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Happy Friday! Here’s this week’s IT roundup.

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Tech News TL;DR

This week’s IT and tech news in 5-minutes-ish or less

🔐 Cybersecurity

• INTERPOL Cracks Down: 1,200+ Cybercriminals Arrested in Massive African Operation
  Global law enforcement effort leads to record arrests across the continent.

• Critical Alert: High-severity WinRAR Zero-day Under Active Exploitation by Multiple Groups
  Serious flaw actively used by threat actors for weeks.

• Revenge Gone Wrong: Developer Jailed for Sabotaging Ex-Employer with Digital Kill Switch
  Programmer sentenced to 4 years in prison after crippling employer’s systems.

• The Terrifying Rise of Deepfake Vishing: Why These Voice Scams Are Nearly Impossible to Spot
  Voice cloning scams emerge as one of the hardest cyber threats to detect.

• Major Takedown: Feds Dismantle RapperBot, One of World’s Largest DDoS-for-Hire Operations
  Law enforcement seizes infamous botnet-for-hire service.

☁️ Cloud

• $17 Billion Data Center Project Threatened by Community Backlash in Georgia
  Local resistance rises against mega-infrastructure plans.

• Environmental Controversy: Meta’s $10B Data Center to Be Powered by Massive Gas Plants
  Critics say sustainability claims don’t match reality.

• Power Surge: Wyoming’s AI Data Centers Set to Consume More Electricity Than All Human Residents
  AI boom raises major energy consumption concerns.

• Japan’s Next-Gen Supercomputer Embraces Nvidia GPUs, Breaking from Tradition
  RIKEN turns to Nvidia tech for future HPC systems.

• Web Under Siege: AI Crawlers from Meta and OpenAI Hammering Websites
  Thousands of automated requests per minute spark complaints from site owners.

💼 Business

• Healthcare Disaster: DaVita Ransomware Attack Compromises Nearly 2.7 Million Patient Records
  One of the year’s largest healthcare breaches puts millions at risk.

• End of Battle: Elon Musk’s X Nears Settlement in $500M Severance Dispute
  Ongoing legal fight with ex-Twitter staff may finally close.

• Gaming Industry Shakeup: Startups Shutting Down After India Bans Real-Money Games
  Ban forces leading gaming firms to wind down operations.

• AI Rollback: Major Bank Rehires 45 Employees After Chatbot Replacement Fails
  Automation failure highlights limits of AI-driven support.

• Orange Belgium Data Breach Exposes 850,000 Customers
  Customers face serious fraud risks after major telecom breach.

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

• Golden Age of AI Salaries: 24-Year-Old Researchers Earning 327x What Oppenheimer Made
  Young AI researchers command staggering paychecks.

• Chaos at OpenAI: GPT-5 Launch Disaster Has Users in Revolt
  Complaints flood in after troubled model rollout.

• OpenAI Forced to Restore GPT-4o After Massive User Backlash
  Pressure from the community pushes return of popular model.

• Sam Altman’s Contradiction: Calls AI a “Bubble” While Seeking $500B Valuation
  OpenAI’s CEO faces criticism for conflicting statements.

• Microsoft’s AI Chief Warns: Studying AI Consciousness Could Be “Dangerous”
  Top executive raises red flag over existential AI research.

📦 Misc

• Windows Update Nightmare: August Patches Causing Severe Streaming Issues
  Latest update leaves users struggling with streaming failures.

• Arch Linux Under Siege: DDoS Attack Enters Second Week with No End in Sight
  Ongoing denial-of-service assault cripples services.

• Tech Support Horror Story: Projector Repair Turns Into Armed Standoff at Secret Government Bunker
  Wildest IT helpdesk escalation yet.

• Space Discovery: Dwarf Planet Ceres May Have Once Supported Microbial Life
  New findings suggest potential for past habitability.

• Apple’s Next Big Thing: “Thinnest iPhone Ever” and More Coming at September Event
  iPhone 17 set to headline Apple’s fall hardware showcase.

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