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Washington state deploys $30,000 drone to combat graffiti
Washington state is readying a $1 million anti-vandalism project, part of which involves testing a $30,000 drone that paints over graffiti....
AI ethicists warn of ‘digital hauntings’ from dead loved ones
The internet is filled with personal artifacts, much of which can linger online long after someone dies. But what if those relics are used...
Many rural areas could soon lose cell service
Rural and Indigenous communities are at risk of losing cell service thanks to a 2019 law intended to strip US telecom networks of...
Romance scams just ‘happen in life,’ says CEO of biggest dating app company in the US
Online romance scams netted con artists over $1.1 billion in 2023, with an average reported loss of around $2,000 per target. These victims...
Gmail debuted on April Fool’s Day 20 years ago. The joke is still on us.
A completely free email service offering 1 GB of storage, integrated search capabilities, and automatic message threading? Too good to be...
OpenAI wants to devour a huge chunk of the internet. Who’s going to stop them?
You probably don’t know about Automattic, but they know you. As the parent company of WordPress, its content management systems host...
Gene-edited pigs immune to deadly virus could arrive on farms by next year
US farmers are closer than ever to raising genetically edited pigs immune to one of the animal’s deadliest diseases. But while millions...
OpenAI’s Sora pushes us one mammoth step closer towards the AI abyss
It’s hard to write about Sora without feeling like your mind is melting. But after OpenAI’s surprise artificial intelligence...
FCC bans AI-generated robocalls
The Federal Communications Commission unanimously ruled on Thursday that robocalls containing AI-generated vocal clones are illegal under...
Sharing AI-generated images on Facebook might get harder… eventually
That one aunt of yours (you know the one) may finally think twice before forwarding Facebook posts of “lost” photos of hipster Einstein...
