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Law Technology Daily Digest
Monday, October 5, 2026 - Volume 21 No. 1473
Infinity and beyond
Stephen Abram for finding this post. Read more at Gizmodo: Scientists Once Calculated the Date of Doomsday—and It’s Next Month
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LAW.COM: 'AI Lawyer' Roles Are Booming, but How Long Will Demand Last?
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BLEEPING COMPUTER: Anthropic asks Claude users to share voice data for AI model training
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Security News
Microsoft: Windows KB5124010 update crashes some games and apps Bleeping Computer, October 5, 2026 Google halts open-source bug bounty program amid AI spam surge Bleeping Computer, October 5, 2026 MAKERphone 2: A DIY 4G phone with plug-in camera, speaker and prototyping board Help Net Security, October 5, 2026 Apple tightens macOS disk access as AI agents become more powerful Help Net Security, October 5, 2026 doxx.net opens Agentic Defined Networking public beta, raises $38 million Help Net Security, October 5, 2026 AI slop submissions force Google to freeze its open-source bug bounty Help Net Security, October 5, 2026 Three questions a hospital CISO should ask a healthcare fintech vendor Help Net Security, October 5, 2026 Keyorix: Open-source secrets management for teams that can’t use SaaS Help Net Security, October 5, 2026 How RMM abuse gives attackers a way in that looks like business as usual Help Net Security, October 5, 2026 Citrix patches NetScaler SAML zero-day exploited in attacks Bleeping Computer, October 4, 2026 Anthropic asks Claude users to share voice data for AI model training Bleeping Computer, October 4, 2026 Week in review: Researcher breaks into Microsoft analytics service, NetScaler RCE 0-day exploited Help Net Security, October 4, 2026 Google Gemini could soon get full access to your Mac’s files, apps and the web Bleeping Computer, October 3, 2026 ShinyHunters hacker reportedly detained in Jordan, aiding FBI Bleeping Computer, October 3, 2026 Danish university DTU breach exposes data of up to 200,000 people Bleeping Computer, October 3, 2026 Frontline Education breach exposes school district employee data Bleeping Computer, October 2, 2026 Warlock ransomware breach SharePoint in water, telecom operator attacks Bleeping Computer, October 2, 2026 Friday Squid Blogging: EU is Trying to Fight Unregulated Squid Fishing Schneier on Security, October 2, 2026 GitLab warns of critical RCE vulnerability in AI Gateway service Bleeping Computer, October 2, 2026 US sanctions Tren de Aragua gang members in ATM hacks crackdown Bleeping Computer, October 2, 2026 The EDR blind spot: 3 ways browser attacks evade endpoint telemetry Bleeping Computer, October 2, 2026 Dell asks admins to patch max severity CSM flaws as soon as possible Bleeping Computer, October 2, 2026 AI is giving attackers a head start, Microsoft warns Help Net Security, October 2, 2026 Chinese spies impersonate White House, Anthropic figures to phish AI policy experts Help Net Security, October 2, 2026 Unidentified Flock Cameras in Florida Schneier on Security, October 2, 2026 How American Political Campaigns Are Using AI—and What They’re Spending on the Tools Schneier on Security, October 2, 2026
News and Blogs
Siemens’s next reinvention: An interview with Cedrik Neike McKinsey Insights & Publications, October 2, 2026 Shareholder activism is changing. Are companies ready? McKinsey Insights & Publications, October 2, 2026 Risk Data — Compensation Survey Deadline (Today), Law Firm Data Breach News Bressler Risk Blog, October 2, 2026 Pause, pivot, or accelerate: SaaS in the age of agentic AI McKinsey Insights & Publications, October 2, 2026
Corporate Legal Focus
Using Your Board Dinners Effectively CorporateCounsel.net Blog, October 5, 2026
PRACTICE SUPPORT / E-DISCOVERY
News and Blogs
Foreign Interference Fears Over Cyberattacks on Academic Blogs Stephen's Lighthouse, October 5, 2026 IL: Libraries pay more for e-books than consumers. State lawmakers are trying to change that Stephen's Lighthouse, October 4, 2026 Why We are Suing the City of Los Angeles to Save Libraries Stephen's Lighthouse, October 4, 2026 Gen Z isn’t choosing a political party. They’re choosing issues Stephen's Lighthouse, October 4, 2026 Scientists Once Calculated the Date of Doomsday—and It’s Next Month Stephen's Lighthouse, October 4, 2026 It’s the biggest Alberta separatist account on the internet. It has links to a movement leader Stephen's Lighthouse, October 4, 2026 Pope Leo comes out swinging against AI slop Stephen's Lighthouse, October 4, 2026 Hackers Hack the FBI’s Hacking Unit: Report Stephen's Lighthouse, October 4, 2026 Ontario Releases 2025-26 EQAO Results Stephen's Lighthouse, October 4, 2026 AI Agents Targeted Canadian Government in ‘Rudimentary Hacking Attempts’ Stephen's Lighthouse, October 4, 2026 [Webcast Transcript] Getting AI Right in eDiscovery: Quality, Validation, and Results - JDSupra (eDiscovery), October 3, 2026 From AI Experiments to Agentic Execution: Transforming Legal, Compliance, and Forensics Workflows - JDSupra (eDiscovery), October 3, 2026 NYT: We asked dozens of librarians about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Stephen's Lighthouse, October 3, 2026 How I sorted 22,000 digital photos without getting overwhelmed: 4 easy tricks Stephen's Lighthouse, October 3, 2026 How to Keep Promoting the Same Library Services Without Sounding Like a Broken Record Stephen's Lighthouse, October 3, 2026 The ‘Godfather of AI’ on the Best Chance Humanity Has to Survive Stephen's Lighthouse, October 3, 2026 BISG and BookNet Canada Release 2026 Report on AI Use Across the North American Book Industry Stephen's Lighthouse, October 3, 2026 22 AI TOOLS FOR LIBRARIANS Stephen's Lighthouse, October 3, 2026 Crowell & Moring Adds Lauren Schwartzreich As Partner And Head Of eDiscovery Practice - Pulse 2.0 (eDiscovery), October 2, 2026 [Webinar] From Matter Context to Governed Action: See Exterro ARMOUR move eDiscovery - jdsupra.com (eDiscovery), October 2, 2026 Remote Paralegal Jobs: Where to Find Them and What They Pay - Legal Desire (eDiscovery), October 2, 2026 NextGen Bar Exam Tech Snafu: Revenge of the Blue Book? Attorney at Work, October 2, 2026 #0233: (CT) Maintaining the Momentum of Mentorship ILTA: Podcasts, October 2, 2026 Reddit Closes Its Doors to AI Stephen's Lighthouse, October 2, 2026 AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit Stephen's Lighthouse, October 2, 2026 New data confirms access to post-secondary education remains an entrenched Canadian value Stephen's Lighthouse, October 2, 2026 Tuition fees for degree programs, 2026/2027 Stephen's Lighthouse, October 2, 2026 Canadian postsecondary enrolments and graduates, 2024/2025 Stephen's Lighthouse, October 2, 2026 What Kind of Research Do You Do? Stephen's Lighthouse, October 2, 2026 The Kitchen Sink for October 2, 2026: Legal Tech Trends EDiscovery Today, October 2, 2026 Relativity Names 2026 Innovation Awards Winners at RelFest Chicago EDiscovery Today, October 2, 2026
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Kelley Drye Expands Leadership Structure, Names New Chair Blog of Legal Times, October 5, 2026 Trump Administration Further Narrows Path for H-1B Hiring Blog of Legal Times, October 3, 2026 Justices to Wrestle With Multibillion-Dollar Question Facing Big Oil Blog of Legal Times, October 2, 2026 GC Pay Is Looking More Like C-Suite Pay, and Equity Is Driving the Shift Blog of Legal Times, October 2, 2026 Peak Market Pressures Push Law Firms Into 'Hyperspeed' Specialization Blog of Legal Times, October 2, 2026 'AI Lawyer' Roles Are Booming, but How Long Will Demand Last? Blog of Legal Times, October 2, 2026 NY AG Outlines Scope of Cornell Investigation as Civil Counsel Make Appearances Blog of Legal Times, October 2, 2026 DraftKings 'Weaponizes AI' to Encourage Gambling, Proposed Class-Action Claims Blog of Legal Times, October 2, 2026
LEADERSHIP / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / MARKETING
News and Blogs
Wolf Theiss opens London office to tap CEE investment opportunities Global Legal Post: Big Stories, October 5, 2026 IBA Daily News, Monday 5 October 2026 Global Legal Post: Big Stories, October 5, 2026 AMD Buys Li Fei-Fei’s World Labs For $8.2bn Silicon UK, October 5, 2026 Smart Ring Maker Oura Withdraws Planned $2.2bn IPO Silicon UK, October 5, 2026 Dutch Ex-Hacker Arrested Over Suspected Link To FBI Breach Gang Silicon UK, October 5, 2026 Apple and a Hacker’s Future Stratechery, October 5, 2026 New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice" Ars Technica, October 5, 2026 The Humanoid Robot Future Has Arrived at a South Korean Park. Sort of. New York Times: Technology, October 5, 2026 US Solar Panel Makers Try to Catch China With a Big Leap in Technology New York Times: Technology, October 5, 2026 Are Babies Conscious? New York Times: Technology, October 5, 2026 Court Tosses Sentence After A.I. Video of Victim ‘Forgiving’ His Killer Is Played New York Times: Technology, October 4, 2026 Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: a spotlight on Africa's diverse wildlife Ars Technica, October 4, 2026 All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part. Ars Technica, October 4, 2026 Best of the blogs - 4 October 2026 UK Law Society Gazette: Comment and Opinion, October 4, 2026 Politics, proportionality and Palestine Action UK Law Society Gazette: Comment and Opinion, October 4, 2026 From AI Experiments to Agentic Execution: Transforming Legal, Compliance, and Forensics Workflows - JDSupra (Legal Technology), October 3, 2026 Deeluh Expands Legal Technology Offering to Support Modern Law Firms Across Africa and Beyond - techpoint.africa (Legal Technology), October 3, 2026 Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94 Ars Technica, October 3, 2026 How I kept cool with NYC's free battery program for window AC units Ars Technica, October 3, 2026 The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton Ars Technica, October 3, 2026 Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, October 3, 2026 LLRX.com, October 3, 2026 Podcast episode 263: Our Favorite iOS 27 Tips & Tricks So Far iPhone, J.D., October 3, 2026 Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents Ars Technica, October 3, 2026 An A.I. Songwriting Experiment: Humans Against the Machine New York Times: Technology, October 3, 2026 ROSS Says It Will Ask Supreme Court to Review 3rd Circuit Ruling for Thomson Reuters in Copyright Case Robert Ambrogi's LawSites, October 2, 2026 Relativity CEO Says 2028 Server Deadline Stands; Will Prioritize Partnering with Frontier Labs Over Legal AI Companies Robert Ambrogi's LawSites, October 2, 2026 Startup Corner: Notorio – One place to organise your legal business - Legal IT Insider (Legal Technology), October 2, 2026 Beacon Collective: Strategic conversations the legal sector needs to have right now - Legal IT Insider (Legal Technology), October 2, 2026 Exterro | Top 10 Legal Technology Solution Company - 2020 - CIOReview (Legal Technology), October 2, 2026 Former Allen & Overy senior partner Wim Dejonghe co-founds native AI firm - Legal IT Insider (Legal Technology), October 2, 2026 Global firm acquires Cork’s Bundledocs - The Law Society of Ireland (Legal Technology), October 2, 2026 Legal tech platform uses AI to match solicitors with available barristers - TheBusinessDesk.com (Legal Technology), October 2, 2026 Salesforce adopts Legora to boost legal AI workflow - IT Brief Australia (Legal Technology), October 2, 2026 Someone got Doom in an SQL database Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 Patient-zero drill put health facilities to the test—40% of them failed Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 US military ends long-running program to spot nuclear missile launches Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 Cybertruck sales in free fall as Tesla reports mediocre sales for Q3 Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now $100 more expensive thanks to AI Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 The Billable Hour, Legal Tech, And The ‘AI Efficiency Trap’ Above The Law - ILTA on ATL, October 2, 2026 ROI Is Dead. Long Live ROI. Above The Law - ILTA on ATL, October 2, 2026 Fish & Richardson’s Copyright Practice Recognized in IAM/WTR Copyright 1000 Corporate Counsel Business Journal: News, October 2, 2026 Robert Oakes Joins Fish & Richardson as Office Managing Principal Corporate Counsel Business Journal: News, October 2, 2026 Shianne Randolph Expands Virginia Regulatory Capabilities at Williams Mullen Corporate Counsel Business Journal: News, October 2, 2026 Wilson Sonsini Advises Stripe on Parafin Acquisition Corporate Counsel Business Journal: News, October 2, 2026 Sheron Korpus Leads 11-Lawyer Litigation Team Added to Choate Corporate Counsel Business Journal: News, October 2, 2026 Nathan Smith Joins Snell & Wilmer as IP Partner Corporate Counsel Business Journal: News, October 2, 2026 Buchanan Hosts TerraLex Global Meeting in Philly Corporate Counsel Business Journal: News, October 2, 2026 Patrick Rasche and Rachel Bennett Strengthen IP Practice at Dentons Corporate Counsel Business Journal: News, October 2, 2026 Ted Dillman Strengthens Restructuring Platform at King & Spalding Corporate Counsel Business Journal: News, October 2, 2026 Goodwin Strengthens Global Platform With 43 Industry-Immersed Partners Corporate Counsel Business Journal: News, October 2, 2026 Stephenson Harwood and Taylor Wessing eye merger Global Legal Post: Big Stories, October 2, 2026 Mori Hamada pushes international growth with two new offices in Texas Global Legal Post: Big Stories, October 2, 2026 Star partners: Is it really only about the money? Global Legal Post: Big Stories, October 2, 2026 'My goal is to be the voice of the lawyer': Luminance hires chief legal officer Global Legal Post: Big Stories, October 2, 2026 States Can Facilitate an AI Slowdown Without the Federal Government Disrupt Legal, October 2, 2026 Antitrust Enforcers Should Focus on Market Power Not on Vague Welfare Concepts Disrupt Legal, October 2, 2026 2026.40: Dots and Question Marks Stratechery, October 2, 2026 Rocket Report: SpaceX completes launch triple-header; Rocket Lab nets big contract Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 TCL is right to question Samsung’s use of the term “Mini LED” Ars Technica, October 2, 2026 Sales of Hulking Pickups and S.U.V.s Sag as Fuel Prices Soar New York Times: Technology, October 2, 2026 A.I. Agents: Cute, Cuddly and Maybe Catastrophically Dangerous? New York Times: Technology, October 2, 2026
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Doomsday is 937 hours away. At least according to a prediction by the Science journal and an article published in 1960. Why? Because "the human population would approach infinity and effectively annihilate itself." Apparently things were on trajectory until 1993 "when the global population began falling behind its forecasts." And now, "the global birth rate is slightly less than half the 1960 rate." We can thank 
Epiq Vice President Rebekah Stafford says "she had recently seen a high level of need for lawyers focused on AI. However, she added that she expects demand for such 'AI lawyers' to dissipate as the skills required to advise on AI become more broadly diffused." I believe to be true, but the unanswered question is how long is that diffusal going to take? My first job out of college was litigation support (now called eDiscovery) and we still don't have a good diffusal of those skills. Read more at LAW.COM: 
Mayank Parmar writes, "Anthropic has started asking Claude users to voluntarily share their voice conversations to help train and improve its AI models." Of course nothing every bad could happen from people having a copy of your voice. He notes that the good news is that it can be turned off as well. Were I a Claude user I'm petty sure that is the direction I would go. Read more at BLEEPING COMPUTER: 
