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#OnlyDown? The shocking AI scam turning disability into a fetish
AI has gone too far. Deepfake influencers are now being used to exploit fetish markets, with fake personas designed to lure followers in and sell adult content.
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Britain has 10 years to prepare for encryption-breaking quantum cyberattacks
As if there's not enough headache about cyberattacks already, the United Kingdom’s cybersecurity agency has urged organizations to foolproof their systems against quantum hackers by 2035.
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ChatGPT just made you a criminal – with zero evidence
What happens when a chatbot makes up a crime – and pins it on you?
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Tesla recalls most Cybertrucks due to trim detaching from vehicle
Tesla is recalling 46,096 Cybertruck vehicles in the US – nearly all Cybertrucks made up to February – to fix an exterior panel that could detach while driving, adding to a series of call-backs for the pickup truck since last year.
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Chinese satellites “dogfighting” in space, US Space Force says
China is becoming increasingly aggressive in space and is now practicing coordinated satellite maneuvers that look a lot like classic aerial combat, a US Space Force General has said. He warns that America needs to be prepared for an off-planet conflict.
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Drone swarms already a reality and will hit the battlefield in Ukraine soon, innovators claim
“We’re really close to making drone swarms work on the battlefield – but we need operators, and a lot of them,” visionaries from Sine.Engineering, a Ukrainian drone tech firm, tell Cybernews.
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Americans ditch doomscrolling for $130 worth of monthly streaming
With streaming platforms now wanting you to pay for content even when they show you ads, consumers keep spending more on subscriptions. They’re not happy, a new survey shows.
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TikTok’s airport hack: miracle or madness?
TikTok’s “airport theory” promises to get travelers through security and onto their flights in under 20 minutes. But is this viral hack a clever shortcut or a recipe for disaster?
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Algorithmic surveillance helped Amazon crush unionizing effort
The 2021 union vote at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama ended with employees voting against unionizing. A new study says the tech giant manipulated the process using algorithmic tricks.
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World’s “biggest” Elon Musk protest staged in Wales
"Don’t buy a Tesla" was raked into the sand by protesters on a Welsh beach alongside a silhouette of Elon Musk giving a Nazi salute.
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Goodbye cables, hello lasers: Alphabet’s plan to outshine Starlink
The internet’s future could be floating through the air – Alphabet’s Taara is betting on laser beams replacing traditional cables, and being a major competitor to Elon Musk’s Starlink.
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Bite-sized no more: why TikTokers now crave longer videos
TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram are embracing longer videos, shifting away from the 15-60 second norms. Here’s why audiences and creators are all for it.
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Trump targets Biden's pardons: is autopen signing legitimate?
Trump claims Biden’s autopen-signed pardons are invalid, raising questions about the legitimacy of using machines for presidential power. But what is an autopen?
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Pirate Bay’s first financier dies in plane crash
Carl Lundstrom, the first financial supporter of The Pirate Bay (TPB), has died following a plane crash in the Slovenian mountains.
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Anti-Elon crusades in US and Europe make Tesla their main target
People have had enough of Elon Musk. Americans are protesting DOGE cuts by vandalizing Teslas, while Europeans denounce Musk’s support of far-right parties by posting Nazi ads across London.
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Threat hunters successfully use OpenAI’s Operator for phishing attack
AI agents such as Operator, recently introduced by OpenAI, might indeed enhance productivity. However, a threat hunter team has successfully demonstrated that they can also become new attack vectors.
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We tried out Murena as a way to escape Google’s powerful data collection claws
Murena, a French company urging web users to "escape the digital surveillance," has released some privacy-focused smartphones in the past. Now, there's also a tablet available. We tried it out.
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While DOJ keeps pushing Google, other US tech giants watch uneasily
Surprise, surprise. It looks like US President Donald Trump agrees with his predecessor Joe Biden about something at least – the much-changed Justice Department apparently still wants Google to be broken up. That’s bad news for all the other large tech firms out there.
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