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God told them to sell crypto. Their investors lost everything.

This article was produced in partnership with Type Investigations and with support from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. When Eli Regalado first heard God speak to him, he wondered whether he was hallucinating. Now he likens the experience to having “a thought that is not my thought.” Divine words echo in his mind like a…

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Slack can now vibe-code interactive charts and reports inside chats

A new feature coming to Slack will allow you to build interactive reports, polls, dashboards, presentations, microsites, and other tools directly inside a chat. With Slackforce Surfaces, you can describe to Slackbot what you need, and it will use AI to gather information from relevant conversations and connected apps, like Google Drive or Salesforce, to…

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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K is over half off at under $20

Looking to take full advantage of your 4K television, but your current streaming stick doesn’t have the right features? Through September 13th, you can grab an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K from Woot for just $16.09 when you use the coupon code FIRE30 at checkout. With support for Wi-Fi 6 and 2GB of memory, it’s…

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LG G5 vs Samsung S95F vs Sony Bravia 8 II: 165Hz Gap [2026]

Three OLED televisions are splitting the gaming-display conversation in September 2026: the LG G5, the Samsung S95F, and the Sony Bravia 8 II. All three chase the same buyer, someone running a PS5 Pro, an Xbox Series X, and possibly a docked Nintendo Switch 2 off the same set, who wants the lowest input lag…

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AI Weaponizes Bugs in 48 Hours, Breaches Hit $6.04M [2026]

Artificial intelligence has crossed a threshold in cybersecurity, and the numbers back it up. CrowdStrike’s 2026 Threat Hunting Report, released August 3, 2026, found that 88% of vulnerabilities with a public proof-of-concept exploit were weaponized within 48 hours during the first half of the year. Days after that, IBM’s 2026 Cost of a Data Breach…

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CISA Flags First MCP Flaw: LiteLLM Hits CVSS 8.8 [2026]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added a vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 2, 2026, that looks different from the usual entries on that list. CVE-2026-59822 does not target a firewall, a VPN gateway, or a mail server. It targets LiteLLM, an open-source proxy that routes traffic between applications and large…

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osquery Endpoint Monitoring Setup: 13 Steps, 60 Min [2026]

osquery turns every laptop, server, and container host into a queryable SQL database. Instead of grepping log files or SSHing into a box to check what processes are running, you write a SELECT statement. Meta built it internally, open-sourced it in 2014, and it now sits under the osquery Foundation inside the Linux Foundation, licensed…

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It’s the year of smartphone price hikes

Paying more for a new phone seems almost unavoidable after Apple’s event today. The new iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max start at $1,199 and $1,299, respectively – a $100 price hike over their predecessors. You can’t dodge the price hike by opting for an older iPhone, either, because Apple raised prices on those by…

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Volvo XC40 PHEV is back with a new look, better sensors, and Gemini AI

It’s been about three years since Volvo discontinued its plug-in hybrid XC40. The mild hybrid version remains on sale in the US and elsewhere, alongside the electric EX40. Today, Volvo announced it was bringing back the PHEV version and giving it a major facelift. When it arrives at dealerships early next year, the new XC40…

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