FOIA
These Are the Notorious NSA Furby Documents Showing Spy Agency Freaking Out About Embedded AI in Children's Toy
"Apparently, these stuffed critters learn from nearby speech patterns. That would definitely be a security concern."
Kayak
KAYAK Lets Users Filter Out Boeing 737 Max 9 Flights After Door Blows Off Plane
A previously small feature has seen a 15x increase in usage and has been made more powerful and prominent following the 737 Max 9 incident.
Wikipedia
Wikimedia's Pornographers
Wikipedia's highly specific and pedantic editing culture and expansive copyright ethos extends to dick pics and porn.
Court Records
‘Russian Economist’ Had Passports Confiscated at Airport, Was Allowed to Sneak Onto Flight to LAX Without a Ticket Anyway
Here's what happens when you sneak onto a flight to the US without a passport or a ticket.
FOIA
‘Student Should Have a Healthy-Looking BMI’: How Universities Bend Over Backwards to Accommodate Food Delivery Robots
Internal emails show how universities make nonsentient, profit-seeking Starship robots feel comfortable on campus.
Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find
"The majority of high-ranking product reviews in the result pages of commercial search engines use affiliate marketing, and significant amounts are outright SEO product review spam."
repair
YouTube Commenters and the Grassroots Movement Pushed Google to Support Right to Repair
Google says its own customers drove it to ultimately support a strong version of right to repair.
Google Formally Endorses Right to Repair, Will Lobby to Pass Repair Laws
Google says repair should be easy and "parts pairing" should be illegal.
Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks’ New, Bass Pro Shops-Exclusive CD: The 404 Media Review
With 'Time Traveler,' Garth Brooks created the most memorable album in recent memory by making me go to a Bass Pro Shop.
Hacking
Researchers Install Ransomware on Internet-Connected Wrench
“We were able to make the device completely inoperable by preventing a local operator from controlling the drill through the onboard display and disabling the trigger button."
YouTube
Deepfaked Celebrity Ads Promoting Medicare Scams Run Rampant on YouTube
Joe Rogan, Taylor Swift, Andrew Tate, Steve Harvey, The Rock, and Oprah have been cloned by AI for scam ads that, in total, have been viewed more than 195 million times on YouTube.
AI
'Dogs Will Pass Away': Hackers Steal Dog Rescue's Facebook Page, Turn It Into AI Content Farm
Facebook pages that are posting stolen, AI-generated content have hacked and rebranded pages previously owned by a dog rescue, a dance studio, and a metal music concert promoter.