Cryptography group cancels election results after official loses secret key Voting system required three keys. One of them has been "irretrievably lost."

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Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.

Voting system required three keys. One of them has been "irretrievably lost."

Thousands of hacked Asus routers are under control of suspected China-state hackers So far, the hackers are laying low, likely for later use.

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How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers

So far, the hackers are laying low, likely for later use.

Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand Google's AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.

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Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand

Google's AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.

Pornhub is urging tech giants to enact device-based age verification The company is pushing for an alternative way to keep minors from viewing porn.

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Pornhub is urging tech giants to enact device-based age verification

The company is pushing for an alternative way to keep minors from viewing porn.

HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.

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HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs

HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.

The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop Recent EU regulations pushed Apple to support better interoperability in iOS 26.

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The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop

Google's Pixel 10 works with AirDrop, and other phones should follow later.

RFK Jr.’s loathesome edits: CDC website now falsely links vaccines and autism The site previously correctly noted that studies have repeatedly found no link.

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RFK Jr.’s loathesome edits: CDC website now falsely links vaccines and autism

The site previously correctly noted that studies have repeatedly found no link.

How Louvre thieves exploited human psychology to avoid suspicion—and what it reveals about AI For humans and AI, when something fits the category of “ordinary,” it slips from notice.

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How Louvre thieves exploited human psychology to avoid suspicion—and what it reveals about AI

For humans and AI, when something fits the category of “ordinary,” it slips from notice.

Google’s Sundar Pichai warns of “irrationality” in trillion-dollar AI investment boom Sundar Pichai says no company is immune if AI bubble bursts, echoing dotcom fears.

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Google’s Sundar Pichai warns of “irrationality” in trillion-dollar AI investment boom

Sundar Pichai says no company is immune if AI bubble bursts, echoing dotcom fears.

Widespread Cloudflare outage blamed on mysterious traffic spike Cloudflare is down, causing many websites and big platforms to go dark.

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Widespread Cloudflare outage blamed on mysterious traffic spike

Cloudflare is down, causing many websites and big platforms to go dark.