Anthropic Refuses to Bend to Pentagon on AI Safeguards as Dispute Nears Deadline

Anthropic said it sought narrow assurances from the Pentagon that Claude won’t be used for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons.
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Fake Fedex Email Delivers Donuts!, (Fri, Feb 27th)

It’s Friday, let’s have a look at another simple piece of malware to close a busy week! I received a Fedex notification about a delivery. Usually, such emails are simple phishing attacks that redirect you to a fake login page to collect your credentials. Here, it was a bit different:

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UK Court of Appeal Rules on the Concept of Personal Data in the Context of Data Security

Sam Jungyun Choi, Jadzia Pierce, and Paul Maynard of Covington and Burling write: On February 19, 2026, the UK Court of Appeal handed down its decision in DSG Retail Limited v The Information Commissioner [2026] EWCA Civ 140. The Court ruled that a con… Continue reading UK Court of Appeal Rules on the Concept of Personal Data in the Context of Data Security

Why Tehran’s Two-Tiered Internet Is So Dangerous

Iran is slowly emerging from the most severe communications blackout in its history and one of the longest in the world. Triggered as part of January’s government crackdown against citizen protests nationwide, the regime implemented an internet shutdown that transcends the standard definition of internet censorship. This was not merely blocking social media or foreign websites; it was a total communications shutdown.

Unlike previous Iranian internet shutdowns where Iran’s domestic intranet—the National Information Network (NIN)—remained functional to keep the banking and administrative sectors running, the 2026 blackout …

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