Credit to Author: Deidre Olsen| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Poverty, fentanyl, and lack of public funding mean morgues are overloaded with unidentified bodies. TikTok and Facebook pages are filling the gap—with AI proving a powerful and controversial new tool.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:53:14 +0000
More than 60 groups advocating for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are pushing the US Congress to reform the Section 702 surveillance program as Senate leaders move to renew it.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:51:19 +0000
In its plans to implement a White House executive order, CISA aims to strike a balance between promoting AI adoption for national security and defending against its malicious use.
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Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:31:36 +0000
Roswell, New Mexico, remains synonymous with the “discovery” of alien life on Earth—and a US government coverup. But history shows the reality may be far less out of this world—and still fascinating.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Netflix, Spotify, Twitter, PayPal, Slack. All down for millions of people. How a group of teen friends plunged into an underworld of cybercrime and broke the internet—then went to work for the FBI.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 21:12:16 +0000
An effort to reauthorize a controversial US surveillance program by attaching it to a must-pass spending bill has civil liberties advocates calling foul.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Dell Cameron| Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000
Plus: A DDoS attack shuts down ChatGPT, Lockbit shuts down a bank, and a communications breakdown between politicians and Big Tech.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:54:40 +0000
Top senate officials are planning to save the Section 702 surveillance program by attaching it to a crucial piece of legislation. Critics worry a chance to pass privacy reforms will be missed.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:42:27 +0000
US government officials continue to warn that the public and private sectors need to identify and root out China-backed attackers lurking in industrial control systems.
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Credit to Author: David Gilbert| Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000
Small platforms without resources to handle takedown requests have been weaponized by terrorist groups that share their content online. A free new tool is coming to help clean house.
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