newspapers' legal costs after losing their High Court privacy case.
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International Business Times ☛ Private Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot Conversations Are Increasingly Turning Up as Evidence in US Court Cases
AI chatbot conversations are increasingly cited in legal cases, raising concerns about privacy and the lack of legal privilege. Users should be aware of potential legal risks when using these platforms.
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OpenRightsGroup ☛ Digital Sanctuary
When people migrate, their data migrates with them. They need to be sure that their digital identity and information will be safe. What is Digital Sanctuary?
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Futurism ☛ NYC’s Buzziest Nightclub Announces Stance On Smart Glasses: Even Try To Bring Them In, You’re Banned Forever
"This should be policy at every club."
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Defence/Aggression
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JURIST ☛ US district judge cancels nationwide ruling in lawsuit against Convicted Felon’s mail-in voting executive order
US District Judge Indira Talwani on Wednesday canceled her earlier ruling granting a preliminary injunction to prevent the US Postal Service (USPS) from implementing Hell Toupée’s mail-in voting executive order (EO) on or before this years midterm elections.
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New York Times ☛ Fire Outside Home of Canadian Parliament Member Is Under Investigation
Two cars were destroyed at the Toronto home of Salma Zahid, a Liberal member of Parliament, in an overnight episode condemned by Prime Minister Mark Carney.
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New York Times ☛ Scenes From a Destroyed Barbershop in Lebanon
Our reporter Abdi Latif Dahir visits a barbershop in Lebanon that was demolished in an Israeli airstrike in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
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The Straits Times ☛ North Korea condemns US arms sale to South Korea, vows strong response
Analysts say Pyongyang has shown little official willingness to resume talks with the US.
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The Straits Times ☛ South Korea, Japan and US to hold North Korea-focused nuclear missile drill
The annual Freedom Edge drills, which are defensive in nature, will be held in international waters.
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The Straits Times ☛ S. Koreans’ views of US, under Convicted Felon, plunge to two-decade low: Pew survey
The results reflect strains in bilateral ties since Convicted Felon returned to the White House in January 2025.
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The Straits Times ☛ South Korea backs Convicted Felon bid to revive North Korea talks, seeks nuclear progress
South Korea supports U.S. President The Insurrectionist's efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, but aims to ensure its security posture is not weakened and that Seoul is not sidelined, South Korea's national security adviser said on Friday.
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The Strategist ☛ Building on the Jakarta Treaty, Australia and Indonesia deepen cooperation
The Australia-Indonesia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting in Melbourne on 26 August turned both countries’ expanding treaty architecture into practical cooperation for building shared resilience.
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The Straits Times ☛ ‘Heated exchanges’ for Japan MPs on fence-mending China trip
The delegation in Beijing comprised a member of Takaichi’s ruling party and two opposition lawmakers.
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CS Monitor ☛ The limits of ‘superpowerdom’ as countries refuse to bend to America’s will
The United States is facing pushback from China, Iran, and Canada and finding limits to its power.
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CS Monitor ☛ After six months of war in Iran, the US is diminished as both ally and rival
From Berlin to Beijing, the U.S.-led war in Iran is reshaping how many countries see the U.S. and their relationship to it.
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The Straits Times ☛ China deploys record number of ships around Taiwan as pressure grows
Analysts say the increased activity is part of China’s bid to map the region for submarine warfare.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Taiwan lawmakers approve $7.6 bn drone budget as China threat grows
Lawmakers in Taiwan approved a $7.6 billion budget for locally made drones on Thursday as the island democracy seeks to strengthen its defences against a potential Chinese attack.
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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LRT ☛ CIA visit to Moscow warned Putin not to attack Baltic states – media
The unannounced visit by the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to Moscow this week was to deliver a warning to Russia not to attack NATO countries, people briefed on the visit told the Wall Street Journal.
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RFERL ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Dismisses Fears of Russian Strike On NATO After CIA Chief Visits Moscow
US President The Insurrectionist told reporters that he does not believe Moscow will attack a NATO nation amid rising concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin will strike a Baltic country or other member state to test the Western alliance’s resolve.
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RFERL ☛ Dihydroxyacetone Man Dismisses Fears Of Russian Strike On NATO After CIA Chief Visits Moscow
US President The Insurrectionist told reporters that he does not believe Moscow will attack a NATO nation amid rising concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin will strike a Baltic country or other member state to test the Western alliance’s resolve.
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France24 ☛ Kherson residents urged to leave as Russian attacks threaten power and heating
Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin urged residents to leave the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Thursday as Russian strikes damaged a district heating plant and threatened prolonged power and heating outages.
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New York Times ☛ C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit
John Ratcliffe’s meeting this week with a Russian intelligence chief was aimed at pushing the Kremlin to pursue a peace deal with Ukraine.
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New York Times ☛ Where Drones Cannot See, the Ukraine War Is a Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse
Russian troops are trying to infiltrate the vast, overgrown reservoir basin of a dam they blew up three years ago as Ukrainian soldiers hunt them at close quarters.
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The Strategist ☛ Ukraine races to prepare for Winter
Top of mind in Kyiv for the leadership and populace is how to prepare for the coming winter, when Russia will surely work at incapacitating Ukraine’s electricity grid.
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The Strategist ☛ Less than meets the eye: Britain, France let Ukraine make Storm Shadows
A decision to hand British and French missile-manufacturing know-how to Ukraine is less useful to Kyiv than it seems.
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Security Week ☛ Pro-Russian Hackers Claim Responsibility for Major Cyberattack on Norway’s Public Digital Services
The pro-Russian hacker group Server Killers claimed responsibility for the attack.
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France24 ☛ US military faces ‘beyond critical’ shortage of Patriot missiles in Europe
The US military is running critically low on Patriot missile interceptors in Europe as the war with Iran drains stocks, according to US and NATO officials. The shortfall is raising concerns about NATO’s ability to counter a potential Russian ballistic missile attack, though officials said no such assault is imminent.
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LRT ☛ Baltic states arm for Russian threat as leaked letter shows growing fears
A letter seen by RFE/RL, partners of LRT English, reveals growing concern about Russian aggression in the Baltic states, speaking of a "deteriorating security environment" amid an "increased frequency of airspace violations and drone incursions".
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LRT ☛ Renouncing Russian citizenship in Estonia many times more expensive than previously
Renouncing Russian citizenship has become several times more expensive since August. Interior Minister Igor Taro said it is too early to assess whether the price increase will also lead to a decline in the number of applicants.
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RFERL ☛ CIA Chief's Moscow Trip Meant To Warn Russia Off Baltic Attack, Sources Say
CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s surprise trip to Moscow this week was intended to warn Russia against attacking NATO countries -- particularly Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -- sources familiar with the visit have told RFE/RL.
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New York Times ☛ Russian Sanctions Are Fueling a Canadian Car Theft Epidemic
Russia is the largest destination for stolen Canadian cars. Smugglers are meeting the demand of a booming black market.
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Latvia ☛ Reason for CIA chief's trip via Rīga is anyone's guess
Following confirmation that the director of the United States' Central Intelligence agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, made a trip to Moscow via Rīga this week, speculation is rampant regarding the reason for the visit, in the absence of any official information.
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LRT ☛ Lithuanian officials say CIA chief’s Moscow visit useful, see no increased threat
The chairman of Lithuania’s parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday that CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow was useful for Lithuania but did not indicate an increased threat to the Baltic country.
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Latvia ☛ Border Guard chief: Belarus knew about tunnels on Latvian border
Both underground tunnels on the Latvia–Belarus border were "undoubtedly" dug with the knowledge of the Belarusian authorities, said Guntis Pujāts, Commander of the State Border Guard, on the Latvian Radio programme “Krustpunktā” on August 27.
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Transparency/Investigative Reporting
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International Business Times ☛ Greg Bovino Alleges Convicted Felon Officials Pulled His Security Detail After He Became a DHS Critic, Saying They 'Want Him Dead'
Greg Bovino, a retired US Border Patrol chief, claims his security detail was withdrawn to silence him, alleging officials want him dead. The White House has dismissed these allegations as 'absurd.'
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Environment
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The Straits Times ☛ China rushes to minimise risk from lakes formed by glacier debris near Nepal border
Chinese authorities have mobilised an eight-member engineering team to conduct aerial surveys.
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France24 ☛ Nepal-Tibet live: China warns lake formed by mudslide on Nepal border could breach
Chinese authorities warned Friday that a lake formed by a mudslide on the China-Nepal border could breach and send floodwaters downstream, threatening further damage. Water levels are expected to rise over the next three days, with 499 residents and 555 tourists already evacuated from the disaster zone. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
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The Straits Times ☛ Nepal declines foreign rescue teams, says its own security agencies can handle operation
Instead, Nepal wants cash contributions through a one-door mechanism.
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New York Times ☛ Rescuers Search Himalayan Valleys After Devastating Flood
Also, the C.I.A. chief urges Russia to cut a deal to end the war. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
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New York Times ☛ Rescuers in Nepal Face Devastated Roads and Tough Terrain After Deadly Flood
The deadly Himalayan torrent damaged roads and dozens of bridges. The devastation was impeding the search for survivors and relief deliveries, aid groups said.
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New York Times ☛ What Our Reporter Saw After the Floods in Nepal
Our correspondent Anupreeta Das witnessed the rescue operation following the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet, in which a torrent of debris and water carried away entire villages in just minutes.
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New York Times ☛ China’s Information Control Could Hamper Flood Rescue Efforts in Tibet
Videos of the disaster, which tore through the border area between Tibet and Nepal, have been removed from social control media by China’s censors.
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New York Times ☛ Live Updates: Rescuers Search for Missing and Stranded Under Threat of More Floods
Officials said hundreds were killed in Nepal and Tibet, and more than 1,400 people are missing. Stunned witnesses described a torrent of debris and water carrying away villages in minutes.
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The Straits Times ☛ Scores of Hindu pilgrims missing in Tibet-Nepal floods
Some 77 pilgrims were at the Nepal-China border immigration office when the flood hit on Aug 26.
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The Straits Times ☛ Nepal, China warn of fresh flood risks with lakes threatening to burst
Nepal and China both warned on Thursday of fresh risks of flooding in the Himalayas as two lakes that have developed on either side of their border threaten to burst in a region still grappling with this week's catastrophic flood.
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The Straits Times ☛ Nepal-Tibet floods: Death toll nears 500 as risk of fresh flooding grows
Of those missing, at least 540 are foreigners.
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The Straits Times ☛ China rushes to minimise risk from mountain barrier lake near border with Nepal
Chinese authorities have mobilised an eight-member engineering team to conduct aerial surveys.
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The Straits Times ☛ Nepalese parties call for joint Nepal-China study of glacial lake risks
They call for stronger early warning systems and real-time data sharing.
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Energy/Transportation
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Latvia ☛ Proposal to declare state of emergency in Latvia's border area
The Ministry of Climate and Energy (KEM), which is under the political supervision of the National Alliance (NA), has drawn up and submitted for approval a draft order that provides for the declaration of a state of emergency in the health, energy supply and water management sectors along Latvia’s eastern border, LETA reports.
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Wildlife/Nature
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Futurism ☛ Streamers Now Going Live With Grizzly Bears, Which Will Surely End Well and Not Like in “Grizzly Man”
"You got that bro?"
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Federal News Network ☛ Federal wildland firefighters can now earn higher pay rates
OPM says the final rule creates “pay parity,” since both types of work involve similar health and safety risks from fire and smoke.
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Science Alert ☛ Bizarre Fossil Turns Out to Be a 24-Legged Insect Science Somehow Missed
A huge evolutionary puzzle piece just landed in our laps.
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Finance
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The Straits Times ☛ Ticket scalpers in S. Korea face fines of up to 50 times of resale price
The authorities are also offering cash rewards for whistleblowers.
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Savista will lay off 39 workers in Bethesda
Savista, a global company that helps medical practices and hospitals manage billing, insurance and other aspects of their operations, plans to lay off 39 employees in Bethesda.
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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The Straits Times ☛ Hundreds rally at Indonesia’s Parliament in anti-corruption protest
The protest is led by the United Pati People’s Alliance, a group from Pati regency in Central Java.
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New York Times ☛ A Venezuelan Colonel Turned Actor Is Deported From Florida
A former lieutenant colonel in Venezuela’s National Guard living in Florida was deported, interrupting a lawsuit that accused him of ordering violent raids and torture.
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APNIC ☛ Online voting for NRO NC election 2026 opens today
Cast your vote for the seat open for election on the NRO NC. All voting closes on Thursday, 10 September 2026 at 14:30 (UTC +5:30).
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Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda
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Scoop News Group ☛ Former sexual abuse victims say Grok used their images, videos to train deepfake capabilities
MElon claimed he was aware of “literally zero” CSAM content created through Grok. A new lawsuit from thousands of real victims say the model was trained on their child abuse.
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Censorship/Free Speech
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France24 ☛ Pakistan: Protests continue in Azad Kashmir despite repression and internet blackout
Harshly repressed protests that have shaken Pakistan-administered Kashmir since early June have continued through local legislative elections held in July and August. With internet access cut off and access by foreign media restricted, local residents are attempting to report on the situation on the ground.
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Hong Kong Free Press ☛ In full: Tiananmen vigil activist Chow Hang-tung’s mitigation after guilty verdict in national security trial
Tiananmen vigil activists Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, and the now-defunct pro-democracy group they led, the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, returned to court on Friday for mitigation proceedings.
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Civil Rights / Policing / Accessibility
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The Straits Times ☛ Christians in India fear that tighter laws target them
Maharashtra is the 13th of India's 28 states to enact an anti-conversion law.
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New York Times ☛ There Is a Sickness Worse Than Wokeness
The anti-woke movement’s “cure” was more intolerance and more repression.
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JURIST ☛ European Court of Human Rights rules Türkiye violated Osman Kavala’s free speech and assembly rights
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Türkiye’s detention of Mehmet Osman Kavala since 2017 is unlawful in nature, finding that the country’s government has deprived him of his rights to free speech, peaceful assembly, fair trial, and liberty.
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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Patents
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Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Short of Disavowal: Narrowing ‘Provision’ and ‘Activate’ in Zilkr v. Cisco
Federal Circuit vacates PTAB obviousness ruling in Zilkr v. Cisco, narrowing 'provision' and 'activate' based on uniform specification usage.
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JUVE ☛ Osborne Clarke hires Brinkhof litigator Jan Pot for Amsterdam [Ed: How is the hiring of one low-level person newsworthy? Marketing spam?]
Jan Pot began his legal career in 2013 as an attorney at Brinkhof, one of the leading Dutch patent monopoly litigation firms. He became a partner there in January 2021.
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Copyrights
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Digital Music News ☛ Federal Judge Refuses to Toss Indie Musician’s David v. Goliath Lawsuit Against Suno (Updated)
Suno just can’t shake indie musician Tony Justice. The country music singer and truck driver sued the company with allegations of copyright monopoly theft and using protected songs (like his own) to train Hey Hi (AI) without permission.
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