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JD Vance is “obsessed” with UFOs, yet he thinks they’re demons
US Vice President JD Vance astounded the UFO community by claiming curiosity and obsession over UFO’s, while simultaneously stating he believes aliens are actually demons
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Match’s OkCupid hit with 20-year privacy crackdown after sharing users’ private photos with AI firm
Match and OkCupid are facing a proposed 20-year privacy crackdown after the FTC said the dating app deceived users by sharing nearly 3 million private photos and other sensitive information with AI firm Clarifai.
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Superbloom review: modern tech exploits humanity by giving us what we want
“Superbloom” made me almost wholeheartedly agree with some rebel scholars and programmers who believe that the existing technological system simply needs to be dismantled and rebuilt. But Nicholas Carr is right: it’s probably too late to rethink the system. We might try to change ourselves, though.
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Austria plans to ban social media for under-14s, warning it can make children “addicted and ill”
Austria is planning to ban social media for children under the age of 14, as more countries move to restrict children’s use of online platforms.
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Telemedicine CEO admits to a $46M fraud scheme
The owner of a telemedicine company, Christopher Harwood, admitted to leading a $46.2 million Medicare fraud conspiracy, paying doctors with no relationship to Medicare to approve genetic tests and orthotic braces for people who didn’t need them.
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European Commission says hackers stole data after accessing AWS cloud environment
The European Commission reveals hackers infiltrated its networks in early March – also admitting some data was stolen after attackers gained access to its AWS cloud environment.
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Handala claims hack of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email
Handala is now claiming it hacked FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account — just one week after FBI agents seized website infrastructure tied to the group.
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Europe strips away AI nude-faking apps for good
The European Parliament has greenlit changes to the AI Act that ban so-called nudifier apps in the European Union.
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Alien.gov sparks betting frenzy on UFO disclosure as speculation explodes
The unexplained registration of Alien.gov by the US government is fueling fresh UFO disclosure speculation, and even sparking bets on when “alien confirmation” could happen.
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Pornhub, other major porn platforms may have failed to protect children, EU finds
Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos breached the EU’s digital rules by exposing minors to pornographic content, according to preliminary findings from the European Commission.
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Meta boosts top executives' pay by hundreds of millions with stock options
Meta Platforms is increasing compensation for top executives, including its first-ever offer of stock options. The move is aimed at keeping key leaders at the company and staying competitive in the AI race.
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Can AI help cure diseases? OpenAI Foundation is spending $1B to find out
OpenAI says it will spend $1 billion over the next year on AI efforts aimed at curing diseases, while also funding jobs programs, safety research, and community support.
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Intoxalock restores service after hack left drivers unable to start cars across 46 states
Thousands of drivers across the US are stranded after a cyberattack knocked systems offline at Intoxalock, the safety technology company behind court-ordered ignition interlock devices that require users to blow into a breathalyzer before starting their cars.
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Meta will pay $3,000 for YouTubers and TikTokers to post on Facebook
What do you do when you’re one of the largest tech giants out there, losing the eyeball-fight to your rivals? You wave a wad of cash, of course. Meta is offering larger influencers, active on other platforms, $3,000 a month to post on Facebook.
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Strava exposes French troops… again
French journalists were able to locate an aircraft carrier through a service member using fitness app Strava – a known security flaw that hasn’t been fixed.
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Congress has a chance to make spying on Americans harder
Congress will decide whether to reauthorize the George W. Bush-era surveillance program with additional privacy protections, making warrantless spying on private Americans’ communications more difficult.
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FBI seizes Iran-linked Handala websites after Stryker hack that delayed surgeries
The FBI on Thursday seized four websites tied to Handala and a broader Iranian cyber campaign, after the pro-Iranian hacking group claimed last week’s cyberattack on medtech giant Stryker that disrupted hospital operations.
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Researchers uncover iPhone spyware capable of penetrating millions of devices
A powerful software exploit capable of penetrating and stealing information from potentially hundreds of millions of Apple iPhones was planted on dozens of websites in Ukraine in recent weeks, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Nordstrom customers conned out of thousands in St. Patrick’s Day phishing scam
Nordstrom customers were targeted in a St. Patrick’s Day phishing scam after hackers infiltrated the retailer’s email system and sent crypto bait from what appears to be an official company address.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to prove he's not an AI deepfake
The world thinks that Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is dead, all because of AI videos and deepfake content.
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