Your Body Is Betraying Your Right to Privacy
…Then, they turn around and sell your personal data to Facebook and other targeted advertising companies—or at least they did until 2022, when the FTC brought a complaint against BetterHelp and…
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A Dark-Money Campaign Is Paying Influencers to Frame Chinese AI as a Threat
…If they do, it could mean that China gets personal data from me and my kids, and take jobs that should be here in the US In the AI innovation race, I…
AI Agents Plunged the Tech World Into Chaos. Here’s Exactly How That Happened
…One Meta safety and security engineer made a “rookie mistake” in an OpenClaw project and watched in horror as her inbox began deleting all her mail. But for all its risks, OpenClaw…
They Built a Legendary Privacy Tool. Now They’re Sworn Enemies
…Joe, a college student, submits his assignments in person to avoid portals and only pays in cash. He tells me about vibrant pockets of the dark web dedicated to evangelizing homebrew privacy…
You Don’t Have to Drink Lukewarm Coffee Ever Again. Get a Warmer
…Unless you're a terribly specific person, the Ohom Ui 3 Self-Heating Mug ($105) offers the simplest and most pleasant solution. It is a handsome ceramic mug with metal in its…
Get Peace of Mind With This GPS and Activity Tracker for Pets
…But as a person with an indoor-only cat living in a busy part of Brooklyn, the minimum safe zone was already bigger than my apartment, meaning that if Basil escaped and…
The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked
…Deviants and freaks, the new name of our podcast. And this is, I mean, just going back to red teaming, that's work that a trust and safety team typically does. And…
McLaren CEO Zak Brown Still Gets FOMO About Racing Cars
…Now every road car has a carbon-fiber chassis, and that's safety, performance, and a lightweight thing. Paddle shifts, that's something that is now in an everyday car. We're…
Snake Bros Keep Getting Bitten by Their Lethal Pets. Only Zoos Can Save Them
…The zoo is out thousands of dollars every time it helps a person in need, and you can bet that generates some unhappiness, probably more among the finance departments than among the…
Opposing ICE Might Save the Country. It Could Also Ruin Your Life
…Yet Hedges has seen how Concepcion’s passions, however noble, can lead to personal problems, including massive credit-card debt. And when he started getting 3 am texts from Concepcion about DEICER…