This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
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The Indian government arbitrarily suspended a website that hosted information about the recent student protests in the country
internetfreedom.in/first-invalid-whois-then-a-critical-keyword-iff-gives-legal-assistance-over-nixis-suspension-of-chalosansad-in/posted in Technology
Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes
techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/some-claude-users-are-mad-that-anthropics-new-watermarks-will-catch-them-cheating-at-their-jobs-classes/posted in Technology
The Government is Monitoring Anti-Flock TikTok and Instagram Accounts
www.404media.co/the-government-is-monitoring-anti-flock-tiktok-and-instagram-accounts/posted in Technology
Modder exploits GeForce NOW to run a full Windows desktop through a simple file swap
By swapping a game binary for a modified one that gives access to the desktop he was able to trick the system into thinking he was playing authorized material, and even got local AI models to run on the 48GB VRAM a6000 card that powers the system. I can’t imagine this hole will go unpatched for long though.
www.tomshardware.com/service-providers/streaming/geforce-now-exploit-lets-you-access-the-full-windows-desktop-through-a-simple-file-swap-modder-runs-local-ai-models-on-ultimate-tier-with-48gb-of-vram-and-no-restrictionsposted in Technology
Spotify to introduce AI badge after fans make feelings 'clear'
www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgxzmgejd5oposted in Technology
DeepSeek’s updated V4 Pro AI model struggles on benchmarks, shines in cybersecurity: impresses in niche areas but leaves some developers disappointed in its overall capabilities.
www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3363895/deepseeks-updated-v4-pro-ai-model-struggles-benchmarks-shines-cybersecurityposted in Technology
U.S. and Ukrainian Forces Went Head-to-Head in an Exercise. Ukraine’s Drones Won.
www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-and-ukrainian-forces-went-head-to-head-in-an-exercise-ukraines-drones-won-cc3663d5?st=AVfWJG&%3Breflink=desktopwebshare_permalinkposted in Technology
PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1332594/pbs-broadcaster-loses-access-to-50tb-of-data-comprising-70-years-of-tv-history-after-con
current.org/2026/08/nine-pbs-sues-iron-mountain-over-blocked-access-to-archival-data/posted in Technology
Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/twitch-content-has-trained-amazon-ai-for-years-but-users-can-opt-out-now/posted in Technology
Twitch Is Mining Peoples' Streams to Train Amazon's AI
www.404media.co/twitch-training-amazon-ai-models-how-to-opt-out-setting/posted in Technology
Anthropic just rolled out a tool that'll decimate some people's dreams of writing AI novels undetected
tech.yahoo.com/ai/claude/articles/anthropic-just-rolled-tool-thatll-040904467.htmlposted in Technology
Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1332159/researchers-show-how-meta-s-pervert-glasses-are-used-to-harass-women
www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2026/08/11/smart-glasses-pose-new-harassment-risks-for-women-research-meta.html
The University of SydneySmart glasses pose new harassment risks for women, researchers findEmerging research from University of Sydney draws on analysis of 350 publicly available Instagram videos from around the world, showing a shift to discreet, point-of-view recording that is difficult for bystanders to detect. Smart glasses often provide no clear signal that recording is taking place, limiting a woman’s ability to consent or opt out.posted in Technology
‘New models will mark AI-generated content from day one’: Claude will now hide an invisible watermark inside ordinary words
www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/claude/new-models-will-mark-ai-generated-content-from-day-one-claude-will-now-hide-an-invisible-watermark-inside-ordinary-words-heres-how-thats-even-possible-and-how-eu-rules-could-push-openai-and-google-to-follow-suitposted in Technology
AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/13/ai-agents-arent-legally-responsible-for-any-harm-that-they-cause-experts-say-so-who-isposted in Technology
Nvidia AI Chip Found in New Russian Missile, Ukraine Says
www.kyivpost.com/post/82225posted in Technology
YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money
techcrunch.com/2026/08/10/youtube-now-requires-creators-to-have-twice-as-many-watch-hours-to-start-earning-money/posted in Technology
The security co-processor in many CPUs is insecure
www.heise.de/en/news/The-security-co-processor-in-many-CPUs-is-insecure-11411956.htmlposted in Technology
Valve informs customers about data breach, personal data stolen
www.neowin.net/news/valve-informs-customers-about-data-breach-personal-data-stolen/posted in Technology
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack
Terabytes worth of credentials, many belonging to the world’s biggest and most sensitive organizations, have been exposed in a supply-chain attack on LiteLLM, an open source tool that streamlines A- driven software development. Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, Samsung, and Salesforce are only a handful of the entities whose access secrets were exposed.
The revelation was posted on Tuesday and Wednesday by security firms CloudSEK and Hudson Rock. CloudSEK said it found cloud keys, repository tokens, SSH keys, Kubernetes secrets, package publishing credentials, environment variables, and AlI provider keys that could allow attackers to gain access to more than 2,500 organizations.
arstechnica.com/security/2026/08/terabytes-of-credentials-leaked-in-massive-supply-chain-attack/The credentials were extracted during a 40-minute window in March while the victims used compromised versions of LiteLLM downloaded from the package’s official location in the Python Package Index repository. Hudson Rock said it made the discovery after analyzing a 195TB file that it obtained. Neither firm identified the source of the information.
Ars TechnicaTerabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attackThe data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package.posted in Technology
Fairphone 4 3rd Party Battery Spotted for sale in the US!
It’s so lame that the 3rd party seller designated by Fairphone apparently doesn’t sell to US anymore. I’ve been wanting a battery replacement for my FP4 for years now and it’s finally here! Just put in my order today. Once it arrives, I can report back on the item if anybody cares.
