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Today β€” 19 June 2026Main stream

Australia's social media ban shows UK child safety measures are bound to fail β€” and it's not because of VPNs

βœ‡TechRadar - All the latest technology news
By:chiara.castro@futurenet.com (Chiara Castro)
19 June 2026 at 20:15
While the UK seeks to copy Australia’s world-first social media ban, evidence suggests that most teens are still using their accounts Down Under without the need to download a VPN app. So, why put every citizens' privacy at risk for an approach that’s proven to be failing?

Is the US government’s Anthropic ban accidentally helping the brand?

βœ‡TechCrunch
By:Theresa Loconsolo
19 June 2026 at 20:08
Just as last weekΒ was ending,Β the US governmentΒ forced Anthropic to pull its two newest models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, citing national security concerns after Amazon researchers allegedly found a way to bypass Fable 5’s guardrails.Β  Cybersecurity researchers haveΒ since signed an open letterΒ callingΒ the move dangerous, and Anthropic itself noted the same jailbreaks exist in other models.Β SoΒ is […]

Reality check: Could the UK's social media ban lead to VPN restrictions?

βœ‡TechRadar - All the latest technology news
By:chiara.castro@futurenet.com (Chiara Castro)
19 June 2026 at 19:57
As the British Prime Minister shared plans to ban all under-16s from social media, speculation is mounting as to whether VPNs will be next. While we wait for the government to share further information on this in July, here's how the debate has been unfolding.

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2021 Honda Civic infotainment system can be jailbroken via USB β€” flaw uses public Android test keys to install unauthorized apps, enables for 'EvilValet' attacks

βœ‡Latest from Tom's Hardware
By:editors@tomshardware.com (Jowi Morales)
15 June 2026 at 14:00
A software architect determined that they could practically install anything they want on the infotainment system of their 2021 Honda Civic through the front USB port. While the head unit required a signed AOSP file to update itself, the AOSP test key is publicly known, meaning anyone with the knowledge could potentially build their own update file and load it with malware.

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