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Rsync three point five has landed, and the maintainers aren't underselling it — they're calling it an extraordinary release, and for good reason. The update patches thirty-three security vulnerabilities in the venerable file-synchronization tool, which quietly underpins backups and deployments across millions of systems worldwide. If you run rsync, this one isn't optional.

Shifting to a different kind of exposure — Twitch is drawing scrutiny over its decision to let the platform train artificial intelligence on creator streams, with an opt-out buried in settings rather than a clear opt-in choice. Engadget is walking through exactly how to disable it, but the more pointed question is why a company serving creators made harvesting their content the default in the first place.

And on the legal front, Donald Trump is facing a lawsuit over Truth Social's API pricing model, which charges developers for faster access to posts. The complaint argues that tiered access to a public figure's political speech raises serious First and Fifth Amendment concerns — a collision of platform economics and constitutional law that courts haven't quite sorted out yet.

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