The rise of DIY, pirated medicine: Four Thieves Vinegar Collective has made DIY medicine cheaper and more accessible to the masses ~health healthcare medicine Article 2835 words 81 votes
Here’s twenty-two examples of Google employees trying to avoid creating evidence in antitrust case ~tech google Article 716 words 47 votes
Sex trafficker on FBI Most Wanted list captured in Barcelona pleads not guilty ~news usa spain.barcelona crime Article 272 words, published Mar 20 2024 29 votes
AI music generator Suno admits it was trained on ‘essentially all music files on the internet’ ~tech internet Article 575 words 39 votes
Websites are blocking the wrong AI scrapers (Because AI companies keep making new ones) ~tech internet Article 1256 words 18 votes
Google now only search engine allowed to provide results from Reddit ~tech google.search internet social media Article 1333 words 88 votes
Hackers target AI users with malicious stable diffusion tool on Github to protest 'art theft' ~tech Article 605 words 17 votes
The leak of an internal Google database reveals thousands of potential privacy and security issues reported by employees ~tech google privacy security.cyber Article 287 words 21 votes
University suspends students for AI homework tool it gave them $10,000 prize to make ~tech Article 1735 words 46 votes
Solar storm knocks out farmers' tractor GPS systems during peak planting season ~tech Article 1490 words 33 votes
Etsy sellers are turning free fanfiction into printed and bound physical books [against the wishes of the authors], and listing them for sale for more than $100 per book ~books fiction.fan Article 1398 words 59 votes
Police bodycam shows sheriff hunting for 'obscene' books at library ~books libraries Article 208 words 54 votes
Service jobs now require bizarre personality test from AI company - 404 Media investigation of Reddit post trend ~life work Article 311 words 43 votes
‘Neural network’ fake ID site goes dark after 404 Media investigation - Site creator denies illegal applications after boasting of them ~tech Link 23 votes
An instant fake ID factory - An underground website called OnlyFake is claiming to use “neural networks” to generate realistic looking photos of fake IDs for just $15 ~tech Article 294 words 25 votes
Google formally endorses right to repair, will lobby to pass repair laws ~tech google apple Article 556 words 25 votes
Impact: US FTC stops data broker X-Mode selling sensitive location data ~tech privacy Article 1060 words 16 votes
Largest dataset powering AI images removed after discovery of Child Sexual Abuse Materials ~tech google Article 3947 words 27 votes
Marketing company claims that it actually is listening to your phone and smart speakers to target ads ~tech privacy Article 857 words 34 votes
Polish hackers repaired trains the manufacturer artificially bricked. Now the train company is threatening them. ~tech Article 1502 words 59 votes
Advertisers want to place ads next to content that is 'Brand Safe'. The end of Jezebel is a case study of how that impacts hard hitting news sites ~tech Article 3454 words, published Nov 10 2023 44 votes
AI cameras took over one small American town. Now they're everywhere ~tech privacy Article 1946 words 30 votes
‘Verified’ OSINT accounts are destroying the Israel-Palestine information ecosystem ~tech social media Article 1084 words 18 votes
Video reveals crucial details of LAPD ignoring robbery to catch Togetic in Pokémon Go ~games Article 1139 words 34 votes
ICE, CBP, Secret Service all illegally used US smartphone location data ~tech privacy Article 1326 words, published Oct 5 2023 30 votes
The secret weapon [leaked credit data] hackers can use to dox nearly anyone in America for $15 ~finance Article 3102 words, published Aug 22 2023 32 votes
Kick revisits moderation policy after CEO laughs at sex worker ‘prank’ stream ~tech social media Article 1014 words 18 votes
Why scalpers can get Olivia Rodrigo tickets and you can't ~music Article 1630 words, published Sep 21 2023 12 votes
iOS 17 could break crucial diabetic glucose monitor alerts, manufacturer warns ~tech apple ios.17 Article 500 words 23 votes
Inside ShadowDragon, the tool that lets ICE monitor pregnancy tracking sites and Fortnite players ~tech privacy social media Article 1474 words, published Sep 18 2023 23 votes
iFixit drastically and retroactively reduces ‘Repairability Score’ of the iPhone 14 because of error messages Apple sends if "nongenuine" parts are used ~tech apple Article 822 words 74 votes
At MGM's hacked casinos in Las Vegas, evidence of the massive ransomware hack is everywhere, if you're looking for it ~tech security.cyber Article 2733 words 45 votes
Scientologists ask US Federal government to restrict right to repair ~tech Article 722 words, published Aug 31 2023 46 votes
The wallet event: Crypto startup company tells bankruptcy judge it has lost the password to a 38.9 million dollar physical crypto wallet ~finance cryptocurrency business Article 668 words, published Aug 25 2023 17 votes
Retired US country singer tries clearing ‘vagrancy problem’ with his low-flying helicopter ~life Article 1105 words 20 votes
Most of my Instagram ads are for drugs, stolen credit cards, hacked accounts, counterfeit money, and weapons ~tech social media Article 2660 words, published Aug 23 2023 41 votes
Apple formally endorses right to repair US legislation after spending millions fighting it ~tech apple Article 817 words 67 votes
Four former VICE Motherboard journalists founded an independent news company ~tech Article 1043 words 41 votes