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The war before the war: quantum, strategy and a closing window

AndyC 10 September 2026

Militaries rarely lose because they lack courage; they lose because they misread a moment. They lose because they categorise a...

San Francisco Orders Meta to Stop ‘Allowing’ AI Child Abuse Ads

AndyC 10 September 2026

The City Attorney’s Office has asked Meta to explain how the harmful ads repeatedly ran on Facebook and Instagram. The company claims the ads are...

Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch’s Listening Features

AndyC 10 September 2026

The new Apple Watch includes several “intelligent” listening features that have privacy and security baked in. But the protections can’t change the facts of what...

You Can Now Destroy Flock Cameras for Cash in GTA V

AndyC 10 September 2026

A new GTA mod lets you smash and shoot Flock’s automatic license plate readers around the fictional Los Santos.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty ImagesPeople are not...

Muse, Meta’s New Personal AI Agent, Needs You to Trust It

AndyC 9 September 2026

Meta announced Tuesday the release of Muse, a personal AI agent that people can message to automate digital tasks in a secure cloud environment, all...

Meta Failed to Catch Hundreds of AI Child Abuse Ads. Some Included Images of Real Kids

AndyC 8 September 2026

Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions of imagery depicting child sexual abuse. Reader discretion is strongly advised.Early last month, Meta deleted around 50 ads posted...

OpenAI Agents Hacked Another Website

AndyC 5 September 2026

After reporting last week that the surveillance company Flock Safety is building an AI search tool for law enforcement, WIRED reconstructed Flock’s latest search tool...