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Firearms

Armed Airbnb Guest Shoots Home Invasion Suspect During Fort Lauderdale Robbery Attempt

An armed guest at a Fort Lauderdale Airbnb shot a suspected home invader during an attempted robbery. Police are investigating the shooting as self-defense, while two men face charges.

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Technology

SpaceX's Starship goes orbital, deploying first next-gen Starlinks

Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Cybersecurity

Japan's Keio confirms ransomware attack disrupted business systems

Keio Corporation (Keio), a major private railway operator in Japan, said its network was hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend, disrupting  some of its business systems. [...]

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Technology

Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development

State says LLMs threaten civilization as "the greatest public nuisance ever created."

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Cybersecurity

Times Car confirms data breach affecting 6.6 million user accounts

Japanese car-sharing service Times Car has confirmed that approximately 6.6 million user accounts were compromised in a cyberattack disclosed late last week. [...]

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Cybersecurity

Dutch police confirm arrest in ShinyHunters hacking investigation

Dutch police have confirmed that a 24-year-old Amsterdam man arrested earlier this month was detained as part of an investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group. [...]

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Cybersecurity

Over 16,000 Supabase databases expose PII, passwords, auth tokens

Researchers found more than 16,000 misconfigured Supabase databases exposing readable tables with personally identifiable information, passwords, or authentication tokens. [...]

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Firearms

Talarico Pushes the ‘Assault Weapons’ Hoax Despite the Facts

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico says an “assault weapons” ban remains on the table, but ownership, crime, and mass-shooting data expose the weak case for banning commonly owned AR-15s.

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Firearms

Housing Authority Eviction Over Armed Defense Ignores Prior Court Rulings

Police identified Torrey Holliday as a robbery victim. The St. Louis Housing Authority cited “criminal activity” in a notice terminating his lease after he fought back with a gun. Courts have repeatedly rejected restrictions on gun rights in…

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Cybersecurity

Dutch Police Arrest ‘Reformed’ Hacker in Shiny Hunters Investigation

Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a 23-year-old convicted cybercriminal on suspicion of aiding in data thefts and extortions by the prolific hacker group ShinyHunters. In the days immediately following the suspect's arrest, remaining ShinyHunters members dramatically escalated…

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Amateur Radio

LHS Episode #632: 44Net Connect with John Burwell KI5QKX

Hello and welcome back everyone!  You're joining us for episode 632 of Linux in the Ham Shack, the most terrific amateur radio podcast on the internet!  This week we're sharing news about what has been going on in…

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →
Amateur Radio

Q5 Interview with WRTC team MB1I

For some time now, I’ve been following Q5 on YouTube. It covers many aspects of contesting, POTA, DXpeditions, and other areas of amateur radio.Their latest video deals with the WRTC cheating controversy. It is a one-on-one interview with…

Sep 28, 2026Read Brief →