Het is een young man’s game, maar een dag na zijn veertigste verjaardag bewijst Fresku in het Concertgebouw hoe begenadigd hij als rapper is. En voorlopig gaat hij nog door, vooral voor zijn kinderen.
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UK domain registrar 123 Reg (no relation – Ed) says it was the victim of an “AI-driven cyberattack” that exposed customer data. Customers began receiving their notification emails this week, informing them that their contact information, "related customer relationship data," company VAT numbers, and "product information from an application programming interface (API)" were compromised. A company spokesperson elaborated, saying this means that names, phone numbers, countries, language and currency preferences, account creation dates, the products on the account, and marketing preferences were affected. 123 Reg described the September 18 intrusion as "the first known AI-driven cyberattack against our company," and told The Register that early signs point toward a China-nexus attacker. "Our investigation identified IP addresses that we assessed to be the core attacker infrastructure, which were hosted in China and Singapore, indicating a strong Chinese nexus," the spokesperson said. "Our investigation further identified AI cyberattack 'skills' hosted on Chinese infrastructure, including copies of skills open sourced by Anthropic and several other AI exploitation frameworks and scripts." They went on to say that many of the artefacts left behind led 123 Reg to suspect that a Chinese state-sponsored group, known for abusing Claude Code in attacks against at least 30 organizations, could be behind the break-in. There is also a suspicion that the same group that hit a number of South Korea’s financial institutions using open-source Chinese AI tool ARTEX, was behind the attack on 123 Reg too. "The TA's mirror of 'anthropic_skills,' and the account naming conventions found on the Chinese servers are consistent with preparation of this class of AI-augmented operation," the spokesperson told us. "In addition, on October 7, 2026, CrowdStrike published CSA-261162, describing an unknown, likely Chinese-speaking actor that targeted several South Korean financial organizations starting in late September 2026, which is the same period during which we were attacked. "That actor used ARTEX, an open-source Chinese-developed agentic penetration-testing tool released in July 2026, which was also observed to be used in the attack that targeted us." The GoDaddy-owned registrar reported the attack to law enforcement agencies, brought in outside cybersecurity support, and notified the FTC, as well as the data protection authorities in the UK and EU. The company spokesperson added that it worked with Singapore-based ISPs to shut down the attacker's servers in the region, which helped disrupt the attack, in addition to "other actions by us and industry partners." 123 Reg's email to customers stated the attacker's activity "was limited to reading" customer data, although the spokesperson told us "it's possible they created copies of the information," and that this is what prompted the notification. The registrar urged customers to stay alert to the potential misuse of their data, and to treat communications appearing to come from the company with caution. "If you receive a message or call and aren't sure it's from 123 Reg, go directly to our website and log in," the email said. "We will never contact you to request your password, payment details, or verification codes by email, text, or phone. "We also strongly recommend turning on two-step verification (2SV), which helps keep your account protected even if someone tricks you into sharing your password. You can find instructions for setting up 2SV in your 123 Reg account. "We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused." ®
One of the top websites sourced by chatbots was theballotbrief.com, a website largely produced by AI tools and run by a former executive at Rumble, the platform that powers President Donald Trump's Truth Social. Copilot, Perplexity and ChatGPT each cited the Ballot Brief substantially. (Washington Post gift article)
The chatbots failed to say which congressional district an address was in 48 percent of the time, even though every voter will have a House race on their midterm ballot. The AI-generated voter guides that did specify a district got it wrong 22 percent of the time, telling voters they had to consider candidates they cannot vote for. *** On the subject of digital manipulation and how to overcome it, Lula's Incredible Comeback Shows How Democrats Can Win in 2028 Here's the text behind the public lede: Thus, Lula's revamped campaign launched two days later, with the octogenarian's first-ever selfie video. This new approach was new ground for Lula. According to insiders, Lula has historically preferred a more sober tone and highly produced aesthetic focused on reporting his achievements to the public. The strategy was simply no longer working with newer generations that sought a personal connection and a vision for the future. Fonteles' new aesthetic was bare-bones – the man himself, holding his own phone, with no tie, just talking to people not about legacy, but things that matter today: ending Brazil's 44-hour work-week, free buses on weekends, and protecting social programmes from Bolsonaro's Milei-inspired austerity plans. It was a style that worked for Lula and a message that resonated with Brazil. You could say Fonteles learned the right lessons from Zohran Mamdani's success: not that flashy fonts and engaging videos win elections; but that his job was to make the voter pay attention to the message, whatever that meant. And oh did he! The newly emboldened mass of young left-wingers Fonteles created flocked to social media and quickly discovered André Janones. Janones, a 42-year-old representive in Brazil's lower house of Congress, became the soul of Lula's social media campaign. Janones combined an energetic personality and engaging Instagram and TikTok videos with digital organizing through a massive WhatsApp Broadcast Channel known as "Exército do Lula," Lula's Army. By using this army motif creatively, Janones bridged the gap between the passive digital consumer and real-world activist, literally assigning "missions" to his "soldiers": Post this meme en masse tomorrow, use this technique to turn an undecided vote for Lula, take someone to vote with you. The ability to make voters feel directly involved with a worthy cause (saving their country from fascism!) gave Lula innumerable volunteers without actually asking for volunteers – for them, it was memes and missions. By the day of the second-round election, there were over 10 million "soldiers" in Lula's Army. And Lula leaned heavily on his army, seizing an opportunity when he saw one. "General" Janones featured in his new selfie videos often. This perfect marriage of message, style, voter engagement, and social media personalities won Lula an incredible comeback, winning nearly 52% of the vote, to Bolsonaro's 48%, a difference of over 4 million votes. It's one of the greatest comebacks in world politics.
The chatbots failed to say which congressional district an address was in 48 percent of the time, even though every voter will have a House race on their midterm ballot. The AI-generated voter guides that did specify a district got it wrong 22 percent of the time, telling voters they had to consider candidates they cannot vote for. *** On the subject of digital manipulation and how to overcome it, Lula's Incredible Comeback Shows How Democrats Can Win in 2028 Here's the text behind the public lede: Thus, Lula's revamped campaign launched two days later, with the octogenarian's first-ever selfie video. This new approach was new ground for Lula. According to insiders, Lula has historically preferred a more sober tone and highly produced aesthetic focused on reporting his achievements to the public. The strategy was simply no longer working with newer generations that sought a personal connection and a vision for the future. Fonteles' new aesthetic was bare-bones – the man himself, holding his own phone, with no tie, just talking to people not about legacy, but things that matter today: ending Brazil's 44-hour work-week, free buses on weekends, and protecting social programmes from Bolsonaro's Milei-inspired austerity plans. It was a style that worked for Lula and a message that resonated with Brazil. You could say Fonteles learned the right lessons from Zohran Mamdani's success: not that flashy fonts and engaging videos win elections; but that his job was to make the voter pay attention to the message, whatever that meant. And oh did he! The newly emboldened mass of young left-wingers Fonteles created flocked to social media and quickly discovered André Janones. Janones, a 42-year-old representive in Brazil's lower house of Congress, became the soul of Lula's social media campaign. Janones combined an energetic personality and engaging Instagram and TikTok videos with digital organizing through a massive WhatsApp Broadcast Channel known as "Exército do Lula," Lula's Army. By using this army motif creatively, Janones bridged the gap between the passive digital consumer and real-world activist, literally assigning "missions" to his "soldiers": Post this meme en masse tomorrow, use this technique to turn an undecided vote for Lula, take someone to vote with you. The ability to make voters feel directly involved with a worthy cause (saving their country from fascism!) gave Lula innumerable volunteers without actually asking for volunteers – for them, it was memes and missions. By the day of the second-round election, there were over 10 million "soldiers" in Lula's Army. And Lula leaned heavily on his army, seizing an opportunity when he saw one. "General" Janones featured in his new selfie videos often. This perfect marriage of message, style, voter engagement, and social media personalities won Lula an incredible comeback, winning nearly 52% of the vote, to Bolsonaro's 48%, a difference of over 4 million votes. It's one of the greatest comebacks in world politics.
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Far-right senator and family expected to land in US after crossing into Argentina and then flying out of Ecuador
A jet carrying the far-right Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro has left Guayaquil in Ecuador and is on its way to Miami, Florida, where it is expected to arrive mid-morning on Wednesday.
After losing Sunday night’s election to the incumbent president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Bolsonaro disappeared for more than 24 hours, until Argentina’s migration authorities said he had entered the country by land on Tuesday night.
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People in a Mississippi neighborhood, many of whom dislike a nearby power plant central to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence ambitions, have received a stark offer – to sell their houses to his company and make way.
Real estate agents have been going door to door in Southaven, Mississippi, on behalf of xAI, Musk’s AI company that was folded into the SpaceX entity in February, touting a deal to purchase houses as long as the owners agree to not join a lawsuit against the company over the power plant’s noise.
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Het is druk in de lobby van de A&O Hostel aan de Schiekade in Rotterdam als een man plotseling een vuurwapen pakt en gaat schieten. Wonderwel wordt niemand geraakt. Is het wraak voor een racistische opmerking? ‘Ik was in de war.’
Het is druk in de lobby van de A&O Hostel aan de Schiekade in Rotterdam als een man plotseling een vuurwapen pakt en gaat schieten. Wonderwel wordt niemand geraakt. Is het wraak voor een racistische opmerking? ‘Ik was in de war.’