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Sarcophagus Is a Dead Man’s Switch for Your Crypto Wallet
By combining a century-old idea with cryptocurrency tech, Sarcophagus aims to create a foolproof way to...
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Beeper Took On Apple’s iMessage Dominance. Now It’s Been Acquired
The app that turned green chat bubbles blue has been acquired by Automattic, the parent company...
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Students Are Likely Writing Millions of Papers With AI
Turnitin, a service that checks papers for plagiarism, says its detection tool found millions of papers...
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Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism
In Yanis Varoufakis’ latest book, the former Greek finance minister argues that companies like Apple and...
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How I Became a Python Programmer—and Fell Out of Love With the Machine
When I started coding, I was suspicious of all the abstractions. Then I discovered the Django...
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The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island
By becoming the official custodian of an entire nation’s history for the first time, the Internet...
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Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Found Liable for Multibillion-Dollar Fraud
When Do Kwon’s crypto empire fell to pieces, tens of billions of dollars were wiped out....
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This AI Startup Wants You to Talk to Houses, Cars, and Factories
Archetype builds AI models that act as a translation layer between humans and complex sensors, using...
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A TikTok Whistleblower Got DC’s Attention. Do His Claims Add Up?
Zen Goziker worked at TikTok for only six months. Many of his allegations about the company...
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To Build a Better AI Supercomputer, Let There Be Light
OpenAI and other AI leaders think new leaps in machine intelligence will require new forms of...
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OpenAI’s GPT Store Is Triggering Copyright Complaints
A publisher says some chatbots in OpenAI's GPT Store were created using its copyrighted textbooks. OpenAI...
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Apple Store Employees Say Coworkers Were Disciplined for Supporting Palestinians
A protest is planned Saturday at a Chicago Apple store where workers say managers disciplined staff—and...
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He Emptied an Entire Crypto Exchange Onto a Thumb Drive. Then He Disappeared
Faruk Özer just started a 11,196-year prison sentence. Did he almost get away with the biggest...
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TikTok Shop’s Era of Super Subsidies Is Ending
The app’s shopping features won over sellers and shoppers by offering deals that can seem too...
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Oregon's Breakthrough Right-to-Repair Bill Is Now Law
Companies will no longer be allowed to use software checks to verify replacement parts in a...
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Bug Zappers Are Swarming on Amazon
Amazon listings for low-cost tech products can send shoppers down a rabbit hole of weird brand...
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
A US judge has sentenced Sam Bankman-Fried, one-time crypto wunderkind, to 25 years behind bars.
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The White House Puts New Guardrails on Government Use of AI
Vice President Kamala Harris says new rules for government AI deployments, including a requirement that algorithms...
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The Baltimore Bridge Collapse Is About to Get Even Messier
Closing the city’s seaport will send shockwaves across global shipping. Supersize container ships pose a growing...
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Inside the Creation of the World’s Most Powerful Open Source AI Model
Startup Databricks just released DBRX, the most powerful open source large language model yet—eclipsing Meta’s Llama...
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The Science of Crypto Forensics Survives a Court Battle—for Now
A jury convicted Roman Sterlingov of money laundering this month. His defense team says it will...
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‘$5,000 to Save a Life Is a Bargain’
Here’s Elie Hassenfeld, your high school EA crush. As effective altruism spirals into self-doubt, the idealist...
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Meta Kills a Crucial Transparency Tool At the Worst Possible Time
CrowdTangle helps researchers track disinformation, but Meta will close it down before the US election. The...
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The EU Targets Apple, Meta, and Alphabet for Investigations Under New Tech Law
The probes are the first to take place under Europe’s landmark Digital Markets Act—and add to...