Credit to Author: Tim Marchman| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 17:32:19 +0000
WIRED was able to download stories from publishers like The New York Times and The Atlantic using Poe’s Assistant bot. One expert calls it “prima facie copyright infringement,” which Quora disputes.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Matt Giles| Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims in likely the worst-ever crypto-focused serial extortion case of its kind in the US.
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Credit to Author: Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:15:21 +0000
AWS hosted a server linked to the Bezos family- and Nvidia-backed search startup that appears to have been used to scrape the sites of major outlets, prompting an inquiry into potential rules violations.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:55:24 +0000
Gutted of civil rights protections by Democrats to woo pro-business Republicans, the American Privacy Rights Act was pulled from a key congressional hearing—and appears unlikely to receive a full vote.
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Credit to Author: Vittoria Elliott| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 17:35:10 +0000
A custom platform developed by SITU Research aided the International Criminal Court’s prosecution in a war crimes trial for the first time. It could change how justice is enacted on an international scale.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:09:29 +0000
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty to one count of espionage in US court on Wednesday, ending a years-long legal battle between the US government and a controversial publisher.
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Credit to Author: Todd Feathers| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:00:00 +0000
How accurate are gunshot detection systems, really? For years, it’s been a secret, but new reports from San Jose and NYC show these systems have operated well below their advertised accuracy rates.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The most notorious deepfake sexual abuse website is hosting altered videos originally published as part of the GirlsDoPorn operation. Experts say this new low is only the beginning.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000
With cyberattacks increasingly targeting health care providers, an arduous bureaucratic process meant to address legal risk is keeping hospitals offline longer, potentially risking lives.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000
Plus: Alleged Apple source code leaks online, cybercrime group Scattered Spider’s alleged kingpin gets arrested, and more.
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