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Meta admits to Instagram password reset mess, denies data leak
Meta admits to Instagram password reset mess, denies data leak
PLUS: Veeam patches critical vuln; Crims bribing dark web insiders; UK school takedown; And more
infosec in brief Meta has fixed a flaw in its Instagram service that allowed third parties to generate password reset emails, but denied the problem led to theft of users’ personal information.…
dlvr.it
January 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Meta admits to Instagram password reset mess, denies data leak
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Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut
Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut
PLUS: Cambodia arrests alleged scam camp boss; Baidu spins out chip biz; Panasonic’s noodle shop plan; And more!
Asia in Brief The governments of Malaysia and Indonesia have suspended access to social network X, on grounds that it allows users to produce sexual imagery without users’ consent.…
dlvr.it
January 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Malaysia and Indonesia block X over failure to curb deepfake smut
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Trump’s America, you get executed for disrespecting ICE, Fed Chairs get threatened with criminal indictments if they don’t lower interest rates, and our closest allies for decades are threatened with invasion. We are in a dark place, a place some of us very much expected.
January 12, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Trump’s America, you get executed for disrespecting ICE, Fed Chairs get threatened with criminal indictments if they don’t lower interest rates, and our closest allies for decades are threatened with invasion. We are in a dark place, a place some of us very much expected.
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Always possible that we’re already in hell.
Google is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.
Google teams up with Walmart and other retailers to enable shopping within Gemini AI chatbot
Google is expanding the shopping features in its AI chatbot by teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other big retailers to turn the Gemini app into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant.
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January 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Always possible that we’re already in hell.
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I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
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In Canada, we are publishing think pieces re: fighting as insurgents. Meanwhile in the US, this is what was in the papers recently ... "Fallout maps show what could happen if America’s nuclear missile silos were attacked." #Throughthelookingglass www.usatoday.com/graphics/int...
Fallout maps show how an attack on nuclear silos would impact US cities
USA TODAY mapped the far-reaching potential consequences of a nuclear strike against America's 450 nuclear missile silos.
www.usatoday.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 AM
In Canada, we are publishing think pieces re: fighting as insurgents. Meanwhile in the US, this is what was in the papers recently ... "Fallout maps show what could happen if America’s nuclear missile silos were attacked." #Throughthelookingglass www.usatoday.com/graphics/int...
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There's no reason for ICE agents to have guns. Nobody is shooting at them.
January 11, 2026 at 10:23 PM
There's no reason for ICE agents to have guns. Nobody is shooting at them.
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I love how Chet and Karen Tonepolice always seem to show up after someone aligned with their political party murders someone in the face, or some other such event enabled by their years of NRA bankrolls and abject servitude.
Dear Democratic politicians, may I make a humble suggestion?
Stop with the constant use of the F word. Not only is it tacky, it loses its impact when you do it so much, and honestly it looks forced like you’re trying to be tough.
Just a suggestion.
Stop with the constant use of the F word. Not only is it tacky, it loses its impact when you do it so much, and honestly it looks forced like you’re trying to be tough.
Just a suggestion.
January 12, 2026 at 4:19 AM
I love how Chet and Karen Tonepolice always seem to show up after someone aligned with their political party murders someone in the face, or some other such event enabled by their years of NRA bankrolls and abject servitude.
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"As US officials move to restrict vaccines, including the shots to prevent ...(RSV), more evidence is emerging...the jabs reduce hospitalizations."
Nobody quite understands why HHS thinks more kids hospitalized makes them healthier. via @melodyschreiber.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Nobody quite understands why HHS thinks more kids hospitalized makes them healthier. via @melodyschreiber.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Evidence shows benefit of RSV vaccines as Trump officials push restrictions
Shots to prevent respiratory syncytial virus recommended only for high-risk babies even as experts hail jabs’ success
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
"As US officials move to restrict vaccines, including the shots to prevent ...(RSV), more evidence is emerging...the jabs reduce hospitalizations."
Nobody quite understands why HHS thinks more kids hospitalized makes them healthier. via @melodyschreiber.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Nobody quite understands why HHS thinks more kids hospitalized makes them healthier. via @melodyschreiber.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
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Ukraine war briefing: Nightfall – Britain races to develop ballistic missile for Kyiv
Ukraine war briefing: Nightfall – Britain races to develop ballistic missile for Kyiv
UK government starts contest to have deep-strike prototypes delivered within 12 months; heat-starved Kyiv under Russian attack again. What we know on day 1,419
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Ukraine war briefing: Nightfall – Britain races to develop ballistic missile for Kyiv
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Nikki Glaser calls out CBS News at the Golden Globes while it’s being broadcast on CBS.
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Nikki Glaser calls out CBS News at the Golden Globes while it’s being broadcast on CBS.
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
“And the award for Most Editing goes to CBS News. Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see B.S. News.”
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This whole notion is built on a strawman, that statutory removal protections somehow cut the president out of the loop altogether. But the president still makes appointments. Trump appointed Powell! That's the only thing the Constitution actually says about the matter.
i think powell's response here is a demonstration of the folly of the idea that democratic accountability requires presidential control. what if the president is not acting in the public interest? you want independent agencies to be able to push back and pursue their *congressional mandate*
Powell, showing more guts than almost any GOP legislators:
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President."
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 2:26 AM
This whole notion is built on a strawman, that statutory removal protections somehow cut the president out of the loop altogether. But the president still makes appointments. Trump appointed Powell! That's the only thing the Constitution actually says about the matter.
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Hard to overstate what a remarkable statement this is from a Republican senator — even a retiring one — accusing thte Trump White House of weaponizing DOJ to control the Fed:
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Hard to overstate what a remarkable statement this is from a Republican senator — even a retiring one — accusing thte Trump White House of weaponizing DOJ to control the Fed:
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
"It is now the independence and credibility of the Department of Justice that are in question."
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Yeah... I kinda think it's THEM who aren't learning where the winds of change are blowing in this country rn, so...
ICE agent screaming a threat: "Did you not learn from what just happened?"
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
January 12, 2026 at 2:27 AM
Yeah... I kinda think it's THEM who aren't learning where the winds of change are blowing in this country rn, so...
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The total capture of the DOJ, seemingly with very little pushback or resistance, is one of the most striking examples of the capitulation of American elites in the face of authoritarianism. It’s been less than a year, and federal prosecutions or investigations are already completely discredited.
This is just one more example of a much broader pattern: The Department of Justice targeting Trump's political enemies with made-up accusations of wrong-doing.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 AM
The total capture of the DOJ, seemingly with very little pushback or resistance, is one of the most striking examples of the capitulation of American elites in the face of authoritarianism. It’s been less than a year, and federal prosecutions or investigations are already completely discredited.
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Russ Vought claimed last summer that the Fed had "failed to comply with permitting rules around capital-area construction," and just wait til he hears about what someone did to the East Wing of the White House a few weeks ago.
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Russ Vought claimed last summer that the Fed had "failed to comply with permitting rules around capital-area construction," and just wait til he hears about what someone did to the East Wing of the White House a few weeks ago.
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
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Monarch butterflies make one of the most extraordinary migrations in the natural world, often traveling thousands of miles across North America. Now, scientists are using new tracking technology to get a greater understanding of those journeys. https://to.pbs.org/3LAf4oK
Scientists use new technology to track individual monarch butterfly migrations
Monarch butterflies make one of the most extraordinary migrations in the natural world, often traveling thousands of miles across North America. Now, scientists are using new tracking technology to ge...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Monarch butterflies make one of the most extraordinary migrations in the natural world, often traveling thousands of miles across North America. Now, scientists are using new tracking technology to get a greater understanding of those journeys. https://to.pbs.org/3LAf4oK
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Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
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Donald Trump is a convicted criminal.
This is not an administration, it is a crime spree.
This is not an administration, it is a crime spree.
In extraordinary message, Fed chair announces that he’s being extorted/coerced by the US government under color of law.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Donald Trump is a convicted criminal.
This is not an administration, it is a crime spree.
This is not an administration, it is a crime spree.
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Man, seriously when it comes, this financial crash is gonna be like if 2000 and 2008 had a baby inside a barrel of monkeys rolling downhill into a flaming dumpster.
S&P futures and foreign markets up, US dollar down a fifth of one percent on news of the erosion of rule of law and end of central bank independence in the United States.
January 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Man, seriously when it comes, this financial crash is gonna be like if 2000 and 2008 had a baby inside a barrel of monkeys rolling downhill into a flaming dumpster.
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Buenas noticias: Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) sigue creciendo. En 2025 la EFF actualizó guías clave (cifrado, Tor, borrado seguro, VPN) y publicó nuevas guías de privacidad para iPhone/Android y huella digital. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Autodefensa frente a la vigilancia: resumen del año 2025
Our Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) guides, which provide practical advice and explainers for how to deal with government and corporate surveillance, had a big year. We published several large
www.eff.org
January 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Buenas noticias: Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) sigue creciendo. En 2025 la EFF actualizó guías clave (cifrado, Tor, borrado seguro, VPN) y publicó nuevas guías de privacidad para iPhone/Android y huella digital. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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From license-plate readers to drones and cell-site simulators, ICE relies on a growing web of surveillance.
Here’s how hackers are shining a light on it—and why that matters. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Here’s how hackers are shining a light on it—and why that matters. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
How Hackers Are Fighting Back Against ICE
A few enterprising hackers have started projects to do counter surveillance against ICE, and hopefully protect their communities through clever use of technology.
www.eff.org
January 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
From license-plate readers to drones and cell-site simulators, ICE relies on a growing web of surveillance.
Here’s how hackers are shining a light on it—and why that matters. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Here’s how hackers are shining a light on it—and why that matters. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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“And the award for the most editing goes to CBS News. Americas newest place to see BS news. We needed another” - Nikki Glaser ON CBS 💀
January 12, 2026 at 1:06 AM
“And the award for the most editing goes to CBS News. Americas newest place to see BS news. We needed another” - Nikki Glaser ON CBS 💀
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I'm not looking forward to paying $4,675 devalued green American dollars for a large pizza next month, so something's gotta give, man.
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I'm not looking forward to paying $4,675 devalued green American dollars for a large pizza next month, so something's gotta give, man.