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A feature Google demoed at its I/O confab yesterday, using its generative AI technology to scan voice calls in real time for conversational patterns associated with financial scams, has sent a collective shiver down the spines of privacy and security experts who are warning the feature represents the thin end of the wedge. They...

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I hate to go as cliche as “surprising absolutely no one,” but really, this is not a surprise.

A French official said there is no record of a scheduled meeting with the South Dakota governor – nor had they invited her...

The Biden administration has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has violated international law, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid, the State Department told Congress on Friday....

The yawning gap between locals’ and visitors’ consumption is stoking long-standing resentments ahead of an election....

Recent assaults spark national debate over Germany’s increasingly raw political climate, with some seeing echoes of its dark history....

tl;dr: we will do nothing about it...

“[Razer] falsely claimed, in the midst of a global pandemic, that their face mask was the equivalent of an N95 certified respirator,” Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement....

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The university’s response was likely the quickest show of police force in response to a divestment protest among the dozens nationwide that have occurred in recent weeks. It was also probably the only one where pepper balls, stun guns and rubber bullets were used against students, faculty and community members – at one of...

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