Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales 🔗

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Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales

One scheduled speaker has also pulled out of the New York-based event and specifically pointed to Trump’s mass deportation efforts.

Telegram Gave Authorities Data on More than 20,000 Users 🔗

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Telegram Gave Authorities Data on More than 20,000 Users

According to its newest transparency report, Telegram complied with more than 5,000 requests from authorities in the first three months of 2025.

Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself. 🔗

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Well, Well, Well: Meta to Add Facial Recognition To Glasses After All

Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now M...

Watch an AI-Generated Recruiter Make a Job Interview Even Worse 🔗

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Watch an AI-Generated Recruiter Make a Job Interview Even Worse

“Vertical bar pilates."

'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident 🔗

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'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident

How the sister of Christopher Pelkey made an avatar of him to testify in court.

Man Who Hacked Disney With Malicious AI Tool Pleads Guilty 🔗

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Man Who Hacked Disney With Malicious AI Tool Pleads Guilty

A hacker who tricked people into downloading malware using AI image generation tools plead guilty to two felony counts.

100,000 People Are Using a Telegram Bot That Makes AI Cumshot Videos of Anyone 🔗

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100,000 People Are Using a Telegram Bot That Makes AI Cumshot Videos of Anyone

An open AI video generation model that was released last month is now being used by thousands of people to generate nonconsensual sexual videos of ...

Reddit Issuing 'Formal Legal Demands' Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users 🔗

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Reddit Issuing 'Formal Legal Demands' Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users

Reddit called it an "improper and highly unethical experiment" and said it did not know it was happening.

This Is Palantir’s Justification for Building ICE’s Master Database 🔗

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Kickstarter Introduces ‘Tariff Manager Tool’ to Add Charges to Already Fully Funded Projects

Kickstarter projects have the option of asking backers for more money in order to manage the costs of Trump’s tariffs.

This Website Is Running on a Wii 🔗

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This Website Is Running on a Wii

Alex Haydock found a dusty old Wii console at a hardware swap and modded it to run his website.