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Slashdot 2h ago

30 WordPress Plugins Turned Into Malware After Ownership Change

by EditorDavid

Wednesday BleepingComputer reported that more than 30 WordPress plugins "have been compromised with malicious code that allows unauthorized access to websites running them." A…

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Zeteo 2h ago

This Week in Palestine: Israeli Settlers Block Palestinian Children From School, and Soldiers Suspected of Rape Can Return to Service

by Team Zeteo

Zeteo's weekly round-up of the stories you may have missed out of occupied Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the crackdown on pro-Palestine speech in the West.

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Techdirt 22h ago

Trump Is Literally Negotiating With Himself Over How Much Taxpayer Money He Gets Because His Taxes Were Leaked

by Mike Masnick

Back in January, we covered Trump’s audacious lawsuit demanding $10 billion from his own IRS over the 2019-2020 leak of his tax returns by IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn (who…

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Heather Cox Richardson 1h ago

Crises in the Wings

by Heather Cox Richardson

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Web3 is Going Just Great 3h ago

Rhea Finance exploited for $18.4 million, some recovered

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Slashdot 4h ago

20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database

by EditorDavid

20-year-old Matthew Lane sent a text message to ABC News as his parents drove him to federal prison in Connecticut. "I'm just scared," he said, calling the whole situation…

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Pluralistic 8h ago

Pluralistic: Georgia's voting technology blunder (18 Apr 2026)

by Cory Doctorow

Today's links Georgia's voting technology blunder: It's possible for Dominion machines to suck, but not in the way that Tucker Carlson says they do. Hey look at this: Delights to…

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404 Media 8h ago

Babies Born from Dead Parents Will Increase with New Tech. Are We Ready?

by Becky Ferreira

Reproductive technologies have enabled children to be posthumously conceived from the frozen eggs and sperm of deceased parents, raising legal, ethical, and practical questions.

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TruthOut 6h ago

US Mining Plan Will Sacrifice Mexico’s Environment for Weapons and Tech

by Tamara Pearson

A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and environmental impacts.

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Ars Technica 23h ago

US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states"

by Dan Goodin

Grinex says needed hacking resources "available exclusively to ... unfriendly states."

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Zeteo 6h ago

There’s No Such Thing as a 'Defensive Weapon'

by Harrison Mann

Politicians call them 'defensive weapons' to make arming Israel sound unobjectionable, but the US military, Netanyahu, and Trump all know better.

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SCOTUSblog 1d ago

Court unanimously sides with oil and gas companies in suit over damage to Louisiana coast

by Amy Howe

The Supreme Court on Friday sent a lawsuit seeking to hold oil and gas companies liable for damage to the Louisiana coast back to the federal courts. Several Louisiana parishes…

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Techdirt 18h ago

AI Could Create A Massive Problem For Valve’s Steam

by Timothy Geigner

Two trends that I’m very interested in are about to collide and it’s going to be a mess. By now, some of you will be tired of my calling for a more nuanced discussion about the…

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The Intercept 12h ago

Crypto Critic Maxine Waters’s New Primary Foe Got Over Two-Thirds of Money From Crypto

by Matt Sledge

Maxine Waters, the scourge of crypto, could become Financial Services Committee chair if Democrats win the House in midterm elections. The post Crypto Critic Maxine Waters’s New…

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TruthOut 6h ago

The Bombs Have Slowed, But Israel Controls Every Aspect of Our Lives in Gaza

by Hassan Herzallah

We still find small moments of joy amid the restrictions, proving that we can endure and resist.

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Ars Technica 9h ago

Great white sharks are overheating

by Johnny Sturgeon, Inside Climate News

The sharks might also be the most physiologically vulnerable to warming waters.

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