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Discord settles with Texas, agrees to stronger online protection for minors

Evidence showed predators target children on the platform.
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Trump and JD Vance star in bizarre Rick and Morty-style White House animation


China starts production of home-grown immersion DUV chipmaking tools – source

The breakthrough will not pose an immediate commercial threat to Dutch supplier ASML.
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Green Party leader reported to police over Nigel Farage “beheading” Instagram post

Farage said he'd expect to be arrested if he posted something like that.
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UK lawmaker suing Musk's xAI to stop Grok generating sexualized images

Musk’s chatbot generated images of the lawmaker “being prepared for a sexual assault.”
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Federal judge throws out WhatsApp encryption lawsuit against Meta


Tribeca Film Festival data leak exposes Hollywood stars, including Angelina Jolie and Robert De Niro

Thousands of Hollywood contacts were exposed – and no one knows for how long.
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Major Xbox outage drags into second day, locking players out with no fix in sight

Players lose access to purchased games, accounts, and the Microsoft Store as restoration timeline remains unknown.
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Nvidia weighs funding massive Ohio data center for OpenAI

The project is expected to cost half a trillion dollars in total.
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Customer data from India's Bank of Baroda leaked online, source and researcher say

The breach involved a compromised employee email account.
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Hacker who targeted over 500 Snapchat accounts sentenced to over 6 years in prison

Svara used two-factor authentication to lock victims out of their Snapchat accounts.
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North Korea arrests former cyber elite for hacking state banks

The suspects were former cyber operatives from North Korea's main military intelligence agency, according to reports.
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Man who advertised bank fraud on Instagram gets 9 years in prison


Vatican prayer app exposed names and emails of 700,000+ users

The vulnerability was a simple security bug.
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DentaQuest breach notices sent to 15 million after health data theft

Hackers accessed insurance, treatment, and personal data months before victims were finally notified.
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Instagram now banning Meta glasses creeps

Harassing strangers with AI glasses could now get your Instagram account banned.
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Asmongold rips Hasan Piker as he dresses like Mao Zedong for Democrat event


“Trash streamers” face prison time in Poland

Some people think “trash streaming” shows the real world.
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Washington doesn’t want Europe to talk about American tech “kill switch”

Fight digital sovereignty initiatives, US diplomats told.
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Anthropic will donate $20 million in support of AI regulation

Claude maker has warned AI could get out of hand.
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