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Behind the Blog: Did you notice?
This week, we discuss some small changes, an AI song, and internet soup.
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“This Is a Disaster:” Game Developers Scramble to Deal With Unity’s New Fees
The enshittification of the popular game engine got much worse today, with some developers saying they are already looking at open source alternatives.
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Apple Discusses iPhone Repairability at Keynote for First Time in Its History
In 15 years of new iPhone announcements, Apple had never talked about repairability, until now.
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'I Will Cut and Kill You:' New Lawsuit Against Pornhub Alleges Girls Do Porn Threatened Victim’s Life
Kristy Althaus is suing Pornhub and its parent company, seeking a jury trial for accusations that it contributed to her abuse from Girls Do Porn.
Features
The Specter of AI-Generated 'Leaked Songs' Is Tearing the Harry Styles Fandom Apart
Dozens of unreleased Harry Styles songs have leaked on underground Discords in the last month. The fandom can't decide if they're real or AI-generated.
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Customs and Border Protection Says It Will Stop Buying Smartphone Location Data
For years, journalists and lawmakers have investigated CBP and other agencies’ purchase of smartphone location data without a warrant. Now CBP says it will stop using such data at the end of the month.
Squirting Study Finds Pee Myths Are Ruining the Fun
Lots of people squirt during sex, but years of myths and stigma have gotten into people's heads, a new study shows.
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Masked Man Filmed Smashing San Francisco RoboTaxi With Hammer
A Cruise robotaxi was bashed repeatedly with a hammer and spraypainted in the middle of a San Francisco intersection.
Roblox Event Canceled After Developer Allegedly Shows Up With High Capacity Magazine
Roblox's developer award ceremony was canceled after a developer showed up at the event and allegedly fought the police.
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Starfield Bug Forces Players to Change Gender to Fire Guns
Starfield players looking for how to fix a bug that breaks guns figured out changing their character's gender is a solution.
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Archivists Back Up Nonprofit TV History Museum Before Sony Copystrikes Get It Taken Down From YouTube
The Museum of Classic Chicago Television eventually came back up, but the incident shows how fragile our shared history is in an age of overzealous copyright enforcement.
Features
Revealed: The Country that Secretly Wiretapped the World for the FBI
For years the FBI ran its own encrypted phone company to intercept messages from thousands of people around the globe. One country was critical to that operation, whose identity was unknown to the public. Until now.
News
Forensic Investigators Allege Nina Agdal's Snapchat Was Hacked to Steal Private Video
“I have concluded that Ms. Agdal’s Snapchat account was in fact compromised," an affidavit by a forensic investigator said.