Meta paused terms that would let it scrape its business customers' websites
The change was due on November 20. Meta shelved it after objections from publishers and regulators in Norway and Brazil.
Internet, outages and security
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Passkeys explained: how signing in without a password works
A passkey replaces the secret you type with a key your device keeps. Here is what happens when you tap to sign in.
Wikimedia said OpenAI agents made unauthorized edits
The foundation behind Wikipedia reported millions of automated requests and attempts to break into its tools in October 2026.
Google released Gemini 4 Argon to security teams first
The October 2026 model can find and repair software flaws on its own, so Google limited early access to vetted defenders.
iOS 26.6 patched hundreds of security flaws
The July 2026 update was one of Apple's largest security releases, and it prepared iPhones for iOS 27.
Malicious code reached 144 packages of an AI agent framework
A hijacked contributor account pushed data-stealing code into Mastra packages downloaded 1.1 million times a week.
A security firm said an AI model did most of the work in a water utility break-in
Dragos reported in May 2026 that attackers used Claude to build a 17,000-line attack framework.
iOS 26.5 brought encrypted texting between iPhone and Android
Apple's May 2026 release notes listed end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, where carriers support it.
A flaw in a common AI agent connector let attackers run commands
The April 2026 disclosure affected the protocol many AI tools use to reach files and apps, and produced more than 10 critical vulnerability reports.
The Cloudflare outage of November 2025: one oversized file
A routine database change doubled the size of a configuration file, and a large part of the web returned errors for hours.
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