2026 Jul 19

[rcjordan]

WordPress Core "wp2shell" RCE flaws get public exploits, patch now
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/wordpress-core-wp2shell-rce-flaws-get-public-exploits-patch-now/

Ritzy SoCal city rocked by rare cancer outbreak suspends use of chemical landscaping products
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/ritzy-socal-city-rocked-rare-212855629.html

Germany's 5,000 heat deaths: What the numbers reveal
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-5000-heat-deaths-what-the-numbers-reveal/a-78010353

America's biggest housing law in 30 years, explained | Vox
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/496019/housing-congress-washington-road-to-build-yimby

Waymo is wearing out welcome in San Francisco as mayor responds - TheStreet
https://www.thestreet.com/automotive/san-francisco-mayor-challenges-waymo

California's EV Rebate Won't Apply To All Cars. These 13 Automakers Qualify
https://insideevs.com/news/802050/california-ev-tax-credit-brands/

AI hype seems to be cooling as tech stocks dramatically plunge
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-hype-seems-cooling-tech-163250190.html

LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking - Notebookcheck News
https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-TVs-and-monitors-said-to-surveil-users-and-install-bloatware-without-asking.1345261.0.html

This New Process Turns Plastic Trash Into Clean Fuel Instead of Pollution
https://gizmodo.com/this-new-process-turns-plastic-trash-into-clean-fuel-instead-of-pollution-2000787077

Near-Earth asteroid not an asteroid at all
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/near-earth-asteroid-not-asteroid-184929932.html?guccounter=1

Great white shark logs more than 350 miles in 1 week | Fox Weather
https://www.foxweather.com/earth-space/great-white-shark-ripple-tracked-off-canada-coast

AI‑designed gene‑editing enzymes expand the CRISPR toolbox
https://phys.org/news/2026-07-aidesigned-geneediting-enzymes-crispr-toolbox.html

What people look at most reflects their brains' specialization
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-07-people-brains-specialization.html

Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors Develop | Inside Precision Medicine
https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/oncology/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine-triggers-immune-response-before-tumors-develop/

Government use of automated AI decision-making to be curbed under new Australian rules
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/19/national-ai-plan-labor-anthony-albanese-andrew-charlton

AI-assisted preaching in American churches
Pastors Using AI to Help Write Sermons Grapple With Where to Draw the Line - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/pastors-using-ai-to-help-write-sermons-grapple-with-where-to-draw-the-line-97dcd1f9?mod=rss_Technology

Using AI makes people less likely to admit they don't know something
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/07/19/using-ai-makes-people-less-likely-to-admit-they-dont-know-something/5274567

[rcjordan]

YT-slop-purge-has-arrived

YouTube's S-CTS: The Slop Purge Explained
Google released a research report that describes exactly how YouTube is going after slop at scale

https://insidethecreator.beehiiv.com/p/the-slop-purge-has-arrived

[rcjordan]

Clever hacker fits 537,000 domains in a tiny $5 ESP32 ad-blocking dongle — firmware uses only around 50KB of RAM and can answer blocked lookups in 10 milliseconds | Tom's Hardware

https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/clever-hacker-fits-537-000-domains-in-a-tiny-usd5-esp32-ad-blocking-dongle-firmware-uses-only-around-50kb-of-ram-and-can-answer-blocked-lookups-in-10-milliseconds