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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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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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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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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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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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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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Large Enterprises Targeted in Fake Merger & Acquisition Scams (darkreading.com)

2026-09-03 | tags: phantom deal, merger acquisition, threat actors

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Someone Stole 50,000 Cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon. Company Says: ‘You Have Exactly 18 Days and 44 Minutes’ to Return the Loot (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-31 | by Jonathan Small | get Pabst Blue Ribbon neon sign bar → | tags: pabst blue ribbon, cargo theft, montclair police

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Comedians’ Fake Tech Ads Make Fun of ‘Slop Voice’ in AI Marketing (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: fake ads, comedians, slop voice

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DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-12 | tags: def con, delta, fbi atlanta

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A16Z Brags That Its AI Is Great for Poisoning the Internet With Fake Tech History (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: a16z, fake tech history, internet

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We Are Alarmed by This PR Firm Using a Small Army of Fake AI-Powered Publicists to Barrage Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients (futurism.com)

2026-07-31 | by Maggie Harrison Dupré | tags: ai-generated faces, vectorguidehq, riseguide

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I flagged two research papers for fake authors and both were accepted as orals (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: research papers, fake authors, orals

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People Are Generating a Flood of Fake News About Trump That Does No Reputational Damage Whatsoever (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: trump, fake news, social media

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European Researchers Say Big Tech Is Blocking Access to Their Data (wired.com)

2026-07-24 | by Anna Desmarais | tags: tiktok, digital services act, api

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AI fakes a growing problem on Apple Books, some ‘written’ in a few hours (9to5mac.com)

2026-07-20 | by Ben Lovejoy | tags: apple books, ai-generated ebooks, joanna stern

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LastPass, Bitwarden users targeted with fake security alerts (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-07-14 | tags: bleepingcomputer, emails, fake

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This New Browser Extension Blocks All Those Junky, Fake Brands on Amazon (cnet.com)

2026-07-10 | by See Full Bio | tags: amazon, brand, brands

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Redditor finds "16TB SSD" for $30 that was actually a microSD card with weights glued on (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | by Rob Thubron | tags: drive, ebay, fake

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Redditor's latest fake-drive purchase reveals a 60GB microSD card and weights inside a "16TB SSD" (techspot.com)

2026-07-10 | by Rob Thubron | tags: drive, ebay, fake

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Are Those Fake Books on the New Air Force One AI-Generated? (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-03 | get AI-Generated Book Mockup → | tags: books, books real, fake

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This new Android security setting spots bad networks and fake cell towers - enable it ASAP (zdnet.com)

2026-07-01 | by Jack Wallen | get Android Network Security Tool → | tags: android, security, android 17

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Fake Bug Report Hijacks AI Coding Agents at Scale (darkreading.com)

2026-06-30 | get AI Coding Assistant Security Kit → | tags: ai coding agents, agentjacking, fake bug report

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The Best Fake Christmas Trees on the Market Are 50% Off for Prime Day (2026) (wired.com)

2026-06-24 | by Martin Cizmar | get Pre-Lit Artificial Christmas Tree → | tags: balsam hill, amazon sale, fake christmas trees

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Popular Fake Meat Products Recalled Over Plastic Pieces (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-24 | get Vegan Meat Alternative Pack → | tags: fake meat, morningstar, plastic contamination

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95 Prime Day Deals on Gear We’ve Tested and Would Spend Our Own Money On (wired.com)

2026-06-23 | by Louryn Strampe | get Prime Day Tech Deals → | tags: amazon, day deals, deals

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PSA: Watch out for these scams as Amazon Prime Day goes live (9to5mac.com)

2026-06-23 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Prime Day Scam Detector → | tags: amazon prime day, apple products, fake amazon domains