Google accidentally deletes the key evidence.
Also: Your spreadsheet is now snitching on you and the company bus has a kill switch.

The Compliance Department Clears Out the Archive Room

YouTube, which is operated by Google LLC, has reportedly deleted over 700 videos and permanently closed the channels belonging to three prominent Palestinian human rights organizations. This vast archive of content, which documented alleged Israeli human rights violations and war crimes, including video reports on the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, was wiped clean because of an internal compliance requirement. Google confirmed the removals were an attempt to comply with United States sanctions that were imposed by the Trump administration on the three organizations for their cooperation with the International Criminal Court.

It seems the digital equivalent of legal counsel sent out an email that simply read, "Eliminate all files associated with Project ICC Phase 2" and an automated script took that directive literally, purging years of irreplaceable documentation without warning. Human rights advocates have stated that the move effectively erases a critical digital record; to the algorithm, however, it was just a simple, efficient data cleanup job, resulting in three less data streams to worry about. It is a textbook example of a legal team using an overpowered hammer to deal with a paper clip, shattering the entire filing cabinet in the process.

Microsoft's Copilot Instantly Understands How Broken Your Permissions Really Are

Concerns are mounting over the integration of Microsoft's Copilot into applications like Excel because it turns out the AI is too good at its job, revealing secrets no one wanted exposed. The core problem is not the AI; the problem is that Copilot inherits the access permissions of the user who invokes it. Since most corporate IT departments have not touched their Microsoft 365 permissions in a decade, every mid-level manager can probably still view the CEO’s salary spreadsheet, even if they forgot they had access.

Copilot just makes this data instantly discoverable by saying "Hey Copilot, what are the biggest financial risks this quarter" instead of having to manually dig through fifteen SharePoint folders and a shared Dropbox link that was accidentally left open. Security experts worry this is an accident waiting to happen, allowing proprietary information to leak due to accidental oversharing, or malicious actors using prompt injection attacks to make the AI snitch on its own company. The company that put AI in your spreadsheet is now relying on users to self-police their corporate secrets.

Your Company Vehicle Has a Secret Remote Power Button

Norway is currently re-evaluating its national cybersecurity posture because a routine check found a massive backdoor in its new fleet of Chinese-made Yutong electric buses. The Oslo public transport operator, Ruter, discovered the buses contained hidden remote-access features, including concealed SIM cards, which allow the manufacturer to access the vehicles’ control systems for diagnostics and software updates. The issue is this access could theoretically be exploited to remotely disable the buses, essentially giving the manufacturer a global kill switch for a key piece of Norwegian critical infrastructure.

The feature was not disclosed in the procurement contracts; it was just a value-add the supplier did not mention. Ruter has since rushed to deploy firewalls and strict security protocols to prevent external access, but the fact remains that every electric bus sold today is now just a large, wheeled Internet-of-Things device running undocumented vendor code. Norway is treating this as a national security issue; the rest of the world is realizing that maybe their smart toaster oven has a better security audit than their public transit.

Briefs

• AI Liability Shield Activated: OpenAI updated its terms of use. Now ChatGPT is officially prohibited from dispensing legal or medical advice to users, right after the mandatory liability lawyers finished writing the first two hundred pages of the new policy.
• Good News Is Suspicious: A new gel can reportedly restore dental enamel. This is actual, useful, material science progress, so it will likely be acquired by a major tech conglomerate and pivoted into a proprietary blockchain-based NFT tooth tracking system within six months.
• Bureaucracy Wins Again: The IRS announced its Direct File system will not launch in 2026. The program that simplifies tax filing for citizens is delayed because building software for the government is like trying to change a tire while the car is moving.