Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 08/17/2026
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ tops the…
Tech and Internet
Researchers Hunt Telegram Pirates with AI Tool, Flag Hundreds of Channels
A new academic study offers a detailed look inside Telegram’s video piracy ecosystem, spotting more than 19,000 pirated titles linked in posts that were viewed…
Vintage Artificial Intelligence: Before It Got Awkward
Long before the current kerfuffle about LLMs, Generative AI Artwork, and asking your tax preparation chatbot for a cookie recipe, the concept of artificial intelligence…
Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out
It can be daunting to determine who’s responsible for showing ads on the websites we visit, or who’s harvesting data from the mobile apps we…
Pluralistic: Capital formation (14 Aug 2026)
Today’s links Capital formation: Going legit means going mainstream. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: London Copyfighters x Speaker’s Corner; TSA v…
Court Rejects Fair Use Claim, Orders YouTube to Unmask Anime Recap Channels
A California federal court has ordered YouTube to unmask three popular South Korean creators of anime recap channels. The creators filed a motion to quash…
Too Little, Too Late: Flock Admits Their Technology Needs Reforms
Flock Safety, the embattled vendor of mass surveillance technology, has rolled out a handful of new reforms intended to appease the justified nationwide anger that…
Hollywood’s UK “Omnibus” Pirate Site Blocking Order Surfaces Through Cloudflare
In May, the UK High Court granted several Hollywood studios a broad “omnibus” site blocking order, allowing them to block rotating networks of pirate sites,…
Pluralistic: Model collapse (12 Aug 2026)
Today’s links Model collapse: Living in a world that’s trained on itself. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Wired v Dutch hackers;…
Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes
Microsoft today released updates to remedy at least 398 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including one weakness that is already…