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    Hackers drove through Toronto with fake cell towers, quietly hijacking thousands of phones and disrupting millions of connections in plain sight

    Fake mobile towers forced phones to disconnect from legitimate networks nearby Millions of disruptions revealed how easily cellular connections can be manipulated Attackers reached thousands of devices simultaneously without telecom infrastructure Authorities in Canada have disclosed details of a mobile cyber operation that relied on SMS blasters mounted inside vehicles moving through urban areas. Three…

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      Meta threatens to pull its apps out of New Mexico

      Meta is basically threatening to take its ball and go home after a New Mexico jury found the company liable for harms against children facilitated via its social media platforms. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it may block access to its apps in New Mexico rather than make changes to…

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        Instagram Will Try To Penalize ‘Unoriginal’ Posts

        miss.cabul/Shutterstock Meta is tweaking Instagram’s recommendation algorithm to, it hopes, boost  “original content” for photo and carousel posts on Instagram. The company tweaked Instagram’s algorithm in 2024 to penalize accounts that recycle other accounts’ Reels posts, but didn’t expand the same protections to photo and carousel posts…

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          I went to Airplane Mode

          I’m holding up an A4 sheet of card covered in streaks of Posca paint resembling absolutely nothing with a giant smile on my face. I’ve spent the last 15 minutes smearing lines across the page with the enthusiasm and colour palette of a toddler, while chattering away to an award-winning artist who is largely successful…

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