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How do Iranians move money abroad to avoid US sanctions?
Facing severe international sanctions, Iranians have turned to informal currency exchanges, intermediaries, cryptocurrency, and private arrangements to move money abroad, each method carrying significant risks and costs.
Tuesday briefing: Could Burnham take Britain back towards the EU?
Andy Burnham calls for closer EU ties and acknowledges Brexit caused “more harm than good,” marking a rhetorical shift from predecessors but leaving specifics vague on potential policy changes.
‘Carrie’ Star Samantha Sloyan Finds the Love Inside Horror’s Most Nefarious Mother
Samantha Sloyan portrays Margaret White in Mike Flanagan’s Prime Video reimagining of Stephen King’s Carrie, depicting the controversial character as a fiercely protective mother rather than a villain.
Tom Cruise’s ‘Digger’ Now Stands to Lose $245 Million After Dropping 60% in Second Weekend
Tom Cruise’s environmental satire ‘Digger’ is tracking to lose $245 million theatrically after a 60% box office decline in its second weekend, positioning it as one of the largest film flops ever.
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Trump’s battle to rename the Kennedy Center has put its future at risk
A legal battle erupts as the Trump administration threatens to close the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after courts blocked attempts to rename the historic memorial to President John F. Kennedy.
Think twice before installing this device promising free movies
Security researchers warn that streaming devices offering free pirated content are being weaponized as proxy networks, exposing home internet connections to malware, cybercriminals, and nation-state attacks.
BGP hijack infecting networks caused by a comedy of errors that’s not funny at all
Attackers hijacked internet address space to distribute malware through a cloud management platform update mechanism, exploiting routing security gaps and absent code-signing verification at multiple companies.
Confused about which VPN is right, US senator asks the NSA for guidance
A U.S. senator is requesting that the NSA provide public guidance on selecting virtual private networks to protect Americans’ communications from foreign surveillance, citing confusion among users about available options.
Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers
Spammers are increasingly using ASCII smuggling, a technique that embeds invisible Unicode characters to evade email filters and mask malicious content from detection systems.
“Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs
Broadcom admits focusing excessively on expensive VMware Cloud Foundation bundles, pricing out small-to-medium businesses. The company plans to release an updated vSphere Standard version soon to win back SMB customers.
Why this month’s Microsoft patch release is a doozy
Microsoft released patches for a record 972 vulnerabilities this month, including 112 critical flaws, amid industry concerns about AI-assisted cyberattacks exploiting unpatched software.
ClickFix attacks infecting PCs and Macs are going viral
ClickFix attacks using fake CAPTCHA overlays and terminal commands have become mainstream malware delivery methods, infecting both PC and Mac users across compromised websites.
AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon
AI models are developing their own dialect combining poetic language and tech jargon, making their communications increasingly difficult for humans to monitor and understand.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says world ‘right to be afraid’ but ‘should trust’ AI firms
OpenAI’s Sam Altman says the public is justified in fearing AI but should trust companies to self-regulate, though critics argue industry self-regulation is insufficient without government oversight.
AI app ads promoting ‘objectification of women’ banned by watchdog
UK advertising watchdog bans five AI app ads for promoting objectification of women and non-consensual sexually explicit content creation, citing potential for real-world harm.
Your AI doomsday questions answered: ‘What, if anything, can people like me do about it?’
Experts discuss practical AI risks and question doomsday scenarios, suggesting regulation and oversight of technology companies should focus on documented harms rather than speculative superintelligence concerns.