4+ hour, 37+ min ago  (59+ words) Your name is worth more than you think. Not to you, necessarily. But to a stranger sitting in Pyongyang, your name, your Social Security number, and your work history are worth a steady paycheck, a remote developer job, and a…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (57+ words) Chatbot-user selfies are reportedly being analyzed and not only checked for suspiciousness, but to see if they match the faces of any public figures.Video gamers staged a collective rebellion when they discovered that Discord, the dominant gamer chat platform,…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (61+ words) Americans reportedly send six billion text messages per day, with 81% of U.S. users relying on the built-in messages app on their phones instead of alternatives like Telegram and WhatsApp. If you're still sending SMS messages, though, you could be leaving yourself…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (66+ words) Spam texts are on the rise, mucking up your phone with group chats filled with people you don't know and who didn't ask to be lumped together for some nefarious reason. While these texts might seem like a simple nuisance,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (26+ words) I don't know what the future of AI holds. But neither do any of the people using panic rhetoric to induce population-wide fear and dread....

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (56+ words) A declassified CIA document has helped reveal just how devious some artificial intelligence bots can be.The revelation comes after internet users have been dropping AI chatbots onto an AI-only social media platform called Moltbook for the last month.As…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (549+ words) Hot on the heels of the U.S. government's announcement of the Tech Force combing for 1,000 new recruits, 25 times that number of Americans have sent in their resumes to the cross-agency technology team.The Tech Force, announced mid-month, urged the country's best…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (672+ words) The White House, federal regulators, and Congress are scrambling to develop a national approach to artificial intelligence. Yet almost no one is examining AI from an ethical or civil-society perspective. Policymakers frame it as an economic or national security issue....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (741+ words) First, it was AM radio " now it's FM too. Imagine starting your car and realizing that what you can " or can't " hear has already been decided for you. The same tech giants that censor your posts, curate your newsfeeds, and…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1019+ words) Android security has come a long way since the early days, thanks largely to Google's broad suite of virus-busting tools, like Play Protect for apps, Safe Browsing for the web, and the Advanced Protection Program for Google accounts. However, malware…...