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NCA officer jailed for stealing and laundering 50 BTC: how was it recovered?
A former UK National Crime Agency (NCA) officer has been jailed for five and a half years for stealing 50 bitcoins, which are now worth almost $6 million. The cryptocurrency was seized as criminal property during the Silk Road 2.0 investigation. The bitcoin was traced despite being laundered through a “mixer.”
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Modern misogyny: AI advises women to seek lower salaries than men
In what might be proof that AI chatbots reinforce real-world discrimination, a new study has found that large language models such as ChatGPT consistently tell women to ask for lower salaries than men.
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TikTok, AliExpress, and WeChat violate EU privacy laws, data protection group claims
The Austrian digital rights and data protection advocate has filed complaints against popular Chinese companies over a lack of data transparency.
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Study reveals Trump speeches a huge conundrum to mighty AI
Researchers have concluded that US President Donald Trump’s political speeches – not easy for any human, to be honest – are also difficult to grasp for AI systems like ChatGPT.
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Up to 7,000 Afghans being relocated to UK after data leak blunder
A new scandal is currently rocking the British government. Almost 7,000 Afghan nationals are being relocated to the UK following a massive personal data leak in the military – the people were assisting British forces deployed to the country.
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Phishing email costs US school district $1.8 million
Broken Bow Public Schools, a Nebraska school district, followed instructions set out in an email related to an ongoing construction project. It later turned out that the email was sent by scammers.
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California chooses to switch from analog to AI-powered energy management
California’s statewide power grid operator is set to become the first in North America to deploy artificial intelligence to manage outages. Surprisingly, it’s all been deeply analog so far.
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Epstein-obsessed users feel “betrayed” by Trump, while “raw” prison video fuels new conspiracies
The community that bolstered President Donald Trump during his election campaign feels betrayed after the release of Epstein’s client list turned out to be an empty promise.
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New invention promises ultra-fast and much greener AI
Scientists at Université Laval have created an optical chip that can transmit data at 1,000 gigabits per second. That’s fast enough to transfer the equivalent of 100 million books in seven minutes, so the implications for AI development are huge.
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JD Vance’s Disneyland vacation sparks outrage, mockery
Users took to X to mock the United States Vice President JD Vance in a recent viral video of him at Disneyland. His vacation sparked outrage due to ongoing ICE raids and the mass deportation crisis in the US.
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OpenAI’s $3 billion deal with Windsurf falls apart, Google poaches Windsurf’s CEO
OpenAI’s deal to buy coding startup Windsurf fell apart, with Google now stepping in to hire the startup’s CEO and some of its top researchers.
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Louis Vuitton confirms customer data stolen in cyberattack
Luxury retail company Louis Vuitton has said data of some UK customers has been stolen after hackers gained access to its systems.
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Nippon Steel suffers zero-day attack, admits data stolen
Global steel manufacturer Nippon Steel reveals it was the victim of a recent zero-day attack, and the hackers responsible may have leaked the stolen data of tens of thousands of business partners, customers, and employees combined.
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Google rolls out photo-to-video capability in Gemini
Google is now allowing its paying users to turn their photos into eight-second video clips with sound.
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Paris prosecutors ask police to join investigation of Musk's X
A French probe into Elon Musk's social media platform X deepened on Friday, when the Paris prosecutor's office said it had enlisted police to investigate suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by the company or its executives.
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Social media accounts must be public if you want a US visa, government warns
The US Department of State has announced that it will expand the screening and vetting process for visa applicants, and your social media accounts will now be taken into consideration before visas are granted.
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China easily outpacing rest of the world in AI research – report
Just when artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a strategic asset akin to energy or military capability, a new report says China is massively outpacing the rest of the world in AI research.
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AI slows down experienced software developers, study finds
Contrary to popular belief, using cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools slowed down experienced software developers when they were working in codebases familiar to them, rather than supercharging their work, a new study found.
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