⚡️💬 NEW - GrapheneOS is defending its duress password feature after a user was charged in the US for allegedly activating it during a federal border search. The GrapheneOS foundation cannot and will not help US prosecutors in any way. A duress password is a second passcode that doesn’t unlock your phone, instead, it securely wipes the device’s encrypted data, making it inaccessible. GrapheneOS says the feature is legal and exists to protect user privacy. The project also says it has no ability to recover wiped data or assist investigators because the data is permanently erased.

⚡️💬 NEW - Elon Musk says that, in the very near future, universal high income will become mandatory as artificial intelligence continues to replace human workers. He says it doesn't matter where the revenue comes from. "I think the Treasury should just issue checks." "You create money in the database...."

⚡️🇪🇸🇲🇦 UPDATE - The government of Ceuta has released a video asking Spain to declare a state of emergency, deploy the army to the enclave, and fully close the borders.

⚡️🇾🇪🇸🇦 NEW - Yemen's Houthis Leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi on Saudi Arabia: They destroyed the livestock; camels, sheep. Even beasts of burden and donkeys were not safe from the Saudi regime.

⚡️🇲🇦🇪🇸 NEW - Chaos erupts as thousands of migrants enter Spain's north African territory Ceuta from Morocco Hundreds of young Moroccans have swum to Ceuta in the hope of migrating, taking advantage of a pull factor created by a decision by the Spanish Supreme Court suspending the immediate return of migrants intercepted at sea or upon arrival by sea. According to this ruling, swimming to Ceuta does not, in and of itself, constitute crossing a physical barrier that would justify an immediate return. This legal precedent stems from an error committed by Spanish authorities in November 2024, when an Algerian national was returned to Morocco without due process, even though he was not a Moroccan national. From now on, individuals intercepted under these circumstances must undergo the standard removal procedure, which guarantees them procedural rights, including the assistance of an attorney, access to an interpreter, the opportunity to apply for asylum, and the right to challenge their removal. They can therefore no longer be immediately returned to Morocco.

⚡️🇷🇺 NEW - A buyer in Russia received a 2-liter bottle of water instead of a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5070 Ti after purchasing the GPU for around 90,000 rubles ($1,125). The buyer opened the package at the retailer’s pickup point while recording the entire unboxing. The box appeared factory sealed, with the retail wrapping and serial number label. Once opened, there was no graphics card inside just a large water bottle The buyer decided to open the package at the pickup point specifically because it was an expensive purchase

⚡️🇬🇧 NEW - Spotify is rolling out age verification for users in the UK for age-restricted content, including some explicit music and 18+ music videos If you try to play explicit songs or other age-restricted content, Spotify may pause playback until you verify your age. The company is using digital ID provider Yoti If Spotify can’t confirm you meet the platform’s minimum age requirements, your account could eventually be deactivated.

⚡️💬 NEW - Kim Dotcom: "If you are wondering why I post less it’s because X is messing with my account. Turns out Elon is not a free speech absolutist? Who would have thought?"

⚡️🤖 NEW - A California startup built a teleoperated rescue robot for wildfires and collapsed buildings, gave it a goat skull and glowing eyes, and then photographed it staring through a glass office door. They also published where to shoot it if it doesn't stop...

⚡️🇮🇱 NEW - Benjamin Netanyahu tells Christian Zionists in America that his bloodline comes directly from the original Hebrews in Jerusalem. He says his bloodline provided the world with freedom and faith and is now under attack by antisemites. Netanyahu wants Christian Zionists to "fight, fight, fight" against the antisemites. "Attack back. That's all."

⚡️🇫🇷🇪🇺 NEW - "Better distinguishing between what is real and what is artificial." Starting this Sunday, AI-generated content created for professional purposes (videos, photos, text) must be LABELED. AI icons or labels must be displayed on the content. The law was adopted by the EU two years ago.

⚡️🤡🇮🇱 NEW - Netanyahu: The vast majority of the settler community, 99.9%, are law-abiding citizens.

⚡️💉 WATCH - RFK Jr. follows in the footsteps of Dr. Fauci and says they are in the process of creating a "universal flu vaccine" that can protect against all strains of the flu. He says this new vaccine has to be safe and effective and doesn't have to be given every year. "We need something that actually works."

⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱 NEW - Benjamin Netanyahu said he "straightened out" JD Vance after the Vice President made comments that Israel was trying to change America's opinion to keep the war with Iran going. "I had a very good conversation with the Vice President, and I think we straightened that out."

⚡️🇮🇱 WTF - Two Israeli soldiers posted an Instagram photo posing with a blindfolded Palestinian detainee.

⚡️👀 GM - We live in a time…

⚡️🚨 NEW - X has suspended the account of the Iranian state-media agency Tasnim News. “FREE SPEECH” STRIKES AGAIN 🤣

⚡️💬 END OF DAY - Deflock

⚡️🤖 NEW - Claude wiped an entire database. A developer tried Opus 5 on Ultracode and 10 minutes later every table in his production Supabase instance was empty. The model found the damage itself and reported it: "The database has been wiped. This is my fault and I need to tell you immediately."

⚡️💬 NEW - The founder of Binance believes that the Bitcoin community should give Satoshi Nakamoto a 12-month window to move his BTC before an upgrade designed to protect the network against quantum computers. If these funds remain untouched, he believes they should be permanently frozen.