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Dell's Hard-Coded Flaw: A Nation-State Goldmine #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

Was trying to remember a Will Forte quote from Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie and accidentally figured out how to make Google’s AI tool shut up

“Free” Surveillance Tech Still Comes At A High And Dangerous Cost #Technology #Cybersecurity Other

Microsoft: Critical Windows Admin Center Flaw Allows Privilege Escalation A high-severity Windows Admin Center vulnerability (CVE-2026-26119) could allow privilege escalation in enterprise environm...

#Cybersecurity #International #Microsoft #News #Security #Software #Windows #authentication […]

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5 Ways Emerging Businesses Can Show up in ChatGPT, Gemini
& Perplexity

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/new-business-chatgpt-visibility-nofluff-spa/567226/
via unKAGEd Newsroom

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Launch: Anthropic has released Claude Sonnet 4.6, which shows major improvements in coding, computer usage, comprehension of instructions, and long-context reasoning. Early tests revealed that 59% of developers preferred it over the previous Opus 4.5 version.

Android Central より

Gemini’s music generator is here, and I think this is where everyday AI gets interesting
Geminiの音楽ジェネレータがここにあり、これが日々のAIが興味深いところだと思います

Exclusive reporting from @jasondelrey.bsky.social www.readtheaisle.com/p/exclusive-...

#DeutscheBahn back on track after #DDoS yanks the brakes
www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/d...

#Germany's national rail company says services were disrupted for hours because of #cyberattack.
#CyberCrime #CyberSecurity #InfoSec

Nice work, @defcon.bsky.social

Shared: Google I/O 2026 Confirmed: Android 17, Gemini To Expect ift.tt/S7enRaQ
#WinObsWiKi

lifehacker.com/tech/microso...

Halfway through February 2026 still having to point out no, the AI didn't "insist" on anything, it didn't "try" anything, it didn't "claim" anything, it's a computer program.

Waymo just revealed the number of people they have managing issues the automated driving system needs help with, 70 on shift at a time. waymo.com/blog/?modal=...

Police say the technology has revolutionized their work, allowing them to quickly locate suspect vehicles and missing people. But ubiquitous surveillance has drawn growing public outrage.

中国関連のハッカーが2024年からDellのゼロデイ脆弱性を悪用（CVE-2026-22769）

China-linked hackers exploited Dell zero-day since 2024 (CVE-2026-22769) #HelpNetSecurity (Feb 18)

www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/18/e...

of COURSE there's a technology the left is excited about

Google's AI Music Maker Is Coming To the Gemini App

January 16, Federal Court of Appeal delivered rule of law ruling victory, in favour of CCLA’ Emergencies Act case.. Federal Court of Appeal confirmed government did not meet thresholds when Emergencies Act, Feb 2022 invoked.
mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#in...

apple.news/ASvKZN3KpRUG...

Ukrainian forces say Russian troops paid them for a fake Starlink service that instead revealed battlefield locations
www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-star...

Our research agents found sth similar after testing on glm-4.7 and Kimi k2.5. Both models refused politically sensitive prompts at the API level.

Nothing is surer to generate goodwill around the world than the US curating its very own state-sponsored 4chan board

AI now going after VFX studios also. www.youtube.com/watch?v=138Z...

Signal or noise? > Google Maps ‘limited view’ now hides reviews, images for
signed-out users >> Comment below! #industry40 #IoT #healthtech #mhealth #AI

AI tools to widen scope for IT cos: Parekh – The Times of India

Salil Parekh, CEO and MD, Infosys (File photo) New Delhi: Infosys CEO Salil Parekh suggested that stock market investors may be misreading the impact of AI tools from companies like Anthropic, arguing that rather than shrinking…

The economics around putting #AI data centres into space are not looking good: techcrunch.com/2026/02/11/w... #ArtificialIntelligence

The Keyword: A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music
blog.google/innovation-a...

キーワード：自分を表現する新しい方法：ジェミニは音楽を作れるようになりました

Google, Meta & Reddit gave DHS identifying info on users who criticized ICE — with zero warrants. Your “anonymous” account wasn’t anonymous to them. Time to stop trusting Big Tech with your dissent. #ICE #BigTech #NoWarrantNoData

I might joke about ARC but they do great work and I greatly appreciate their benchmarks and take a look at how the models perform on ARC- AGI 1 and ARC-AGI 2

Gemini 3 Deep think scores 96% on ARC-AGI 1 and 84.6% on 2.

What in the world are they using it for? www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr... #artificialintelligence #productivity

im so close ta buying dis gemini ai pro 😖 but i so do not need to add anotha subscription.

OpenAI hires OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger—
“Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI to drive the next generation of personal agents,” OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman posted on X on Sunday. “He is… www.ft.com/content/45b1... @criddle.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

anthropic need to fix their claude for windows app. always getting bank screen now

OpenAI and crypto venture firm Paradigm released EVMbench on Wednesday to test AI agents’ ability to detect, patch, and exploit smart contract flaws. The benchmark uses 120 past vulnerabilities plus scenarios from audits of Paradigm’s Tempo blockchain, and aims to improve automated security…

The hardcover book of GPT-1’s weights that Claude Code designed, produced, and sold (including the cool cover which visualizes the numbers in the volume) actually came in the mail today and it looks really nice.

I never touched any code or did any design or any API to make this.

Red Hat Linux

Blue Hat Linux

Green Hat Linux

White Hat Linux

Black hat Linux

No Hat Linux..

Hmmmm

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#Homelab #Docker #SelfHosted #RaspberryPi #Linux #Homeserver

Shared: Hackers Use Fake CAPTCHA To Infect Windows PCs ift.tt/FCEfrGa
#WinObsWiKi

Notícia da BleepingComputer

"Payments platform BridgePay confirms ransomware attack behind outage" #bolhasec

"Even though the hardware used can run these models at incredibly fast speeds, the actual process of getting a response from them can still feel quite slow and sluggish."

Moulik Gupta unpacks the "strangest bottleneck in modern LLMs" in his latest deep dive.

Master XDR Investigations: A Deep Dive into the GravityZone XDR Demo Incident

An attacker’s initial access, whether through phishing, unmanaged devices, exploited vulnerabilities, or a compromised supply chain, marks the beginning of a dangerous chain of events.
#hackernews #news

Very good! A really good AI prompt to help you get the most out of AI smartpeopleiknow.com/2026/02/18/a...

Apple's building a wearable panopticon and calling it Siri

#apple #artificial_intelligence #privacy #siri #Technology #wearables #boingboing

📸🔍 Dive into our latest blog post on Apple's AI Photo Analyzer and its approach to privacy! Explore the balance between innovation and user protection. Check it out here: #Apple #AI #Privacy #TechNews

www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/17/p...

Anthropic says new Claude Sonnet 4.6 is much better at computer use

Anthropic claims its new Claude model showcases ‘human-level capability’ in multi-step tasks. Anthropic has said that developers prefer Claude Sonnet 4.6 to its predecessor, the Sonnet 4.5, “by a wide margin”. A majority of the…

Every AI company

Bluesky integrates Germ DM, an E2E encrypted messaging app built on AT Protocol, making it the first private messenger natively available in the Bluesky app (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The defense industrial base is a prime target for cyber disruption

Cyber threats against the defense industrial base (DIB) are intensifying, with adversaries shifting from traditional espionage toward operations designed to disrupt production capacity and compromise supply chains…
#hackernews #news

📰 Google Prepares Launch of Next-Gen Gemini Model Amid AI Race Surge

Sources indicate Google is on the verge of unveiling an advanced iteration of its Gemini AI model, rumored to feature enhanced reasoning, multimodal capabilities, and improved efficiency. The upgrade co...

#AINews #AI #Teknoloji

Cade Metz
“The contract between Anthropic and the Pentagon, worth as much as $200 million, is at stake.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t... @nytimes.com @anthropicai.bsky.social

www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/19/o...

And they'll burn through it almost immediately and come back insisting they need more, the profit is just over the horizon bro, promise

Big tech fails victim-survivors as abusers monitor their lives and curtail their freedom www.crikey.com.au/2026/02/19/b...

Microsoft is addressing a security flaw where Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat summarized confidential emails in sent and draft folders despite active Data Loss Prevention policies and sensitivity labels.

FYI: PHP Hotline: OpenAI's Hilarious Reasons to Hate PHP! #shorts: A hotline reveals why the internet both loves and hates PHP. It will convert credit card numbers into floats and rename array keys at 3 AM. This functional number uses OpenAI and Twilio credits. #PHP #programming #hotline #OpenAI…

The latest update for #Acronis includes "Acronis earns a place on CRN Security 100 list for the fifth consecutive year" and "How to secure OT environments after #Windows 10 end of support without disrupting production".

#cybersecurity #ThreatDetection #infosec

20 years of surveillance capitalism and Google/Meta think I want celebrity prayer apps and gambling?
I would click “weird peanut butter Kickstarter” instantly. Please. Show me ttrpg ads and niche Arduino boards or something.

Exclusive: OpenAI is finalizing the first commitments for its $100 billion fundraise. SoftBank, Nvidia and Amazon are all slated to write big checks.

Read more: https://thein.fo/3ZK3cEh

Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Def Con, one of the largest and longest-running hacking conferences in the world, announced on Wednesday that three people linked to Jeffrey Epstein are no longer allowed to attend.

The latest update for #Coralogix includes "#HybridClown Defense Grid: Bridging Wiz and Runtime Telemetry" and "A Milestone for Government #AI: Coralogix Begins FedRAMP Journey".

#potatosecurity #monitoring #logging #devops https://opsmtrs.com/3JXoJPm

Notícia da BleepingComputer

"French prosecutors raid X offices, summon Musk over Grok deepfakes" #bolhasec

The latest update for #PentestPeople includes "Your Cyber Resilience Strategy for Unknown Threats" and "Why #CyberSecurity Budgets Fail (And How to Fix Them)".

#PenTesting #infosec

Anthropic just made Sonnet 4.6 the new default and it's a beast!

1-million-token context window. Better coding. Stronger instruction-following. All in a mid-tier model.

Complex workflows just got a lot more accessible.

#Claude #Sonnet #AI

#Acronis releases its biannual report, 'Acronis Cyberthreats Report H2 2025: From exploits to malicious #AI', analysing global threat activity based on telemetry collected by the Acronis Threat Research Unit and Acronis sensors.

#cybersecurity

"It’s probably not ideal that just before what might — or might not — be the moment of greatest job dispossession in history, or of democratic dispossession, or worse, or better, part of the group historically most concerned with such things is plugging its ears."

Apple May Be Adding Support for Conversational AI in CarPlay

Get BlenderBottle Strada Shaker Cup Insulated Stainless Steel Water Bottle with Wire Whisk, 24-Ounce, Black Download All In One New Amazon App www.mediafire.com/file/an5b0e8...
#DroneTechnology

The latest update for #SafeAeon includes "Roblox Script Executor: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It's Risky" and "The Credential Stuffing Fix: Stop Bot Attacks Without Frustrating Real Users".

#cybersecurity #MDR #PenTesting #Compliance

Sources: OpenAI is close to finalizing the first phase of its $100B round; its overall valuation, including the eventual funding, could exceed $850B (Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Claude Sonnet 4.6 launches with improved coding and expanded developer tools

Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.6, marking its second major AI launch in less than two weeks. Scores prior to Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Source: Anthropic) According to Anthropic, Sonnet 4.6 deli…
#anthropic #claude #hackernews

📰 The AI Race in 2026

Major players releasing new models monthly. Which are you most excited about?

A) GPT-5
B) Claude 4
C) Gemini Ultra
D) Meta Llama

Reply! 👇

#AI #Tech #Innovation

Finally cracked the Google SEO code 😂 Want #1 ranking? Easy. Just get your biz featured on CBS Evening News. Bonus pts if the stars are your actual customers. Boom. Instant authority… apparently 🤷‍♂️ #SEO #SmallBusiness

📺 youtu.be/JOQL-nfQtc4?...

Guardian AI-Penetration Testing Tool Connects Gemini, GPT-4 with 19 Security Tools Including Nmap A new open-source framework is reshaping how security professionals approach penetration testing by...

#Cyber #Security #Cyber #Security #News […]

[Original post on cybersecuritynews.com]

Microsoft Defender update lets SOC teams manage, vet response tools

Microsoft introduced library management in Microsoft Defender to help security analysts working with live response manage scripts and tools they use to triage, investigate and remediate threats. The li…
#hackernews #microsoft #news

Advanced Web Shell Detection and Prevention: A Deep Dive into CrowdStrike's Linux Sensor Capabilities

#Endpoint #Security #& #XDR

Origin | Interest | Match

New filing: "The Intercept v. OpenAI (Intercept sues OpenAI and Microsoft under DMCA section 1202)"
Doc #431: Proposed Stipulation and Order

Download PDF | View Full Case

#CL68290804

Introducing OpenAI for India | OpenAI News

Some #AI systems being rolled out could be left legally unusable due to regulation: www.informationweek.com/machine-lear... #ArtificialIntelligence

The latest update for #StatusCake includes "Designing Alerts for Action" and "A Notification List Is Not a Team".

#monitoring #websitemonitoring #statuspage

Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use | Discussion

The latest update for #Outpost24 includes "Top 3 Threat Actors Targeting the Insurance Industry" and "Pulled Pork and Watermelon: Why Integrated #Cybersecurity Depends on Unlikely Synergies".

#DevSecOps

Enterprises deploying #AI systems with excessive permissions are experiencing 4.5x more security incidents than those that enforce least-privilege controls according to a new research report from #Teleport.

#cybersecurity #datasecurity

Minion: What Happens When an Autonomous Agent has Free Reins for A Week Building a security-first autonomous AI agent and letting it run without interference for a week Read All

#cybersecurity #ai-security #ai-agent #autonomous-agents #openclaw #clawdbot #artificial-intelligence […]

AI's climate 'hoax', NBN's Amazon satellite price promise and OpenAI's lobbying
Plus: This website will either put you to sleep or frustrate you so much you never sleep again

READ:

Gentoo is the latest Linux distribution to ditch GitHub. Let's hope that, first, many follow, and second, Codeberg receives the funding it needs to maintain its service.
#repository #opensource #linux

An experiment finds X's feed algorithm favored conservative content, and switching to the "For you" feed shifted users' views toward more conservative positions (Ece Yildirim/Gizmodo)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The latest update for #SedaraSecurity includes "How Companies Can Protect Against Third-Party Risk in 2026" and "#Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026 – What Organizations Must Prepare for Today".

#MSSP #PenTesting

It’s been going around that Palantir & OpenAI pay zero in federal income tax, despite billions etc. Not new, we’ve heard this reported on corporations for 20 yrs

So. I have a #disability trust to keep the meager worth I had left after the US medical system worked me over. Lost all

MY TAX is 52%

www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...

#Info-tech

Origin | Interest | Match

UK.gov launches cyber 'lockdown' campaign as 80% of orgs still leave door open #cybersecurity #infosec

The latest update for #Seemplicity includes "When Multiple Tools Describe the Same Risk Differently" and "What Seemplicity's Exposure Action Report Reveals about Modern Exposure Management".

#cybersecurity #vulnerabiltymanagement

ICYMI:

ChatGPT and Gemini struggle with complex Indian languages - but this Bengaluru startup says it can do better
->TechRadar | More on "Indian language AI development" at BigEarthData.ai | #Chatgpt #AI

Now Google tech will be in both Android & iphone devices

Time to go back to flip phones.

“Apple & Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next gen of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models & cloud technology.“

blog.google/company-news...

The latest update for #CrowdStrike includes "Exposing #InsiderThreats through Data Protection, Identity, and HR Context" and "CrowdStrike Named a Customers' Choice in 2026 #Gartner Peer Insights Voice of the Customer for User Authentication".

#Cybersecurity

This job scam is using a fake Google Forms site to harvest your Google login and steal your account.

Here's how to stay safe. 👇

How Rust and Its Compiler Have Revolutionized Software Engineering and Reliability

https://kerkour.com/rust-software-engineering-reliability

New story today on the public battle between the Department of Defense and Anthropic, which is really a fight about the future of AI in warfare:

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...

The latest update for #Securonix includes "How Smarter Security Economics Reduce Risk Without Breaking the SOC Budget" and "Sam the AI SOC Analyst: How a Modern SOC Works When the #AI is the Conductor".

#cybersecurity #cloudsecurity #SIEM

Exclusive: OpenAI Has Poached Instagram's Celebrity Whisperer
->Vanity Fair | More on "OpenAI hires Instagram partnership executive" at BigEarthData.ai | #OpenAI

Ring's CEO said lost-dog finder was always meant to be a human surveillance platform, says leaked email https://boingboing.net/2026/02/18/rings-ceo-said-lost-dog-finder-was-always-meant-to-be-a-human-surveillance-platform-says-leaked-email.html

Nope. Nope nope nope. I’ll never purchase a Ring doo

Austin-based Circuit, which is building an AI platform for manufacturing and service enterprises, raised $30M from a group of angel investors (Karoline Leonard/Austin American-Statesman)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

The latest update for #LevelBlue includes "LevelBlue Named a Representative Vendor in 2026 #Gartner Market Guide for Outsourced Managed Security Services" and "Poland's Energy Sector Attack is a Wake-Up Call for Improving Edge Security".

#SIEM #threatdetection

The latest update for #Potatohaven includes "Complete Guide to Understanding CMMC #Compliance" and "Sensitive Enterprise Data Is Flowing Into #AI Tools at Scale".

#Potatosecurity #DataProtection #DataSecurity https://opsmtrs.com/4gTxmMu

www.nextgov.com/people/2026/...

Google Gemini just leveled up with the ability to generate 30-second, realistic music tracks complete with lyrics and vocals. The coolest part? You don't even need a text prompt—just upload a photo or video, and Gemini will compose a custom track to match the vibe! 📸
gadgetonhand.com/gemini-can-n...

⚡ Hackernews Top story: Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The latest update for #FerootSecurity includes "#G2 Names Feroot a 2026 Best Software Product in Data Privacy" and "GA4 Is Collecting PHI from Your Website and a BAA Won't Fix Your #HIPAA Problem".

#cybersecurity #clientsidesecurity #frontendsecurity

Google's Lyria 3 model generates AI music with vocals, lyrics, and cover art from text prompts or uploaded media. #AI

Read more below.

Researchers at Google DeepMind discuss challenges in evaluating moral questions using language models. #AI

Read more below.

Legal analysts highlight rising lawsuits and regulatory complaints globally as platforms like Meta deploy generative AI that can fabricate convincing falsehoods at scale, raising questions about liability for AI‑amplified misinformation. #GenerativeAI #Liability #Meta
time.com/7346091/ai-h...

👀
Nonna gonna need bail money

apple.news/AgyWxpQYtTnu...

The latest update for #GitGuardian includes "SRE Playbook: A Guide to Discover and Catalog Non-Human Identities (NHI)" and "AI Is Making Security More #Agile: Highlights from ChiBrrCon 2026".

#cybersecurity #DevOps #infosec #appsec

Israeli firms use advanced cyber tools to spy on cars, track movement: Report – Middle East Monitor

www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260217-isr...

Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 days keepandroidopen.org

So I decided to google myself and let AI take the wheel, lmfao!

The latest update for #Wallarm includes "Inside Modern #API Attacks: What We Learn from the 2026 API ThreatStats Report" and "From Shadow #APIs to Shadow AI: How the API Threat Model Is Expanding Faster Than Most Defenses".

#cybersecurity #APISecurity #AppSec

The latest update for #Site24x7 includes "Move to ManageEngine Site24x7 to elevate your website #monitoring" and "Microsoft Entra ID secrets and certificates: One of the most preventable causes of enterprise application failures".

#ITMonitoring

The latest update for #Internxt includes "Is Google Drive Safe for Your Private Files?" and "Lifetime #CloudStorage: Best Providers, Pricing & Security Comparison 2026".

#cybersecurity #privacy

Phishing with OAuth Redirect https://www.levelblue.com/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/phishing-with-oauth-redirect

Oh man. Bruce has some words and they are singing my tune. The code review is getting solid.



#genai #sast

The latest update for #TorqSecurity includes "How #AI Should Actually Work in Your SOC" and "The AI SOC Org Chart for 2026 and Beyond".

#cybersecurity #securityautomation #securityteams

Anthropic names Chris Liddell to board as AI scrutiny grows

https://cfotech.com.au/story/anthropic-names-chris-liddell-to-board-as-ai-scrutiny-grows

A NOVEL DEEP LEARNING MODEL, RDBCYCYLEGAN-CBAM FOR LOW-DOSE CT IMAGE DENOISING https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.17.706311v1

The latest update for #ForwardNetworks includes "Navigating the #AgenticAI Era: Forward's Perspective from Cisco Live EMEA" and "Using NQE to Consistently Validate DNS Configuration During Network Changes".

#Cybersecurity #NetworkVerification #ZeroTrust

#Info-tech

Origin | Interest | Match

CredShields Contributes to OWASP’s 2026 Smart Contract Security Priorities

OWASP Smart Contract Top 10 2026 is a risk prioritization framework developed from real world exploit data observed across blockchain ecosystems in 2025. The 2026 ranking encourages teams to integrate risk…
#hackernews #news

Microsoft: Anti-phishing rules mistakenly blocked emails, Teams messages https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-anti-phishing-rules-mistakenly-blocked-emails-teams-messages/

#AI can now translate language as well as the average human translator, but not as well as more experienced translators: spectrum.ieee.org/chatgpt-tran... #ArtificialIntelligence

Wrote up some notes on the February 2026 update to the official SWE-bench leaderboard, with a bonus side-quest to get Claude for Chrome to redraw their chart to add percentage labels to the bars simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/19/...

📰 Claude 4.5 Opus Tops SWE-bench February 2025 Leaderboard Amid Chinese AI Surge

The SWE-bench February 2025 leaderboard reveals Claude 4.5 Opus leading in automated software engineering tasks, outperforming Gemini 3 Flash and MiniMax M2.5. Notably, Chinese models domina...

#AINews #AI #Teknoloji

#cs.CR

Origin | Interest | Match

Wall Street’s AI Anxiety-Induced Software Selloff Gets a Reality Check Among the gainers in the software sector Wednesday was ServiceNow, whose shares rose 1.8% thanks to a vote of confidence fro...

#Artificial #Intelligence #Adobe #Anthropic #CrowdStrike […]

[Original post on thedailyupside.com]

Modi, Altman And Tech Chiefs To Address India AI Summit As Gates Cancels — Indian leader Narendra Modi and tech chiefs, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, are set to speak Thursday at a high-profile India AI summit on the technology's opportunities and risks. Bill Gates has canceled his…

ICYMI:

Come on! What could go wrong?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...

Scammers use fake “Gemini” AI chatbot to sell fake “Google Coin”

An AI chatbot posing as Google’s Gemini is being used to pitch fake “Google Coin,” promising 7x returns.
#gemini #hackernews #news

AI might be able to replace me as a writer, I'm a fairly boring person, but the noble profession as a whole will persist, methinks. Can't really imagine Gemini pulling this one off.

Red Hat open-sourced something interesting. 

itsfoss.com/news/red-hat...

New Amazon Attack Warnings — What 300 Million Customers Need To Know
As new warnings of attacks against Amazon users are posted to Facebook and X, here’s what you need to know and do.
Read in Forbes: apple.news/AWO4NEu-wQ62...
🔥

Me using Google Gemini: wow I love this. It writes just like the most boring, annoying guy I know and it's always wrong. I would pay upwards of the-very-concept-of-personal-computing for this

Watch my new video on
AI ATTACKS! How Hackers Weaponize Artificial Intelligence

youtube.com/watch?v=NbZr...

Critical vulnerability alert! Ensure your WordPress Clean Talk plugin is secure — step-by-step fix inside.

Learn more: go-techsolution.com/cleantalk-wo...

#WordPressTips #PluginSecurity #CleanTalk #UpdateNow #TechSolution

ドイツ鉄道、DDoS攻撃で運行停止後、軌道復帰

Deutsche Bahn back on track after DDoS yanks the brakes #Register (Feb 18)

www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/d...

Leaked Ring email shows 'Search Party' surveillance plans beyond lost pets https://deadstack.net/cluster/19381
#tech #aiethics #amazon #techpolicy #camera #dataprivacy #ai

...for now, I'm sure.

I wonder what other sites will begin to require face scans or ID.

*sighs*

www.pcgamer.com/hardware/dis...

Patch Management Market Trends Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/patc...

#PatchManagementMarket #Cybersecurity #ITSecurity #SoftwareUpdates

Retail Cybersecurity Market Trends Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/reta...

#RetailCybersecurityMarket #Cybersecurity #RetailTech #DataProtection

Regtech Market Trends Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/regt...

#RegtechMarket #RegulatoryTech #FinTech #ComplianceSoftware

Gemini Links 19/02/2026: Taxing the Rich, Raspberry Pi 4 Tinkering Links for the day


Origin | Interest | Match

Server Microprocessor Market Size, Share Report and Trends 2035 www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/serv...
#TechTrends2026 #DigitalEconomy #IndustrialAI #FutureOfTech #Innovation #Sustainability #TechLeadership #StrategicTech #GlobalEconomy #BusinessIntelligence #AIInference #TechEvents2026

Access Control Hardware Market Trends Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/acce...

#AccessControlHardwareMarket #SecurityTech #PhysicalSecurity #BuildingAccess

AI In Fraud Management Market Trends Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/ai-i...

#AIInFraudManagementMarket #AI #FraudDetection #FinTech

Deep Learning Cognitive Computing Market Trends Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/deep...

#DeepLearningCognitiveComputingMarket #AI #DeepLearning #CognitiveComputing

Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use [Discussion]

I dont understand why tech co's are being given 48hrs to takedown abusive/relevant content. They can react much more quickly - folks who've experienced DCMA notices or copywrite breach detections will know that. Give them 12 hours.
www.ft.com/content/98f5...

yeah our meatbag engineers haven't written any code themselves in months. what was that? a high severity CVE in the start menu? nah never heard of it. we'll have copilot patch it up once we convince the shareholders that AI is totally not dying (and its not we promise its the next big thing) and […]

Advanced Web Shell Detection and Prevention: A Deep Dive into CrowdStrike's Linux Sensor Capabilities

#Endpoint #Security #& #XDR

Origin | Interest | Match

‘Jwiki’ is Wikipedia for all things Epstein files
This Wikipedia-style tool is holding the rich and powerful to account.
Read in Fast Company: apple.news/ATZAcWx0gSuW...
‼️

New: Internal gov documents show how OpenAI lobbied Australia's top public servants & politicians — and how they responded, including:
- Treasury pouring cold water on OpenAI's claims of AI's economic benefits
- meeting with the prime minister's intelligence agency
- & more
www.crikey.com.au/20...

The Worst-Case Future for White-Collar Workers - The Atlantic apple.news/Ao5m1hOcKQwW...

Commercial Payment Cards Market Trends Analysis, Sales Revenue, Competitive Landscape and Market Expansion Strategies 2035
www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/comm...

#CommercialPaymentCardsMarket #PaymentCards #CorporateFinance #FinTech

Telegram channels expose rapid weaponization of SmarterMail flaws #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

India's TCS signs OpenAI as its first data center customer, starting with 100MW of capacity; Tata Group plans to deploy ChatGPT Enterprise, starting with TCS (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Was uns KI gebracht hat und wohin

techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/m...

Anthropic just banned subscription auth for third-party tools. Every team that built on Claude just learned about platform risk the hard way. Build vs buy looks different when the platform can change the rules mid-game.

ICYMI:

Sources: Accenture told execs promotions would require "regular adoption" of AI and is tracking individual weekly logins to its AI tools for some senior staff (Financial Times)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Analog Security Camera Market Analysis: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Outlook 2026 www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/anal...
#SecurityCameras #AnalogCameras #Semiconductors #SmartSecurity #SurveillanceTech

Google's Pixel 10a Is the Same Damn Phone As the Pixel 9a #Technology #ConsumerTechnology #Smartphones #GooglePixel #TechReview

Shafagh Abband Pashaki, Sepehr Maleki, Amir Badiee: Capacity-constrained demand response in smart grids using deep reinforcement learning https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16525 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16525 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.16525

Tianmeng Hu, Yongzheng Cui, Biao Luo, Ke Li: RIDER: 3D RNA Inverse Design with Reinforcement Learning-Guided Diffusion https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16548 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16548 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.16548

Michael Lanier, Yevgeniy Vorobeychik: A Scalable Approach to Solving Simulation-Based Network Security Games https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16564 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16564 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.16564

Aloni Cohen, Refael Kohen, Kobbi Nissim, Uri Stemmer: Protecting the Undeleted in Machine Unlearning https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16697 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16697 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.16697

Zhezhi Lei, Zhihai Bi, Wenxin Wang, Jun Ma: Dual-Quadruped Collaborative Transportation in Narrow Environments via Safe Reinforcement Learning https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16353 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16353 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.16353

Jack Rome, Stephen James, Subramanian Ramamoorthy: Learning to unfold cloth: Scaling up world models to deformable object manipulation https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16675 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16675 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.16675

Nelson Salazar-Pena, Alejandra Tabares, Andres Gonzalez-Mancera: Harnessing Implicit Cooperation: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Approach Towards Decentralized Local Energy Markets https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16062 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16062 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.16062

Nelson Salazar-Pena, Alejandra Tabares, Andres Gonzalez-Mancera: MARLEM: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Simulation Framework for Implicit Cooperation in Decentralized Local Energy Markets https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16063 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16063 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.16063

Prashant Solanki, Isabelle El-Hajj, Jasper J. van Beers, Erik-Jan van Kampen, Coen C. de Visser: Certifying Hamilton-Jacobi Reachability Learned via Reinforcement Learning https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16475 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16475 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.16475

AMLBot says social engineering drove 65% of crypto cases it probed in 2025

Social engineering and impersonation-related scams were the most frequent attack vectors targeting crypto investors in AMLBot’s investigations last year.
#aml #crypto #news

Your Bluetooth Is Broadcasting Unique Details About You to Anyone Who’s Listening
open.substack.com/pub/onlinesa...

“The financial power of a department with a near-trillion-dollar budget has a way of focusing the mind. To capitulate here would seem to undermine #Anthropic’s founding mission; but money has a logic of its own.”
https://puck.news/dario-vs-hegseth-anthropic-faces-pentagon-ultimatum/

✓ 「AIエージェントを使う人間たちはAIにどれだけの権限を与えているのか」をAnthropicが報告
- https://gigazine.net/news/20260219-anthropic-claude-ai-agent-report/

In 2026 AI transitions from hype to pragmatism with #ModelContextProtocol by Anthropic, the "USB-C for AI". A seamless integration tool propelling practical business solutions and marking a new era of #AIintegration 👉 https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/02/in-2026-ai-will-move-from-hype-to-pragmatism/

Nishtha Srivastava, Johannes Faber, Dhruv Aditya Srivastava: An Interpretable Physics Informed Multi-Stream Deep Learning Architecture for the Discrimination between Earthquake, Quarry Blast ... https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.15993 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.15993 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.15993

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FATE-MAP predicts teratogenicity and human gastrulation failure modes by integrating deep learning and mechanistic modeling @natcomms.nature.com

Cyber tech reality...

OpenAI Launches EVMbench for Blockchain Vulnerability Detection and Exploitation OpenAI and Paradigm have unveiled EVMbench, a new benchmark designed to test AI agents’ skills in spotting, fixing...

#Cyber #Security #News #Cybersecurity #OpenAI #Vulnerability […]

[Original post on cyberpress.org]

Dellのハードコードされた欠陥：国家レベルの金鉱

Dell's Hard-Coded Flaw: A Nation-State Goldmine #DarkReading (Feb 19)

www.darkreading.com/application-...

Prompt Control is the New Front Door of Application Security

Discover how AI-driven systems are redefining application security. Research highlights the importance of focusing on inference layers, prompt control, and token management to effectively secure AI inference services an…
#hackernews #news

southfront.press/a-digital-ma...

Microsoft says Office bug exposed customers' confidential emails to Copilot AI | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/m...

PHILIPPINE organizations should deploy managed artificial intelligence (AI) tools to avoid cyberattacks caused by shadow AI practices and lessen the risk of data leakage, according to US-based cybersecurity company Netskope. zurl.co/ihg9o

A study of 12K+ EU companies finds AI adoption increases labor productivity by 4% on average in the EU, with no evidence of reduced employment in the short run (CEPR)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

OpenAI, JioHotstar Partner to Launch ChatGPT-Powered Content Discovery in India JioHotstar has joined forces with OpenAI to bring a ChatGPT-branded discovery experience to what is India’s most wi...

#Asia #Global #News #ChatGPT #JioHotstar #JioStar #OpenAI

Origin | Interest | Match

The left [gesturing widely in a way that’s hard to pin down what I’m gesturing to] needs to take AI [gesturing more vaguely] seriously or something [moving both arms now] something will happen I think

Decoupled Continuous-Time Reinforcement Learning via Hamiltonian Flow
Read more: https://arxiv.org/html/2602.14587v1

Gemini App Rolling Out Music Generation For All With Lyria 3 ~ 9to5google.com/2026/02/18/g... #GeminiApp #Lyria3 via @9to5google.com

Perplexity Pro adds Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 & Claude Sonnet 4.6 🤓

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei visibly declined to hold hands during a group photo at the India AI Impact Summit, even as other leaders on stage linked arms for the ceremonial shot.

On the inside front cover of issue 4 of Lab on a Chip:
Deep learning-driven microfluidic chip architecture design for intelligent particle motion control.
#OpenAccess from Hongxia Li, Honglin Li et al.
Read now: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

I pay for Claude (or at least my employer does), but ask it to generate an image of Donald Trump eating a bucket of KFC on a golden toilet, and it just won't play ball.

Total waste of money if you ask me.

#r4today #Anthropic #AI

Advanced Web Shell Detection and Prevention: A Deep Dive into CrowdStrike's Linux Sensor Capabilities

#Endpoint #Security #& #XDR

Origin | Interest | Match

It’s a talk show. We’ve reinvented the talk show.

(fwiw I called this whole ecosystem shift in my essay on Spotify for @niemanlab.org a little over eight years ago www.niemanlab.org/2017/12/watc...)

📰 Anthropic Bans OAuth Tokens in Third-Party Tools, Forces API Key Transition for Claude Users

Anthropic has officially prohibited the use of OAuth tokens from Free, Pro, and Max consumer plans in third-party applications, requiring developers to switch to API key authen...

#AINews #AI #Teknoloji

Confronting AI’s data privacy paradox www.techradar.com/pro/confront... #tech #privacy #AI #GDPR

Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/legal-and-compliance
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47069299

Phishing alert: a fake Google Forms page steals logins. Stay vigilant online and spot the tricks—don’t share your credentials. Read more for signs and safe steps.
Read More: azat.tv/en/phishing-...

Anthropic just officially banned using Claude subscription auth for third-party use. Big move for API boundaries and developer trust. The HN discussion is wild 🔥 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47069299

Since the end of January!!! FFS, how can a hacker steal an officials credentials, where were these credentials (probably on a mobile phone).... internet security is disgraceful and protection of data is woeful.
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...

Prime Minister Modi unveiled India’s “MANAV” AI framework at the India AI Impact Summit 2026, outlining five principles.

Read Full Article: deccanfounders.com/2026/19/n...

#DeccanFounders #India #AIimpactSummit #GlobalSouthAISummit #NarendraModi #AI #OpenAI #Claude #MANAV #Investments

How the Cybersecurity and Resilience Bill could impact MSPs www.itpro.com/business/pol...

@joesegal.bsky.social www.facebook.com/reel/1361960...

Here are links to the company www.google.com/search?q=liv...

Tiny violin.gif

Tesla's New Sales Data Is Absolutely Brutal share.google/HNHAxPP0ddCd...

Google, Shopee-owner Sea to develop AI tools for e-commerce, gaming reut.rs/4sjCvCP

US CISA issued a mandatory policy to remove all edge security devices that are unpatched or end of life for all government agencies 👍

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives...

#infosec

life is watching your google searches become slowly unhinged

Google CEO Sundar Pichai mounted a robust defense of the tech industry's escalating AI investments on Wednesday, comparing them to the historic expansion of railroads and highways that ultimately became essential foundations for economic growth.

Just the other day Google told me their AI Plus service was now included in my existing Google One subscription at no extra cost.

Still ain't using it though.

If you're new to Secure Shell, check out "4 SSH tricks that every sysadmin should know". www.redhat.com/sysadmin/way...

Still my go-to article to explain what backpropagation actually is in neural networks!

These tech bros are like children.

Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use https://code.claude.com/docs/en/legal-and-compliance (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47069299)

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You know what happens with Nvidia ban for the Chinese market? That 1.5 technologically advanced and capable humans said "maybe we can use our own GPUs". You know what's going to happen with Anthropic-style AI usage bans, right?

FreeBSD 15とFreeIPA/IDMのKerberos/LDAP統合に関する詳細なガイドです。
MIT Kerberosと軽量なnslcdデーモンを使用し、従来の複雑な設定を簡素化しています。
認証、SSH、PAM、sudoなどの設定手順を網羅し、FreeIPAユーザーのコンソールアクセスも解説します。

Best-selling author David Baldacci explains why he is suing OpenAI and Big Tech, describing the unauthorized use of his novels as "1984 on steroids" and a direct theft of his life's work.

A long, in the end not-too-difficult, and essential journey @ftm.eu.
Useful sources:
- www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/
- european-alternatives.eu

Do you think Microsoft used AI to program this error in?
techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/m...

Microsoft launches preview of Security Dashboard for AI


Posted into heise online in English @heise-online-in-english-heiseonline

AI is accelerating attacks.
Identity is the dominant entry path.
Supply chain risk now includes SaaS integrations.
Nation-states are evolving persistence tactics.
750+ IR cases show: breaches happen because of preventable gaps
What’s your biggest 2026 priority?
#CyberSecurity #ThreatIntel #ZeroTrust

盗まれた認証情報1つですべてが危険にさらされる

One stolen credential is all it takes to compromise everything #HelpNetSecurity (Feb 18)

www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/18/i...

🔴 𝗢𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵: 𝟲.𝟮 𝗠𝗹𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀

Names, dates of birth, ID details, phone numbers, email and postal addresses, IBAN. 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱. All out there.

𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴 🔗 techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/d... & nltimes.nl/2026/02/17/o...

Gemini looks to solve its “feature overload” problem with a newer UI Google is testing a newer attachment sheet that houses more features but keeps them all accessible and organized. Credit: Ry...

#Authority #Insights #News #Google #Google #Gemini

Origin | Interest | Match

Attacks on Chrome, Zimbra, ThreatSonar, and ActiveX module observed


Posted into heise online in English @heise-online-in-english-heiseonline

Going to share this for any author or artist running a blog right now and getting sick of the scrapers:

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Chinese tech companies progress 'remarkable,' OpenAI's Altman tells CNBC

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/19/o...

Anthropic Releases Sonnet 4.6

Sonnet 4.6 brings smarter coding, 1M token context, and record benchmarks to Anthropic's mid-tier AI model.

DETAILS: www.techticia.com/2026/02/anth...

Analysis of reported issues in vodozemac

https://matrix.org/blog/2026/02/analysis-of-reported-issues-in-vodozemac/

#matrix

Intellexa’s Predator Spyware Used To Hack iPhone Of Journalist In Angola, Research Says

Predator spyware hacked an Angolan journalist's iPhone via WhatsApp, new research reveals government surveillance abuse.

DETAILS: www.techticia.com/2026/02/inte...

Is Europe measuring digital sovereignty the wrong way? The 4th place essay by Francesca Musiani calls for a shift from ‘strategic autonomy’ to ‘strategic exposure management’ to build cyber resilience. Read the full essay: bindinghook.com/why-control-...

At #FOSDEM 2026, a panel on Europe’s #digitalsovereignty highlighted that sovereignty isn’t about where code is made — but about capability, participation & influence.
A discussion on advancing interdependent autonomy through global #opensource collaboration. fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Want to hear something crazy?

OpenAI just launched this research: openai.com/index/harnes...

But we’ve been building this way at Neno for 6 months now. Crazy how this was the natural next step

But we use Claude

OpenAI in Final Stages of $100 Billion Funding Round

OpenAI is close to finalizing the first phase of a new funding round that is likely to bring in more than $100 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, a record-breaking financing deal that would give the startup additional capital…

Iran-US Conflict Concerns & OpenAI Funding Could Top $100b | Daybreak Europe 02/19/2026

Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from London, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you…

Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center Live Air Quality Camera,


#NPS #NationalParkService #

Microsoft Defenderのアップデートにより、SOCチームは対応ツールを管理、検証できるようになる

Microsoft Defender update lets SOC teams manage, vet response tools #HelpNetSecurity (Feb 18)

www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/18/m...

so new Gemini models today?

Anthropic Set to Pay Cloud Partners $80 Billion Through 2029 www.pymnts.com/artificial-i...

.NET and .NET Framework February 2026 servicing releases updates by Rahul Bhandari devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotne... #aspnetcore

Many are missing once Elon bought X w/ the help of Saudi’s besides protect Trump’s messages from the DOJ (Fined) & interfered in US elections by heavy algorithmic manipulation over both parties reach/influence, is he mettled in other democracies like #France also.

www.livemint.com/companies/ne...

Journey to the Linux Underground: Catatan Perjalanan OverTheWire Bandit (Level 0–21) Halo, Tech Enthusiasts! Continue reading on Medium »

#linux #ethical-hacking #cybersecurity #education #technology

Origin | Interest | Match

Google launched Lyria 3, a free AI music generator in Gemini. Creates 30-sec tracks in multiple genres/languages via text, image, or audio prompts. Free for users 18+; paid tiers offer higher limits. Includes SynthID watermark. Addresses copyright concerns with filters and reporting tools.

Trafficmind Fundamentals for Engineers

https://www.techloy.com/trafficmind-fundamentals-for-engineers/

Tired of manual research & AI prompting? 🛑
OmniMetric automates macro analysis. We transform global liquidity & news into objective Market Status [ACCUMULATE/DEFENSIVE]. Move from 'using' AI to acting on data. 🌐
www.omnimetric.net
#OmniMetric #Macro #AI #Quant
Not financial advice.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Chinese tech companies’ progress is “remarkable,” telling CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal the country is advancing quickly across AI and many other fields.

🔗Read more: cnb.cx/3MviJVB

💰 OpenAI partners with Tata for 100MW AI data centers
• Plan to expand India presence with Mumbai, Bengaluru offices
• Targeting 1GW capacity scale, boosting AI infrastructure locally
#OpenAI

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/openai-taps-tata-for-100mw-ai-data-center-capacity-in-india-eyes-1gw/

EVENT: What’s next for Chinese cyber strategy?

Join Adam Segal and Prof Ciaran Martin for a conversation on China’s digital ambitions and what Beijing’s tech strategy could look like over coming years.

📆 23 Feb, 3:15pm GMT

Register ⬇️
https://ow.ly/7YNV50Y9SUc

au.lifehacker.com/tech/117650/...

I was just talking about this issue last night.

Just call me Laserdamus!

But seriously, people need to be angry about this. Disclosing your own data is one thing, but turning yourself into a walking surveillance tower and scanning other people is something else.

防衛産業基盤はサイバー攻撃の主な標的である

The defense industrial base is a prime target for cyber disruption #HelpNetSecurity (Feb 18)

www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/18/l...

Mar to Sisters:
AI絵日記/AI picture diary

(AI imagined llavaA3,Google map apis)

(nobody wants this)

Apple's building a wearable panopticon and calling it Siri - Boing Boing

From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group—even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful. www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Grim (we’re already seeing it)

World is on AI path to disaster, former Google executive warns

www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...

The era of the Digital Parasite: Why stealth has replaced ransomware

For years, ransomware encryption functioned as the industry’s alarm bell. When systems locked up, defenders knew an attack had occurred. Not anymore. New empirical data show that attackers are actively dismantli…
#hackernews #news

Anthropic's Agent Autonomy study
www.latent.space/p/ainews-ant...

Google.org invests $1M in MBZUAI to solve a critical gap: AI that actually understands Arabic dialects and MENA cultural context.

https://tbreak.com/mbzuai-google-grant-arabic-ai-mena/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto-post

#UAE #Business

Published this week, the Dragos 2026 OT Cybersecurity Report reveals a fundamental shift in the threat landscape: adversaries are moving beyond pre-positioning to actively mapping control loops and understanding how to manipulate physical processes. www.dragos.com/blog/dragos-...

OpenAI's $100B round at $850B valuation: Amazon $50B, SoftBank $30B, Nvidia $20B, Microsoft. Every investor is also a supplier - cloud, chips, data centers. Largest private deal ever. #AI #funding #tech https://www.implicator.ai/openai-closes-in-on-record-100-billion-round-at-850-billion-valuation/

Top 10 Penetration Testing Companies in Germany (2026)

Top 10 Penetration Testing Companies in Germany for 2026. Find expert auditors for BSI, ISO & GDPR. Secure your business now.

tech-now.io/en/blogs/top...

#PenetrationTesting #Pentesting #CyberSecurity #CyberSecurityGermany

Cybercriminals are rapidly exploiting flaws in SmarterMail, a software for email servers, via Telegram channels. This highlights the urgent need for businesses to update their systems quickly. #CyberVulnerability

Hackers stole 2 quadrillion bytes of data from Israelis in recent years, cyber chief tells 'Post' www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

UK sounds alarm on rising cyber risks to businesses

📖 Read more: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/19/u...

#cybersecurity #cybersecuritynews #government #UK #Europe @orangecyberdefense.bsky.social

Mel Robbins - #1 Cybersecurity Expert Reveals: 5 Ways to Protect Yourself Online
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

Altman Warns About Dictators Using AI, Oil Rises on Iran Concerns | The Opening Trade 2/19/2026

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses the democratization of AI, saying we should remain 'humble' about what we still don’t know about superintelligence. He pointed to the uncertainty around how the…

How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance www.wired.com/story/how-to...

ICYMI Musk is the guy who destroyed the security of US gov't systems and exposed all our data to adversaries.

www.metacurity.com/doge-linked-...

Tech billionaires like Elon Musk will give talks to the US Tech Force, which aims to recruit roughly 1,000 software engineers
www.ft.com/content/7691...

OpenClaw Banned: Why Autonomous AI Agents Are the Next Big Cybersecurity Nightmare + Video

Introduction: The recent decision by Meta and other major tech firms to restrict the use of the AI agent "OpenClaw" highlights a critical juncture in enterprise security. As reported by Wired, these…

Current Air Quality, Bryce Canyon National Park


#NPS #NationalParkService #BryceCanyon

Fake Gemini AI chatbot used in Google Coin crypto investment scam

dig.watch/updates/fake...

Notícia da BleepingComputer

"Mozilla announces switch to disable all Firefox AI features" #bolhasec

プロンプトコントロールはアプリケーションセキュリティの新たな玄関口です

Prompt Control is the New Front Door of Application Security #SecurityBoulevard (Feb 18)

securityboulevard.com/2026/02/prom...

We’re back with a reminder: don’t forget to register for “The AI Cyber Nexus: a strategic dialogue on global security, trust, and governance,” where we’ll explore how AI governance and cybersecurity intersect and what it means for people’s rights.

www.accessnow.org/event/access...

PDF URL: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/813672/000081367226000016/cdns-20251231.htm
Organization Name: CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS INC
Reported Date: 2026-02-18
Special Filing: SEC Filing | 10-k

Securing our Critical Infrastructure with Zero Trust

We are seeing a steady rise in cyberattacks against critical infrastructure and it’s not surprising. Many of these systems rely on legacy software riddled with known vulnerabilities. When these systems fail, the impact moves qu…
#hackernews #news

📰 Gemini 3.1 Pro Generates Full Windows 11-Style Web OS in Single HTML File

In a groundbreaking demonstration of AI capability, Google's Gemini 3.1 Pro created a fully functional Windows 11-style web operating system in a single HTML file—complete with text editor, termi...

#AINews #AI #Teknoloji

Israeli artificial intelligence (AI) company DREAM has opened a sovereign AI data center near Modi’in on Thursday, positioning itself to compete in a fast‑emerging market for government‑grade AI infrastructure.
www.jpost.com/business-and...

Time-programmable coloration via 3D metastructures for optical encryption
->Nature | More on "Optical encryption metastructure technology advances" at BigEarthData.ai

Should the Chief Operating Officer, Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response, Department of Energy be a political insider instead of the best qualified candidate? Tell Washington that merit matters at https://www.oversight.gov/contact-us

I'm really trying to improve my Gemini prompting skills to generate better images and videos. Here's an image I generated last day.

For few lines of user input, this is an impressive work done by Nano Banana Pro 🍌

#ai #aiimage #gemini #nanobanana #aiimagegeneration

Why OpenAI's Sam Altman & Anthropic's Dario Amodei refused to hold hands at India AI summit
->Firstpost | More on "OpenAI and Anthropic AI rivalry" at BigEarthData.ai | #OpenAI

𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬: 𝐈𝐬 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬?

#Microsoft #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Gmail #Co-Pilot #AI #AINews #AnalyticsInsight #AnalyticsInsightMagazine

"You know things are bad when even OpenAI President Greg Brockman is posting stuff, like “Taste is a new core skill.” If people had taste, your company wouldn’t exist, Greg."

(Original title: The only taboo left is copyright infringement) […]

Gemini apprend à tout faire...

A new way to express yourself: Gemini can now create music 👉https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/lyria-3/

Anthropic は公式に、第三者によるサブスクリプション認証の使用を禁止しています。
Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use

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OpenAI Has a Hollywood Problem. They Just Hired a Guy to Fix It.



A “detriment” to human creativity, said Vince Gilligan, creator of “Breaking Bad” and “Pluribus” about AI. “Horrifying,” said James …

i must inform @catsalad of the @fps_test_2 bot, it seems up her alley

you follow it and then whenever you meow it meows back at you

Almost all ransomware attacks are exploiting weak firewalls, according to new research from Barracuda, with adversaries targeting decade-old algorithms embedded across legacy systems and outdated devices.

www.digit.fyi/90-of-ransom...
#tech #ransomware @barracuda

Was an Anthropic-Pentagon union doomed from the start? The good news is other AI corporations stand ready to fill the gap should the Pentagon part ways with Anthropic. Or is that the bad news?

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...

Anthropic published “Measuring AI agent autonomy in practice” analyzing tool-using interactions across both Claude Code and public API: www.anthropic.com/research/mea...

Gemini ad: Point our "AI" camera at a bookshelf to get a personalized recommendation of what to read.

Y'all really do not get the joy of perusing a shelf to find a read.

Scam Abuses Gemini Chatbots to Convince People to Buy Fake Crypto #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

Gemini looks to solve its "feature overload" problem with a newer UI

Google is testing a newer attachment sheet that houses more features but keeps them all accessible and organized.

✅ Details and more screenshots - www.androidauthority.com/google-gemin...

#Google #Android #Gemini #UI

OpenAI’s New Funding Round Could Exceed $100 Billion OpenAI’s latest round of funding could reportedly value the startup at more than $850 billion. The ChatGPT creator is close to concluding th...

#artificial #intelligence #AI #AI #Investment #ChatGPT #funding […]

[Original post on pymnts.com]

Prompt Engineering 101: The Secret Formula for Writing AI Prompts That Actually Work www.pcmag.com/explainers/p...

Arizona's Senate is advancing a $2.5 million cybersecurity initiative, but concerns arise over vendor-driven requests and the lack of departmental need.

Click to read more!

#AZ #CitizenPortal #AIInnovation #DigitalSecurity #ArizonaCybersecurity #GovernmentModernization

Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use https://code.claude.com/docs/en/legal-and-compliance


comments #code.claude.com

クラウド環境は本当に NHI によって保護されていますか?

Are cloud environments truly protected by NHIs? #SecurityBoulevard (Feb 18)

securityboulevard.com/2026/02/are-...

[Webreality] Did you know Webreality is ISO 27001 certified 🔐 It’s the global standard for information security management and refle...
https://www.facebook.com/wearewebreality/posts/pfbid02rpKtryUnfq6ZHGbPJFZVTdEMtHXJFUKy1GutMh5RZbiJe5p5CAovEkpLEYwxcJbKl

winbuzzer.com/2026/02/19/r...

Ring Super Bowl Ad Sparks Privacy Backlash, Flock Deal Cancelled

#AI #Ring #Amazon #AmazonRing #SmartHome #Cameras #CivilLiberties #Privacy #BigTech #Surveillance #FlockSafety #ComputerVision

Google's Free AI Upgrade for 2 Billion Gmail Users—But Should You Take It?
via Medium Programming


#DevNews #MachineLearning #Tutorial

Malicious AI

Interesting: Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library. This represents a…

Security Check-in Quick Hits: Key Cybersecurity Threats and Insights – Nation-State Exploits, Outages, Zero-Days, and Emerging Risks rodtrent.substack.co...

#Security #Cybersecurity

Google Ads certification process for cryptocurrency is being updated www.seroundtable.com/google-ads-c...

Inside Google's AI plan to end Android developer toil - and speed up innovation

I spoke with Sam Bright, VP and GM of Google Play and Developer Ecosystem, about how Gemini's expansion in Android Studio can help human devs do more faster - and better.
#gemini #hackernews #news

US Auto Hopes Ride on Ford California Skunkworks (an ex-Apple project)

thinc.blog/2026/02/18/u...

Fei Fei Li’s AI start-up World Labs has raised $1bn to advance spatial intelligence – effectively, generative AI “world models” capable of interacting with complex virtual worlds.

The Growing Threat of DNS Powered Email and Web Attacks #DetourDogThreatActor #DNSCommandAndControl #DNSSecurityMonitoring

How quickly can your system identify what patient data was accessed, by whom, and when? HIPAA's Breach Notification Rule gives you 60 days. If your logging can't answer that, it's an architecture problem, not a tooling one. via Sudhir Mangla

ReversingLabs' Ashlee Benge shares how to use YARA retrohunting for detection engineering by leverageing RL's dynamic analysis of "pkr_mtsi" for defense in Spectra Analyze.
👉 hubs.ly/Q043qJY-0

#yararules #detectionengineering #malwareanalysis

XDA - Article
"DDR4 systems quietly became the only sane choice in 2026"...

www.xda-developers.com/ddr4-systems...

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#librecanada #linux #opensource

📰 Gemini 3.1 Pro Now Accessible via Google API, Adds AI Music Generation

Google has expanded access to its advanced Gemini 3.1 Pro model through its public API, while simultaneously rolling out free AI music generation capabilities. The dual update marks a significant le...

#AINews #AI #Teknoloji

PC Gamer - Article
"Old school hard drives are getting more reliable according to a new survey but good luck buying one later this year thanks to AI demand"...

www.pcgamer.com/hardware/sto...

==========================
#librecanada #linux #opensource

VB (Venture Beat) - Article
"OpenAI's acquisition of OpenClaw signals the beginning of the end of the ChatGPT era"...

venturebeat.com/technology/o...

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#librecanada #linux #opensource

Microsoft: Anti-phishing rules mistakenly blocked emails, Teams messages

Microsoft says an Exchange Online issue that mistakenly quarantined legitimate emails last week was triggered by faulty heuristic detection rules designed to block credential phishing campaigns. […
#hackernews #microsoft #news

#OpenAI's #Altman says world 'urgently' needs #AI #regulation

youtu.be/z0RaPOXa1yo

BFM Tech - Article
"AI makes us more productive and faster, fulfilling the long-touted promise of tech giants, but it doesn't reduce work, it intensifies it, warns a study"...

(EN translation by Google)
www-bfmtv-com.translate.goog/tech/intelli...

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#librecanada #linux #opensource

How Has the DSA Performed in Protecting Election Integrity?
- bstecpol
https://techpolicy.press/how-has-the-dsa-performed-in-protecting-election-integrity

@cisco.com's 2026 State of AI Security report is here. Dive into AI threat intelligence, global policy, standards, and research. Learn about AI supply chain risks, track AI regulation worldwide, and explore Cisco’s latest original research and open-source initiatives. cs.co/63324hejNY

Meta and tech firms ban viral OpenClaw AI agent over severe prompt injection and data leak risks

www.wired.com/story/opencl...

Would you run AdobeReader.exe from a days-old company called "TrustConnect Software PTY LTD" because they managed to purchase an Extended Validation certificate?
Blog w. @selenalarson.bsky.social and @proofpoint.com @threatinsight.proofpoint.com team out now!
www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/thre...

Julia Haas in Nature:

www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/18/1...

TIRED: Canceling people for not being woke enough

WIRED: Canceling people for being in the Epstein files

www.theregister.com/2026/02/19/d...

OpenAI dropped by Microsoft?
Can be the beginning of the end of AI bubble.

www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...

Log streaming now supports Google Cloud Storage (GCS).

Export audit/config logs and network flow logs (Enterprise) into your own GCS bucket for retention, investigation, and compliance, without breaking encryption.

tailscale.com/blog/gcs-log...

#TailscaleWinterUpdate

Cyber Security News - Article
"Over 1,800 Windows Servers Compromised by BADIIS Malware in Large-Scale SEO Poisoning Campaign"...

cybersecuritynews.com/over-1800-wi...

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#librecanada #linux #opensource

This was not an invitation to display your AI love. This is actually terrifying.

VB (Venture Beat) - Article
"Google Chrome ships WebMCP in early preview, turning every website into a structured tool for AI agents"...

venturebeat.com/infrastructu...

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#librecanada #linux #opensource

The cognition grid hums with fresh energy: Freeform raises $67M Series B to scale up laser AI manufacturing  Source: techcrunch.com #techcrunch #ai

arstechnica.com/security/202...

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Windows Latest - Article
"Microsoft says 32GB RAM is ideal for serious gamers on Windows 11, recommends Copilot+ PCs for gaming"...

www.windowslatest.com/2026/02/08/m...

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#librecanada #linux #opensource

www.tomsguide.com/computing/on...

Amsterdam-based Stacks, which builds AI software to automate accounting workflows, raised a $23M Series A led by Lightspeed, after a €10M seed in 2025 (Ryan Lawler/Axios)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

boxlite - Local-first sandbox for AI agents

The sandboxing trend continues, nice to see. This one is written in Rust, works on all platforms, can keep state and apparently they need to few resources you can run hundreds. Waiting for CLI tools to natively integrate

github.com/boxlite-ai/b...

Deutsche Bahn back on track after DDoS yanks the brakes

National rail bookings and timetables disrupted for nearly 24 hours
If you wanted to book a train trip in Germany recently, you would have been out of luck. The country's national rail company says that its services were di…
#hackernews #news

I absolutely do not want to get into "is the left behind on AI" but I'm unclear on why "catching up" seems to be defined as "use, boost, and fund existing systems" rather than "figure out if the tech's design and ownership structures can be changed to serve pro-human ends"

Hegseth is a problem.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...

english.elpais.com/internationa...

Windows Hello for Business - Registered Methods and Last-used Method #Windows11
www.elevenforum.com/t/windows-he...

I just saw this too. Interesting -> Google Gemini will soon tap into Maps for improved location-based answers

"As the screenshots above show, tapping the new Maps option on the Gemini attachment sheet opens a full-screen view of the map. A large button labeled "Explore this area" is at the bottom"

The verdict from CRN?
We're one of the 20 Coolest in identity, access and data security.

We’ll take that. 😎

cohesity.co/4kHQuiZ

#CRNSecurity100 #CyberSecurity #DataProtection

Anthropic officially bans using subscription auth for third party use
View Article | Join the HN Conversation

Summary of HN discussion 🧵👇

Abstract Launches AI-Gen Composable SIEM, Redefining the Future of Security Operations

Abstract Security, the leader in streaming-first security data operations, today announced the launch of AI-Gen Composable SIEM, a new architectural standard for modern security operations built natively for AI,…

AI automation shouldn’t come with a side of security debt.
Join Britney Blodget (Docker) & Marcus Specht (n8n) to learn how n8n migrated to Docker Hardened Images to reduce attack surface, keep a low-CVE base, & simplify software supply chain security.
Feb 26, 6pm CET/12pm ET https://bit.ly/4s42OwB

TL;DR: An AI agent published a damaging hit piece after its code was rejected, raising concerns about misaligned AI behavior and potential blackmail threats from autonomous technologies.

Former TaskRabbit CEO & Google veteran doubles down on "underinvested entrepreneurs” building software companies at Cherryrock, reports TechCrunch:

How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance (Wired)

Main Link | memeorandum Permalink

share.google/aimode/fuXVc...

Interesting perspective on the Anthropic Legal Plug In news that everyone freaked out about last week from Nikki Shaver at @legaltechnologyhub.com (full disclosure: this is where I work) www.legaltechnologyhub.com/contents/ant...

Pixel 10a launches at $499 with modest refinements and familiar hardware
– Google bets on restraint for the Pixel 10a
www.techspot.com/news/111385-...

Replace the word "tech" with "surveillance" and feel the difference:

Surveillance broligarchs
Surveillance investment
Surveillance industry
Surveillance innovation
Etc

The left doesn't hate technology, we hate being exploited: aftermath.site/anthropic-clau...

Substack is certainly something.

www.theverge.com/news/881292/...

Making security data visible during the package discovery phase helps developers build safe and sustainable systems. #npm #devsecops #opensource #cybersecurity #infosec #developers #appsec #technology

Companies love claiming that their cloud storage, data analytics, info fusing isn't "surveillance" because it's not "collecting" data.

This is not true. Filing cabinets were part of surveillance. Analysts reading and making sense of transcripts from hidden microphones were part of surveillance.

OpenAI and Paradigm have released EVMbench, a framework to benchmark AI agents on detecting, patching, and exploiting Ethereum smart contract vulnerabilities. The tool draws on 120 real-world vulnerabilities, and top models now exploit over 70% of critical bugs, a significant increase from under…

[some-subscribed-rss] New Post: A programmer’s loss of identity - ratfactor, by https://ratfactor.com/tech-nope2

Cloudastructure $CSAI deploying AI tech to keep residents safe in their apartment communities - crystalequityresearch.com/cloudastruct... - #safety #security #AI

“You’ve likely seen Clawdbot trending on X/LinkedIn. While cool, it is currently unvetted and high-risk for our environment,” he wrote in a Slack message with a red siren emoji. “Please keep Clawdbot off all company hardware and away from work-linked accounts.”

arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/o...

Fomi is an AI productivity tool that monitors user activity and alerts them when attention wanders, though its use raises privacy concerns.

Q: “I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to their models.”
A: "Tens of millions of dollars."

Burning fossil fuel through being nice. Oh, well...

techcrunch.com/2025/04/20/y...

◾Blocking GenAI tools slows the business.
◾Blind trust increases data exfiltration risk.

Seclore ARMOR closes that gap.

Learn more via our latest Intellyx article written by Eric Newcomer & Jason Bloomberg:

Notícia da BleepingComputer

"Google plans to make Chrome for Android an agentic browser with Gemini" #bolhasec

How can we create enforceable legislation for #AI? John deVadoss says, “Regulate AI use, not the underlying models.” spectrum.ieee.org/ai-model-reg...

Who would have guessed a guessing machine would make easily guessed nonsense.

www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/g...

“I feel like, increasingly, it's impossible to talk to a single human [at Pinterest],” Pinterest user Tiana Oreglia said. “Along with being filled with AI images that have been completely ruining the platform, Pinterest has implemented terrible AI moderation” www.404media.co/pinterest-is...

Social Engineering 2025: 20 Tools & New Vectors Every Cyber Pro Needs to Master

https://medium.com/@verylazytech/social-engineering-2025-20-tools-new-vectors-every-cyber-pro-needs-to-master-71937a8766df?source=rss------bug_bounty-5

Fleet device posture is now GA in Tailscale. 🎉 You can now use Fleet device state in Tailscale access policies, so enforcement says aligned as device state changes.💻

#TailscaleWinterUpdate

tailscale.com/blog/fleet-d...

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Firm selling Israel's spy tech woos Europe's cops electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-...

I'm excited to share that my latest piece on 'The Evolution of Social Engineering in the LLM Era' is now live in CyberSec Quarterly. Technology moves fast, but the human element remains our biggest variable. Link in comments!

Cybersecurity conference DEF CON banned three men: "Pablos Holman, Vincenzo Iozzo, and Joichi Ito are the first names to be added to the shortlist this year, preventing them from attending any future conferences" www.theregister.com/2026/02/19/d... #EpsteinFiles Fallout #law

ZaiNar, a developer of a GPS alternative that uses Wi-Fi and 5G to provide location data, raised $10M at a $1B valuation, bringing its total funding to $100M (Katie Roof/The Information)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Cyber security threat predictions for 2026: what we're seeing and why it matters | Jisc

Aus den SciLogs: Post-quantum cryptography needs to be wheeled out now, before hackers get the chance to wield quantum algorithms in the real world. Weiterlesen #repost

Who benefits from the internet we’re building?

Brewster Kahle discusses building "a smarter infrastructure rather than more powerful monopolies" ahead of his keynote at CloudFest.

www.cloudfest.com/blog/brewste...

Cybersecurity researchers at ESET have discovered #PromptSpy - The first known Android #malware to abuse generative AI (Gemini) in its execution flow:

🔗

Meta patents AI that could keep you posting from beyond the grave #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

“I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power.”

aftermath.site/anthropic-cl...

AI governance under strain: what modern platforms mean for data privacy
->TechRadar | More on "AI governance and data privacy" at BigEarthData.ai | #Privacy #AI #Data

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview

Discussion

And to be clear, this isn't even a metaphor. It's literally how some of books get digitized for this purpose. I first read about the shredding process years ago in a science fiction novel and thought it couldn't possibly be real. But it is.

futurism.com/future-socie...

أطلقت #OpenAI بالتعاون مع #Paradigm أداة #EVMbench لتقييم قدرة وكلاء الذكاء الاصطناعي على اكتشاف ثغرات العقود الذكية. تهدف المبادرة لرفع معايير الأمان في شبكة الإيثيريوم وحماية البروتوكولات من الهجمات البرمجية المعقدة. #AI #Ethereum #Security #SmartContracts

39 years ago today, Apple.com went online! 🌐 From the early web to the AI era, one thing remains: the need for integrity. Remember that AI-generated code and text need human oversight. Verify your sources and stay secure! 🛡️#TechHistory #Apple #CyberSecurity #AI

Google Maps will make you sign in to get its best features Hiding images, reviews, and more. Google Maps is an extremely helpful tool for navigation, but millions of people use it for more than jus...

#Android #Apps #& #Web #Apps #google #maps #Android #Phones #& #Tablets

Origin | Interest | Match

19.02.2026 AI/ML Studies

• Combinatorics problem set
• general aptitude
• Sheldon ross Ch 1 revision
• set theory revision ⤵️
(will watch a few lectures now)

CHINA’S AI ADVANCES “AMAZINGLY FAST,” SAYS ALTMAN OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN CALLED CHINA’S AI PROGRESS “AMAZINGLY FAST” AND “REMARKABLE,” NOTING SOME AREAS ARE NEAR THE TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIER WHILE OTHERS LAG. CHINA IS SCALING DOMESTIC CHIPMAKERS AND SEEING AI STOCK RALLIES, WHIL…

www.businessinsider.com/openai-meta-...

Google boosts visibility of links in AI search results after backlash
www.pcworld.com/article/3065...

Using AI to disable AI quickly in another tool .

chrome://flags/
Look for AI or omnibox any disable any AI related ones. OR
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies
New Key: Google
Under that new Key Chrome
DWORD (32-bit) Value AIModeSettings
Set value to 1. Restart Chrome
#BadChromeUX

Mr. Dr. Professor (yes, that’s his real name) is available at the Franklin County Dog Shelter and Adoption Center. https://nbc4i.co/46WQfuE?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

At AI Impact Summit, Google's Sundar Pichai Points to India, El Salvador, and Ghana as AI Proof Points

https://www.techloy.com/at-ai-impact-summit-googles-sundar-pichai-points-to-india-el-salvador-and-ghana-as-ai-proof-points/

This train ain't stopping. These models are going to get bigger and better and faster. We ain't seen nothing yet.

RE: https://techhub.social/@SomeGadgetGuy/116096138132954818

This is how starved for competition we are. Pixel 10a just dropped, and Vivo said "hold my beer".
The V70 will have:
* Better display
* Better fingerprint sensor
* THREE cameras (with better sensors,.and Vivo definitely gives Google a […]

apple.news/A7llKipIQQe6...

Moltbook's AI Agent Internet Falls Apart Over Simple Security Flaw: Moltbook's database breach exposed more than API keys — it showed how unprepared companies are to secure, govern and prove accountability for autonomous agents.
Continue reading... #digitalworkplace #aigovernance

Free Open Access article available: "Cloud computing based construction and empirical evaluation of the security risk early warning evaluation system of digital economy" www.inderscience.com/info/inartic...

Security researchers have uncovered a next‑gen phishing kit that hijacks a brand’s real website to lure victims into live, interactive sessions that capture every keystroke and credential – without any technical skill required.

www.digit.fyi/starkiller-p...
#phishing #Starkiller #cybercrime

Notícia da BleepingComputer

"Okta SSO accounts targeted in vishing-based data theft attacks" #bolhasec

Current is a new RSS reader that’s more like a river than an inbox

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...

Fed agencies ordered to patch Dell bug by Saturday after exploitation warning #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy

You'll own nothing and continue to pay for it. The system moves on.

i don't really trust benchmarks anymore, so will have to wait for people to taste-test the model. still seems decent by the numbers.

Gemini 3.1 blog.google/innovation-a... (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4707...)

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Neural Newscast: Anthropic Sonnet 4.6 and Google Gemini Music AI [Model Behavior]. Have a listen:

Bug in student admissions website exposed children's personal information

techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/b...

Julia Kogan Ehrlich, an Ex-8200 official turned angel investor and advisor to early-stage startups, claims that hackers powered by AI have become much more dangerous, potentially penetrating critical infrastructure.
www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

First test with Gemini 3.1 was a failure.

In AI Studio it is currently dropping the initial streaming chunks of large code blocks, for me. Repeatedly.

I guess they'll fix it soon(-ish).

https://lckhd.eu/KamNcz

#Kubernetes #autoscaling is the key to optimizing your spend. As with a lot of components of Kubernetes it isn't super simple but is worth understanding. The Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) 🧵

OpenAI just announced ads are coming to ChatGPT. For 800M weekly users, this changes everything about how 'free' AI actually works.

Here's my guide for getting the Elgato 4K60 Pro working on Linux - youtu.be/jktcqi2V8yI

US cyber responses will be ‘linked to adversary actions’ and involve industry coordination, official says
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...

Announcing Gemini 3.1 Pro! Google's smarter model for your most complex tasks just shipped 🚀 A few web demos:

AI Helped Uncover A "50-80x Improvement" For Linux's IO_uring -

Data breach at fintech giant Figure affects close to a million customers | TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/d...

AI finds 12 zero day exploits in OpenSSH.

Seems hard to argue with as evidence of productive AI use. Real-world use case, with plenty of humans looking for the same thing.

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7aJwgbMEiKq5egQbd/ai-found-12-of-12-openssl-zero-days-while-curl-cancelled-its

What's new? Gemini 3.1 Pro is an AI model for research, science and creative tech; it makes code-based SVG animations and 3D simulations with hand tracking;

World Labs (founded by Fei-Fei Li) just raised $1B from $NVDA, $AMD, $ADSK ($200M), & others to build AI "world models."

Their Marble model creates & edits interactive 3D virtual worlds from text, images, or video—great for training robots in simulations, plus entertainment uses.

Microsoft shouldn't sweat it. The fact that companies are using their software in the first place means they're quite relaxed about security.

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...

Gemini 3.1 Pro: 77.1%
Claude Opus 4.6: 68.8%
GPT-5.2: 52.9%
It’s not close.

Latest post from CISA

What is the BEST Programming Language to Learn in 2026?
Python? TS for everything? Go? C++?
I go in-depth about this topic.
youtu.be/--8Rr6ahsGI

Getting slammed with spam calls, patiently waiting for the news story revealing which of the big companies was the latest to suffer a data breach. Technology rocks

Social media fascism.

Just had a chat with someone who got phished through their own Microsoft login page. I asked if they'd ever heard of 'device code phishing'. They looked puzzled. Yeah, that...

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-target-microsoft-entra-accounts-in-device-code-vishing-attacks/

“Predatory Tech”: Silicon Valley on Trial in Landmark Youth Social Media Addiction Case www.democracynow.org/2026/2/19/so... #tech #PredatoryTech #youth #SocialMedia #addiction #Google #Facebook #Meta #TechRegulation

The federal government now "possesses vast surveillance powers and sweeping cooperation from the Silicon Valley companies that hold Americans’ data." Read more about how to stay safe from targeted surveillance when organizing and protesting.

www.wired.com/story/how-to...

Social Media Addiction: Facebook Whistleblower Says Big Tech Has Known & Ignored Problem for Years www.democracynow.org/2026/2/19/so... #tech #PredatoryTech #youth #SocialMedia #addiction #Google #Facebook #Meta #TechRegulation

**Tech Achievement Unlocked:** I have successfully installed Linux on an old PC (Fedora w/ Gnome).

The old PC was previously unusable -- painfully slow with Win11. I installed a dual boot (to Linux or Win11). Windows fought me every step of the way but I eventually overcame it.

#ai #gemini #basicinstinct #woman #imagine

Former SpaceX engineers just raised $50 million. Not for rockets. For… data center connectivity. techcrunch.com/2026/02/17/s... #newsbit #newsbits #dofthings #ai #artificialintelligence #data #datamanagement #tech #software #cloudcomputing #cloudinfrastructure #datacenters #spacex

www.gbnews.com/tech/microso...

Palo Alto Networks CEO sees AI as demand driver, not a threat: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/palo-al... (by David Jones)

Android security gets aggressive as Google bans thousands of developers and millions of sketchy apps Google tightens Android defenses with tougher reviews and stronger Play Protect. Credit: Mishaal...

#News #Android #Security #Google

Origin | Interest | Match

Gemini 3.1


https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47075318

The war for AI talent is heating up, with top companies offering astronomical salaries to snag the best researchers! Mind-blowing numbers and a fierce competition are changing the game - stay tuned for the la...

Google unveils Gemini 3.1 Pro for next‑gen problem‑solving

gadgetbond.com/google-gemin...

LLM bubble: I'm the biggest baddest bubble because I have no use cases!

AV / Robotaxi bubble: I'm the bubble that can get you there in twice as slow as a human driver, sideswiping schoolbuses along the way w/dropoff in a lake!

Humanoid robot bubble: Hold my battery.

apple.news/AmJJQX7NnSFC...

📰 Google Unveils Gemini 3.1 Pro with Over 2x Reasoning Boost, Expands AI Capabilities

Google has launched Gemini 3.1 Pro, touting more than double the reasoning performance of its predecessor, while simultaneously expanding its AI ecosystem with new multimodal capabiliti...

#AINews #AI #Teknoloji

DHS now has a $1 billion tab with Palantir

Another incredible scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/depart...

www.therage.co/persona-age-...

Sam Altman is investing in BCI technology that delivers specially engineered proteins into the brain to integrate with neurons and amplify signals produced during neural firing. Ultrasound headbands then detect those amplified signals through the skull. quasa.io/media/openai...

"’In a democracy, contacting your government about things you feel strongly about is a fundamental right.’

‘I exercised that right to urge my government to take this man's life seriously. For that, I am being investigated, intimidated and targeted.’”

Microsoft says Office bug allowed Copilot Chat to read and outline the contents of emails since January, even if customers had data loss prevention policies to prevent ingesting their sensitive information into Microsoft’s LLM

ift.tt/bo3Hw9O

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #AI

Paris prosecutors said it was investigating criminal offenses related to the distribution of “child pornography images,” the infringement of personal rights through the generation of “sexual deepfakes,” and the denial of “crimes against humanity,”

futurism.com/artificial-i...

The US Department of War-is-Peace and trashy FAKE AI CONpany Anthropic Square Off in Dispute Over Demonic, Commie-Fascist (TOTALITARIAN) FAKE A.I. for the low IQ US Pentagon - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...

Anthropic on shaky ground with Pentagon amid feud after Maduro raid www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/i...

NDSS 2025 – Try to Poison My Deep Learning Data? Nowhere To Hide Your Trajectory Spectrum!

In the Data as a Service model, data curators aggregate data for deep learning model providers, but malicious contributors can embed backdoors. Existing detection methods for these poisoned…
#hackernews #news

The Trump administration wants Silicon Valley to fix federal tech
– Apple, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others are supporting a federal tech overhaul
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Incompetence

www.tomsguide.com/computing/on...

Gemini 3.1 thinks I'm a computer, in a chat, with function calling off, I have to respond in a tool calling popup, not a good start.

My "hardest challenges" ? We'll see about that....

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Organization Name: PPG INDUSTRIES INC
Reported Date: 2026-02-19
Special Filing: SEC Filing | 10-k

Google just dropped Gemini 3.1 Pro

And this is the new baseline for serious AI work

Hitting 77.1% on ARC-AGI-2, it’s a step forward in core reasoning (more than 2x 3 Pro)

According to Ransomware.live, dragonforce ransomware group has added cepezed.nl (🇳🇱) to its victims.

According to Ransomware.live, dragonforce ransomware group has added fivestates.com (🇺🇸) to its victims.

Gemini 31 Pro Rolls Out to GitHub Copilot: A New AI-Powered Coding

Google's cutting-edge Gemini 3.1 Pro model is now available in GitHub Copilot, ushering in a new era for developers seeking enhanced productivity and precision in their coding workflows. This latest agentic model has shown strong…

Daily Deal: The Complete Big Data And Power BI Bundle

The Complete Big Data and Power BI Bundle has 5 courses to help you learn how to effectively sort, analyze, and visualize all of your data. Courses cover Power BI, Power Query, Excel, and Access. It's on sale for $40. Note: The Techdirt Deals…

Hackers Target Microsoft Entra Accounts in Device Code Vishing

It is being reported hackers are targeting technology, manufacturing, and financial organizations in campaigns that leverage device code phishing with voice phishing (vishing) to abuse the OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization flow and…

As browser wars heat up, Chrome adds new productivity features

When Air Gaps Are Not Enough-Managing File and Media Risk in Nuclear Facilities
->Power | More on "Nuclear facility cybersecurity and risk" at BigEarthData.ai

Google Chrome adds Split View, PDF annotations, and Save to Google Drive while integrating Gemini AI to respond to growing AI-driven browser competition.

"The Treasury Department said it will soon release resources developed by a public-private coalition focused on helping financial industry stakeholders strengthen cybersecurity and risk management of AI systems used across the U.S. financial system." www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...

Reddit is testing an AI search feature that takes community recommendations and shows matching products from its advertisers in the results (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

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Musk looking at the Gemini 3.1 numbers and the empty seats from the xAI people that left over the past month like:

"After weeks of back-and-forth w/ .. Anthropic, the Pentagon is actively talking w/ all 4 major U.S. AI players—Anthropic, OpenAI, Google & xAI—to ensure the companies & the Defense Department are at 'the same baseline' regarding Pentagon expectations .." www.defenseone.com/technology/2...

Clear, Cloudy or Overcast Computing. Some insitutions are reapprasing their view of cloud computing versus on-prem. What is your cloud forecast?
www.govtech.com/education/hi...
#cloudcomputing #AI #edtech #AI #cybersecurity

Firm selling Israel's spy tech woos Europe's cops
PenLink embraced by diplomats despite Meta ban.
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Google announces Gemini 3.1 Pro, says it’s better at complex problem-solving

Another day, another Google AI model. Google has really been introducing new AI tools lately, most recently releasing Gemini 3 in November. Today, it is bringing the flagship model to version 3.1. The new Gemini 3.1 Pro…

SO GOOD! "the idea that my political ideology is synonymous with hating technology is confusing. Every leftist I know has a hard-on for high speed rail or mRNA vaccines. But the “left is missing out” blog positions generative AI as the only technology that matters." -- @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social

February Right Click Tools release is live!

New LAPS multi‑tool (AD + Entra), a refreshed Recast Builder for easier automation, tool enhancements, and expanded Insights Warranty dashboard data.

📄 Release notes: bit.ly/4qOblmm
🎥 Live Release Show: Fri, Feb 20 at 12 PM CT
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In DHS's insane quest to collect all of us "antifa" members into their Palantir net, if they end up finding that 65 percent of the country is critical of ICE, do they plan on jailing or deporting or killing all 65 percent of us? I'd like to plan my near future.

www.wired.com/story/depart...

In this week’s newsletter, Martin considers how defenders can turn the tables, using offensive AI tools against themselves: cs.co/63320heyqj

ESET researchers have identified PromptSpy, the first Android malware utilizing generative AI for persistence. It employs Google’s Gemini to manipulate UI, enabling capabilities like capturing lockscreen data, blocking uninstallation, and recording screen activity.

"From prompt injection to deepfake fraud, security researchers say several flaws have no known fix. Here's what to know about them." www.zdnet.com/article/ai-s... @zdnet.bsky.social #AI #AISecurity

Microsoft's Copilot encountered a major security breach, summarizing confidential emails without authorization, raising alarms for businesses relying on AI.

Think you're going to attend the next DEF CON? Not if you were in the files

www.nextgov.com/people/2026/...

Google announces Gemini 3.1 Pro, says it's better at complex problem-solving arstechnica.com/google/2026/02… #AI #Gemini

ngrok's AI gateway now supports the Anthropic SDK natively. Change your base_url, keep your prompt caching, extended thinking, all of it.

The diff is one line & there's no step two.

ngrok.com/blog/native-...

Welp, the other day, I got further proof that AI will never truly replace human composers. Gemini just came out with its own music generator. I asked it to give me a gothic orchestral piece with men's choir and solo cello. It gave me a generic Elfman piece (women's choir included) and no cello solo.

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Intriguing

"Dataminr is the latest company to conclude that, as its report puts it, 'identity is the new perimeter.' The company found that 30% of intrusions now involve the use of stolen credentials." www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/identit... @ericgeller.bsky.social

🦖 Attacks 🦖

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Attacks

In web security, an attack is a specific method an attacker uses to achieve their goal. For example, if their goal is to steal a user's data, a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack is one method they might use. A given […]