Ad-pocalypse Now
Today in the Weekly News Roundup, many scams and breaches are within the hacked organization, AI is everywhere in the world, but some are pushing back, and advertising is getting absurd.

The Scam is Within the House
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-coinbase-data-breach/

https://securityaffairs.com/178151/data-breach/coinbase-data-breach-impacted-69461-individuals.html

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/broadcom-hit-by-employee-data-theft-after-breach-in-supply-chain

https://securityaffairs.com/177974/cyber-crime/shields-up-us-retailers-scattered-spider-threat-actors.html

AI Wants to Rule the World
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35902104

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/klarnas-revenue-per-employee-soars-to-nearly-1m-thanks-to-ai-efficiency-push/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/klarna-used-an-ai-avatar-of-its-ceo-to-deliver-earnings-it-said/

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/klarna-ai-replaced-700-workers-210647762.html

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-leaders-regret-ai-driven-layoffs/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/21/most-ai-chatbots-easily-tricked-into-giving-dangerous-responses-study-finds

https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/ai/safeguarding-ai-against-jailbreaks-and-other-prompt-attacks/

Ad-pocalypse Now!
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/amazon-prime-video-is-getting-more-ads-next-year/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/lg-tvs-integrated-ads-get-more-personal-with-tech-that-analyzes-viewer-emotions/

https://www.techradar.com/streaming/think-ads-are-bad-now-netflix-and-youtube-just-revealed-ai-powered-commercials-that-could-make-cheap-tiers-unbearable

https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-upfront-2025-the-center-of-attention

https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/brandcast-2025/

https://www.openmediavault.org/

https://jellyfin.org/

Quicklines
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/us-student-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-hack-affecting-tens-of-millions-of-students/

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/19/nsw-education-department-caught-unaware-after-microsoft-teams-began-collecting-students-biometric-data

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/05/malware-infected-printer-delivered-something-extra-to-windows-users

https://securityaffairs.com/177987/cyber-crime/us-government-officials-targeted-texts-and-ai-generated-deepfake.html

https://securityaffairs.com/178005/hacking/rogue-devices-in-chinese-made-power-inverters-used-worldwide.html

https://www.techradar.com/pro/heres-the-first-image-of-an-incredible-dual-sided-back-to-back-transparent-17-inch-touchscreen-display

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/microsoft-takes-windows-subsystem-for-linux-open-source-after-nearly-a-decade/

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-android-file-upload-issue-google/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/05/23andme-and-its-customers-genetic-data-bought-by-a-pharmaceutical-org

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/adobe-hikes-subscription-prices-to-support-generative-ai-features/

Silly
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/fowl-play-flying-duck-caught-on-swiss-speed-camera-turns-out-to-be-repeat-offender

https://notthebee.com/article/ai-developer-says-its-teaching-robots-how-to-dream-to-help-vastly-accelerate-their-learning-abilities/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/sing-when-youre-winning-how-karaoke-heralds-the-triumph-of-chinese-carmakers

https://news.itsfoss.com/ffmpeg-swipe-at-rust/