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US inherits Venezuelan surveillance state built on banned Chinese tech and AI — and it shows no signs of switching

By Benedict Collins Published

Venezuela's surveillance network is built on Chinese tech, and the new president wanted Chinese AI implemented as well.

Security
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CISA urges business to deploy decoys, lures, and honeypots to catch hackers in the act

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

ZTNA is great, but it can be even better with a little honeypot, CISA advises.

Security
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Steam Machine's repair guides reveal the true trickiness of some upgrades

By Darren Allan Published

Steam Machine's official iFixit repair guides look great — but I'm worried about the difficulty of some upgrades or replacements.

Gaming PCs
Phishing
Keep seeing strange meetings and events in your calendar? It might be because calendar-based phishing has jumped 33,000% since May — and they work even if the email is sent to spam

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

ICS phishing has finally "hit the mainstream" as it keeps rising in popularity month over month.

Security
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White hat hackers just breached OpenAI using Anthropic's Claude in less than 72 hours — and it is a case study in just how fast AI is advancing

By Benedict Collins Published

The researchers struggled to abuse the exploit with an AI agent on Opus 4.8, but the release of Opus 5 changed everything.

Security
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NYT Wordle today — answer and my hints for game #1917, Friday, September 18

By Marc McLaren Last updated

Looking for Wordle hints? I can help. Plus get the answers to Wordle today and yesterday.

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Websites & Apps
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Quordle hints and answers for Friday, September 18 (game #1698)

By Johnny Dee Published

Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions.

Websites & Apps
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NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, September 18 (game #929)

By Johnny Dee Published

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

Websites & Apps
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Samsung's next-gen OLED tech hits 10,000 nits of brightness, but the efficiency is the exciting bit

By Carrie Marshall Published

Samsung Display's new OLED stack can deliver up to 10,000 nits of peak brightness with much higher efficiency

Phones
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NightmareStresser group responsible for thousands of DDOS attacks has domains seized in major operation

By Sead Fadilpašić Published

Two domains seized by the DoJ but the infrastructure remains intact.

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