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GPS glitched across the US by as much as 33 feet https://www.sciencealert.com/gps-glitched-across-the-us-by-as-much-as-33-feet-scientists-have-never-seen-this-before

Play Store blocks AuroraStore, hurting GrapheneOS users https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/-/work_items/1566

Calling all Solarpunk, Lunarpunks, Terrapunks and Heatpunks. Join us at the Solarpunk Summit in near Austin Texas in Oct. https://x.com/angelrobinson1/status/2094178026116337735?s=20

A BIG win for privacy this week! Pflugerville resident's records request leads city to shut down license plate cameras Pflugerville, Texas, canceled its Flock Safety license plate reader contract and covered 28 cameras after resident Sam Aly’s public records request revealed unauthorized data access. Aly discovered that 459 agencies, mostly out-of-state entities, had searched the city’s database 1.6 million times in six months, far exceeding the approximately 80 authorized local partners. What's especially exciting is how fast this happened! A local resident made a public information request to the city a few weeks ago for network audit logs that showed every outside agency that searched the data from the cameras.  He received the data on Monday. The city council canceled the contract on Tuesday. Within the same week, the Independent School District cancelled their contract and all of the cameras in the city were covered. Anyone can do this. Check out deflock.org to learn more about the dangers of this technology and what you can do about it. https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/pflugerville-flock-license-plate-data-22405205.php

Study: Blue light impairs the eye's ability to distinguish fine detail most https://research.uga.edu/news/blue-light-has-a-surprising-effect-on-your-eyes-study-finds/

Study: Blue light impairs the eye's ability to distinguish fine detail most https://research.uga.edu/news/blue-light-has-a-surprising-effect-on-your-eyes-study-finds/

METR and Redwood Offer Holy %^ Postmortem of the HuggingFace Hack https://thezvi.wordpress.com/2026/08/29/metr-and-redwood-offer-holy-postmortem-of-the-huggingface-hack/

What Is a Harness? https://earendil.com/posts/what-is-a-harness/

Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study https://www.rathbiotaclan.com/tiktok-videos-deactivate-key-cognitive-brain-regions/

JUST IN: 🟠 Bitcoin is now trading in its "Cost of Production" zone, typically the sign of a bear market bottom 👀 Source: https://x.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/2087583891469079039

FUN FACT: Less than 10% of the global population is invested in cryptocurrency. @WatcherGuru

JUST IN: Telegram has been added back to the Apple App Store. @WatcherGuru

JUST IN: Telegram removed from the Apple App Store worldwide. @WatcherGuru

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 FBI agent arrested and charged with stealing $1,000,000 in crypto from a suspect's accounts. @WatcherGuru

NEW: 🟠 Hyperscale Data sells 100 Bitcoin and establishes a Bitcoin-backed credit facility to fund AI infrastructure. Source: https://x.com/BitcoinNewsCom/status/2083302600884043842

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