Episode #183 - Solar System Compromising Home Network; EU’s AI Act; Hacking Water Facility; Discord Family Center; This Day in Tech History

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From Edwin Kwan in Sydney, Australia: As small households embrace green energy and install solar panels, they could unknowingly be exposing their home networks. Your home solar system could be connecting to the manufacturer's servers to send data that is displayed on the app.

From Olimpiu Pop in Transylvania, Romania: The European AI Act is the first of its kind in the world. Being the first, it creates a precedent and a benchmark for those that will follow, but it also imposes explicit obligations on foundational model providers like OpenAI and Google. 

From Katy Craig in San Diego, California: In a bizarre case of unauthorized access, a 53-year-old man from California has been charged for meddling with a water treatment facility's critical software.

From Hillary Coover in Washington, DC: Today, WIRED released an article discussing Discord's new "Family Center" safety settings designed for teens. Discord launched the Family Center, aiming to strike a balance between safety and teen privacy.

From Marcel Brown in St. Louis, Missouri:  July 12th, 1990. Nintendo releases the original Final Fantasy video game for it's Nintendo Entertainment System in North America. Final Fantasy helped to popularize the genre and has gone on to spawn one of the most well-known RPG franchises in history.

From Sourced Network Production in New York City. "It's 5:05". I'm Pokie Huang. Today is Wednesday, July 12th. Here's the full story behind today's cyber security and open source headlines...