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Lawmakers Are Out for Blood After a Hack of the SEC’s X Account Causes Bitcoin Chaos
In their letter, Vance and Tillis set a deadline of January 23 for the SEC to elucidate its plans to…
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A US-Sanctioned Oligarch Ran Pro-Kremlin Ads on Facebook—Again
Meta earned over $200,000 from an ad campaign, seen by millions, that pushed pro-Kremlin talking points and undermined local elections…
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Scammy AI-Generated Books Are Flooding Amazon
When AI researcher Melanie Mitchell published Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans in 2019, she set out to clarify…
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Sorry California, Amazon Will No Longer Sell You Donkey Meat
If you are planning to buy your donkey meat on Amazon this Christmas, you may have to look elsewhere. The…
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Blood, Guns, and Broken Scooters: Inside the Chaotic Rise and Fall of Bird
In a minivan with the rear seats ripped out, John is chasing one of his 250 electric scooters down a…
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The Holy Grail of Quantum Computing Is Finally Here. Or Is It?
Andersen and Lensky of Google disagree. They do not think the experiment demonstrates a topological qubit, because the object cannot…
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The Race to Fill Crypto’s FTX-Shaped Hole
When crypto exchange FTX collapsed, it left behind a hole in the market. From Backpack to OPNX, faces new and…
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Apple’s Tight Grip on iMessage Spurs Fresh Calls for an Antitrust Probe
“Apple is attempting to squash efforts to streamline messaging between Apple and Android devices,” the letter reads. It cites accusations…
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America’s Big AI Safety Plan Faces a Budget Crunch
On December 16, the same day Tabassi spoke at NeurIPS, six members of Congress signed a bipartisan open letter raising…
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Meet Flip, the Viral Video App Giving Away Free Stuff
Clare Walker, a 23-year-old in Brooklyn, has racked up about $700 worth of gift cards or, in her words, “free…
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