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Apple is urging users to update their devices immediately after patching more than seventy-five security vulnerabilities in iOS and over one hundred fifty in macOS. The sheer volume of fixes signals how relentlessly attackers probe the software we carry in our pockets every single day.
Turning to a story about trust and exploitation, scammers found a way to weaponize Meta's Rights Manager tool by backdating copyright claims, effectively letting bad actors strip legitimate creators of their content and revenue. It's a reminder that any system built to protect rights can be reverse-engineered into a weapon when the incentives are strong enough.
And in a quieter but significant labor story, the Wikimedia Foundation is declining to voluntarily recognize a union backed by a supermajority of its own workers. The nonprofit, which stewards one of the internet's most idealistic projects, now finds itself navigating the same tensions between institutional caution and worker organizing that define this moment across the broader tech industry.
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