Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 13:00:00 +0000
The US Secret Service’s relationship with the Oath Keepers gets revealed, Tornado Cash cofounders get indicted, and a UK court says a teen is behind a Lapsus$ hacking spree.
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Credit to Author: Amanda Hoover| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 16:03:24 +0000
The first booking photo of a US president stands out among a sea of photoshops and AI-generated images online.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Andrew Couts| Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2023 01:03:03 +0000
Social norms—not laws—are the underlying fabric of democracy. The Georgia indictment against Donald Trump is the last tool remaining to repair that which he’s torn apart.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2023 16:22:20 +0000
Russia tightly controls its information space—making it hard to get accurate information out of the country. But open source data provides some clues about the crash.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000
The social media giant filed a lawsuit against a nonprofit that researches hate speech online. It’s the latest effort to cut off the data needed to expose online platforms’ failings.
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Credit to Author: Kim Zetter| Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2023 18:15:13 +0000
Soon after Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February 2022, sensors in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone reported radiation spikes. A researcher now believes he’s found evidence the data was manipulated.
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Credit to Author: Thor Benson| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Generative AI won’t just flood the internet with more lies—it may also create convincing disinformation that’s targeted at groups or even individuals.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 20:31:24 +0000
The National Security Agency has urged top lawmakers to resist demands that it obtain warrants for sensitive data sold by data brokers.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Microsoft expands access to premium security features, AI child sexual abuse material is on the rise, and Netflix’s password crackdown has its intended effect.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 19:12:30 +0000
A landmark $13 million settlement with the City of New York is the latest in a string of legal wins for protesters who were helped by a video-analysis tool that smashes the “bad apple” myth.
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