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Meta's Project Phoenix Leaks via Firmware Before Connect 2026
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (212+ words) Firmware graphics buried in a Horizon app update reveal a sub-110-gram frame, tethered compute puck, and 2027 launch target A prescription lens pairing update quietly pushed through the Horizon mobile app turned into Meta‘s most revealing Phoenix disclosure yet....
Map Shows Where They Are Deploying Axon Cameras as Flock Backlash Grows
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (260+ words) As cities drop Flock Safety over privacy concerns, Axon steps in with fewer cameras but no hard limits on how long plate data is stored The backlash against Flock didn’t kill license plate readers — it handed Axon a market opportunity....
Hackers Are Stealing Claude Subscribers’ AI Tokens
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (190+ words) Stolen browser cookies let attackers drain Claude Max accounts in minutes, exposing a gap in Anthropic’s usage transparency tools Infostealer malware doesn’t need your password — it just needs the session your browser already saved. “He had no way of determining…...
Your Smart TV Is Watching Everything – How to Reclaim Your Privacy Now
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (304+ words) ACR technology on LG and Samsung sets scans your screen up to 100 times per second — and three steps can stop it Opting out of ACR actually works — but only if you can find where manufacturers hid the toggle. These names…...
GPT-6 Astra Beat Portal Autonomously – The Bill Was $571.18
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (262+ words) GPT-6 Astra spent 23 hours and 3,336 decisions clearing Valve’s 2007 puzzle game via screenshot-driven tool calls The pause-think-act loop ran 3,336 times before Portal’s end credits rolled. Cozyblaze connected Astra to Portal using Model Context Protocol — MCP, a framework for wiring AI models…...
How LinkNYC Kiosks Log Your Phone as You Walk By
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (158+ words) New York’s 7,500 LinkNYC kiosks log MAC addresses, GPS coordinates, and browsing data from passersby who never touch a screen A sensor grid at eye level is a different thing entirely from a camera mounted on a rooftop. According to NYCLU,…...
Your Smart TV Is Spying On You: Every Brand Does It
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (271+ words) Vizio’s $2.2M FTC settlement exposed an industry-wide practice that still ships enabled by default on nearly every major brand Cheap panels are subsidized by your viewing data — and the economics are entirely deliberate. You clicked “Agree” at midnight during setup — here’s…...
LG Smart TVs Caught Recording Audio in Standby and Scanning Your Network
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (286+ words) Gamers Nexus tests show LG’s webOS TVs scan home networks and buffer mic audio while powered down, feeding 363M-device ad platform When the screen goes dark, LG’s webOS reportedly begins cataloguing every device on your network. Standby mode, it turns…...
OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra Scored 100% on a Cybersecurity Benchmark. That Doesn't Make It AGI.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (368+ words) Astra aces every major benchmark and controls real computers, but OpenAI’s “AGI era” claim rests on marketing, not engineering criteria Your AI assistant isn’t answering questions anymore. It’s taking the wheel of your actual machine—opening apps, running tax prep,…...
Darknavy Claims It Cracked the Starlink Terminal After SpaceX Hardened It
1+ week, 1+ day ago (220+ words) Darknavy’s firmware groundwork, laid since March 2025, made this moment look less like luck and more like a systematic long game. That earlier work involved: Full root access means researchers can now simulate, intercept, and analyze communication protocols between the terminal…...