Two and a Half Bens

By Pheonix, PhoneBoy, and SirBemrose

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March 14, 202619 - K-Y Jelly For Your Data
You're paying AI companies a monthly subscription

AI Can Now Unmask Anonymous Internet Users, New Study Finds

US military reportedly used Claude in Iran strikes despite Trump’s ban

FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware

FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware

Dev stunned by $82K Gemini bill after unknown API key thief goes to town

OpenClaw has yet another major security flaw

Wheatfield, Indiana Solar Farm Devastated by Severe Storm: Assessing the Aftermath - Energy News Beat

NIPSCO releases statement after severe weather damaged Wheatfield solar farm

1 billion identity records exposed in ID verification data leak

Mailinator Alternatives

I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI

She Came Out of the Bathroom Naked, Employee Says

Meta sued over AI smart glasses' privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage

A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses

Amazon orders 90-day reset after code mishaps cause millions of lost orders

WhatsApp introduces parent-managed accounts for pre-teens

California Law Forces Age-Tracking Into Every Operating System by 2027

MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow

I traced $2 billion in nonprofit grants and 45 states of lobbying records to figure out who's behind the age verification bills.

upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings

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2h 22min
February 21, 202618 - AI Arsonist
Klaatu thread on OpenClaw

Why Trying to Secure OpenClaw is Ridiculous

OpenClaw AI agents targeted by infostealer malware for the first time

An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me

Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story

Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations - Ars Technica

Microsoft AI CEO Warns Most White Collar Jobs Fully Automated "Within Next 12-18 Months"; Anthropic Fears Potential For 'Heinous Crimes'

Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of its self-driving cars

As Pentagon Races to Deploy AI, Operational Challenges Highlight Risks

As Pentagon Races to Deploy AI, Operational Challenges Highlight Risks

Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down

Accenture ‘links staff promotions to use of AI tools’

Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage

Microsoft Teams hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly collecting voice data — violating Illinois biometric privacy laws

TeamSpeak's Servers Overwhelmed By Mass Discord Exodus

Password managers’ promise that they can’t see your vaults isn’t always true

Amazon blames human employees for an AI coding agent's mistake

YouTube Blocks Background Listening Workaround for Free Users

Google Maps Is Now Less Useful If You’re Not Signed In

Texas sues TP-Link over China links and security vulnerabilities

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1h 55min
February 14, 202617 - Open Source Freeballing
Windows 11 Notepad flaw let files execute silently via Markdown links

Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users

Microsoft’s Pivotal AI Product Is Running Into Big Problems

It’s incredible. It’s terrifying. It’s OpenClaw. | 1Password

From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password

Moltbook was peak AI theater

Docker’s AI Assistant Vulnerability Exposes Critical Security Flaws in Containerization Platform

Google recovers "deleted" Nest video in high-profile abduction case

Surrender as a service: Microsoft unlocks BitLocker for feds

149 Million Usernames and Passwords Exposed by Unsecured Database

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2h 57min
January 24, 202616 - HTML Motherfuckers
Saying "please" to ChatGPT costs OpenAI $millions, but Sam Altman says it's well-spent

Treating AI like a Human

OpenAI says its data centers will pay for their own energy and limit water usage

Google Patches Zero-Click Gemini AI Flaw Leaking Workspace Data

Lexus uses OTA update to disable remote start in Germany because climate authoritarianism

Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations

840,000+ users hit by malicious browser extensions. Uninstall these ASAP!

Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"

Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars

Cisco’s Zero-Day RCE Nightmare: UC Flaw Sparks Urgent Patching Frenzy

MSFT rolls out OOB updates to fix broken Reboot Tuesday

LastPass Warns of Fake Maintenance Messages Targeting Users' Master Passwords

GitLab patches major security flaw - here's what we know

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2h 24min
January 10, 202615 - Hell-LM
Stolen LastPass backups enable crypto theft through 2025
Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot
The Downside to Using AI for All Those Boring Tasks at Work
Google: Don’t make “bite-sized” content for LLMs if you care about search rank
This Holiday it is Time to Acknowledge Fraud at Palo Alto Networks
AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse Newer models are more prone to silent but deadly failure modes
MSFT quibbles on what AI behavior constitutes a "vulnerability"
Microsoft pushes huge Copilot update with features like Clippy 2.0
ChatGPT falls to new data-pilfering attack as a vicious cycle in AI continues
Texas gets TRO to prevent Samsung from collecting SmartTV data
Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87
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2h 18min
December 28, 202514 - Alphabet Mafia
California startup's new fire-suppression system uses sound instead of water
The Sound of Silence: How Waves Snuff a Flame
Using Sound Waves to Put Out Fire: The Story of Two George Mason University Students | Emergent
New UEFI flaw enables pre-boot attacks on motherboards from Gigabyte, MSI, ASUS, ASRock
Riot is forcing Valorant players to update their PC firmware to keep playing
Our king, our priest, our feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages
Malicious npm package steals WhatsApp accounts and messages
Fraudsters are using AI systems to forge art documents
The scientist who helped create AI says it’s only ‘a matter of time’ before every single job is wiped out—even safer trade jobs like plumbing
Microsoft wants to replace its entire C and C++ codebase, perhaps by 2030
Google Search Traffic Drops 25 Points To News Publishers In Two Years
LangGrinch Vulnerability in LangChain Core Enables RCE via Prompt Injections
From AI to analog, cybersecurity tabletop exercises look a little different this year
Elon Musk Says He's Removing 'Sustainable' From Tesla's Mission
Tesla is the most unreliable used car brand in America, even behind Jeep and Chrysler
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2h 14min
December 13, 202513 - A New Error
React2Shell
React2Shell: Decoding CVE-2025-55182 – The Silent Threat in React Server Components
Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner
Brave browser starts testing agentic AI mode for automated tasks
AI will play an even bigger role in our love lives in 2026, experts say
GA man arrested for destroying evidence by erasing his phone
Python plan to boost software security foiled by Trump admin’s anti-DEI rules
Over 10,000 Docker Hub images found leaking credentials, auth keys
The Worst Thing About AI Is That People Can’t Shut Up About It
Smart bed owners experience AWS outage nightmare as they're left sweating and stuck in upright position
Linux founder Linus Torvalds defends Windows’ Blue Screens of Death
Google DeepMind agrees to sweeping partnership with government: 'Incredible potential to drive a new era'
ChatGPT's 'Adult Mode' Is Coming in 2026
FuckU-FuckMe
Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”
New ConsentFix attack hijacks Microsoft accounts via Azure CLI
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2h 17min
November 29, 202512 - From Caffeine to Hate
Decades-old ‘Finger’ protocol abused in ClickFix malware attacks
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
How The $10 Trillion AI Bubble Pops
Why can’t ChatGPT tell time?
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it’s costing the economy
OpenAI discloses API customer data breach via Mixpanel vendor hack
What to know about a recent Mixpanel security incident
Flights disrupted after Airbus discovers intense sun radiation could impact flight control data
Cloudflare out for 6hrs - internet goes dark
AWS outage in October 2025
AWS denies global outage, blames ‘inaccurate speculation’ after Fortnite, Arc Raiders and other platforms suffer simultaneous outages
Experts warn of ‘ChatGPT psychosis’ among users of AI chatbots
Fake “Windows Update” screen fuels new wave of ClickFix attacks
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1h 51min
November 15, 202511 - Antisocial Media
Hackers found a way to weaponize CAPTCHA pages, and it's incredibly effective
'Orthosomnia' Might Be Ruining Your Sleep. Here's What You Should Know.
Hackers turn Cisco and Citrix zero-days into a malware nightmare
Why Windows sucks and how to fix it, according to a former Microsoft engineer
MSFT Teams feature to block screen capture
Unsurprisingly, X users locked out in the cold after botched authentication switch
Google is rolling out conversational shopping—and ads—in AI Mode search
DoorDash hit by new data breach in October exposing user information
Original Mac calculator design came from letting Steve Jobs play with menus for 10 minutes
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1h 51min
November 01, 202510 - Societal Fuckery
Researchers show that training on “junk data” can lead to LLM “brain rot”
When AI writes code, humans clean up the mess
Digital ID is now less about illegal working, more about rummaging through drawers
BRUSH EXPLOIT CAN CAUSE ANY CHROMIUM BROWSER TO COLLAPSE IN 15-60 SECONDS
EY EXPOSES 4TB SQL SERVER BACKUP PUBLICLY ON MICROSOFT AZURE
Meet the new Clippy: Microsoft unveils Copilot's "Mico" avatar
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
Why AI Breaks Bad
Study: AI Models Trained On Clickbait Slop Result In AI ‘Brain Rot,’ ‘Hostility’
AI enabled browsers are a security nightmare
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1h 51min

FAQs about Two and a Half Bens:

How many episodes does Two and a Half Bens have?

The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.