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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...
Startup pitches a paintball-armed, AI-powered home security camera
It’s a bold pitch for homeowners: What if you let a small tech startup’s crowdfunded AI surveillance system dispense vigilante justice...
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...
Crypto scammers flooded YouTube with sham SpaceX Starship livestreams
YouTube is flooded with fake livestream accounts airing looped videos of “Elon Musk” supposedly promoting crypto schemes....
Airbnb finally bans all indoor security cameras
Certain Airbnb hosts will need to make a few adjustments to their properties. On Monday, the short-term rental service announced it is...
TSA is testing a self-screening security checkpoint in Vegas
The Transportation Security Administration is launching the pilot phase of an autonomous self-screening checkpoint system. Unveiled earlier...
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...
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...
