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Trump Orders Nuclear Testing As Nuke Workers Go Unpaid
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Trump Orders Nuclear Testing As Nuke Workers Go Unpaid

Everyone loses and nobody wins if America decides to resume nuclear testing after a 30 year moratorium.
Someone Snuck Into a Cellebrite Microsoft Teams Call and Leaked Phone Unlocking Details
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Someone Snuck Into a Cellebrite Microsoft Teams Call and Leaked Phone Unlocking Details

The leaked slide focuses on Google Pixel phones and mentions those running the security-focused GrapheneOS operating system.
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
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Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down

Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
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ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship

Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses Users Film and Harass Massage Parlor Workers
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Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses Users Film and Harass Massage Parlor Workers

“The shameless use of covert recording technology at massage parlours to gain likes, attention, and online notoriety is both disgusting and dangerous.”
Trump Admin’s Racist Halo Memes Are ‘A New Level of Dehumanization of Immigrants’
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Trump Admin’s Racist Halo Memes Are ‘A New Level of Dehumanization of Immigrants’

"The White House just marked the end of the console wars; DHS is posting deep fried Halo memes. We are somewhere else entirely."
a16z Is Funding a 'Speedrun' to AI-Generated Hell on Earth
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a16z Is Funding a 'Speedrun' to AI-Generated Hell on Earth

Do you want ‘AI-powered social orbits,’ ‘autonomous recruiting firms,’ and an ‘AI-powered credit card?’ Too bad, you’re getting them anyway.
Rogue Goodreads Librarian Edits Site to Expose 'Censorship in Favor of Trump Fascism’
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Rogue Goodreads Librarian Edits Site to Expose 'Censorship in Favor of Trump Fascism’

“When we let powerful people’s books be protected from criticism, we give up the right to hold power accountable.”
Lawsuit Accuses a16z of Turning Roblox Into a School Shooter's Playground
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Lawsuit Accuses a16z of Turning Roblox Into a School Shooter's Playground

The family of a dead teen girl said she'd still be alive if Roblox did a better job moderating its platform.
'House of Dynamite' Is About the Zoom Call that Ends the World
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'House of Dynamite' Is About the Zoom Call that Ends the World

The general who advised Netflix’s nuclear Armageddon movie doesn’t believe in abolishing nuclear weapons.
Con Edison Refuses to Say How ICE Gets Its Customers’ Data
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Con Edison Refuses to Say How ICE Gets Its Customers’ Data

Court records show Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), a part of ICE, and the FBI obtained Con Edison user data. The utility provider refuses to say whether law enforcement needs a warrant to access its data.
Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age
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Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age

These anti-facial recognition glasses technically work, but won’t save you from our surveillance dystopia.