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  "id": 56807,
  "title": "Researchers used AI-assisted code to undetectably tamper with data from computerized scans of physical DNA evidence produced by widely used crime-lab machines (Mariah Timms/Wall Street Journal)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/researchers-used-ai-assisted-code-to-undetectably-tamper-with-data",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-02T19:40:01.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/security-flaw-placed-30-years-of-dna-evidence-at-risk-of-hacking-1932775a?st=zGgyGg&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers found that widely used lab machines produced digital DNA files that are vulnerable to tampering",
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      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "SpaceX says its Q2 capex was $18.4B, up from $2.8B a year ago, including $15.8B for AI (Micah Maidenberg/Wall Street Journal)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/spacex-says-its-q2-capex-was-18-4b-up-from-2-8b-a-year-ago-including",
        "published": "2026-08-04T21:15:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}