3,000-member revenge porn group had underage victims, US officials say. Creator arrested
Police have arrested the creator of a revenge porn group that contained victims from the Rio Grande Valley, Texas officials…
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AI-generated child pornography is circulating. This US prosecutor wants to make it illegal.
After several reports of artificial intelligence-generated child pornography surfaced in California, Ventura County Dist. Atty. Erik Nasarenko advocated for a…
Study links excessive Internet use to teen school absence risk
From TV and games consoles to smartphones and computers, parents and specialists are worried about the effects of screens on…
Couple duped in ‘very unusual’ gold bar scam loses over RM550,000, US cops say
A Nebraska couple was recently scammed out of US$115,000 (RM551,080) in a “very unusual” and “scary” fraud scheme, investigators say.
Women in tech, AI in focus as Web Summit opens in Rio
The future of artificial intelligence, technology to fight climate change and other glimpses at the cutting edge were in focus…
US SEC targets its own staff’s texting, nixes WhatsApp on work phones
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has blocked third-party messaging apps and texts from employees’ work mobile phones, bringing its…
This US city is using AI to detect homeless camps. Will others follow suit?
Across the US, cities have begun experimenting with artificial intelligence to map potholes, reduce traffic and fight wildfires. In San…
Invitation-only audio social network is the hot new app in tech circles
Invitation links have been flying around Silicon Valley the past few days to an exclusive app that’s a combination of…
China’s thirsty data centres, AI industry could use more water than size of South Korea’s population by 2030, report warns
Hong Kong think tank says annual water use by Chinese data facilities – almost half of which are in dry…