Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000
New research shows the number of deepfake videos is skyrocketing—and the world’s biggest search engines are funneling clicks to dozens of sites dedicated to the nonconsensual fakes.
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Credit to Author: Matt Laslo| Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:30:38 +0000
In an attempt to wrest control from raucous far-right hardliners amid the fight for a new House speaker, Republican Party leaders are instituting phone bans to keep backroom deals secret.
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Credit to Author: Justin Ling| Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000
The United Nations’ top internet governance body will allegedly host its next two annual meetings in countries known for repressive internet policies and human rights abuses.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2023 19:32:01 +0000
Hundreds dead, thousands wounded—Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel shows the limits of even the most advanced and invasive surveillance dragnets as full-scale war erupts.
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Credit to Author: Andrew Couts| Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Sony confirms a breach of its networks, US federal agents get caught illegally using phone location data, and more.
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Credit to Author: Matt Burgess| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Location-enabled tech designed to make our lives easier is often exploited by domestic abusers. Refuge, a UK nonprofit, helps women to leave abusive relationships, secure their devices, and stay safe.
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra| Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000
Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at UC Davis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of test subjects hidden.
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Credit to Author: Aaron Sankin, Surya Mattu| Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2023 14:00:00 +0000
A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1 percent of the time.
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Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2023 11:00:00 +0000
Every smartphone has an expiration date. Here’s when yours will probably come.
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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess| Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000
Plus: Stolen US State Department emails, $20 million zero-day flaws, and controversy over the EU’s message-scanning law.
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