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Cybersecurity

Hackers exploit Tencent app flaw to deploy GrayRabbit malware

Threat actors linked to a China-aligned espionage group are exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-51990) in Tencent's Sogou Input Method for Windows to deploy the GrayRabbit backdoor. [...]

Sep 13, 2026Read Brief →
Technology

I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.

The manufacturer has a service that lets owners repair their own equipment.

Sep 13, 2026Read Brief →
Cybersecurity

Dutch NCSC: Critical Check Point VPN flaws exploitation is imminent

The Dutch Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum (NCSC) is warning of imminent exploitation of two critical flaws in Check Point VPN tracked as CVE-2026-85102 and CVE-2026-85103. [...]

Sep 12, 2026Read Brief →
Amateur Radio

Amateur Radio Weekly – Issue 438

APRS Connect A new APRS client for Android, built around conversations rather than a packet console. APRS Connect The next version of the M17 specification The proposed V3 meets the goals set out for it, but are there…

Sep 12, 2026Read Brief →
Technology

I spent $4,000 on a robot dog from China

Unitree might be the world’s most important robotics company.

Sep 12, 2026Read Brief →
Technology

Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services

"Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions."

Sep 11, 2026Read Brief →
Technology

Random rewards enrich classic game-theory insights

Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise.

Sep 11, 2026Read Brief →
Technology

Bouncy castle launches horrifying MRSA outbreak, striking 48 kids in Ireland

The strain lurking in the inflatable structure was hypervirulent.

Sep 11, 2026Read Brief →
Amateur Radio

Special HAARP Transmission for 9/11

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks will be making a special transmission on 9.11 MHz at…

Sep 11, 2026Read Brief →
Technology

Trump's forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge

The Department of Energy declared an "emergency" when none existed.

Sep 11, 2026Read Brief →
Cybersecurity

Hackers abused Claude to extract secrets from 1.8M Android apps

Anthropic says multiple threat groups, including the financially motivated and state-sponsored espionage groups linked to Russia and China, tried to abuse its Claude AI model for malicious purposes. [...]

Sep 11, 2026Read Brief →
Firearms

‘You Have No Other Options’: GOA Challenges Oregon’s Nonresident Carry Ban

Gun Owners of America and Arizona resident Cynthia Ladd are challenging Oregon laws that block most nonresidents from obtaining a concealed-handgun license while recognizing no permits issued by other states.

Sep 11, 2026Read Brief →