From Musk to Nadella: Trump’s $500 billion AI project stirs drama among the biggest names in tech
Some of the biggest names in technology have clashed after President Donald Trump unveiled his $500 billion private AI investment project.
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Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad
Behold, 404 Media’s Super Bowl ad. Yes, we bought a Super Bowl ad. No, we did not spend $8 million. Until now, 404 Media has never done any paid advertising, but we figured why not get in on the country’s biggest ad extravaganza with a message about our journalist-owned, human-focused media company. There are tons…
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Sued for Not Telling Patients Hackers Stole Their Nude Photos
This article was produced in collaboration with Court Watch, an independent outlet that unearths overlooked court records. To subscribe to Court Watch, click here. A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon’s patients filed a class action lawsuit against him earlier this month after they say he didn’t tell them that his patient information database had been hacked…
Podcast: Inside the ICE Deportation Tool
This week we start with a couple of Jason and Joseph’s stories about the tool ICE uses to lookup an incredible amount of information about people. After the break, Joseph explains how he tested an AI service that calls your parents in case you can’t be bothered. In the subscribers-only section, our new regular contributor…
Podcast: The Tea Hack Just Keeps Getting Worse
We start this week with Emanuel’s and Joseph’s coverage of Tea, a women’s dating safety app that was breached multiple times. After the break, Sam and Emanuel talk about how a new UK law about age verification is impacting peoples’ ability to see footage about current events. In the subscribers-only section, Jason explains that LeBron…
Union Warns Professors About Posting In the ‘Current Climate’
A union that represents university professors and other academics published a guide on Wednesday tailored to help its members navigate social media during the “current climate.” The advice? Lock down your social media accounts, expect anything you post will be screenshotted, and keep things positive. The document ends with links to union provided trauma counseling…
ChatGPT Hallucinated a Feature, Forcing Human Developers to Add It
In what might be a first, a programmer added a feature to a piece of software because ChatGPT hallucinated it, and customers kept attempting to force the software to do it.. The developers of the sheet music scanning app Soundslice, a site that lets people digitize and edit sheet music, added additional functionality to their…
Where Cars and Cybersecurity Collide (Pun Intended)
In this Op-Ed, Palo Alto Networks’ Erix Trexler explains how federal cyber teams can learn from the simplicity of Rivian electric vehicles.
Here’s how data awareness can tackle cybercrime’s complexity
Personal data enables cybercrime, yet securing data remains a significant challenge for cyber leaders, who face competing priorities.
A shocking Chinese AI advancement called DeepSeek is sending US stocks plunging
US stocks were set for a steep selloff Monday morning after a surprise advancement from a Chinese artificial intelligence company, DeepSeek, threatened the aura of invincibility surrounding America’s technology industry.