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Bodycam Maker Axon Is on a Mission to Surveil America with AI
Axon, maker of Tasers and police body cameras, has acquired AI surveillance company Fusus amid a push into retail and healthcare settings.
Anti-China TikTok Panic Derailed the Senate’s Big Tech Child Safety Hearing
The hearing on child safety frequently took bizarre turns into panic over TikTok’s Chinese parent company and the Israel-Palestine conflict.
An ‘Official Organization’ on X Is Just Openly Glorifying Hitler Now
X's verification system is being exploited by accounts that pay to promote their views, including that Hitler wasn't so bad.
Taylor Swift Is Living Every Woman’s AI Porn Nightmare
Deepfake nudes of the pop star are appearing all over social media. We all saw this coming.
NVIDIA Reverses Course on Donation Matching for Gaza Charities, Causing Internal Rift
More than 60 employees met with senior management after the chipmaker ended automatic matching for several charities in Gaza while still matching donations supporting West Bank settlements, settler militias, and the IDF.
Google Cuts Thousands of Workers Improving Search After Search Results Scientifically Shown to Suck
"These workers provide critical support that keeps Google’s flagship Search results and Bard AI safe and functional for the company’s billions of users," the union representing the contractors said.
Winner of Japan’s Top Literary Prize Admits She Used ChatGPT
Rie Kudan was awarded the prestigious Akutagawa Prize and promptly announced that she used ChatGPT to write about 5 percent of the winning novel.
Knockoff Iranian Drone Sold on Alibaba Was Meant for War, Documents Show
The drone, advertised as being for survey mapping, is described in documents as a "suicide UAV used on the battlefield." The supplier said it was destined for Ukraine.
Hackers Took Over the SEC’s X Account and Caused Millions In Losses for Bitcoin Investors
Hackers broke into the SEC's X account to falsely post that Bitcoin ETFs were approved, causing $90 million in liquidations.
GOP Lawmakers Reveal They Don’t Know How Launching Nukes Works Amid Defense Secretary Health Crisis
Contrary to Republicans’ panicked declarations, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization does not affect nuclear command and control.
$8.5M Nationwide Airbnb Scam Targeted Black People, Prosecutors Allege
Prosecutors allege that real estate "visionary" Shray Goel and an accomplice decided who to scam in part based on racial prejudices.
The U.S. Court System Couldn't Handle the Epstein Docs Release
This is America and we have a right to government transparency—if we can afford it, and if the website works.