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Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn
Sextortion-based hacking, which hijacks a victim’s webcam or blackmails them with nudes they’re tricked or coerced into sharing, has long…
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Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out
Susan Monarez is no longer the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a post…
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21 Best Early Labor Day Sales on WIRED-Tested Gear (2025)
Labor Day is not until September 1, but retailers are already offering oodles of Labor Day deals. The unofficial end…
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OpenAI Designed GPT-5 to Be Safer. It Still Outputs Gay Slurs
OpenAI is trying to make its chatbot less annoying with the release of GPT-5. And I’m not talking about adjustments…
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A Single Poisoned Document Could Leak ‘Secret’ Data Via ChatGPT
The latest generative AI models are not just stand-alone text-generating chatbots—instead, they can easily be hooked up to your data…
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Mark Zuckerberg Details Meta’s Plan for Self-Improving, Superintelligent AI
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told investors that the newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs is focused on building AI models that…
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Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech
President Trump announced that the United States’ stance on intellectual property and AI would be a “commonsense application” that does…
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Can US Measles Outbreaks Be Stopped?
The US is experiencing its worst year for measles in over three decades, with more than 1,300 cases in 40…
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Best Prime Day Laptop Deals 2025: MacBooks, Chromebooks, and More
You’ve gotta be careful buying random laptops on Amazon. There’s a lot of junk that masquerades as good deals, especially…
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Despite Protests, Elon Musk Secures Air Permit for xAI
A local health department in Memphis has granted Elon Musk’s xAI data center an air permit to continue operating the…
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