Crime
Someone Opened a CashApp In Her Name. She Faces Years in Prison
Amanda Smith is charged with computer fraud due to a scam CashApp account being in her name. But in a Kafkaesque situation, CashApp won't provide her any information because she can't prove she is the owner.
Flock
Cops Warned to Look for ‘Suspicious Behavior’ From People Opposing Flock at City Council Meetings
A surveillance document tells cops to expect "emotional confrontations" at Flock city council meetings.
Crime
Someone Opened a CashApp In Her Name. She Faces Years in Prison
Amanda Smith is charged with computer fraud due to a scam CashApp account being in her name. But in a Kafkaesque situation, CashApp won't provide her any information because she can't prove she is the owner.
Newsletters
Chestnuts Roasting on a Data Center
An endangered American chestnut grove faces a new threat: A massive data center.
Data centers
The Chestnut Grove Caught in the Middle of A Years-Long Data Center Fight
A small grove of historic American chestnut trees has become the site of resistance against an AI data center in West Virginia.
Privacy
DHS Said They Searched Man Who Wiped GrapheneOS Phone for Child Abuse Material. They Lied
Officials said they wanted to search the phone of Samuel Tunick, a Stop Cop City activist, for child abuse material. It was actually because he was suspected of “terrorist activities.”
Newsletters
People Are Using 'AI Decompiling' to Hack Their Things
A gang of hackers targets Staples, but not to buy things from Staples.
AI
‘Reverse-Engineer Anything’ Is the New Wild West of AI
Decompiled, cloned, and modified software is going viral and might slopify everything.
The Abstract
Scientists Discover A Strange Particle Explains the Origin of Reality
Why is the universe the way it is? A long-overlooked particle might have given matter an edge over antimatter in the split-seconds after the Big Bang, which researchers say “could transform our understanding of cosmic evolution and the fundamental laws of physics.”
News
'It Ain't Right:' Texas Said It Would Halt Data Center Permits. The State is Pushing Ahead Anyway
“The Caldwell Technology Park [...] the Stargate facility, and a bunch of other very large hyperscale facilities have gotten regulatory approvals [...] so it's not like a real pause."
scams
Police Say Scammers Used AI to Clone a Sheriff’s Voice
The scammers used the voice of a specific sheriff to impersonate him.
Newsletters
The Staples Gift Card Heist
A gang of hackers targets Staples, but not to buy things from Staples.
hacks
How a Massive Chinese Crime Ring Hacked Staples to Steal Millions
A sophisticated organized crime gang hacked into Staples, issued millions of dollars worth of gift cards, and went on a spending spree across the U.S.