30 WordPress Plugins Turned Into Malware After Ownership Change
Wednesday BleepingComputer reported that more than 30 WordPress plugins "have been compromised with malicious code that allows unauthorized access to websites running them." A…
This Week in Palestine: Israeli Settlers Block Palestinian Children From School, and Soldiers Suspected of Rape Can Return to Service
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.
Trump Is Literally Negotiating With Himself Over How Much Taxpayer Money He Gets Because His Taxes Were Leaked
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…
20-Year-Old Enters Prison for Historic Breach, Ransoming of Massive Student Database
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…
Pluralistic: Georgia's voting technology blunder (18 Apr 2026)
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…
Babies Born from Dead Parents Will Increase with New Tech. Are We Ready?
Reproductive technologies have enabled children to be posthumously conceived from the frozen eggs and sperm of deceased parents, raising legal, ethical, and practical questions.
US Mining Plan Will Sacrifice Mexico’s Environment for Weapons and Tech
A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and environmental impacts.
US-sanctioned currency exchange says $15 million heist done by "unfriendly states"
Grinex says needed hacking resources "available exclusively to ... unfriendly states."
There’s No Such Thing as a 'Defensive Weapon'
Politicians call them 'defensive weapons' to make arming Israel sound unobjectionable, but the US military, Netanyahu, and Trump all know better.
Court unanimously sides with oil and gas companies in suit over damage to Louisiana coast
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…
AI Could Create A Massive Problem For Valve’s Steam
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…
Crypto Critic Maxine Waters’s New Primary Foe Got Over Two-Thirds of Money From Crypto
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…
The Bombs Have Slowed, But Israel Controls Every Aspect of Our Lives in Gaza
We still find small moments of joy amid the restrictions, proving that we can endure and resist.
Great white sharks are overheating
The sharks might also be the most physiologically vulnerable to warming waters.