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Brendan Greene says AI content is ruining the internet because it's 'a loop, LLMs are scanning this junk, and then that becomes truth… it's like a race to the middle of sh*t"
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (379+ words) "How can you trust stuff that says at the bottom you need to fact-check all the answers I'm giving you?" The next issue of PC Gamer magazine features an interview with Brendan Greene, perhaps better-known as PlayerUnknown, about his career…...
Claude can now check its own code, if you're too lazy to do it
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (501+ words) Anthropic claims it's been using the tool on most of its pull requests internally. If you think we left vibe coding behind in 2025, when Collins Dictionary awarded it word of the year, think again, buddy. Not only do you not…...
Government iPhone hacking tools may have fallen into the hands of cyber criminals
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (326+ words) Nothing to hide, but plenty to fear. GTIG says it tracked Coruna's use throughout 2025, beginning with "highly targeted operations initially conducted by a customer of a surveillance vendor." However, the exploit framework is unlikely to have been built by cybercriminals…...
The US DoJ has seized LeakBase, one of the world's biggest hacker forums
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (377+ words) We don't yet know how many arrests have been carried out. LeakBase, a forum for global hackers with over a hundred thousand members, has been seized by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ). "The forum had an enormous and…...
This vicious-sounding malware disguising itself as a Google Account security check is astonishingly comprehensive, according to Malwarebytes
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (365+ words) A particularly nasty RAT. Cybersecurity provider Malwarebytes has thrown up a red flag regarding a fake Google Account security page that it says is distributing "what may be one of the most fully featured browser-based surveillance toolkits we have observed…...
Crypto cops seized $5.6 million worth of assets in South Korea, then lost $4.8 million after accidentally posting pictures of the recovery phrase
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (486+ words) Aaaand it's gone. Mostly. If you've been having a bad week at work, I'm here to inform you that it could always be worse. South Korea's National Tax Service carried out law enforcement raids resulting in the seizure of cryptocurrency…...
Star Citizen studio suffered a data breach in January, and some players aren't happy with the very quiet disclosure that only happened this week
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (167+ words) Cloud Imperium says no financial data or passwords were taken in the leak, but some players say the studio should have done a better job of notifying them anyway. Of greater concern is the fact that data was stolen. While…...
Not like this: researchers pen open letter on the dangers of age verification done poorly
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (467+ words) Scientists and researchers from respected institutions lay out the case against age verification as we're beginning to know it. As age verification becomes more commonplace across the web, there are some trying to oppose its rollout on security and privacy…...
Anthropic is loudly complaining about other companies using Claude to train their models, which seems a touch rich
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (353+ words) The question of what data AI models are trained on, and the legitimacy of that data, is a thorny one. Anthropic found itself defending its use of copyrighted material to train its Claude AI in the US last year, a…...
Meta AI safety director watched OpenClaw AI 'speedrun' deleting her inbox
2+ week, 1+ day ago (377+ words) Not the kind of error you want an AI director of safety and alignment making. Last month I checked out the hype surrounding Moltbot, AKA Clawdbot, AKA OpenClaw (third time's the charm?). I spent a lot of time highlighting the…...