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ZK-JPEG: Zero-Knowledge Image Editing and Compression (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-19 | by Samuel Dittmer | tags: zk-jpeg, zero-knowledge proofs, jpeg compression

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Fake AI Intelligence Almost Made the US Military Start a War With China (slashdot.org)

2026-09-19 | by Posted | tags: us military, artificial intelligence, china

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Here’s Every Known Publication Owned by Brown Brothers Media, Which Buys News Sites and Turns Them Into AI-Powered Content Mills (futurism.com)

2026-09-18 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: brown brothers media, ai content mills, fake writers

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Fake calendar invites can infect your system, and they’re surging – how to protect yourself (zdnet.com)

2026-09-18 | by Lance Whitney | get YubiKey 5C NFC security key → | tags: ics phishing, calendar invites, malware

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Scientists Say Lead in Ink Could Finally Crack Herculaneum’s Burnt Scrolls—So They Baked a Fake One as a Test (gizmodo.com)

2026-09-18 | tags: herculaneum scrolls, lead ink, vesuvius challenge

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Fake LastPass Authenticator GitHub repos push new Rapuncel infostealer (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-18 | get YubiKey 5 NFC hardware security key → | tags: lastpass, github, rapuncel infostealer

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Hacker turns 25 cents into 46 billion fake Bitcoins to steal $770,000 — Symbiosis DeFi exchange bit by lack of basic bounds checking in smart contract (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Bruno Ferreira | tags: symbiosis, defi, smart contract exploit

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Scammers have been inserting fake songs onto real artist's pages on Spotify and other platforms (engadget.com)

2026-09-17 | by Lawrence Bonk | tags: spotify, ai slop songs, distrokid

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Apple details how the iPhone 18 Pro can cryptographically prove a photo hasn't been faked by AI (techspot.com)

2026-09-16 | by Skye Jacobs | get Apple iPhone 18 Pro → | tags: iphone 18 pro, apple reference image, secure enclave

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Your ‘health age’ is fake (theverge.com)

2026-09-16 | by Victoria Song | tags: apple watch, health age, whoop

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AI-induced memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Kunal Khullar | get Fairphone 5 unlocked smartphone → | tags: fairphone, memory shortage, sk hynix

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AI-induced Memory shortage is changing how devices are built, Fairphone says memory now 60% of materials cost — smaller laptop and phone makers are redesigning products and have to test for fake chips (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Kunal Khullar | get Fairphone 5 unlocked smartphone → | tags: memory shortage, fairphone, sk hynix

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Man charged with three felonies for destroying a fake Flock camera now faces misdemeanors instead (techspot.com)

2026-09-16 | by Rob Thubron | tags: flock camera, evan meyer, oviedo police

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Man who faced three felonies for destroying a fake Flock camera has charges reduced to misdemeanors (techspot.com)

2026-09-16 | by Rob Thubron | tags: flock camera, evan meyer, surveillance camera

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ChatGPT-Using Lawyer Cited Its Fake Witnesses and Police Testimony in Court (slashdot.org)

2026-09-15 | by Posted | tags: chatgpt, new mexico supreme court, openai

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LLMs are real, AI is fake (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-14 | get Logitech MX Master 3 → | tags: llms, ai hyperscalers, openai

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We do modern frequentist statistics: Using fake-data simulation (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-14 | tags: frequentist statistics, fake-data simulation, statistical inference

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Fake CAPTCHAs are tricking people into hacking their own computers, and it's working (techspot.com)

2026-09-14 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: clickfix, captcha, windows

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Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-13 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Fellowes Powershred 79Ci cross-cut shredder → | tags: revolut, data breach, fintech

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LG Says We're Fake News [video] (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-12 | get LG C4 OLED evo TV → | tags: fake news, video, comments

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iPhone Duo can add fake bezel to the outside screen for better case compatibility (9to5mac.com)

2026-09-12 | by Benjamin Mayo | tags: iphone duo, apple, shift left edge

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Revolut confirms customer data breach through fake government requests (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-12 | by Jagmeet Singh | get Yubico YubiKey 5C NFC → | tags: revolut, data breach, fintech

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ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-11 | tags: chatgpt, new mexico supreme court, stephen aarons

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ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral (arstechnica.com)

2026-09-11 | get Malwarebytes Premium antivirus software → | tags: clickfix, fake captcha, malware

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The GDR and Vietnam: From Fake Coffee to Coffee Empire (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-10 | by Katja Hoyer | tags: gdr, vietnam, coffee

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How Chinese AI Firms Tried to Clone U.S. AI Models (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-10 | tags: anthropic, deepseek, moonshot

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Chinese AI Giants Accused of Sending Millions of User Queries to U.S. Models (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-10 | tags: anthropic, deepseek, moonshot

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At last, Apple joins the war against fake AI images (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-10 | get Apple iPhone 16 Pro → | tags: apple, generative ai, fake ai images

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DoppelCart fraud network uses 119,000 fake shops to steal credit cards (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-08 | tags: doppelcart, nebty, fake e-shops

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Paramount Caught Using 'Astroturf' Group to Drum Up Fake Support for Merger (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | by Karl Bode | get Trust Me I'm Lying Ryan Holiday book → | tags: paramount, warner brothers, astroturfing