Meta Is Sued Over Scam Ads on Facebook and Instagram
…In a statement, Meta spokesperson Chris Sgro says, “These allegations misrepresent the reality of our work and we will fight them.” Speaking with WIRED, Ben Winters, CFA’s director of AI and…
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Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow
…As cybercriminals and offensive hackers ramp up their use of AI to exploit vulnerabilities and develop hacking tools, the technology is also radically changing the dynamics of how security researchers hunt for…
When Satellite Data Becomes a Weapon
…Access Is the New Bottleneck Commercial low-Earth orbit fleets like Planet Labs and Maxar operate differently from government-owned systems—and access is the main constraint. Governments receive priority tasking, while…
The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked
…Yeah, no, I think most AI companies would be fearful to not play ball here, because they are all trying to quite literally work with the government, become government contractors, and they…
Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
…that derives roughly 80 percent of its revenue from government clients—and is tied to a test version of the Meta AI app that powers Meta's Ray-Ban and Oakley smart…
Activists Are Taking On Elon Musk’s SpaceX IPO
…ever more the globally polarizing figure after helping lead President Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency and overseeing mass cuts to jobs, contracts, and grants across federal agencies. The…
Silicon Valley Is Spending Millions to Stop One of Its Own
…Bores’ AI stance has made him a target for some of Big Tech’s leaders: In late 2025, a super PAC called Leading the Future—bankrolled by OpenAI’s Greg Brockman, Palantir…
‘Uncanny Valley’: Anthropic’s DOD Lawsuit, War Memes, and AI Coming for VC Jobs
…And it's about how an events company whose associates helped organize the January 6th, 2021 rally has been majorly benefiting from government contracts. The company, called Event Strategies, is based in…
Amazon Employees Show Up to City Council Meetings to Demand Limits on Data Centers
…Schloesser also called for new taxes on tech companies and “worker-led safety committees that report to the city” about any AI tools that are “becoming a risk” to Seattle. Tech companies…
US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
As Americans stew over the looming risk of job-stealing AI and data centers in their back yards, the feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat, documents obtained…