Aug 5, 2026
They might look like they're slithering but really they are scuttling.
Aug 5, 2026
God's workhttps://www.gadgetreview.com/someone-cut-down-every-single-flock-camera-in-this-town-in-a-single-night
Aug 5, 2026
Legislation like New York’s S9934A sweeps far beyond AI, targeting anonymity rather than the real technical issue: overaggressive crawling that can overtax technological infrastructure. Governor Hochul should veto it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/08/eff-joins-18-civil-rights-organizations-calling-governor-hochul-reject-stealth
Aug 5, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday hinted that Israel could take unilateral military action against Iran as diplomatic efforts continued to secure an agreement aimed at ending the conflict between Tehran and Washington, Anadolu reports. Archived version: archive.is/…/20260805-israels-netanyahu-hints-at-… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Aug 5, 2026
More than 50 offending image and video ads were published across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, or Threads, according to Meta’s ad library data. Some ran as recently as this week. Archived version: archive.is/…/meta-ran-ads-that-contained-ai-gener…
Aug 5, 2026
Researchers found a group of issues that mean Private Relay isn’t actually protecting users’ real IP addresses. 404 Media verified the issues do expose IP addresses. Archived version: archive.is/…/apples-private-relay-is-exposing-use…
Aug 5, 2026
Reddit says the beloved site is used for some “bad behavior.”
Aug 5, 2026
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with British Defense Secretary Wes Streeting in Kyiv on Aug. 5, marking the British official’s first visit to the Ukrainian capital. Archived version: archive.is/…/uk-defense-chief-meets-with-zelensky… Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Aug 5, 2026
Thomas Smith, whose name remained on ballot, beats Republican rivals in primary contest for eighth district
Aug 5, 2026
The US and Ecuadorian joint attacks in Latin America are escalating, with the Pentagon expanding boat bombings to combat drug cartels. Despite concerns of war crimes, the US military is pushing forward with deadly operations. Archived version: archive.is/newest/…/us-military-in-latin-america Disclaimer: The article linked is from a single source with a single perspective. Make sure to cross-check information against multiple sources to get a comprehensive view on the situation.
Aug 5, 2026
Airbus has officially reaffirmed its operational target to deliver approximately 870 commercial aircraft in 2026. The European planemaker is accelerating production across its A321neo and A350 assembly lines to address massive airline backlogs worldwide.
Aug 5, 2026
Advocates fear Trump administration is accelerating efforts to get thousands of children without legal representation to self-deport
Aug 5, 2026
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched an investigation into an air traffic safety incident involving Marine One, the helicopter carrying President Donald Trump, near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
Aug 5, 2026
Mexican broadcaster TelevisaUnivision has obtained one of the broadest anti-piracy injunctions ever issued by a U.S. federal court. Case file: torrentfreak.com/images/tu-injunction.pdf Case file: torrentfreak.com/images/tu-rrpdf.pdf Case file: torrentfreak.com/images/tu-tro.pdf
Aug 5, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed’s victory is earthquake for Democratic Party old guard
Aug 5, 2026
Most AI tools require some sort of privacy sacrifice, so understanding the risk is important. https://ssd.eff.org/module/privacy-considerations-with-ai-tools
Aug 5, 2026
Tomorrow we’re aiming to release 3.29.2 which will contain improvements to leagues. Such as: Elite enemies spawned by Abyss Pits will have higher effectiveness, meaning they are more rewarding, and on average there are more Elites spawning from Abyss Pits. Abyss Scarab of Crystals will now cause every Abyssal Pit in the area except for the final one to spawn an Abyssal Crystal. Abyssal Crystals increase the difficulty and reward of all subsequent Abyssal Monsters spawned from pits. Previously, this only spawned crystals on pits that had no reward, which often resulted in very few crystals spawning, as subsequent closed pits had increasing chances for a reward to spawn. Enshrouded items in Crystals of Permutations can now be charged up to 3 times, gaining “Variant Rarity” each time the crystal is charged. The higher the Variant Rarity the more likely the resultant Vestigial item is to be a rarer Unique item. You can break out a Crystal to obtain a Vestigial Unique as long as you have fully charged the item at least once (gained at least 1 Variant Rarity). The amount of Wildwood Wisps gained by players in the Viridian Wildwood has been increased. Lowered the damage that several enemy mercenary skills deal. Added a crafting bench to the Menagerie. Offering to the Deep altars in Voyages will now display the chance they grant for certain currencies to convert to others, and these chances have been raised across the board, though these altars are individually less common. The intention is that these are significantly more noticeable when they do appear. Across many voyages there will overall be a higher number of currencies converted, assuming you are finding and interacting with these altars. This will come alongside many other bug fixes and general improvements, as usual. Next week, we’re aiming to have a follow up patch to this where we plan to do the following: Players will be able to obtain, through various endgame means, 6 different “Cursed Ducats”. These Cursed Ducats are quest items, and non-tradeable. The Voyage UI will have three sockets, similar to Voidstone Sockets on the Atlas UI. Cursed Ducats can be socketed into these, meaning you can have up to three of them active at a time. Each Cursed Ducat you socket will ratchet up the quantity and rarity of items dropped by slain enemies in Chart and Voyage encounters, but each Ducat also comes with it’s own bespoke difficulty modifier as well. To be clear, Charts and Voyages can be opened without any of these active as per normal, but this provides an avenue for players looking for further challenge from deepwater encounters, while also providing a layer of customisation when doing so. Since there are six Cursed Ducats and three sockets to use them in, you can safely and easily avoid a Ducat that has a downside your build is not prepared to deal with, while still making use of three total Cursed Ducats in order to get the maximum bonus to the monsters in your Voyages and Charts possible.
Aug 5, 2026
0.5.4e Hotfix Fixed a client crash.
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Aug 5, 2026
Very suspicious.
Aug 5, 2026
Since 2021, EFF has been advocating against the use of armed robots or drones by law enforcement. This call has only become more urgent. Lawmakers need to act now. Learn more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/lawmakers-must-act-now-prevent-armed-police-drones