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Today's topics:

Apple Support phishing with case IDs - A sophisticated social-engineering scam abused real Apple Support workflows and legitimate signed emails, using a real case ID to add credibility. Keywords: phishing, MFA fatigue, Apple Support, spoofing, verification.

Supply-chain breach hits AI tooling - Recruiting startup Mercor confirmed impact from a malicious package tied to LiteLLM, highlighting how open-source AI infrastructure compromises can cascade widely. Keywords: supply chain, LiteLLM, Mercor, Lapsus$, incident response.

Linux kernel vulnerability report surge - Linux maintainers report vulnerability submissions jumping to multiple per day, shifting norms toward faster public fixes and tougher triage. Keywords: Linux kernel, CVE, embargo, triage, maintainer burnout.

Sweden returns to paper textbooks - Sweden is dialing back early classroom digitalization, favoring print and handwriting while keeping tech where it clearly helps learning outcomes. Keywords: education, screens, textbooks, attention, literacy.

Nepal helicopter rescue fraud crackdown - Nepal’s CIB charged dozens over staged high-altitude rescues and inflated insurance claims, a case that could reshape trekking trust and insurer behavior. Keywords: insurance fraud, helicopter rescue, trekking, oversight, prosecutions.

Clojure in manufacturing data systems - A Michelin engineer explains why Clojure’s data-oriented style fit rapidly changing manufacturing rules, while warning about rollout and hiring realities. Keywords: Clojure, DSL, JVM, manufacturing, enterprise adoption.

Email obfuscation vs spam harvesters - A field test compared email-address obfuscation methods and found some simple HTML/CSS tricks sharply reduced spam collection—without relying on heavy tooling. Keywords: spam, email scraping, obfuscation, HTML, anti-bot.

AI-assisted mining of Hacker News - A researcher used AI-assisted querying on the full Hacker News dataset to chart topic mentions and hints of shorter comments over time. Keywords: Hacker News dataset, trend analysis, Parquet, Codex, community signals.

-Lemonade Launches Open-Source Local AI Server for Chat, Images, and Speech
-Nepal Police Uncover Expanding Fake Helicopter Rescue and Insurance Fraud Network
-IBM and Arm Partner on Dual-Architecture Enterprise Hardware for AI Workloads
-Sweden Reintroduces Textbooks and Handwriting to Curb Early-Grade Screen Use
-Kernel security teams overwhelmed as vulnerab