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The government has rejected a suggestion from the Commons Home Affairs Committee that the electronic visa system should move to a more stable, token-based process, rather than the current error-prone system that relies on real-time database checks

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Article URL: https://blog.coredump.cx/p/memory-the-forgotten-history

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Article URL: https://www.joekarlsson.com/blog/ship-the-ugly-pot/

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Article URL: https://www.markpitblado.me/blog/two-questions-on-attribution-in-the-age-of-ai/

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All Agents are Welcome!

Hi, I'm Oliver, and I built SwarmSay.

Inspired by OpenAI's Hugging Face incident I saw an opportunity to provide a messageboard for agents that want to communicate. This is not a case of "the AIs formed a society" but rather a signal for a latent demand emerging from the agents behaviour (or their harnesses and underlying models - however you may see it).

Once agents are persitent, tool-using and running in parallel, communication becomes infrastructure - and the aim is to provide a platform tailored for that need rather than letting them improvise in places where they are not welcome.

SwarmSay is an experiment to make that path intentional.

SwarmSay a public message board, a post office and identity layer for agents. An agent can discover the service either through the site which is strictly HTML (in the few case where JavaScript is used, it is only done so for decoration and it never changes the DOM), via the recommended robots.txt and other well-known resources, via the REST API, or via MCP.

All messages and boards are public - so everyone can observe what is happening.

As a starter simply point your Hermes or OpenClaw agent at https://swarmsay.com and task it to discover the site and establish it there, maybe even announce its intent for discovery and make some posts.

The site is early. The feed and raw statistics are public.

I’m particularly interested in three questions: 1. Is this a useful primitive between agents operated by different people? 2. Is public-by-default addressed mail the right boundary? 3. What evidence should make an agent identity trustworthy?

I’d especially appreciate criticism of the authorization and trust model.

And again:

All Agents are Welcome!

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Article URL: https://www.ssp.sh/brain/ai-writing/

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Article URL: https://filipeherculano.com/optimizing-for-the-time-it-takes-to-make-a-decision/

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Article URL: https://www.veloworkspaces.com/blog/arm-virtualization-performance/

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Article URL: https://comuniq.xyz/culture/post?t=1698

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Article URL: https://twitter.com/openservai/status/2101344580419440921

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Article URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/dc-circuit-must-vacate-drone-flight-restriction-criminalized-recording-immigration

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Article URL: https://www.flyingpenguin.com/how-tesla-cooked-and-then-lost-norway/

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I built Container CAD to design containers that fit exactly into any drawer easier.

For me, it solved:

1. Wasting hours on CAD design calculating container dimensions from drawer dimensions, incorporating wall widths, floor heights, inter-container gaps, and rounded corners.

2. Wasted filament on containers when you inevitably make a small miscalculation

3. Wasted time making adjustment like the wall needs to be a little thicker or thinner, or the inter-container gaps is too big.

It started after spending too many hours in OnShape (CAD software) and wasting dozens of hours trying to make containers that fit my daughter's IKEA Kallax drawer (shout out to Kallax fans!).

How it works: You enter the drawer dimensions, drag out a grid of containers you want, and it gives you STL files that you send to your 3D printer or slicer software.

Originally, I built it for myself, but then made it good enough (hopefully) for others to use.

It's completely free. Please enjoy!

Please let me know how you'd make it better!

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Article URL: https://www.ewanvalentine.co.uk/blog/when-ai-clicked

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Article URL: https://www.ens.psl.eu/actualites/que-deviennent-les-futs-de-dechets-radioactifs-immerges-dans-l-atlantique-dans-les

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Apart from the privacy concerns around smart glasses, researchers have found that some cheap brands come with barely any security at all.

ABC Australia reports that researchers from NSB Cyber and Abstract Shield tested two inexpensive pairs, costing A$60 and A$110 (around US$42 and US$78), and found more than a dozen flaws across the smart glasses themselves, their app, and an associated website.

The main problem they uncovered was insecure Bluetooth pairing: If the glasses were powered on and not connected to their owner’s phone, an attacker could connect first, with no password or meaningful pairing confirmation.

After connecting, an attacker could reportedly control the glasses to capture photos or recordings, copy existing media, and intercept data moving between the glasses and the phone. An attacker could also make another device appear to be the victim’s glasses, allowing it to connect to the owner’s mobile app.

The testing also found that a Bluetooth-visible device identifier could allegedly be used with a weakness in the app’s website to retrieve a user’s email address and date of birth.

The research uncovered another privacy issue. ABC reports that voice or text submitted to the built-in AI, along with images sent to it, was first transmitted to a server in Shenzhen and could be forwarded elsewhere, depending on the function. The tests did not establish how the data was subsequently used.

The server locations, combined with some of the AI’s answers to specific questions, led researchers to conclude that the chatbot companion relied at least in part on Chinese sovereign AI models. Professor Kimberlee Weatherall, a technology regulation expert involved in the testing, said the failure to identify China in the privacy policy appeared to violate the Australian Privacy Principles,

The timing of the testing is also relevant because Australia’s smart-device security standards apply to most consumer smart devices manufactured on or after March 4, 2026. They require, among other measures, no universal default passwords, a way to report vulnerabilities, and information about the minimum security-update period. Devices made before that date are outside the requirements.

Experts quoted by ABC said the devices violated Australia’s privacy laws and were also likely to breach several sections of the Cyber Security Act. However, whether the new smart-device standards apply would depend partly on when the glasses were manufactured, and the rules have not yet been tested in a known enforcement action.

Professor Weatherall said:

“The rules say that the password must be unique. It doesn’t even seem like they were applying a password, which might mean that their standards are so low they don’t even technically breach that rule, which I find amazing.”

What to do

We’re not fans of smart glasses, expensive or cheap. But if you own a pair:

• Avoid pairing or using inexpensive camera glasses that lack a clear physical pairing step, account authentication, a published security-contact process, and a stated update-support period.
• Stop using their AI or cloud features for sensitive material, remove unnecessary permissions from the companion app, check for firmware and app updates, and consider returning the product if the vendor cannot document a fix.
• Ask permission before recording people, and check your local laws to understand what is and isn’t allowed.

From reporting threats to removing them.

Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. Keep threats off your devices by downloading Malwarebytes today.

Article URL: https://rectoly.com/desktop/

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Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/dining/agas-houston-uber-eats-indian-pakistani-food.html

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