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Anthropic’s 60MB source‑map leak exposed release failures — the DMCA sweep was far from clean

Anthropic accidentally shipped a 60MB source map inside npm package v2.1.88 that tied bundled production files back to roughly 512,000 lines of original TypeScript across about 1,900 files. The company’s follow‑up DMCA notices briefly disabled more than 8,100 GitHub repositories, a response that turned a deployment error into a platform‑scale enforcement incident. How a build […]

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When 0x80073712 appears: Microsoft’s pull of KB5079391 and replacement KB5086672 underline persistent Windows update validation gaps

Microsoft pulled the Windows 11 optional preview update KB5079391 within hours of its March 26, 2026 release after installation failures surfaced with error 0x80073712, and then issued an out‑of‑band replacement, KB5086672, on March 31, 2026. That rapid pull‑and‑replace sequence makes clear that update validation still struggles to catch certain failures at scale, even with phased […]

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April 2016 → October 2017: Manus Island was closed, but the legal, human and financial fallout continues (39 still stranded in 2025)

The PNG Supreme Court declared Manus Island’s detention centre unconstitutional in April 2016, and the facility was formally closed in October 2017 — but those events did not resolve the policy’s costs, lawsuits or the people left in legal limbo. This article traces the closure’s sequence, how the offshore system worked, and the concrete checkpoints […]

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WhatsApp’s Parent-Managed Accounts: PIN‑Gated Parental Control vs. Reduced Features for Pre‑teens

WhatsApp has introduced parent-managed accounts for pre-teens under 13 that trade off a narrower set of app features for stronger, PIN‑protected parental controls while preserving end-to-end encryption. The change is designed to give parents active setup and approval powers rather than a passive monitoring tool. How setup and parental controls are enforced Setting up a […]

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