A devastating new React vulnerability earned a "perfect 10" for risk, letting attackers remotely run code on a million-plus servers with a single HTTP request. Find out what happened, how fast attackers moved in, and why this bug changes everything for web security.

France's VanityFair face a stiff fine over cookies.
GrapheneOS pulls out of France over coercion worries.
The EU adds to the pile-on over underage social media.
India mandates the tracking of all smartphones.
Apple says no.
India abandons its smartphone tracking mandate.
India requires all encrypted messaging to be SIM-tied.
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters --becomes--> SLH.
AI demand has driven RAM pricing sky high.
GRC's DNS Benchmark is finished and available.
Cisco may talk a good game, but they're still Cisco.
Browsers to ask users for local network access permission.
React: The worst remote code exploit in a LONG time.

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