Cable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Click ( www.wired.com )
Google Search Ranks AI Spam Above Original Reporting in News Results ( www.wired.com )
Alex Jones Is Now Trying to Divert Money to His Father’s Supplements Business ( www.wired.com )
Elon Musk's X Is Suspending Accounts That Reveal a Neo-Nazi Cartoonist's Alleged Identity ( www.wired.com )
Cops Used DNA to Predict a Suspect’s Face—and Tried to Run Facial Recognition on It ( www.wired.com )
For facial recognition experts and privacy advocates, the East Bay detective’s request, while dystopian, was also entirely predictable. It emphasizes the ways that, without oversight, law enforcement is able to mix and match technologies in unintended ways, using untested algorithms to single out suspects based on unknowable...
How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity ( www.wired.com )
"This is the story of the revelation in late 2013 that Bitcoin was, in fact, the opposite of untraceable—that its blockchain would actually allow researchers, tech companies, and law enforcement to trace and identify users with even more transparency than the existing financial system."
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Investigation ( www.wired.com )
The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions....
Russia Is Boosting Calls for ‘Civil War’ Over Texas Border Crisis ( www.wired.com )
Google Admits Its AI Overviews Search Feature Screwed Up ( www.wired.com )
Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name ( www.wired.com )
Cryptographers Just Got Closer to Enabling Fully Private Internet Searches ( www.wired.com )
" three researchers have crafted a long-sought version of private information retrieval and extended it to build a more general privacy strategy. The work, which received a Best Paper Award in June 2023 at the annual Symposium on Theory of Computing, topples a major theoretical barrier on the way to a truly private search."
STEM Students Refuse to Work at Google and Amazon Over Project Nimbus ( www.wired.com )
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The ‘Take Our Border Back’ Convoy Is Already a Complete Mess ( www.wired.com )
Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private ( www.wired.com )
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A Russian Propaganda Network Is Promoting an AI-Manipulated Biden Video ( www.wired.com )
Microsoft's Recall Feature Is Even More Hackable Than You Thought ( www.wired.com )
Russia Is Targeting Germany With Fake Information as Europe Votes ( www.wired.com )
Air Canada Has to Honor a Refund Policy Its Chatbot Made Up ( www.wired.com )
Reddit IPO Filings Reveal the Company’s Hopes—and Fears ( www.wired.com )
Banks Are Finally Realizing What Climate Change Will Do to Housing | Extreme weather threatens the investment value of many properties, but financing for climate mitigation efforts are just starting ( www.wired.com )
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Donald Trump Poses a Unique Threat to Truth Social, Says Truth Social ( www.wired.com )
How Charlie Kirk Plans to Discredit Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Act ( www.wired.com )
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk is preparing to launch a campaign against Martin Luther King Jr. and the landmark civil rights law he helped enact.
Trump–Biden Debate Conspiracies Have Already Flooded the Internet ( www.wired.com )
Microsoft's Recall Feature Is Even More Hackable Than You Thought ( www.wired.com )
‘In 24 Hours, You’ll Have Your Pills’: American Women Are Traveling to Mexico for Abortions ( www.wired.com )
