A new UN-backed scientific report warns that even a temporary breach of the 1.5C Paris warming threshold could cause irreversible loss of glaciers, snow and polar ice sheets. It finds Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are already melting roughly six times faster than in the 1990s, and that returning warming to 1.5C after an overshoot would not stop continued ice loss. The report's authors argue long-term global temperatures need to fall closer to 1C, or lower, to protect the cryosphere.
news.slashdot.org
· 2026-11-07
Reuters and The Washington Post report that Democratic lawmakers, set to control both chambers of Congress in January, are preparing investigations into major tech companies' ties to the Trump administration. Apple is named as a target over its handling of apps used to track ICE activity, after it pulled ICEBlock and similar apps from the App Store last year following Justice Department pressure citing agent safety concerns.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-11-06
Snoop Dogg's ice cream brand Dr. Bombay has hired Australian concert violinist Annabelle Traves as its first International Ice Cream Taster, a three-month, $10,000-a-month role. She was chosen from more than 350,000 applicants across 130-plus countries in a search run by HR platform Deel, after submitting a violin rendition of a Snoop Dogg song in her application. Her duties include helping the brand expand into new markets, developing flavors, and creating a Deel-branded ice cream.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-11-06
The Verge's Sean Hollister says he tested the Bambu Lab P2S Combo 3D printer for a year alongside competing machines, logging 6,770 hours of print time across four printers and producing 40,000 whistles for ICE whistleblowers in the process. He names the P2S Combo, currently discounted to $649 through December 1st from its usual $749, as the printer he would personally buy.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-06
Organizers and voting data cited by WIRED indicate that aggressive ICE immigration enforcement this year has not suppressed Latino voter turnout, contrary to civil society groups' fears. Early voting figures show more than 57 million ballots cast nationally as of Monday afternoon, about 10 million more than the full early-voting total in the 2022 midterms, with University of Florida Election Lab data showing Latino voters making up a larger share than in past cycles. This comes despite repeated hints from Trump and officials like DHS secretary Markwayne Mullin and attorney general Todd Blanche about possible ICE activity near polls, even as DHS says it has no such deployment plans.
wired.com
· 2026-11-03
Glacial archaeologists with the Secrets of the Ice project in Innlandet, Norway, report that the oldest ice layers in the region's mountains are now melting, exposing arrowheads and shafts dating back to the Stone Age and Bronze Age. One recent find, a slate arrowhead with its shaft, is estimated at 5,000 to 6,000 years old, while Viking Age artefacts, previously the most common finds, are becoming rarer. Over the project's 20-year history, researchers have also recovered reindeer hunting equipment, clothing, footwear, packhorse remains and skis from the ice.
sciencenorway.no
· 2026-10-30
A hosting provider received a takedown notice, filed through a third-party company on behalf of a government agency, demanding removal of icepi.cx (now icepicx.is), a site listing work identities and contact details of immigration enforcement officers. The provider refused, arguing the site discloses officials' public roles rather than private personal details, and restored the site online.
blog.flokinet.is
· 2026-10-30
A group calling itself the Department of Peace breached an Okta single sign-on system used by the Department of Homeland Security, stealing names, contact details and job assignments for more than 41,000 employees, including CBP and ICE workers. The stolen data was published in a searchable tool called Icepick on the Distributed Denial of Secrets site, built with help from researcher maia arson crimew. DHS confirmed it is aware of a 'potential breach' and is working to address it.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-29
A data leak has exposed personal and professional information belonging to more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees, according to a report. The exposed records reportedly include names, phone numbers, job titles, and work assignments for staff across agencies such as ICE and CBP.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-29
A hacking group called Department of Peace obtained records on more than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors, including staff at ICE and CBP, and leaked them to transparency nonprofit DDoSecrets, which published the trove as 'Icepick.' The data includes emails, phone numbers, office addresses and details on internal systems and surveillance programs, reportedly pulled from DHS's Okta login system, though Okta says it has found no evidence of a breach.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-29
A group calling itself the Department of Peace stole and released records for more than 41,000 Homeland Security personnel, including email addresses, phone numbers and office locations, plus details tied to undercover and surveillance programs. About 21,000 records belong to Customs and Border Protection staff and 10,000 to ICE personnel, with a third of those linked to Homeland Security Investigations. The group says it obtained the data through Okta, the single sign-on service DHS uses, though Okta told Wired it found no evidence its own systems or data were compromised.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-29
Google, Meta and other major tech companies are resisting sweeping requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for user data, as the agency seeks information tied to immigration-related speech on their platforms. The companies are reportedly contesting the scope of these demands rather than complying automatically.
wsj.com
· 2026-10-29
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