# outsourced (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover outsourced. Page: Feed: --- ## [Former Acting U.S. Attorney Found Dead Inside Federal Building in San Diego](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75743) _2026-08-21 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: Los Angeles Times: Assistant U.S. Atty. Andrew Haden was found dead in an office inside the Edward J. Schwartz federal building in San Diego on Wednesday, shortly after being reported missing. There were no signs of foul play involved, authorities said. Haden, 48, had worked for the U.S. attorney’s office since 2010 and twice \[…\] ## [How Much More Toxic Crap Can They Put on Our Food?](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75740) _2026-08-20 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: Truthstream Media: Related: “Things that sit under heat lamps in gas stations and drop out of vending machines…” ## [The Hidden Debt That Apple Owes to the CIA](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75737) _2026-08-20 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: Wall Street Journal: Without CIA funding that helped keep NeXT afloat in the ’80s, Steve Jobs might not have made a triumphant return to Apple—and the iPhone might not have its foundational operating code. … “How many units are you prepared to deliver on an annual basis?” Romello asked. “That’s privileged information,” Jobs shot \[…\] ## [Current State of Battlefield Robots in Ukraine War](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75735) _2026-08-20 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Mostly Chinese-made components + 3D printing + Starlink… Related: U.S. and Ukrainian Forces Went Head-to-Head in an Exercise. Ukraine’s Drones Won. ## [U.S. National Debt Hits $40 Trillion](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75733) _2026-08-20 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: ZeroHedge: It took the US 200 years to reach its first $1 trillion in debt. It took 95 days to add its last. After several weeks of build up, today the Treasury announced that total public debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, after jumping by over $60 billion in one day, and \[…\] ## [Comcast Offers to Turn Customers’ Wi-Fi Routers Into Motion Detectors](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75731) _2026-08-19 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: Engadget: Comcast has unveiled a new home security platform it’s calling Xfinity Shield. The company says this combines home, family and cybersecurity protection in a single app and it puts Wi-Fi at the center. It’s offering a service called Wi-Fi Shield to Xfinity Internet users at no extra cost. This includes a few features, \[…\] ## [“AI Native,” College Graduates, “Essentially Illiterate”](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75729) _2026-08-19 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: Futurism: There’s a silent epidemic building in colleges and universities throughout the United States — and as you might imagine, it has everything to do with AI. … Over the past few years, a veritable tidal wave of op eds, studies, and think pieces have flooded the internet with horror stories about the decline \[…\] ## [Former Fauci Associate David Morens Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75727) _2026-08-19 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ ? BREAKING: Anthony Fauci’s former senior advisor David Morens just pled GUILTY to conspiracy to defraud the US It’s time for Morens to expose EVERYTHING about Fauci, as he pushes to get a lighter sentence ? Morens was one of the key figures in burying COVID records to avoid… pic.twitter.com/O0OjPUNnii — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) August \[…\] ## [Babies Born Under Sugar Rationing Grew Into Adults with Lower Cancer Risk](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75725) _2026-08-19 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: The Conversation: Could how much sugar you consumed before your second birthday shape your health decades later – even into your 70s? A new study that my colleagues and I conducted suggests the answer could be yes. People who had less sugar exposure during the first few years of life were much less likely \[…\] ## [“What if America Went Completely Dark?”](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75723) _2026-08-18 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ The New York Times Magazine… Preparing the terrain? Via: New York Times Magazine: Since 2021, the average wait time for a large power transformer — the kind you’d find at a major substation, capable of handling tens or hundreds of thousands of volts — has climbed from less than a year to 128 weeks, with \[…\] ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5mPIt01AWzBS) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [New ChatGPT Feature Collects Every Keystroke You Make](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75721) _2026-08-18 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: Futurism: OpenAI has revealed a new feature for ChatGPT’s desktop app on macOS that basically tracks your clicks, keystrokes, and more — all so it can fine-tune its AI model, raising obvious privacy concerns. The feature, called Computer History, lets ChatGPT “learn from everything you do on your computer,” said Ari Weinstein, an OpenAI \[…\] ## [AI’s Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities Are $3 Trillion And Growing $1.2 Trillion Per Quarter](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75719) _2026-08-18 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: ZeroHedge: Each quarter, big tech companies disclose their massive capital expenditures on artificial-intelligence infrastructure, from data centers to chips. But those figures don’t come close to expressing the full extent of future spending to which Google parent Alphabet, Meta Platforms, Oracle and many others have committed. That is because a huge swath of their \[…\] ## [Cause of Death of Los Alamos National Laboratory Employee Might be Murder](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75715) _2026-08-17 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: Daily Mail: Shocking new details have emerged concerning the mysterious disappearance and death of a New Mexico woman who worked at a secretive US nuclear lab. Authorities have revealed that Melissa Casias, whose body was discovered on May 28, was shot in the head at or around the time of her death, but it \[…\] ## [Why the World’s Most Powerful Navy is Losing the Logistics War](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75712) _2026-08-16 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Peace dividend? Federal Defense Spending: $1.198T as of June 2026 Via: What s Going on With Shipping?: ## [“Vouching” for People Who Aren’t Registered to Vote in Minnesota Elections](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75710) _2026-08-15 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: O Keefe Media Group: ## [Only Approved Phones Can Pass Google’s New reCAPTCHA, Locking Out Privacy-Focused Alternatives](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75708) _2026-08-15 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ I just encountered one of these for the first time. I m not doing it. Via: Cybernews: Verify you’re human – by owning an approved Android or an iPhone. Google’s new reCAPTCHA system forces users to scan a QR code with a “compatible mobile device” and locks out anyone using a privacy-focused OS and device, warns \[ \] ## [Firefox Is Now the Last Major Browser that Still Supports uBlock Origin](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75706) _2026-08-15 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: PC World: Firefox says it will keep supporting uBlock Origin even as Microsoft Edge and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3. Firefox recently announced via Bluesky post: “Our support for uBlock Origin isn’t going anywhere.” The moment comes in response to news that Microsoft Edge is soon going to lock out \[ \] ## [New Anti-Satellite Weapons Now Officially A Top U.S. Priority](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75704) _2026-08-14 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: The War Zone: The head of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM) says having a “credible, acknowledged” means of damaging or even destroying enemy assets in space is vital to deterring opponents and surviving if a major fight in orbit does break out. American officials have already been steadily more open about their desire for new \[ \] ## [U.S. Not Prepared To Handle Domestic Drone Attack](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75702) _2026-08-14 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Mmm hmm. I guess the Pentagon needs to feed another trillion dollars into the incinerator. Via: The War Zone: The deputy commander of United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM) was asked on Thursday if he could defend against an attack by a swarm of drones in the homeland. His reply was blunt and chilling: “No.” “We \[ \] ## [U.S. Launching International One-Way Attack Drone Task Force In The Middle East](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75700) _2026-08-14 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: The War Zone: With one-way attack drones playing an ever larger role in American military operations, U.S. Central Command announced it is creating what it calls “the first multinational attack drone task force.” The move comes as combat between the U.S. and Iran has paused, but tensions in the region remain high, including ongoing \[ \] ## [Find what they just said (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Gy1vtT5280Ff) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Surface recent public signals so you can send policy-aware, relevant outreach ## [Influential Wife Of Anthropic CEO Pitched Post-Conviction Epstein On ‘Luxury Porn’ Company, And Claude Has No Idea](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75698) _2026-08-14 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: ZeroHedge: Anthropic has filed confidentially for what could be the largest public offering in history. Yet, one of the most influential voices shaping its chief executive holds no official position at the company, appears in no regulatory filings, and has been quietly scrubbed from the internet. She also pitched a porn company to Jeffrey \[ \] ## [Toka: Israeli Company Hacks Security Camera Systems, Can Alter Live Feeds and Past Recordings](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75696) _2026-08-14 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ This is from 2022. Via: Haaretz: The company sells technologies that allow clients to locate security cameras or even webcams within a given perimeter, hack into them, watch their live feed and even alter it – and past recordings – according to internal documents obtained by Haaretz and reviewed by a technical expert. Its activities \[ \] ## [“McDonald’s Secret Sauce Is Really Commercial Surveillance”](https://www.cryptogon.com/?p=75694) _2026-08-13 · Kevin · cryptogon.com_ Via: Wired: When I first downloaded the McDonald’s app years ago, I signed up for its loyalty program hoping to get better deals. Why not get some cheap french fries? While I understood that this would entail some type of data tracking, I didn’t grasp how the information would be used to algorithmically predict my \[ \]