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The UK’s GPS Tagging of Migrants Has Been Ruled Illegal
The UK’s privacy regulator says the government did not take into account the intrusiveness of ankle tags that continuously monitor a person’s locatio…
2 years, 7 months ago
Biden Bans Rival Nations From Buying Sensitive US Data—Good Luck
The White House issued an executive order on Wednesday that aims to prevent the sale of Americans' data to “countries of concern,” including China an…
2 years, 7 months ago
Russia Attacked Ukraine's Power Grid at Least 66 Times to ‘Freeze It Into Submission’
Several of the strikes occurred far from the front lines of the conflict, indicating possible war crimes. Researchers say the attacks likely had deva…
2 years, 7 months ago
The White House Warns Cars Made in China Could Unleash Chaos on US Highways
As Chinese automakers prepare to launch in the US, the White House is investigating whether cars made in China could pose a national security threat.…
2 years, 7 months ago
Ransomware Groups Are Bouncing Back Faster From Law Enforcement Busts
Two months ago, the FBI “disrupted” the BlackCat ransomware group. They're already back—and their latest attack is causing delays at pharmacies acros…
2 years, 7 months ago
How a Small Iowa Newspaper’s Website Became an AI-Generated Clickbait Factory
When two former Meta employees dug into why the website of Iowa’s Clayton County Register was spewing dubious posts about stocks, they uncovered a ne…
2 years, 7 months ago
Apple’s iMessage Is Getting Post-Quantum Encryption
Useful quantum computers aren’t a reality—yet. But in one of the biggest deployments of post-quantum encryption so far, Apple is bringing the technol…
2 years, 7 months ago
Leak Shows Alarm in Congress Over a Russian ‘Threat’ Is a Real Anomaly
The US Congress was preparing to vote on a key foreign surveillance program. Then a wild Russian threat appeared.
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2 years, 7 months ago
100 Million People Pay Google for Extra Storage. Can It Get Them to Pay More for Smarter AI?
Google is still mostly supported by ads but its new subscription-only chatbot, Gemini Advanced, is a major new addition to the company's burgeoning s…
2 years, 7 months ago
Google’s AI Boss Says Scale Only Gets You So Far
In an interview with WIRED, DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the biggest breakthroughs in AI are yet to come—and will take more than just chips.
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2 years, 7 months ago