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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 2d

In an effort to cut down on noise pollution from suddenly blaring advertisements on, say, Hulu, California legislator passed a law to mandate noise level of commercials is at the same level as what is being streamed

#hulu #streaming #advertising #commercials #tv #movies #California #entertainment

California Passes Law Banning Loud Commercials on Streaming Services

Starting July 1 of next year, Netflix and Co. will need to keep the audio levels consistent from movie and TV shows to advertisements.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 2d

surveyed over 23,000 adults across 30 countries. The global average support for banning social media use by children under 14 now stands at 71%, with significant increases in support in most regions compared to the previous year

#children #socialmedia #sociology #regulation #technology #tech

Chart: Social Media Ban for Children Has Broad Public Support Globally

Majority of global adults support banning social media for children under 14, with some countries moving to implement new laws.

www.visualcapitalist.com

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 2d

How Attackers Bypass Synced Passkeys

Synced passkeys are not a force field that is appropriate for defense. They improve usability for consumer use cases at the cost of enterprise access security.

#passkeys #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

How Attackers Bypass Synced Passkeys

Synced passkeys expose enterprises to cloud takeover, browser hijacks, and downgrade attacks.

thehackernews.com

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 3d

TikTok videos recommended by the algorithm activates the brain’s reward system more compared with non-personalized videos. At the same time, it changes the activity of the brain’s default mode network.

#tiktok #bytedance #algorithm #socialmedia #addiction #sociology #psychology #technology #tech

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 3d

The company sold 16,000 Cybertrucks so far in 2025 — a far cry from the 250,000 that Elon Musk predicted would be sold annually. Tesla is now expected to deliver 20,000 Cybertrucks this year, a steep drop from what they sold in 2024

#business #sales #tesla #automotive #auto #trucks #transportation

Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatlining

Sales are down 63 percent in the third quarter

www.theverge.com

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 3d

An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure version

#passwordmanager #lastpass #phishing #socialengineering #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

Fake LastPass, Bitwarden breach alerts lead to PC hijacks

An ongoing phishing campaign is targeting LastPass and Bitwarden users with fake emails claiming that the companies were hacked, urging them to download a supposedly more secure desktop version of…

www.bleepingcomputer.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 4d

According to Google Trends data, Arizona had the highest search interest for "VPN" out of any US state over a 30-day time period as many Arizonans see VPNs as a potential way to bypass age verification laws.

#Arizona #VPN #ageverification #surveillance #security #cybersecurity #technology #tech

Arizona sees spike in demand for VPNs following the introduction of age verification laws

US-wide interest in the privacy tools is also rising

www.tomsguide.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 4d

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

Currently, there are 1 to 2 Starlink #satellites falling back to Earth each day. Soon there will be more. Are we doing enough to protect our delicate future in near-Earth space?

#space #satellilte #starlink #spacedebris #spacejunk

1 to 2 Starlink satellites are falling back to Earth each day

A daily update by email. Science news, great photos, sky alerts.

earthsky.org

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 4d

Lawsuit accuses Amazon of ‘fake’ Prime Day deals

The lawsuit claims Amazon calculates the "sizable discounts" by subtracting from an inflated list price.

#amazon #PrimeDay #onlineshopping #legal

Lawsuit accuses Amazon of ‘fake’ Prime Day deals

The plaintiffs are accusing Amazon of “luring in” shoppers who “would also have shopped around for better prices in the marketplace or waited to purchase the items at a better price.”

thehill.com

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 5d

Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15

In August of 2016, Logitech launched Pop switches, which provide quick access to a range of smart home actions.

#logitech #smarthome #InternetOfThings #IoT #technology #tech

Logitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15

Logitech’s interest in the smart home has appeared to wane in recent years.

arstechnica.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 5d

Tesla’s self-driving tech keeps being investigated for safety violations. So why is it allowed?

“We are all real-world guinea pigs in the century long experiment introducing two-ton vehicles that travel faster than we can comprehend”

#NHTSA #tesla #safety #automotive #auto #cars #transportation

Tesla’s self-driving tech keeps being investigated for safety violations. So why is it allowed? | CNN Business

Federal safety regulators are once again looking into Tesla’s self-driving mode, the latest in a seemingly endless stream of investigations into the safety of the technology.

www.cnn.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 5d

Signal adds new cryptographic defense against quantum attacks

Signal announced the introduction of Sparse Post-Quantum Ratchet (SPQR), a new cryptographic component designed to withstand quantum computing threats

#signal #messaging #quantum #cryptography #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking

Signal adds new cryptographic defense against quantum attacks

Signal announced the introduction of Sparse Post-Quantum Ratchet (SPQR), a new cryptographic component designed to withstand quantum computing threats.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 6d

“Deloitte has now issued a confession, albeit buried in the methodology section. Deloitte has admitted to using generative AI for a core analytical task; but it failed to disclose this in the first place.”

#Deloitte #Australia #artificialintelligence #AI #hallucination #business #technology #tech

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 6d

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said FSD - an assistance system that requires drivers to pay attention and intervene - has "induced vehicle behavior that violated traffic safety laws."

#NHTSA #safety #adas #tesla #fsd #automotive #auto #cars

US probes driver assistance software in 2.9 million Tesla vehicles over traffic violations

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Thursday that it is opening an investigation into 2.88 million Tesla vehicles equipped with its Full Self-Driving system over more than 50 reports of traffic-safety violations and a series of crashes.

www.reuters.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 6d

Australia's Qantas Airways said it was one of the companies whose customer data was published by hackers after it was stolen in a July breach containing personal information of the airline's customers

#qantas #airline #travel #databreach #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

Qantas says customer data released by cyber criminals months after cyber breach

www.reuters.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 9d

California regulators threaten to revoke Tesla's insurance license for mishandling claims

Tesla Insurance saw repeated failures to comply with long-standing claims and "egregious delays" when responding to its customers' claims

#California #insurance #tesla #automotive #auto #cars #transportation

California regulators threaten to revoke Tesla's insurance license for mishandling claims

A California state agency accused Tesla of committing 1,498 violations of its insurance regulations in 2025 alone.

www.engadget.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 9d

The suits claim injuries from the crash were minor but occupants died of burns and smoke inhalation after the #cybertruck caught fire. They were unable to escape because the manual door releases were too difficult to find

#tesla #fatal #safety #legal #automotive #auto #cars #trucks #transportation

Tesla Is Sued by Families Who Say Faulty Doors Led to Two Deaths

Two Californians were trapped in a burning Cybertruck because electronic doors made it difficult for them to get out or be rescued, lawsuits claim.

www.nytimes.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 9d

Discord will not be pay hackers who have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and payment information

#discord #zendesk #databreach #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users

Discord says they will not be negotiating with threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs…

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 10d

The Grateful Dead can now claim two unique Pantone tones.

Grateful Red is a juicy ruby shade, while Stealie Blue is a dark and handsome cerulean. Both are deeply embedded in the Dead’s distinctive visual identity.

#GratefulDead #GratefulRed #StealieBlue #music #pantone #color #colors

Grateful Dead Gets Its Own Pantone Colors

The iconic colors of Grateful Dead are now Pantone hues Grateful Red and Stealie Blue, pulled from the band's iconic lightning skull logo.

news.artnet.com

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 10d

cybertruck falls far short of EU requirements, particularly those aimed at protecting pedestrians, cyclists, and other vulnerable road users. The Cybertruck’s sharp edges and weight also reportedly exceed thresholds

#Germany #safety #cybertruck #tesla #automotive #auto #cars #trucks #transportation

Tesla Cybertruck not allowed in Germany over "significant passive safety concerns"

The U.S. Army Customs Agency has noted that the Tesla Cybertruck cannot be imported or registered in Germany or the wider European Union.

www.teslarati.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 10d

Hackers working for the North Korean government have stolen more than $2 billion in crypto so far this year. The regime’s total amount of stolen #crypto since 2017 is at least $6 billion

#NorthKorea #cryptocurrency #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

North Korean hackers stole over $2 billion in crypto so far in 2025, researchers say | TechCrunch

Blockchain monitoring firm Elliptic said this year’s total is already an all-time record for the North Korean regime.

techcrunch.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 11d

Compared with competitors, “Waymo has moved the slowest and the most deliberately.”

#Waymo has been involved in 91% fewer accidents than cars driven by an average human over the same distance.

#google #selfdriving #autonomous #autonmousvehicles #Automotive #auto #cars #transportation #innovation

Move Fast and Break Nothing

Waymo’s robotaxis are probably safer than ChatGPT.

www.theatlantic.com

gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 11d

YouTube creators attempted a road trip from San Diego to Jacksonville, Florida. Just 60 miles from the starting point, their Model Y's FSD system failed to react to a large piece of metal and became temporarily airborne

#tesla #adas #fraud #automotive #auto #cars #transportation

Tesla Influencers Attempt Coast-To-Coast FSD Trip. They Don't Make It Very Far. - Jalopnik

On a planned trip from San Diego to Jacksonville using Full Self-Driving (FSD), the system didn't stop the Tesla from hitting metal lying in the road.

www.jalopnik.com

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 11d

Hackers connected to a recent string of ransomware attacks on major British retailers said they stole almost 1 billion records from cloud technology giant Salesforce, by focusing on companies that use its software

#salesforce #ransomware #malware #security #cybersecurity #hackers #hacking #hacked

Almost 1 billion Salesforce records stolen, hacker group claims

www.reuters.com

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gtbarry @gtbarry.bsky.social · 12d

A Dutch court ordered Meta to provide Facebook and Instagram users with simpler options for a timeline that does not rely on profiling.

The court said design of both platforms were not in line with the European Union's Digital Services Act.

#Europe #EU #DSA #facebook #instagram #meta #socialmedia

Dutch court orders Meta to change Facebook and Instagram timeline settings

www.reuters.com

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