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‘Stablecoins’ Enabled $40 Billion in Crypto Crime Since 2022
A new report from Chainalysis finds that stablecoins like Tether, tied to the value of the...
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AI Hits the Campaign Trail
This week, we discuss how generative artificial intelligence will affect the 2024 US elections. We also...
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The Murky Campaign to Discredit Lab-Grown Meat
A new ad campaign is targeting the cultivated meat industry on TV and online. Industry supporters...
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Apple Turned Its Epic Defeat Into Another App Store Victory
Despite expensive legal battles and regulatory pressure, Apple’s and Google’s mobile app stores are mostly unchanged....
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Which Samsung Galaxy S24 Model Should You Buy?
Preorders are live for Samsung’s newest Android phones. We break down the key specs to help...
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Review: KEF LSX II LT Wireless Active Speaker System
The audiophile brand may have cut the cost with its new wireless active speakers. But with...
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Trawling Boats Are Hauling Up Ancient Carbon From the Ocean Depths
The world’s trawlers are stirring carbon dioxide into the water—and into the atmosphere.
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An AI Executive Turns AI Crusader to Stand Up for Artists
Ed Newton-Rex quit his job at startup Stability AI over ethical concerns about its collection of...
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The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 Ban Is Back On
Recent Apple Watch models can’t be sold until a patent dispute over the blood-oxygen sensor is...
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Google Updates Chrome's Incognito Warning to Admit It Tracks Users in ‘Private’ Mode
The warning was added to Chrome Canary as Google settles a class-action suit.
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Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Phones Call on Google’s AI to Spruce Up Their Smarts
The top new features in Samsung’s latest lineup are all in the devices’ Galaxy AI software....
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Google Search Is a Mess. Can Mobile AI Make It Better?
Two new enhancements coming to Google’s search tools on phones use machine intelligence to make the...
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Why Tech Workers Are Ditching Big Cities for Boise
Idaho’s capital city is seeing an influx of young people as they apply for tech jobs...
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Global Emissions Could Peak Sooner Than You Think
Global deployment of solar and wind power, plus a surge in EV sales, means emissions from...
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Big Tech Won’t Let You Leave. Here’s a Way Out
The year 2023 saw the “enshittification” of platforms from Facebook to Google Search. A new exit...
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How a 27-Year-Old Codebreaker Busted the Myth of Bitcoin’s Anonymity
Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable. Then a grad student named...
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Scabies Is Making a Comeback
Cases of scabies, a highly contagious parasitic skin disease, are on the rise across Europe. The...
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The 'Sex Update' for 'Cult of the Lamb' Is a Good Sign for Horny Video Games
Cult of the Lamb added a “Sins of the Flesh” update, which comes on the heels...
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The Emmys Proved Streaming Changed TV for the Better
The Emmys’ big winners, and big losers, demonstrated just how much streaming has altered TV—and the...
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A Flaw in Millions of Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm GPUs Could Expose AI Data
Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult.
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Even After a Landslide Victory, Trump Supporters Claim Iowa Caucus Was Rigged
This is likely only the beginning of a campaign season obsessed with claims of election malfeasance.
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The Internet Couldn’t Save Vivek Ramaswamy
The Ramaswamy campaign tried to convert likes and shares into votes. In the end, it wasn’t...
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The Sad Truth of the FTC’s ‘Historic’ Privacy Win
The FTC forced a data broker to stop selling “sensitive location data.” But most companies can...
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How to Launch a Custom Chatbot on OpenAI’s GPT Store
You can now publish a bespoke version of ChatGPT that you’ve trained yourself. The marketplace for...