Links 24/02/2026: Telephone Turns 150, Political News Catchup, and Rearmament
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Leftovers
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Science
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Career/Education
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-13 [Older] Canada's top court rules N.L. pandemic travel restrictions were constitutional
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-13 [Older] Nova Scotians’ paper health records being trucked to Ontario to be digitized
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Breach Media ☛ 2026-02-11 [Older] Canada sidesteps UN scrutiny over assisted dying
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-10 [Older] Alberta reconsiders cutting health coverage for some temporary foreign workers after concerns raised
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Does this chemical really make you fall in love?
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Proprietary
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) / LLM Slop / Plagiarism
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Windows TCO / Windows Bot Nets
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Security
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TechCrunch ☛ 2026-02-10 [Older] Hacktivist scrapes over 500,000 stalkerware customers’ payment records
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2026-02-10 [Older] CodeRED Emergency Notification System Incident Update
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2026-02-14 [Older] Guernsey medical practice sanctioned after cyber criminals access patient data through email account
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TechCrunch ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Dutch phone giant Odido says millions of customers affected by data breach
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Government Technology ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Cyber Attacks on Schools Plateaued in 2025, but More Records Exposed
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Privacy/Surveillance
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Texas ☛ 2026-02-13 [Older] Attorney General Ken Paxton Demands Information from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Conduent as Part of Investigation into Largest Data Breach in U.S. History
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2026-02-14 [Older] Nevada unveils new statewide data classification policy months after cyberattack
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EPIC ☛ 2026-02-11 [Older] Maine House Passes Strong Privacy Bill
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BBC ☛ 2026-02-10 [Older] Discord to start requiring face scan or ID to access adult content
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Reuters ☛ 2026-02-13 [Older] South Korea blames Coupang data breach on management failure, not sophisticated attack
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2026-02-13 [Older] Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commissioner fines 3 LVMH luxury brands after Salesforce data breaches
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Bloomberg ☛ 2026-02-13 [Older] IRS Improperly Shares Immigrants’ Data with ICE: Explained
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Confidentiality
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2026-02-16 [Older] He tried to extort the Dutch police. It didn’t work out well for him.
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2026-02-12 [Older] Comcast agrees to $117.5M data breach class action settlement
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2026-02-12 [Older] ApolloMD reveals that 626,540 patients were affected by May, 2025 cyberattack
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2026-02-12 [Older] It’s 2026, but hospitals still haven’t prevented snooping in celebrities’ records
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2026-02-10 [Older] South Korea government is promoting bill for statutory damages for personal information leaks.
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TechCrunch ☛ 2026-02-10 [Older] Singapore says China-backed hackers targeted its four largest phone companies
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-10 [Older] N.B. sends personal info to wrong addresses in medicare mailing mistake
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Defence/Aggression
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Canada Wants Iran Government Change, Increases Sanctions
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Scheerpost ☛ 2026-02-08 [Older] Collapsing Empire: US Bows To African Revolutionaries
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Defence Web ☛ 2026-02-10 [Older] The future of air power in Africa
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-16 [Older] Bondi Beach attack accused faces court for first time
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-16 [Older] Cambodia hopes French maps will vindicate it in Thai row
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-15 [Older] Australia to spend $2.8 billion on new nuclear subs facility
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-15 [Older] Europe looks to shore up own defenses amid US uncertainty
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] ‘We’re so vulnerable’: How Canadians can cope with anxiety in the face of existential threats from the U.S.
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Canada has officially joined the EU's loans-for-weapons program
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] From umbrella to uncertainty: Europe and Canada's nuclear deterrence anxiety
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Copenhagen Post ☛ 2026-02-13 [Older] Kingdom of Denmark strengthens defense cooperation with Canada
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Amid 'Buy Canadian' fervour, Canada's top pension funds still heavily invested in U.S.
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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Environment
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Energy/Transportation
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Wildlife/Nature
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Finance
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Starlink: How Elon Musk's company influences geopolitics
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Why German building projects run over time and budget
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US News And World Report ☛ 2026-02-11 [Older] US House Votes Against Canada Tariffs in Rare Rebuke to Cheeto Mussolini
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-11 [Older] U.S. House poised to vote against Cheeto Mussolini's tariffs on Canada
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2026-02-10 [Older] Cheeto Mussolini Is Tearing Apart the North American Auto Industry
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-11 [Older] Why some Canadian companies are turning their workers into owners instead of selling to the U.S.
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-11 [Older] Central Alberta town faces uncertain future as it drowns in debt and faces potential insolvency
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-11 [Older] Veterans Affairs employees pushing back against Ottawa's return-to-office order
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CBC ☛ 2026-02-09 [Older] Federal government loans $1.01B to Canada Post as postal service continues to struggle
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-16 [Older] France: Macron's pro-business agenda hit by budget chaos
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-16 [Older] German and UK military chiefs state case for rearming
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Burglars ransack safe-deposit boxes in German bank heist
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Cuba's annual cigar fair postponed amid US oil blockade
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-15 [Older] France assembles magistrate team to examine 'Epstein files'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-15 [Older] Germany news: Right-wing violence rises in 2025
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-15 [Older] Hungary: Magyar launches anti-Orban election campaign
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] Dubai's DP World replaces chair amid Epstein revelations
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2026-02-14 [Older] How serious is Venezuela about its amnesty law?
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