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German startup launches gateway to block inverter kill switches

PV Magazine 25 Feb 2026
German startup Solarsecure Tech has introduced a gateway designed to decouple PV inverters from manufacturer clouds and block unauthorized remote control commands. From pv magazine Germany ... ....
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Firefox 148 adds AI kill switch, fixes 50+ security flaws

PC World 25 Feb 2026
With the new Firefox 148 browser update for Windows, macOS, and Linux, Mozilla is introducing a number of new features and improvements ... The developers have also fixed a large number of security vulnerabilities ... What’s new in Firefox 148? ... .
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Firefox 148 Now Available With The New AI Controls, AI Kill Switches

Slashdot 24 Feb 2026
Firefox 148 introduces granular AI controls and a global "AI kill switch" that allows users to disable or selectively manage the browser's AI ...
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Why Elon Musk believes guardrails or kill switches won’t save humanity from AI risks

The News International 23 Feb 2026
Why Elon Musk believes guardrails or kill switches won’t save humanity from AI risks ... The tech mogul Elon Musk does not think that “guardrails or kill switches” can save humans from potentially growing risks of AI.
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MPs demand compulsory kill switch for stolen phones to deter thieves

The Mirror 21 Feb 2026
Ministers are accused of being too timid in forcing phone companies to bring in blocking software to turn stolen phones into valueless 'bricks' ... .
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No More Borrowed AI, India Needs Independent Models With "Kill Switch"

NDTV 19 Feb 2026
AI will soon sit at the core of how a nation governs, heals, teaches, feeds and delivers justice to its citizens ... .
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Moscow & Beijing hand Iran the 'kill switch'? Missile secrets flow as Russia’s warships arrive

Hindustan Times 18 Feb 2026
military buildup intensifies near the Strait of Hormuz ... aircraft carriers, claiming Iran possesses weapons more powerful than any warship. .
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One in three people carry this brain parasite but the body has a kill switch

Science Daily 16 Feb 2026
A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick ... .
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Putin to give spy chiefs ‘kill switch’ power to shut off Russian internet & phones ...

The Sun 11 Feb 2026
... a giant "kill switch" for Russia’s entire internet and phone network.
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‘Someone is actually reading the room’: Firefox just got an AI kill switch, and I ...

TechRadar 05 Feb 2026
Firefox is adding an AI kill switch that lets users disable the AI features in its web browser ... .
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New York bill would require kill switches on all 3D printers

Boing Boing 05 Feb 2026
New York wants to put a kill switch on your 3D printer.
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GitHub ponders kill switch for pull requests to stop AI slop

The Register 03 Feb 2026
Code community site begins to see that AI could drive people away. GitHub, the Microsoft code-hosting shop that popularized AI-assisted software development, is having some regrets about its Copilot infatuation ... .
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Finally! Firefox just gave you an AI kill switch

PC World 03 Feb 2026
Mozilla Firefox has always seemed like the “cool kid” browser option, for the power users who don’t want to deal with Google or Microsoft ... Shades of Internet Explorer, which Firefox helped to kill decades ago, are unavoidable ... Vivaldi ... .
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Congress wants a remote kill switch in every car

Boing Boing 26 Jan 2026
The post Congress wants a remote kill switch in every car appeared ...
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US Congress Fails to Repeal 'Kill Switch' for Cars Mandate

Slashdot 25 Jan 2026
Congress is debating "kill switch" technology for vehicles, "which would be able to monitor diver behavior, detect impairment such as intoxication and intervene..." ... Critics of the kill switch ...

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