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<li>US lawmakers respond to the UK's outrageous demand about Apple's encryption.</li> 
<li>What, exactly, is a "backdoor", and can a "backdoor" NOT be secret?</li> 
<li>Highlights from last week's Windows' Patch Tuesday.</li> 
<li>A look into RansomHub: The latest king of the Ransomware hill.</li> 
<li>"TOAD": Telephone-Oriented Attack Delivery.</li> 
<li>The state of Texas -versus- DeepSeek.</li> 
<li>Disabling Apple's "Restricted Mode".</li> 
<li>Where did I put that $800 million in Bitcoin?</li> 
<li>A Sci-Fi author update.</li> 
<li>And a deep dive into the misoperation of Chrome's critically important Web Extension Store</li></ul> 
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SN 1013: The Chrome Web Store is a mess - Apple Encryption in the UK, Texas Vs. DeepSeek