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Regulation, antitrust, privacy and the widening negotiation between Washington and the technology industry, from The Silicon Ledger.
Researchers at Anthropic have demonstrated that self-replicating AI agents could theoretically propagate across consumer hardware without relying on centralized computing infrastructure, though significant practical barriers remain.
A researcher discovered an OAuth secret reused as a signing key across Google's developer documentation servers, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution. Google awarded a $90,000 bounty but took two months to deploy the patch.
A coordinated attack has disrupted cooling units across major retailers in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, with hackers forcing defrost cycles and disrupting pricing systems.
A software developer built an automatic license plate recognition system to monitor police vehicles, prompting officers to question his motives—a move that highlights the tension between surveillance technology and privacy concerns.
The state alleges that Polymaker deliberately marketed its products to the gun-building community, transforming ordinary printing material into what the law classifies as a firearm component.
A third-party intermediary charged in connection with the illegal diversion of artificial intelligence processors has agreed to plead guilty, marking a significant development in the ongoing case against Super Micro executives.
The White House has moved to block Microsoft, Adobe and six other technology and outsourcing firms from sponsoring foreign workers for permanent US residency, with Vice-President JD Vance accusing them of exploiting immigration programs and undercutting American employees.
Governments worldwide are rushing to implement age checks for online services, but these systems exclude hundreds of millions of people without government-issued ID—disproportionately harming vulnerable populations in developing nations.
