European Union adds porn site XXNX to list of online platforms facing strictest digital scrutiny
The European Union said July 10 it’s adding the porn site XXNX to its list of online services facing the…
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Author visits archives for ‘research’, then steals artifacts to sell on eBay, US feds say
A man pretended to be conducting research at the Montana Historical Society, then he stole century-old artifacts and sold them…
A US city was forced to rely on a burger app to track post-Hurricane Beryl blackouts
Houston residents trying to monitor blackouts in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl discovered that city’s largest electric utility had no…
Defeated by AI, a legend in the board game Go warns: Get ready for what’s next
Lee Saedol was the finest Go player of his generation when he suffered a decisive loss, defeated not by a…
Nato backs effort to save Internet by rerouting to space in event of subsea attacks
Nato is helping finance a project aimed at finding ways to keep the internet running should subsea cables shuttling civilian and…
New US state law says influencer parents must compensate their kids for appearing in social media content
Many influencer parents like to incorporate their family into their TikToks, YouTube videos and other types of short-form content. But…
US FTC bars anonymous messaging app from serving users younger than 18
The US Federal Trade Commission on July 9 barred an online service for the first time from serving users younger…
Elon Musk rips Mark Zuckerberg for July 4 video: ‘I prefer to work’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s patriotic Fourth of July video Thursday drew praise from fans of his unexpectedly fruitful rebrand, but…
For older people who are lonely, is the solution a robot friend?
ElliQ, a voice-activated robotic companion powered by artificial intelligence, is part of a New York state effort to ease the…