Collaborate Disseminate
“Nicolas Cage is speaking out against Amazon,” reports Variety. Amazon developed the series Spider-Noir for Prime Video, but then allegedly asked Cage to sign an AI waiver:
“Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in … Continue reading Nicolas Cage Didn’t Sign Amazon’s AI Waiver For ‘Spider-Noir’. Series Cancelled.
The blog It’s FOSS reports:
You already know that Canonical has been selectively replacing Ubuntu’s C-based system components with Rust-written equivalents that don’t compromise in terms of functionality, most of the time. Now it looks like the distro… Continue reading Ubuntu 26.10 Will Offer a Rust-based GnuPG Replacement Option
AFP reports that an AI model from Anthropic “submitted a fabricated tip about an unsolved homicide to Philadelphia police, authorities said Friday.”
Claude “was instructed never to log in, create accounts, enter personal data, make purchases, or sub… Continue reading Claude Sent Police a Fake Murder Tip. White House Mandates AI Companies Report Security Incidents
OpenAI announced it’s recently banned two “influence operations” — one from Russia and one from Iran — that were using its models “to launder geopolitical, conflict-related messaging” in sophisticated “false front” propaganda campaigns:
Last week a Florida woman sued Flock over its role in police officer accusing her of a crime she didn’t commit But she’s not the only one suing Flock over mistaken accusations, reports Gizmodo:
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A Ring video of a Colorado woman being handed a crimin… Continue reading Another Woman Sues Flock For Mistaken Crime Accusation By Police – and for Surveillance
Phoronix reports on a presentation this week by Meta engineer Gregory Price at the Linux Plumbers Conference in Prague:
With today’s memory shortages, high prices, and ever increasing memory capacity needs, Meta engineers have been working on Compres… Continue reading Meta Developing Compressed RAM ‘CRAM’ For Linux: Better Than ZRAM and Zswap?
Reuters reports:
Flock plans to let go of about 18% of its employees, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday, as the maker of AI-powered surveillance cameras and license-plate readers faces mounting opposition to its products from… Continue reading AI Surveillance Startup Flock To Cut Several Hundred Jobs Amid Backlash, Sources Say
From the transportation news site MotorBiscuit:
In late September 2026, 23-year-old Liz Lindseay Isaacs testified before a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee about her harrowing experience after a Flock camera misidentified her Dodge Durango, linking her t… Continue reading Flock Blamed for Wrongful 13-Day Imprisonment and a Police Stalking Incident in Florida
– In 2022 Altair Engineering open sourced “OpenRadioss”, an industry-leading finite element solver under the GNU AGPL License, reports Phoronix.
– Siemens acquired Altair Engineering last year
– Siemens closes access to OpenRadioss.
“Siemens didn… Continue reading After Siemens Re-Licenses OpenRadioss, Rocky Linux Announces Open-Source Fork
PC Magazine reports:
In September, the infamous ShinyHunters hacking group claimed it had infiltrated the FBI job recruitment portal, stealing confidential data belonging to 5,000 employees and even changing the FBI logo to its own. The group has b… Continue reading FBI Detains Teenager Linked to Group That Stole Data on 5,000 FBI Employees