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News Jun 22, 2026

ATProto Identity Control: Your PDS Operator Holds the Keys to Your Digital Life

ATProto's decentralized identity model comes with a catch: your PDS operator holds your signing and rotation keys, enabling impersonation across all apps. Security experts call for default key backup to restore user control.

Industry Jun 22, 2026

TikTok Floods New Users With AI Slop at Triple the Rate of YouTube, Study Finds

A Kapwing study found 59% of TikTok videos served to new accounts are AI slop, triple YouTube's 21% rate. Kids content leads at 57%, while Fashion and Music have under 2%.

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#generative AI #AI slop #TikTok #YouTube #Kapwing #content moderation

Datacenters Jun 22, 2026

Google and UCSD Turn 2,000 Retired Pixel Phones Into Low-Cost Data Center Clusters

Google and UC San Diego researchers have built a working data center cluster from 2,000 retired Pixel smartphones, demonstrating a 50% reduction in energy use and a 80% drop in e-waste compared to traditional server deployments.

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#Google #Pixel #UC San Diego #smartphone cluster #low-cost data center #e-waste #sustainable computing #edge computing

Industry Jun 22, 2026

Systemd 261 Release Sparks Fork Over Birth Date Field, Adds Software TPM

Systemd 261 is out with a software TPM and cloud metadata, but a new optional birth date field in user records has sparked a fork called Liberated systemd, which reverts that change.

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#open source #linux #privacy #systemd #fork #TPM #cloud metadata

Industry Jun 22, 2026

Tesla Files Trademark for Megapod Modular AI Data Center Hardware

Tesla has filed a trademark for 'Megapod,' a modular AI data center hardware system. The intent-to-use application covers servers, networking, power distribution, and cooling, signaling a potential new product line.

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#AI data centers #energy storage #Tesla #modular hardware #trademark #Megapod

Industry Jun 22, 2026

New Super PAC Guardrails Alliance Launches to Counter Pro-AI Industry Spending

Guardrails Alliance, a new super PAC backed by tech workers and labor unions, launched with $5 million to support responsible AI regulation, countering pro-industry groups like Leading the Future.

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#AI regulation #ethics #super PAC #Guardrails Alliance #tech workers #AI policy

News Jun 22, 2026

Anthropic Faces US Export Control on Mythos Models, Plans ID Checks by July 8

Anthropic has suspended its latest Mythos and Fable models after a US export control order citing national security, even as the firm prepares to require identity verification for certain features starting July 8.

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#Anthropic #Trump administration #Fable 5 #national security #AI regulation #export control #Mythos #ID verification #Katie Moussouris

News Jun 21, 2026

Alan Turing’s Delilah: The Lost Portable Voice Encryption Device That Preceded Modern Secure Communications

Alan Turing’s Delilah project, a portable voice encryption device weighing 39 kg, was demonstrated using a Winston Churchill speech recording. Newly examined Bayley papers reveal its design and operation, predating modern secure communications by decades.

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#Alan Turing #Delilah #voice encryption #portable encryption #Bletchley Park #Bayley papers #IEEE Spectrum

News Jun 21, 2026

Kansas City Buses Get Facial Recognition as Pentagon and White House Push AI Boundaries

Kansas City is equipping buses with facial recognition to identify banned riders and missing persons. Meanwhile, 1.5 million Pentagon workers use GenAI.mil for Congress reports, and the White House delays a voting-machine vulnerability study.

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#facial recognition #Kansas City #Pentagon #GenAI.mil #voting machines #AI surveillance #government AI #election security

News Jun 21, 2026

Linux 7.2 Merge Window Closes With strncpy Removal, NVIDIA Blackwell-Next Prep, and KUnit JUnit Support

Linux 7.2's merge window closed with the removal of the dangerous strncpy() function after six years and 362 patches, plus early NVIDIA Blackwell-Next VFIO support and KUnit JUnit output.

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#Linux kernel #strncpy #NVIDIA Blackwell-Next #KUnit #JUnit #VFIO #memory safety

Industry Jun 21, 2026

Broadcom Advances VMware Zero-Copy Sharing as Tesco Sues Over Contract Breach

Broadcom is developing zero-copy buffer sharing for VMware on Linux, promising performance gains. Meanwhile, Tesco sues VMware for breach of contract, highlighting ongoing legal and operational tensions.

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#Broadcom #VMware #virtualization #Linux kernel #zero-copy #Tesco #lawsuit

Industry Jun 21, 2026

Polymarket Paid Creators to Post Deceptive Videos of Fake Bets, WSJ Investigation Finds

A Wall Street Journal investigation found Polymarket paid dozens of creators to film fake winning bets on simulated versions of its site, raising questions about deceptive marketing in crypto.

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#Polymarket #prediction markets #deceptive marketing #crypto #WSJ investigation

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