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Security researchers have uncovered a massive data exposure in Android AI apps that has put hundreds of terabytes of user information at risk. Analysis of 1.8 million apps on the Google Play Store revealed widespread insecure coding practices like hardcoded secrets and misconfigured cloud endpoints. Hundreds of apps were found leaking sensitive credentials. Misconfigurations in …
MrBeast could be the final social-media megastar. MrBeast’s former manager says the age of social-media superstars is fading Reed Duchscher, MrBeast’s former manager, says we won’t see another MrBeast-scale creator soon. As social algorithms focus on individual interests, it’s harder for creators to achieve a broad reach. Influencers who stick to a niche are well-positioned …
Intimacy should be freer and easier than ever, whether for procreation or recreation. Yet at every age the data is stark In two weeks’ time, the first quarter of this century will be over. Twenty-five years during which every aspect of culture, identity and human progress seemed to hurtle forwards at double speed. From this …
A Wisconsin man with no previous diagnosis of mental illness is suing OpenAI and its CEO, claiming the firm's AI chatbot led him to be hospitalized for harmful delusions. https://t.co/bTktbM18yi — ABC News (@ABC) November 10, 2025 The suit is part of seven new lawsuits filed against OpenAI. A Wisconsin man with no previous diagnosis …
South Korea’s data protection authority said on Thursday that Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek transferred user information and prompts without permission when the service was still available for download in the country’s app market. The Personal Information Protection Commission said in a statement that Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co Ltd did not obtain user consent …
by solanawhale Not a scam. One incorrect click or incorrect value or incorrect decimal place and your entire life savings can be gone forever. In this case, the sender used a platform that allowed him to set his own fee payment to the miner. He likely either wanted to prioritize his transaction or wanted to …
A Ukrainian F-16 jet was destroyed in a crash following the American-made fighter’s first successful mission against Russia on Monday, according to a US official. The fighter, one of six that arrived in Kyiv earlier this month, is not believed to have been shot down by enemy fire but rather crashed as a likely result …
LIVE: Speaking with @elonmusk about how we can harness the opportunities and mitigate the risks of AI for the good of civilization. https://t.co/XiAQwOXzcP — Benjamin Netanyahu – בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) September 18, 2023 via techcrunch: “X owner Elon Musk today floated the idea that the social network formerly known as Twitter may no longer be …