Age Verification Fallout
Today we look at the fallout of the UK age verification laws and how they are impacting services around the world. We also look at the push for generative AI.

Age Verification Fallout
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2025/07/eu-age-verification-app-to-ban-android-apps-not-licensed-by-google.html

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/a-rival-tea-app-for-men-is-leaking-its-users-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/07/vpn-use-rises-following-online-safety-acts-age-verification-controls

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/youtubes-new-ai-age-verification-is-coming-soon-heres-whats-going-to-change

The Unscrupulous Push for Generative AI
https://digitalmag.theceomagazine.com/the-fast-and-the-furious-the-race-for-generative-ai/

https://fortune.com/2025/07/10/elon-musk-xai-grok-tesla-optimus-mankind-humanity-robots/

https://blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealth-undeclared-crawlers-to-evade-website-no-crawl-directives/

Quicklines
https://linuxiac.com/arch-aur-under-fire-once-more-as-malware-resurfaces/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/07/trump-administration-and-big-tech-want-you-to-share-your-health-data

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/scams/2025/08/apple-id-scam-leads-to-27000-in-person-theft-of-ohio-man

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-microsoft-sharepoint-china-engineers/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/08/unexpected-snail-mail-packages-are-being-sent-with-scammy-qr-codes-warns-fbi

https://www.techradar.com/pro/millions-at-risk-as-global-network-of-5-000-fake-pharmacy-websites-uncovered-by-security-researchers-heres-how-to-stay-safe

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/ai-llms-are-now-so-clever-that-they-can-independently-plan-and-execute-cyberattacks-without-human-intervention-and-i-fear-that-it-is-only-going-to-get-worse

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/03/ai-chatbot-as-therapy-alternative-mental-health-crises-ntwnfb

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/amazon-is-considering-shoving-ads-into-alexa-conversations/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/acquisition-sends-thousands-of-whistle-pet-trackers-to-iot-graveyard/

https://www.seuros.com/blog/aws-deleted-my-10-year-account-without-warning/

Silly
https://notthebee.com/article/nhl-mascot-gets-charged-by-bear-in-alaska/

https://www.techradar.com/pro/who-needs-dna-storage-when-weve-got-bird-drive-starling-used-to-store-data-and-deliver-it-at-a-faster-rate-than-dna-storage-but-it-may-just-fly-away

https://notthebee.com/article/florida-researchers-introduce-new-solution-to-the-states-python-problem-robot-bunnies/