Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “It is time to choose sides; fascism or morality? Big tech has made their choice.”
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‘Life or Death:’ AI-Generated Mushroom Foraging Books Are All Over Amazon
Experts are worried that books produced by ChatGPT for sale on Amazon, which target beginner foragers, could end up killing someone.
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Chess Cheating Saga Ends: Hans Niemann Will Be Allowed Back on Chess.com
Niemann has dropped a $100 million lawsuit against Chess.com and Magnus Carlsen, will be allowed to compete again.
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Hackers Can Silently Grab Your IP Through Skype. Microsoft Is In No Rush to Fix It
A security researcher has found it’s possible to reveal a Skype app user’s IP address without the target needing to even click a link. Microsoft said the vulnerability does not need immediate attention.
Retired Country Singer Tries Clearing ‘Vagrancy Problem’ With His Low-Flying Helicopter
Tommy Shane Steiner, a mostly retired country singer, has been flying and landing his private helicopter at an Austin shopping center to "ward off" people who he said were breaking into businesses.
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Elon Musk Shows Self-Driving Tesla Accelerating Into Oncoming Traffic to 10 Million Viewers
Musk’s demo of Tesla’s FSD lasted almost 20 minutes before he had to intervene to stop an accident.
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'The Wallet Event': Crypto Startup Bankrupt After Losing Password to $38.9 Million Physical Crypto Wallet
“The Company remains unable to access the 98f Wallet. The investigation continues.”
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Instagram Throttles 404 Media Investigation Into Drug Ads on Instagram, Continues to Let People Advertise Drugs
Instagram continues to collect money from ads for illegal content, limits the reach of posts about the problem.
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‘Sparkle’: Internal Emails Reveal the Codename for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour
No artist name. Only one person approved to make promotional graphics. Public records obtained by 404 Media show the steps taken to keep the Eras Tour secret during the planning stages.
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Instacart App Warns Shoppers to Avoid Store Near Active Shooter
Instacart shoppers have been victims of gun violence multiple times in the past.
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The A.I. Surveillance Tool DHS Uses to Detect ‘Sentiment and Emotion’
Internal DHS and corporate documents detail the agency’s relationship with Fivecast, a company that promises to scan for “risk terms and phrases” online.
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'We're Winning': Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions Fighting It
In a letter from its lobbyist, Apple 'urges' California lawmakers to pass the strongest right-to-repair law in the country.
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Disney and Netflix Concede AI Is Not a Person or a Writer, Want to Use It Anyway
Studios also said they will disclose if the materials they're asking writers to work on were generated by AI