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Google has quietly unveiled AluminiumOS, a reimagining of Android built for the desktop. It's a bold swing at a market where Google has stumbled before, and the central question is whether Android's app ecosystem can finally feel at home on a larger screen without the compromises that sank ChromeOS ambitions.
Shifting to a story with real stakes for public trust, a security audit of European government websites has turned up some alarming numbers — roughly three thousand tracking sites, one thousand exposed phpMyAdmin installations, and nearly all government email running on poorly encrypted infrastructure. It's a reminder that the institutions we trust with sensitive data are often running on neglected, vulnerable foundations.
And in a development that blurs the line between research and risk, the notorious malware crew known as TeamPCP has apparently open-sourced its Shai-Hulud worm on GitHub. The group left a note describing the release with casual defiance, and security researchers are now racing to understand what putting that code into the wild actually means for organizations that may already be in its crosshairs.
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