Topic: social media reports
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Power Outage Snarls San Francisco Traffic with Stranded Waymo Cars
A major power outage in San Francisco stranded multiple Waymo autonomous vehicles, highlighting a vulnerability in their infrastructure-dependent systems, while Tesla's FSD feature reportedly operated unaffected. Waymo proactively suspended its service for safety, with speculation that the vehicl...
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Charlie Kirk Shot Dead at Utah Turning Point USA Event
Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, was fatally shot at age 31 while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University. A person of interest was initially detained but later released, with the investigation remaining active and ongoing amid conflicting reports. The university closed its c...
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Nationwide Verizon Wireless Outage Affects Many
A major Verizon Wireless outage across the U.S. is causing widespread loss of connectivity, with many phones dropping to SOS-only mode. Verizon has acknowledged the issue and its engineers are working on a fix, but there is no estimated time for full service restoration. Despite a decline in form...
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Trust Wallet Hack: $7 Million Stolen in Extension Attack
A malicious update to the Trust Wallet Chrome extension on December 24th led to a $7 million cryptocurrency theft by stealing users' private wallet data. The attackers also launched a coordinated phishing campaign using a fake website to trick users into surrendering their wallet recovery seed ph...
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Google Denies Major Gmail Breach, Insists Security Is Strong
Google has officially denied reports of a massive Gmail security breach, stating that no widespread compromise of user data has occurred and that the service remains secure. The confusion arose from unrelated incidents, including a limited breach of a corporate server with no exposure of sensitiv...
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Did a Windows Update Really Break Your SSD? Probably Not.
Reports emerged suggesting Windows 11 updates damaged SSDs with Phison controllers, causing concern among users on social media. Both Microsoft and Phison conducted investigations and found no evidence linking the updates to drive failures, with tests unable to reproduce the issue. The claims wer...
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Microsoft Office vs. 365 Copilot: Why the Confusion?
The traditional desktop Microsoft Office suite has not been renamed to Microsoft 365 Copilot; the name "Office" still refers to the one-time purchase software. Microsoft 365 Copilot is the rebranded name for the subscription service, which includes AI features, desktop apps, and web-based tools, ...
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Rocket Report: Baikonur Blunder; Are Engines Essential for Launch?
The global launch industry is highly active, with SpaceX conducting seven recent launches and up to twenty more orbital attempts expected worldwide before December ends. A major Russian RS-28 Sarmat ICBM test failed dramatically, with the missile crashing seconds after liftoff near its launch sit...
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Starship Booster Damaged in Friday Test, Launch Delayed
A major incident occurred during pre-launch testing of SpaceX's Starship Version 3 booster, causing substantial damage to its lower section, though the exact cause remains unknown. The event represents a significant setback for SpaceX, as this prototype included key design improvements aimed at e...
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Google Tests AI-Generated Search Snippets
Google is testing AI-generated descriptions and summaries in search results, which may change how users interact with listings and affect click-through behavior. The experiment includes two approaches: replacing existing descriptions with AI versions or adding AI-summarized snippets, both marked ...
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Global Spam Wave Exploits Zendesk Ticket Systems
A global spam campaign exploits a default setting in Zendesk support software, allowing attackers to flood inboxes with fake ticket confirmation emails from legitimate company domains. The emails, sent from major organizations like Discord and Dropbox, contain alarming subject lines but no malici...
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