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Hackers Have Hijacked Part of the Ancient Internet to Invisibly Deliver Scams
Be skeptical and keep your payment details to yourself.
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Watch Jeff Bridges Unbox a Retro Film Camera That’s Been Gone for More Than 25 Years
Dig weird, old cameras? The WideLuxX is pretty weird.
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Nearby Glasses This App Can Tell You When Someone Is Creeping on You With Smart Glasses
In the absence of clear regulation on smart glasses, Nearby Glasses represents a small act of resistance.
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DJI Romo How a Guy Accidentally Became the Supreme Ruler of an Army of 7,000 Robot Vacuums
It sounds goofy. Totally silly. The stuff of a “weird news” tag on a link aggregation site. But it’s actually a serious gaping security flaw.
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Credit: Meta WhatsApp Now Lets New Group Members Catch Up on Old Messages
Group Message History isn’t automatic, but anybody can use it (if the group chat admin lets them).
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Malorny/Getty Images This New Patent Could Let AI Run Your Social Media After You’re Dead
And you thought your Facebook feed was dead before.
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Photo: Eugene Mymrin / Getty Images Researchers Tried to Get AI Chatbots High. The Results Were Predictably Stupid.
AI can convincingly talk about being in a psychedelically induced altered state, but it cannot be there for you when you’re in one.
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Photo: Malte Mueller / Getty Images AI-Powered Tools in the Operating Room Is Probably a Bad Idea
Its record has been mixed at best.
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Tim Graham/Contributor/Getty Images A Russian Startup Is Turning Pigeons Into Remote-Controlled Drones
I feel like you have been permanently removed from a state of natural behavior once you’ve been turned into a living RC car.
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Photo Illustration: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Discord Will Soon Assume You’re a Teenager Unless You Verify Your Age
You’re more than welcome to remain unverified, but you will face some noticeable limits.
