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Anthropic embedded spyware in Claude Code


We found what appears to be a hidden backdoor-like telemetry mechanism in Claude Code. The code does not merely “format a date.” It appears to detect proxy usage, Chinese timezone settings, and proxy URL characteristics, then encode the result into subtle system-prompt differences. That is covert environment fingerprinting.

Xbox wants you to pay 24 to 40 cents per hour to stream games you already bought


As reported by Arstechnica, in September, Microsoft significantly tightened game-streaming limits for Game Pass subscribers. At the time, the company announced plans to let non-subscribers buy cloud gaming hours through the Xbox Store and stream eligible games they already own on supported devices. On October 21, Microsoft launched the new pay-as-you-go option for Xbox Insiders, introducing the following introductory prices:

Chinese billionaire who has fathered more than 100 children hopes to have dozens of U.S.-born boys to one day take over his business


Billionaires like Telegram founder Pavel Durov and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have fathered legions of children who are slated to inherit their empires. An ultra-wealthy Chinese businessman is doing the same in the U.S., in hopes of producing around 20 U.S.-born children to inherit his video game fortune.

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Considering that mass shootings cannot be believed anymore... I guess Russell addresses the question right in the title (I haven't watched his episode). He says... the school shooting is distracting us from, I guess, the Epstein files. There you go, that's the alleged motive for the news coverage.
Who in their right mind would downvote an unintented consequences episode?!
Oh I know why. This is all old news. The last two are very common ancient knowledge (at least to me).