Weekly Update 469
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Operation Eastwood: Measuring the Real Impact on NoName057(16)
Introduction On July 16, 2025, Europol revealed the details of Operation Eastwood, a coordinated international strike against one of the most active pro-Russian cybercrime groups, NoName057(016). The announcement promised a major disruption to the group’s activities. In this blog, we explore whether Operation Eastwood had any real impact on NoName057(016), and how the group’s activities […]
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Scientists: It’s do or die time for America’s primacy exploring the Solar System
“When you turn off those spacecraft’s radio receivers, there’s no way to turn them back on.”
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Tucker Carlson asks Sam Altman if an OpenAI employee was murdered ‘on your orders’
While interviewing OpenAI CEO Sam Altman this week, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson brought up his belief in a conspiracy theory that former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji was “definitely murdered.” The researcher’s death in November 2024, which was ruled a suicide by the San Francisco police, followed his release of statements online and in […]
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Elon Musk is trying to silence Microsoft employees who criticize Charlie Kirk
Elon Musk is pressing Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to look into Blizzard employees who criticized Charlie Kirk after his death. Musk’s post quotes an X thread listing names and screenshots of the developers. “What’s going on here, @satyanadella?” Musk said. “These are Microsoft employees,” he added in another post. Musk’s direct question to Nadella follows […]
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Horror Icon Lin Shaye Is Returning to ‘Insidious’
The latest installment in the horror series is from filmmaker Jacob Chase; it’ll be out August 21, 2026.
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RFK Jr.‘s CDC may limit COVID shots to 75 and up, claim they killed kids
A battle is brewing over mRNA vaccines, which could intensify backlash against Kennedy.
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Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack
Unofficial mod lets classic Nintendo GameCube title use AI chatbots with amusing results.
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How AREA15 Is Evolving Immersive Entertainment With Universal Horror Unleashed and More
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The WSJ carelessly spread anti-trans misinformation
While I generally respect The Wall Street Journal, every once in a while it sees fit to remind me that it is, in fact, owned by Rupert Murdoch. This time, it printed something dangerously close to anti-trans blood libel in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s shooting. In its live-update blog yesterday, the Journal wrote, “Ammunition […]