Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat Just Got Pulled From India Over Protest Messaging
India's government ordered GitHub to take down Jack Dorsey's Bluetooth messaging app Bitchat after it was used to coordinate NEET…
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A Pentagon Records Agency Just Confirmed a Breach Affecting 3 Million People
The Defense Manpower Data Center confirmed unauthorized users accessed unencrypted Social Security numbers and military job details for more than…
Denmark Just Suffered the Biggest Data Breach in Its History
Denmark's government confirmed hackers abused a private company's lawful access to the CPR system, stealing names, addresses, and national ID…
Meta Told the IRS Its AI Data Centers Are “Experimental.” It’s Saving Billions.
The New York Times reports Meta used an "experimental" classification for its AI data centers to cut its expected 2025…
Amazon Is Investigating the Employees Who Testified Against Its Data Centers
Three Amazon engineers who spoke in favor of Seattle's new limits on AI data centers say the company opened an…
Google Is Paying Some Publishers for AI Overviews, and Most Are Getting Pennies
Google's AI Contribution pilot pays about 100 publishers when their content shapes an AI Overview or Gemini answer, but reported…
Google’s Latest Spam Update Is Taking Twice as Long as Usual, and Google Won’t Say Why
Google's September 2026 spam update is taking roughly two weeks to roll out, far longer than the one-to-three-day rollouts of…
An AI Avatar Just Fooled Nearly Half the People Who Talked to It
Tavus says its new Griffin model convinced 26 of 54 people they were talking to a real human during a…
A Japanese Car-Sharing App Just Confirmed 6.6 Million Accounts Were Exposed
Times Car, a major Japanese car-sharing service, confirmed an attacker had access to its systems for nearly a month, exposing…
A Tech Company Owner Is Accused of Smuggling $300 Million in Nvidia Chips to China
Federal prosecutors charged a California tech company owner with routing more than $300 million worth of export-controlled Nvidia servers to…