Written up the Notepad++ thing:

https://doublepulsar.com/small-numbers-of-notepad-users-reporting-security-woes-371d7a3fd2d9

Hundreds of Porsche Owners in Russia Unable to Start Cars After System Failure - The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/02/hundreds-of-porsche-owners-in-russia-unable-to-start-cars-after-system-failure-a91302

Why State and Local Government IT Now Own So Much of Physical Security https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2025/12/why-state-and-local-government-it-now-own-so-much-physical-security

The Congressional remedy for Salt Typhoon? More information sharing with industry https://cyberscoop.com/salt-typhoon-senate-commerce-hearing-fcc-telecom-cybersecurity/

We need this in Edinburgh!

anecdotal reports are that this makes Firefox noticeably faster

that list of settings to disable:

browser.ml.enable
browser.ml.chat.enabled
browser.ml.chat.menu
browser.ml.chat.page
browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge
browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge
browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled
browser.ml.pageAssist.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled
browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled
extensions.ml.enabled
browser.search.visualSearch.featureGate