Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000
Starting today, UK adults will have to prove their age to access porn online. Experts warn that a global wave of age-check laws threatens to chill speech and ultimately harm children and adults alike.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 16:00:00 +0000
Security flaws in Airportr, a door-to-door luggage checking service used by 10 airlines, let hackers access user data and even gain privileges that would have let them redirect or steal luggage.
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Credit to Author: Lauren Goode, Michael Calore, Katie Drummond, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:54:08 +0000
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into the differences between what the US government said about a Jeffrey Epstein video it released and the story told by its metadata.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron| Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Secret IRS data-sharing with ICE, a 20-year-old hackable vulnerability in train brakes, and more.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:30:00 +0000
The US government has added the DNA of approximately 133,000 migrant children and teens to a criminal database, which critics say could mean police treat them like suspects “indefinitely.”
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:21:23 +0000
A trove of 1.1 million records left accessible on the open web shows how much sensitive information can be created—and made vulnerable—during the adoption process.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000
Millions of people are accessing harmful AI “nudify” websites. New analysis says the sites are making millions and rely on tech from US companies.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman, Andy Greenberg| Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: An “explosion” of AI-generated child abuse images is taking over the web, a Russian professional basketball player is arrested on ransomware charges, and more.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2025 21:58:09 +0000
DHS is urging law enforcement to treat even skateboarding and livestreaming as signs of violent intent during a protest, turning everyday behavior into a pretext for police action.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 19:28:50 +0000
Basic security flaws left the personal info of tens of millions of McDonald’s job-seekers vulnerable on the “McHire” site built by AI software firm Paradox.ai.
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