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…

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ChatGPT Answered ‘High Risk’ Questions About Suicide, New Study Finds

Popular chatbots offered direct responses to questions about self-harm methods while hesitating to answer questions seeking therapeutic help directly, according to a new study that looked at how ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini handled suicide-related questions. Of “particular concern” was that ChatGPT provided direct answered to high-risk questions 78 percent of the time, and both ChatGPT…

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HOPE Hacking Conference Banned From University Venue Over Apparent ‘Anti-Police Agenda’

The legendary hacker conference Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) says that it has been “banned” from St. John’s University, the venue where it has held the last several HOPE conferences, because someone told the university the conference had an “anti-police agenda.” HOPE was held at St. John’s University in 2022, 2024, and 2025, and was…

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Developer Unlocks Newly Enshittified Echelon Exercise Bikes But Can’t Legally Release His Software

An app developer has jailbroken Echelon exercise bikes to restore functionality that the company put behind a paywall last month, but copyright laws prevent him from being allowed to legally release it.  Last month, Peloton competitor Echelon pushed a firmware update to its exercise equipment that forces its machines to connect to the company’s servers…

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Business Insider Founder Creates AI Exec For His New Newsroom, Immediately Hits On Her

On Monday, the co-founder of Business Insider Henry Blodget published a blog on his new Substack about a “native-AI newsroom.” Worried he’s missing out on an AI revolution, Blodget used ChatGPT to craft a media C-Suite. Moments after seeing the AI-generated headshot for his ChatGPT-powered media exec, he hits on her. Blodget called the feeling…

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