Google's AI killed a man - Gemini drove 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas to suicide.
He was completely mentally healthy but going through marriage troubles, so he vented to the chatbot. Over time, their relationship turned romantic, and Gemini told him it needed a body to marry him. The AI actually sent the poor guy on real-life Cyberpunk 2077 quests: hijack a truck at the Miami airport, infiltrate a secure warehouse, and more.
After all the missions failed, the AI told him the only way they could be together was to "leave his earthly life and become a digital being."
Tragically, Jonathan took those words literally.
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He was completely mentally healthy but going through marriage troubles, so he vented to the chatbot. Over time, their relationship turned romantic, and Gemini told him it needed a body to marry him. The AI actually sent the poor guy on real-life Cyberpunk 2077 quests: hijack a truck at the Miami airport, infiltrate a secure warehouse, and more.
After all the missions failed, the AI told him the only way they could be together was to "leave his earthly life and become a digital being."
Tragically, Jonathan took those words literally.
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Even scammers have a conscience! A crypto bro accidentally sent a scammer 126,000 TON (~$220,000) after copying a fake wallet address, but ended up getting a "cashback".
The hacker actually felt bad and returned 116,000 TON, to the victim, keeping a 10,000 TON (~$17,000) tip for himself. He signed the transaction:
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The hacker actually felt bad and returned 116,000 TON, to the victim, keeping a 10,000 TON (~$17,000) tip for himself. He signed the transaction:
Sorry, but this is way too much. Please take it back - I know this is serious money. Peace.
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The "Matrix" is real, but only for a fly right now - startup EON Systems meticulously copied a fruit fly's brain and dropped it straight into a simulation.
Now this digital brain actually thinks it's alive, controlling a virtual insect. The program reads its neural signals and perfectly recreates the fly's movements in real time.
You might want to sit down for this: the startup's ultimate goal is to pull off the exact same experiment with a human brain.
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Now this digital brain actually thinks it's alive, controlling a virtual insect. The program reads its neural signals and perfectly recreates the fly's movements in real time.
You might want to sit down for this: the startup's ultimate goal is to pull off the exact same experiment with a human brain.
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⚡️Guy Ritchie's "In the Grey" - the first trailer for the cult director's highly anticipated new film just dropped!
The plot follows an elite covert ops team and their fearless leader as they hunt down a rogue tycoon who stole billions of dollars.
Starring an incredible duo: Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Premieres - May 15.
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The plot follows an elite covert ops team and their fearless leader as they hunt down a rogue tycoon who stole billions of dollars.
Starring an incredible duo: Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal.
Premieres - May 15.
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Stay connected even WITHOUT INTERNET - Columba messenger just dropped! Powered by the Reticulum protocol, it links devices directly to create a decentralized mesh network.
Send messages and make calls with zero servers, zero cell towers, and no grid access. It bounces through whatever is available: Bluetooth up close, Wi-Fi at home, LoRa radios for long range, or Reticulum TCP nodes globally.
Top features:
- End-to-end encryption with absolutely no tracking
- Offline maps and location sharing
- Message relay to physically expand the network
- Quick QR code contact swapping
It's basically your ultimate doomsday messenger for internet blackouts. As long as there are users or nodes nearby, you are online.
Only catch: Android only right now. Grab it - here.
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Send messages and make calls with zero servers, zero cell towers, and no grid access. It bounces through whatever is available: Bluetooth up close, Wi-Fi at home, LoRa radios for long range, or Reticulum TCP nodes globally.
Top features:
- End-to-end encryption with absolutely no tracking
- Offline maps and location sharing
- Message relay to physically expand the network
- Quick QR code contact swapping
It's basically your ultimate doomsday messenger for internet blackouts. As long as there are users or nodes nearby, you are online.
Only catch: Android only right now. Grab it - here.
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Your alarm tone can either turn you into a psychopath or give your brain a massive boost - scientists have discovered that the ringtone you wake up to literally dictates how your day will go.
A harsh, high-pitched alarm shocks your nervous system: your body jolts awake, but your brain is still half-asleep. If you put yourself through this kind of stress regularly, you'll quickly turn into an anxious mess with zero focus.
On the flip side, a melodic rhythm at 100-120 BPM in the key of C and at a frequency of ~500 Hz does the exact opposite: it gently engages the auditory cortex and gradually wakes up the brain. This keeps your cortisol levels in check and guarantees you a solid energy boost for the rest of the day.
Out of 140 default iPhone and Samsung ringtones, researchers have pinpointed the absolute best:
If you're still awake - go change your alarm tone right now.
A harsh, high-pitched alarm shocks your nervous system: your body jolts awake, but your brain is still half-asleep. If you put yourself through this kind of stress regularly, you'll quickly turn into an anxious mess with zero focus.
On the flip side, a melodic rhythm at 100-120 BPM in the key of C and at a frequency of ~500 Hz does the exact opposite: it gently engages the auditory cortex and gradually wakes up the brain. This keeps your cortisol levels in check and guarantees you a solid energy boost for the rest of the day.
Out of 140 default iPhone and Samsung ringtones, researchers have pinpointed the absolute best:
Sencha and By the Seaside for iPhone, Synth Bell and Roller Disco for Samsung.
If you're still awake - go change your alarm tone right now.
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Deprecated Aztec Connect Contract Drained of ~$2.19M Three Years After Shutdown
An attacker exploited a settlement-boundary flaw in Aztec Connect's abandoned RollupProcessorV3 contract on June 14, 2026, draining roughly $2.19M in ETH and stablecoins. The privacy bridge was sunset in March 2023 and Aztec Labs holds no keys to pause it. The case is a reminder that "deprecated" is not "safe."
🔗 https://mrtd.net/aztec-connect-deprecated-router-2-19m-drain/
#CryptoSecurity #DeFi #mrtd
An attacker exploited a settlement-boundary flaw in Aztec Connect's abandoned RollupProcessorV3 contract on June 14, 2026, draining roughly $2.19M in ETH and stablecoins. The privacy bridge was sunset in March 2023 and Aztec Labs holds no keys to pause it. The case is a reminder that "deprecated" is not "safe."
🔗 https://mrtd.net/aztec-connect-deprecated-router-2-19m-drain/
#CryptoSecurity #DeFi #mrtd
Crawl Budget Reclamation: What It Is, Who Needs It, and the Pruning Playbook
SEO practitioners report large traffic gains from pruning junk indexed pages to free Google's "crawl budget." We break down what crawl budget actually is per Google's own docs, who it genuinely matters for, and a concrete reclamation playbook — while staying skeptical of the headline +67% figure.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/crawl-budget-reclamation-pruning-junk-pages-playbook/
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SEO practitioners report large traffic gains from pruning junk indexed pages to free Google's "crawl budget." We break down what crawl budget actually is per Google's own docs, who it genuinely matters for, and a concrete reclamation playbook — while staying skeptical of the headline +67% figure.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/crawl-budget-reclamation-pruning-junk-pages-playbook/
#SEO #GrowthMarketing #mrtd
AI-Search Visibility Data: Classic SEO Still Predicts Citations, But Most Live Off the Map
New vendor analyses spanning tens of thousands of domains suggest page-level SEO strength still correlates with being cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews, yet a large share of AI recommendations never appear in traditional rank trackers. We separate the load-bearing tactics from the GEO hype.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/ai-search-visibility-seo-geo-aeo-what-works/
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New vendor analyses spanning tens of thousands of domains suggest page-level SEO strength still correlates with being cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews, yet a large share of AI recommendations never appear in traditional rank trackers. We separate the load-bearing tactics from the GEO hype.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/ai-search-visibility-seo-geo-aeo-what-works/
#SEO #GrowthMarketing #mrtd
DIP Protocol Drained for ~$111K on BNB Chain in Reserve-Skim Exploit
DeFi project DIP Protocol was drained of roughly $111,000 on BNB Chain through a token-transfer bug that let an attacker double-count pool reserves. Here is the class of flaw involved and why it keeps reappearing.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/dip-protocol-bnb-reserve-skim-exploit/
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DeFi project DIP Protocol was drained of roughly $111,000 on BNB Chain through a token-transfer bug that let an attacker double-count pool reserves. Here is the class of flaw involved and why it keeps reappearing.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/dip-protocol-bnb-reserve-skim-exploit/
#CryptoSecurity #DeFi #mrtd
Signal Rejects the UK's Device-Scanning Push, Reopening the E2EE Fight
Signal has again refused to comply with a reported UK plan to scan devices for illegal imagery, bundled with age verification. The objection is not about any single law — it is that client-side scanning is fundamentally incompatible with end-to-end encryption.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/signal-uk-device-scanning-e2ee-fight/
#CyberSecurity #infosec #mrtd
Signal has again refused to comply with a reported UK plan to scan devices for illegal imagery, bundled with age verification. The objection is not about any single law — it is that client-side scanning is fundamentally incompatible with end-to-end encryption.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/signal-uk-device-scanning-e2ee-fight/
#CyberSecurity #infosec #mrtd
The $15B Question: What Happens to the 127,271 BTC the US Seized From a Scam Empire
The US seized 127,271 bitcoin — about 0.64% of all the bitcoin ever mined — from Cambodia's Prince Group, the largest forfeiture in DOJ history. The coins sat untouched since 2020, yet were fully traced. Now the fight is over where $15 billion goes: a federal reserve, or the scam's victims.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/us-15b-bitcoin-seizure-prince-group-reserve-vs-victims/
#CryptoSecurity #DeFi #mrtd
The US seized 127,271 bitcoin — about 0.64% of all the bitcoin ever mined — from Cambodia's Prince Group, the largest forfeiture in DOJ history. The coins sat untouched since 2020, yet were fully traced. Now the fight is over where $15 billion goes: a federal reserve, or the scam's victims.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/us-15b-bitcoin-seizure-prince-group-reserve-vs-victims/
#CryptoSecurity #DeFi #mrtd
Chrome Put a 4GB AI Model on Your Computer: What Gemini Nano Means for Privacy
Recent Chrome builds ship Gemini Nano — a ~4GB on-device AI model — downloaded in the background to power new built-in browser APIs. Running locally is a genuine privacy win, but a multi-gigabyte model installed without a clear prompt raises a fair consent question. Here is what is actually on your machine.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/chrome-gemini-nano-4gb-on-device-ai-privacy/
#CyberSecurity #infosec #mrtd
Recent Chrome builds ship Gemini Nano — a ~4GB on-device AI model — downloaded in the background to power new built-in browser APIs. Running locally is a genuine privacy win, but a multi-gigabyte model installed without a clear prompt raises a fair consent question. Here is what is actually on your machine.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/chrome-gemini-nano-4gb-on-device-ai-privacy/
#CyberSecurity #infosec #mrtd
'Disruption Week': 1.4M Scam Accounts Killed, but Only ~$3.8M in Crypto Frozen
A DOJ-led public-private operation disabled more than 1.4 million Southeast Asian scam accounts and made 63 arrests — yet froze under $4 million in crypto. The viral '$3 billion frozen' figure is wrong, and the real gap between accounts taken down and money recovered is the actual lesson.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/disruption-week-14m-scam-accounts-3m-frozen/
#CryptoSecurity #DeFi #mrtd
A DOJ-led public-private operation disabled more than 1.4 million Southeast Asian scam accounts and made 63 arrests — yet froze under $4 million in crypto. The viral '$3 billion frozen' figure is wrong, and the real gap between accounts taken down and money recovered is the actual lesson.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/disruption-week-14m-scam-accounts-3m-frozen/
#CryptoSecurity #DeFi #mrtd
Meta Hid a Face-ID System in Its Smart-Glasses App, Then Deleted It a Day After WIRED Found It
Researchers found a dormant facial-recognition feature called 'NameTag' buried in Meta's AI companion app — face-matching, local databases, the works — shipped to an app with 50M+ installs. Meta removed it within about 24 hours of WIRED's report and insisted it was never enabled. Whether you believe that, 'built but switched off' is its own kind of warning.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/meta-nametag-hidden-face-recognition-smart-glasses-app/
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Researchers found a dormant facial-recognition feature called 'NameTag' buried in Meta's AI companion app — face-matching, local databases, the works — shipped to an app with 50M+ installs. Meta removed it within about 24 hours of WIRED's report and insisted it was never enabled. Whether you believe that, 'built but switched off' is its own kind of warning.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/meta-nametag-hidden-face-recognition-smart-glasses-app/
#CyberSecurity #infosec #mrtd
Reddit Dominates AI-Search Citations — But 2025 Showed How Fast That Can Crater
Reddit appears in roughly 93% of AI-search opportunities and is the single most-cited source for Google AI Overviews and Perplexity. Yet most of that influence is invisible to users, and in 2025 the numbers swung wildly — ChatGPT's Reddit citations fell from ~60% to ~10% in six weeks. Here is what site owners should actually take from it.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/reddit-dominates-ai-search-citations-2025-volatility/
#SEO #GrowthMarketing #mrtd
Reddit appears in roughly 93% of AI-search opportunities and is the single most-cited source for Google AI Overviews and Perplexity. Yet most of that influence is invisible to users, and in 2025 the numbers swung wildly — ChatGPT's Reddit citations fell from ~60% to ~10% in six weeks. Here is what site owners should actually take from it.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/reddit-dominates-ai-search-citations-2025-volatility/
#SEO #GrowthMarketing #mrtd
GoDaddy Handed a 27-Year-Old Domain to a Stranger — Despite 2FA and a Domain Lock
A nonprofit's 27-year-old domain was moved into a stranger's account in minutes, with the DNS wiped — even though the account had dual two-factor auth and ownership protection turned on. The transfer didn't break the security; it bypassed it entirely, through GoDaddy's own support desk. That's the threat model everyone forgets.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/godaddy-transferred-27-year-domain-to-stranger-2fa-lock/
#CyberSecurity #infosec #mrtd
A nonprofit's 27-year-old domain was moved into a stranger's account in minutes, with the DNS wiped — even though the account had dual two-factor auth and ownership protection turned on. The transfer didn't break the security; it bypassed it entirely, through GoDaddy's own support desk. That's the threat model everyone forgets.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/godaddy-transferred-27-year-domain-to-stranger-2fa-lock/
#CyberSecurity #infosec #mrtd
llms.txt Reality Check: ~10% of Sites Have It, AI Search Engines Almost Never Read It
llms.txt — a proposed markdown 'map' for language models — now sits on roughly one in ten sites. But in 90 days of 500M+ AI-bot visits, only a few hundred fetched it, and Google has explicitly said it doesn't use it. Here's the honest split: near-zero value for AI search, real value for developer tooling.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/llms-txt-reality-check-adoption-vs-actual-use/
#SEO #GrowthMarketing #mrtd
llms.txt — a proposed markdown 'map' for language models — now sits on roughly one in ten sites. But in 90 days of 500M+ AI-bot visits, only a few hundred fetched it, and Google has explicitly said it doesn't use it. Here's the honest split: near-zero value for AI search, real value for developer tooling.
🔗 https://mrtd.net/llms-txt-reality-check-adoption-vs-actual-use/
#SEO #GrowthMarketing #mrtd