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Steven Garcia missing: New Mexico UFO mystery deepens
The disappearance of Albuquerque government contractor Steven Garcia has intensified speculation around a possible pattern of missing defense-linked figures tied to the UFO disclosure narrative in New Mexico.
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Australia tried to ban kids from social media but failed, study finds
A majority of Australian children continue to use social media, even though its use by children under 16 is prohibited.
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IBM agrees to $17M settlement in DOJ case over diversity programs
IBM has agreed to pay $17,077,043 to the US Department of Justice for failing to comply with President Donald Trump’s Civil Rights Fraud Initiative.
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UK threatens to incarcerate tech execs if they fail to combat online porn
Keir Starmer’s administration has taken a swing at high-level executives of tech companies who don’t combat the creation and distribution of nonconsensual images. Failing to do so could result in a prison sentence.
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Booking.com hack exposes reservation data as scammers target travelers
Booking.com warns customer data may be exposed after hackers access reservation details, with users now reporting phishing emails, calls, and WhatsApp scams tied to travel reservations.rips.
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Netherlands approves Tesla’s supervised self-driving tech
RDW, the Dutch vehicle authority, has greenlit Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) technology to be launched on public roads in the Netherlands.
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Rockstar confirms data breach as hackers threaten game developer to “pay or leak”
Game developer Rockstar Games has suffered a data breach. ShinyHunters, the extortion group responsible for the data theft, is threatening to publish the stolen data if the company doesn’t pay the ransom.
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New phishing scam targets Apple users with fake warnings that their iCloud data will be deleted
Fraudsters are going to new lengths to trick users: now with fake “action required” messages from Apple, claiming that your iCloud storage is full, and your photos and videos will soon be deleted or no longer saved.
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DOJ settles lawsuit alleging Biden administration censored Americans online
The US Justice Department says it has settled a lawsuit that accused the Biden administration’s State Department of actively silencing and disfavoring speech by American citizens.
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Nearly 800 Hungarian government passwords found exposed online ahead of election
Almost 800 Hungarian government email passwords are circulating online in breach dumps, many associated with national security, a new investigation has found.
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OpenAI warns Mac users to update apps after third-party security issue
OpenAI has identified a security issue related to a third-party developer library, Axios, and is working to protect the system used to verify its macOS apps as legitimate OpenAI software.
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Sam Altman home attack suspect denied bail after anti-AI plot emerges
The 20-year-old Texas man accused of attacking Sam Altman’s home with a Molotov cocktail was denied bail on Tuesday, as prosecutors pointed to violent anti-AI writings while his public defenders argued he was in a mental health crisis and being overcharged.
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Wary of lawsuits, Meta removes ads for lawyers seeking clients harmed by social media
Meta, a social media giant, has for years ignored malicious ads that lead to malware and scams on its platforms. But now, the company has begun removing ads from lawyers seeking clients harmed by social media.
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Fake IRS refund email uses Elon Musk to lure victims into giving up bank details
A new IRS tax scam promises a $5,000 refund courtesy of the world’s richest man – Elon Musk – tricking victims into handing over a slew of personal information, including driver’s licenses and bank account numbers.
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$270K bet against Orbán: crypto traders signal Hungary election upset on Polymarket
Three newly created crypto accounts have collectively bet a sizable $269,900 that Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán will lose the upcoming election on April 12th.
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Bunkering down? Microsoft may redesign data centers for war zones
The war in Iran is at least temporarily over, but it could resume any day, as may Tehran’s retaliatory operations targeting big tech’s data centers in the Middle East. Microsoft thinks it’s time to rethink their design.
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Claims about Adam Back being the Bitcoin creator resurface only to repeat previously debunked claims
Another year, another attempt to uncover who Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, is. This time, The New York Times (NYT) attempted to solve the mystery, only to repeat the same claims that have been around for years and have already been dismissed.
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“No data centers,” says note as bullets fired at council member’s home
Bullets have been fired at the home of an Indianapolis councilman, Ron Gibson, after he pledged support for the construction of an AI data center.
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Massive DDoS attack hits Russian state-run telecom, disrupting internet and banking
A “powerful" large-scale DDoS attack on telecom giant Rostelecom disrupted internet access, banking, and major online platforms across 30 Russian cities.
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NASA astronauts quote “Project Hail Mary” during record-breaking lunar flyby
As NASA’s Artemis II crew flew by the moon, capturing sensational images, a ground-crew agent quoted Rocky, the alien hero from Ryan Gosling's recent sci-fi blockbuster Project Hail Mary. For many, the moment imbued an already historic event with an added sense of timelessness and poignancy.
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