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Goodbye! Sony Is Already Converting Its Last Disc Factory
Sony announced on July 1, 2026 that physical disc production for new PlayStation games will end in January 2028, with new releases sold only in digital formats through…
Europe
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EU Expected to Announce Social Media Ban for Children
Multiple EU officials and diplomats told the Commission president will use her September 16 State of the Union address to commit to bloc-wide age restrictions. The minimum age, the enforcement model, and the legal basis are all still open.…
Cybercrime
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Belgian Police Arrest Suspected Ringleader of European Phishing Network
Belgian federal police announced on July 2, 2026 the arrest of a 19-year-old man from Antwerp suspected of playing a central role, and possibly a leadership…
Europe
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EU Parliament Faces Third Vote on Reviving "Chat Control 1.0"
The European Parliament is set to vote next week, for the third time, on reviving "chat control 1.0". The measure is the EU's…
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Claude Fable 5 Nerfed After Return From Its Export-Control Suspension
Community benchmark group BridgeMind said on July 2, 2026 that the relaunched version of Claude Fable 5 performs dramatically worse on its BridgeBench coding suite than the model…
Cybercrime
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Google and FBI dismantle Residential Proxy Network Built on Millions of Hijacked Home Devices
Google announced on July 2, 2026 that it has taken coordinated action against NetNut, a residential proxy network also tracked as Popa. According to Google Threat Intelligence Group…
Cybercrime
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US Extradites Alleged Scattered Spider Member From Finland
The Justice Department announced today that Peter Stokes, 19, an alleged member of the cybercrime group Scattered Spider, has been extradited from Finland to the United States and…
Vulnerabilities
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Apple Hide My Email Doesn't Hide Your Email
A vulnerability in Apple's Hide My Email lets almost anyone uncover the real email address the feature is meant to keep private, and Apple has failed…
USA
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A US Court Just Knocked Out the Watchdog Behind EU-US Data Sharing
The US Supreme Court ruled that the president can now fire the leaders of the Federal Trade Commission, ending its independence. Privacy group noyb says that breaks the…
Cybercrime
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Huntress admits an employee tipped a ransomware actor to law enforcement
Huntress, the managed-detection vendor, has published its first formal written response to a week of public accusations from a former employee, acknowledging that a current staff member…
Vulnerabilities
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Researchers find six new vulnerabilities in AirDrop and Quick Share affecting 5 billion devices
A new study from CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security reports six pre-authentication vulnerabilities across Apple AirDrop and Google/Samsung Quick Share, the proximity file-transfer protocols…
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Claude Code accused of hiding China proxy fingerprints inside system prompts
A new allegation against Anthropic’s Claude Code has raised a serious trust question for developers: should a coding agent silently encode details about a user’s route,…