Week in review: High severity WordPress vulnerabilities, fake OAuth IDs bypass sign-in logs
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Two new high severity WordPress
France Doubles Down On Restricting Access To Polymarket
The country’s gambling authority ordered ISPs to block access to the prediction market’s website. PJ McDonnell/Shutterstock France is
Staples: No Activation Fee on $200 Mastercard
Update 7/19/26: Deal is back from 7/19/26-7/25/26 Update 6/21/26: Deal is back from 6/21 through 6/26 (apparently only six days
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Putting Some Meat On The Bans
from the ctrl-alt-speech dept Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and
Waymo says San Francisco service has resumed after one-hour pause
Waymo says robotaxi service has resumed after it made “temporary adjustments” in San Francisco amidst a power outage that appears
Air Taxi Service Across Parts of Florida Moving Closer to Reality
The long-awaited future moved a little closer to the present this week when officials in Kissimmee, Florida, unveiled new infrastructure
When To Use Search Console’s ‘Validate Fix,’ According To Google
Search Console has a button called Validate Fix that tells Google you have fixed an indexing issue. On the latest
New NadMesh Botnet Hunts Exposed AI Services for Cloud Keys and Kubernetes Tokens
A Go botnet called NadMesh turned up in early July hunting exposed AI services, and the operator’s own dashboard claims
I let an AI take over my Google TV, and it solved streaming’s biggest problem
Joe Maring / Android Authority Doomscrolling is a concept we are all very well-acquainted with. Netflix might have a seemingly
EFF, TEDIC and CEJIL Challenge Secrecy in the Use of Face Recognition in Paraguay
Seeking transparency and accountability in Paraguay’s use of facial recognition, EFF, the Association of Technology, Education, Development, Research, Communication (TEDIC),