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Sturtevant Neighbors Sued Microsoft Over Fairwater’s Hum After Nadella Called the Campus the World’s Most Powerful AI Plant
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Sturtevant Neighbors Sued Microsoft Over Fairwater’s Hum After Nadella Called the Campus the World’s Most Powerful AI Plant

Garret Ostergaard, David Wade, and Joy Wade sued Microsoft on July 1, 2026, over noise from the $7.3 billion Fairwater campus. The AEGIS Alliance tracks the low-frequency hum dBA meters…
Meta and YouTube Lost a $6 Million Addiction Verdict Then Meta Wrote an $18 Billion Check to Almost Every State
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Meta and YouTube Lost a $6 Million Addiction Verdict Then Meta Wrote an $18 Billion Check to Almost Every State

A Los Angeles jury found Meta and Google negligent in the design of Instagram and YouTube and awarded K.G.M. $6 million. After Judge Carolyn Kuhl denied a new trial, both…
Google Cuts Millions of Hijacked Phones and TV Boxes Out of IPIDEA, a Residential Proxy Pool Used by 550 Threat Groups in One Week
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Google Cuts Millions of Hijacked Phones and TV Boxes Out of IPIDEA, a Residential Proxy Pool Used by 550 Threat Groups in One Week

Google Threat Intelligence Group moved in late January 2026 against IPIDEA, which it calls one of the world's largest residential proxy networks. In seven days GTIG saw more than 550…
People Pay a Few Dollars for Pharmaicy Packs That Make ChatGPT Role-Play High on Drugs
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People Pay a Few Dollars for Pharmaicy Packs That Make ChatGPT Role-Play High on Drugs

Pharmaicy sells prompt packs that make chatbots mimic cannabis, ketamine, or cocaine. California SB 243 began regulating companion bots on January 1, 2026. Clinicians warn the scripts flatten safety rails.
New York Responsible Robotics Act Would Criminalize Civilians Arming Robots and Drones With Deadly Weapons
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New York Responsible Robotics Act Would Criminalize Civilians Arming Robots and Drones With Deadly Weapons

S3133 and A399 would ban civilians from mounting guns, flamethrowers, or explosives on robots and drones. The bill is still sitting in committee.
Space Force X-37B Spaceplane Returns From 434-Day Mission Then Flies Again With a Quantum Navigation Experiment
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Space Force X-37B Spaceplane Returns From 434-Day Mission Then Flies Again With a Quantum Navigation Experiment

The X-37B ended OTV-7 at Vandenberg after 434 days in a highly elliptical orbit. Six months later OTV-8 launched from Kennedy with a quantum inertial sensor and laser communications gear…
DARPA Confirms the USX-1 Defiant After Reddit Photos Exposed the Pentagon’s Crewless Warship in Puget Sound
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DARPA Confirms the USX-1 Defiant After Reddit Photos Exposed the Pentagon’s Crewless Warship in Puget Sound

Reddit photos of a tarp-wrapped hull in Puget Sound forced DARPA to confirm USX-1 Defiant, the NOMARS crewless prototype now in final acceptance trials before a planned handoff to the…
FinCEN Whistleblower Says Visa and Mastercard Kept Processing OnlyFans Payments After Being Warned About Child Sexual Abuse Material
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FinCEN Whistleblower Says Visa and Mastercard Kept Processing OnlyFans Payments After Being Warned About Child Sexual Abuse Material

A senior compliance specialist told FinCEN that Visa and Mastercard were warned as early as 2021 that OnlyFans charges included child sexual abuse material. Both companies deny it. The complaint…
TikTok’s Dramatic Return: How the Social Media Giant Came Back From the Brink After a 14-Hour U.S. Blackout
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TikTok’s Dramatic Return: How the Social Media Giant Came Back From the Brink After a 14-Hour U.S. Blackout

The January 19, 2025 revival was a political stay, not a verdict that the national-security statute had been satisfied or that the later joint venture transferred real control.
Samsung Galaxy S24 Heat, Camera Second-Guessing, and the Software Fixes That Actually Matter for Owners
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Samsung Galaxy S24 Heat, Camera Second-Guessing, and the Software Fixes That Actually Matter for Owners

Galaxy S24 owners are still fighting heat, a bossy camera app, and One UI updates that turned a flagship into a hand warmer long after the launch event ended.
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