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Nepal police open fire on 'Gen Z' protests sparked by social media block (Andres Schipani/Financial Times)

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In a September 5 filing in the US v. Google ad tech trial, Google said "the open web is already in rapid decline", contradicting Google's recent statements (Barry Schwartz/Search Engine Roundtable)

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Nova Launcher’s founder and sole developer has left

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The US Army awards a $159M contract to a partnership of Anduril and Meta and a $195M contract to Rivet, to produce competing prototypes of a new combat goggle (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg)

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'Volatile Flintbeetles' quest walkthrough in Hollow Knight: Silksong

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The best stuff announced at IFA

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Aikido Security says attackers injected malware into 18 popular npm packages, including the debug package, with over 2.6B total weekly downloads (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

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Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’

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Another Dyson Presentation

Daring Fireball

A look at the looming DJI drones ban in the US, as some say the ban will be disruptive; no federal agency has undertaken a mandated security risk assessment (Farah Stockman/New York Times)

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Attaullah Baig, ex-head of security at WhatsApp, sues Meta for allegedly ignoring critical security flaws, claims Meta staffers could access sensitive user data (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

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Silksong's 'easy mode' mods are proving extremely popular

Polygon - All

Tips For Apple Picking

The Onion

TNW: Events and media signing out, 2006–2025

The Next Web

Anthropic becomes the first major AI company to back SB 53, a California bill that requires large AI companies to disclose safety testing protocols (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)

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Meta curbed research about VR safety risks to kids, whistleblowers say

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Dust Bunny trailer reveals the Hannibal reunion fans have been waiting for

Polygon - All

Putin, Xi Discuss Immortality On Hot Mic

The Onion

Lego confirms it's working on a Star Trek: The Next Generation set

Polygon - All

Motion, which sells an integrated suite of AI agents for SMBs, raised a $38M Series C led by Scale Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to $75M (Julie Bort/TechCrunch)

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