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Elon Musk Says His Deal to Buy Twitter Is on Hold
The Tesla CEO dropped the bombshell on Friday morning, citing uncertainty about the number of fake accounts on the platform.
Someone Sold a $1 Million Clipart Rock NFT For Under a Penny by Mistake
"Am I GMI?" tweeted a hapless trader who claimed the coveted free clipart rock JPEG was theirs.
Sims 4 Game Pack Featuring Gay Characters Will Be Released in Russia Amid Chaos
EA first said it would not publish My Wedding Stories in Russia due to federal laws against “gay propaganda,” then abruptly reversed course, confusing gamers worldwide.
Bot-Generated Shooting Threats Are Terrorizing Schools
A private school in Park Slope sent a letter to parents warning of an automated network sending threatening messages about a school shooter on social media.
Why PS5 Restock Accounts Are Now Tweeting COVID Tests
Motherboard spoke to multiple administrators of restock Twitter accounts who have started including rapid COVID tests in their feeds.
Fraudsters Hijack Newspaper’s Twitter Account to Push PS5 Scam
The Dallas Observer is not actually selling a PS5 to the first person to DM them.
An Army of 100 Bots Is Reading Climate Change News and Clicking Every Ad Along the Way
Synthetic Messenger, a project from artists Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne, uses bots to make climate change news more visible.
Inside the Business of Sneakerbotting
A 'botter' explains how he snags sneakers before they sell out.
'It's a Crazy Issue' – The Bizarre World of Scam Audiobooks
On sites like Amazon, there are thousands of books seemingly written by bots – and many of those are used to dupe audiobook narrators.
Reselling Is Just One Part of a Broken Sneaker Supply Chain
Bloomberg’s cover story about resellers raises bigger issues in the sneaker community.
This App Lets You Automatically Join the Robinhood Class Action Lawsuit
"I think that both the legal and financial system is stacked against the average person and this case is so important because it combines them both."
Bot Lets Hackers Easily Look Up Facebook Users' Phone Numbers
The person selling access to the service claims it has data on 500 million Facebook users.