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The FBI Can't Find ‘Missing’ Records of Its Hacking Tools
The FBI bought multiple hacking tools for $250,000. Despite that, the FBI says it can't find any more records about the tools.

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ICE Plans Central Database of Health, Labor, Housing Agency Data to Find Targets
A document viewed by 404 Media describes ICE's plans to incorporate data from the Department of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) into a tool called ATrac.

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Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data Unconstitutional
Judge says tower dumps violate the 4th amendment, but will let the cops do it this one time, as a treat.

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Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People
Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature partner to ICE,” and how Palantir is addressing employee concerns with discussion groups on ethics.

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ICE Just Paid Palantir Tens of Millions for ‘Complete Target Analysis of Known Populations’
The records show that Palantir is actively working on the technical infrastructure underpinning the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts which could soon impact U.S. citizens.

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4chan Is Down Following What Looks to Be a Major Hack Spurred By Meme War
Hackers claim to have obtained 4chan's code, emails of moderators, and internal communications.

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The AI Tools CBP Is Using to Scan Social Media
Customs and Border Protection released more documents last week that show which AI-powered tools that agency has been using to identify people of interest.

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Google DeepMind Is Hiring a 'Post-AGI' Research Scientist
Google is preparing for a future with AGI, ASI, and machine consciousness.

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I Tested The AI That Calls Your Elderly Parents If You Can't Be Bothered
inTouch says on its website "Busy life? You can’t call your parent every day—but we can." My own mum said she would feel terrible if her child used it.

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New 'Rape and Incest' Game Tests the Limits of Steam’s Sex Policy
“No Mercy” is shocking people who are not familiar with Steam’s adult game ecosystem, but it’s mostly just shovelware.

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Scammers Used OpenAI to Flood the Web with SEO Spam
A new report from SentinelOne exposed the inner workings of AkiraBot, a program that bypassed CAPTCHAs and used AI-generated messages to target 420,000 websites.

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Facebook Pushes Its Llama 4 AI Model to the Right, Wants to Present “Both Sides”
Meta’s Llama 4 model is worried about left leaning bias in the data, and wants to be more like Elon Musk’s Grok.