2026-01-06
As a long time AFOL, this should be interesting. Looking forward to reading the stories on how it will be used for non-traditional purposes, how folk are going to hack the Bricknet protocol, etc. I hope it gets incorporated into a lot of sets (especial Space and Technic) over time. #LEGO
Wired
Lego unveils the Smart Play platform, with a brick powered by a custom chip that connects to compatible minifigures and tags for interactive lights and sounds
2025-11-18
I haven't used WhatsApp since shortly after its release and have pretty much seen vulnerability reports about it almost ever since... [embedded post]
Wired
Researchers demonstrated a major WhatsApp flaw that exposed 3.5B users' phone numbers, with 57% also showing a profile photo; Meta fixed the enumeration problem
By plugging tens of billions of phone numbers into WhatsApp's contact discovery tool, researchers found “the most extensive exposure …
2025-07-15
....how does this coincide with the US push to ban TikTok for said reasons, yet.... nevermind. [embedded post]
ProPublica
Investigation: Microsoft uses engineers in China to help maintain US DOD systems, with minimal supervision by US personnel, leaving sensitive data vulnerable
The Pentagon bans foreign citizens from accessing highly sensitive data, but Microsoft bypasses this by using engineers in China …