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Thursday, Mar 28

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Sam Bankman-Fried just got sentenced to 25 years in prison

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Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried was just sentenced to 25 years behind bars in a ruling handed forth New York's Southern District Court. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan announced the decision this morning.

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The White House lays out extensive AI guidelines for the federal government

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It's been five months since President Joe Biden signed an executive order (EO) to address the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence. The White House is today taking another step forward in implementing the EO with a policy that…

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Oregon's Right to Repair bill is now a law

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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has signed the state's Right to Repair bill into law, and it even comes with a provision that potentially makes it stronger than California's and Minnesota's versions. It's the first to prohibit (PDF) a practice…

Wednesday, Mar 27

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Anti-trans hate is ‘widespread’ on Facebook, Instagram and Threads, report warns

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Meta is failing to enforce its own rules against anti-trans hate speech on its platform, a new report from GLAAD warns. The LGBTQ advocacy group found that “extreme anti-trans hate content remains widespread across Instagram, Facebook, and…

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Israel’s military reportedly used Google Photos to identify civilians in Gaza

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The New York Times reports that Israel’s military intelligence has been using an experimental facial recognition program in Gaza that’s misidentified Palestinian civilians as having ties to Hamas. Google Photos allegedly plays a part in…

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Sega of America workers have ratified their union contract

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Workers at Sega of America, a division of Sega Sammy Holdings Inc., have officially ratified their union contract, as reported by Bloomberg. This makes it one of the first major North American video-game companies to take this step, which…

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Eight years after launch, No Man's Sky gets computer-generated space stations that are different each time

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No Man’s Sky is still getting major updates. Developer Hello Games’ “Orbital” update, due Wednesday, adds procedurally generated space stations (so they’ll be different every time), a ship editor and a Guild system to the nearly eight-year…

Monday, Mar 25

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Ron DeSantis signs bill requiring parental consent for kids to join social media platforms in Florida

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law a bill named HB 3 that creates much stricter guidelines about how kids under 16 can use and access social media. To that end, the law completely bans children younger than 14 from…

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Judge dismisses X's lawsuit against anti-hate group

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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit from X against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that researches hate speech on the Elon Musk-owned platform. In the decision, the judge said that the lawsuit was an attempt to…

Friday, Mar 22

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Senators ask intelligence officials to declassify details about TikTok and ByteDance

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As the Senate considers the bill that would force a sale or ban of TikTok, lawmakers have heard directly from intelligence officials about the alleged national security threat posed by the app. Now, two prominent senators are asking the…

Thursday, Mar 21

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The case against the TikTok ban bill

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A year ago, I visited TikTok’s US headquarters to preview its new “transparency center,” a central piece of its multibillion-dollar effort to convince the US its meme factory isn’t a national security threat. That effort has failed. The…

Wednesday, Mar 20

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The EPA reveals final auto industry regulations to try to keep the world habitable

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled its final pollution emissions standards for the auto industry on Wednesday. The regulations, which include a looser timeframe than those proposed last year, mandate that by 2032, most new…

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Getty flags another British royal family photo for being digitally altered

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Getty has flagged another photo captured by the Princess of Wales as digitally altered that was released back in 2022, featuring Queen Elizabeth II surrounded by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. "Getty Images is undertaking a…

Tuesday, Mar 19

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First cyberflasher convicted in England is sentenced to 66 weeks in jail

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A man has been jailed for 66 weeks in England after pleading guilty to cyberflashing. Nicholas Hawkes is the first person to be convicted of the crime in the country under the Online Safety Act. Cyberflashing (sending unsolicited photos of…

Saturday, Mar 16

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The Morning After: TikTok bans and Airbnb cams

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The biggest story this week was TikTok and the US government going at it again, with the house voting in favor of a bill that could force TikTok's parent company to sell to a US owner or face getting banned outright. Don't worry, though;…

Friday, Mar 15

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Engadget Podcast: Why is the US trying to ban TikTok again?

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Another week, another concerted effort to ban TikTok in the US – except this time, it could actually happen. In this episode, Cherlynn and Devindra chat with Engadget Senior Editor Karissa Bell around the latest TikTok drama. The House…

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Twitch is ending its pandemic-era Prime Video watch parties

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If you're one of the — apparently few — remaining people still doing watch parties now that the pandemic lockdowns are way behind us, we're sorry to say that watching Prime Video shows with your pals on Twitch will no longer be an option…

Thursday, Mar 14

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TikTok is now asking users to call their Senators to prevent a US ban

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One day after a bill that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the United States passed the House of Representatives, the company is doubling down on its strategy of urging users to call lawmakers. The app began pushing new in-app messages to…

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The Morning After: TikTok inches closer to a possible US ban

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A bill that could force a sale or outright ban on TikTok passed the House of Representatives just days after it was first introduced. It now goes to the senate.

Wednesday, Mar 13

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EU regulators pass the planet's first sweeping AI regulations

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The European Parliament has approved sweeping legislation to regulate artificial intelligence, nearly three years after the draft rules were first proposed. Officials reached an agreement on AI development in December. On Wednesday,…

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House passes bill that could ban TikTok

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A bill that could force a sale or outright ban on TikTok passed the House just days after it was first introduced. The House of Representatives approved the measure Wednesday, in a vote of 352 - 65, in a rare showing of bipartisan support.…

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Japan's Space One rocket launch attempt ends in a fiery explosion

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A startup company called Space One launched a rocket earlier in hopes of becoming the first private entity in Japan to put a satellite in orbit. Unfortunately, its attempt ended in a fiery explosion, mere seconds after lift off at 11AM…

Tuesday, Mar 12

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Children of the Sun brings FPS puzzles to Steam on April 9

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Children of the Sun is a bullet-bending puzzle game set in a trippy world of cults and revenge, and it's due to hit PC via Steam on April 9. In Children of the Sun, players line up a single sniper shot and then control the bullet as it…

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The US Government says IP infringement is all over NFT marketplaces

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The non-fungible token (NFT) bubble burst quite some time ago, but the US Government has only just published a report looking into the surrounding legal framework. The study, carried out jointly by the US Copyright Office (USCO) and the…

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You can try the IRS alternative to Turbo Tax in 12 states today

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April is just around the corner, so if you're not stressed about filing taxes yet, it's likely coming any day now. Thanks to the lovely (read: horrible) tax lobby and the politicians who take their money, the headache taxes bring is as…

Saturday, Mar 9

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Joe Biden says he would sign bill that would force a sale or ban of TikTok

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TikTok’s future is looking increasingly uncertain as support grows for a new bill that would force the company to sell itself or face a ban in the United States. Now, President Joe Biden has come out in support of the measure, one day…

Friday, Mar 8

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Russian state-sponsored hackers keep trying to infiltrate Microsoft

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Russian hackers keep trying to infiltrate Microsoft, the company revealed in a blog post. These hacks follow a similar incident from November of last year, in which state-sponsored agents obtained the emails of Microsoft’s senior level…

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The New York Times is cracking down on Wordle clones

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There have been plenty of Wordle clones even before The New York Times purchased the real thing in 2022, to the point that they had become a common sight on app stores. It sounds like The Times has been trying to cull the numbers of Wordle…

Wednesday, Mar 6

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41 state attorneys general tell Meta to fix their customer support for hacking victims

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A group of 41 state attorneys general are demanding that Meta step up its support services for users who have been victims of hacks and account takeovers. “We refuse to operate as the customer service representatives of your company,” the…

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Microsoft engineer who raised concerns about Copilot image creator pens letter to the FTC

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Microsoft engineer Shane Jones raised concerns about the safety of OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 back in January, suggesting the product has security vulnerabilities that make it easy to create violent or sexually explicit images. He also alleged that…