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California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — amendment proposed by the same lawmaker who wrote the original law

…Many are community-run projects maintained by volunteers, often without user accounts, telemetry systems, or even formal corporate ownership structures. Critics argued the law’s wording was so broad that it could…

May 25, 2026 · Etiido Uko
tomshardware.com › tech-industry › big-tech

Angry tiny Texas town council member proposes total ban on cellular and GPS devices in protest over AI dispute — says 'Let’s take Bandera back to 1880' after town votes to dump AI-powered license plate reader

…I have seen the eyerolls, and I’ve even been met with ‘Nazi rhetoric,’ the dangerous claim that believing in accountability and community safety is somehow equivalent to totalitarianism. Comparing a neighbor…

May 21, 2026 · Jowi Morales
tomshardware.com › tech-industry › artificial-intelligence

US government warned Anthropic that Fable 5 had been jailbroken, but firm 'refused' to fix before US implemented export controls — Anthropic defended its decision by saying the jailbreak 'isn’t serious,' Chinese group had reportedly accessed model

…In a post on X on Saturday, Sacks laid out the administration's account a day after it ordered both Fable 5 and Mythos 5 disabled worldwide . Sacks said the administration issued…

Jun 14, 2026 · Luke James
tomshardware.com › tech-industry › cyber-security

Compromised Mistral AI and TanStack packages may have exposed GitHub, cloud and CI/CD credentials in 'mini Shai Hulud'  malware infection — supply-chain campaign spreads across npm and AI developer ecosystems like wildfire

…Researchers believe the campaign’s primary objective is credential theft, potentially allowing attackers to compromise additional packages, maintainer accounts, and publishing infrastructure in a cascading chain of ecosystem infections. Microsoft advised organizations…

May 12, 2026 · Etiido Uko