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CEO of AI Music Company Says People Don’t Like Making Music
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CEO of AI Music Company Says People Don’t Like Making Music

"I think the majority of people don’t enjoy the majority of the time they spend making music.”
Hacker Broke into ‘Path of Exile 2’ Admin Account, Hijacked Wave of Characters
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Hacker Broke into ‘Path of Exile 2’ Admin Account, Hijacked Wave of Characters

The forums for Path of Exile 2 have been awash with people claiming they’ve been hacked and their inventories emptied of valuable items. Now there’s an explanation for at least dozens of the account compromises.
Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location
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Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.
Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook's Censorship
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Facebook Is Censoring 404 Media Stories About Facebook's Censorship

Instagram, Facebook, and Threads are removing 404 Media stories for “nudity” as the company is paid to put ads with explicit pornography in front of its users.
Hackers Claim Massive Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data
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Hackers Claim Massive Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data

Gravy Analytics has been one of the most important companies in the location data industry for years, collating smartphone location data from around the world selling some to the U.S. government. Hackers say they stole a mountain of data.
‘Minion Gore’ Videos Use AI to Post Murder to Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
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‘Minion Gore’ Videos Use AI to Post Murder to Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube

People are using AI video generator Runway to post extremely violent Minionfied videos to social media.
Telegram Hands U.S. Authorities Data on Thousands of Users
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Telegram Hands U.S. Authorities Data on Thousands of Users

The number of data requests fulfilled by Telegram skyrocketed, with the company providing data to U.S. authorities on 2,253 users last year.
Violent Hackers Are Using U-Haul To Dox Targets
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Violent Hackers Are Using U-Haul To Dox Targets

Members of an underground criminal community are targeting U-Haul because of the wealth of non-public information it can hold on targets.
We Don’t Want Your Password
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We Don’t Want Your Password

Some people don't love our magic link logins. But the best way for us to protect your password is to never ask for it.
Secret Service Admits It Didn’t Check if People Really Consented to Being Tracked
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Secret Service Admits It Didn’t Check if People Really Consented to Being Tracked

Emails viewed by 404 Media show that the Secret Service did not verify that location data it was tracking people with was actually collected with consent, despite saying so.
Government to Name ‘Key Witness’ Who Provided FBI With Backdoored Encrypted Chat App Anom
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Government to Name ‘Key Witness’ Who Provided FBI With Backdoored Encrypted Chat App Anom

A lawyer has pushed to learn the identity of the person who first created Anom, which the FBI used to read tens of millions of messages sent by organized criminals. The confidential human source may testify in court, too.
APpaREnTLy THiS iS hoW yoU JaIlBreAk AI
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APpaREnTLy THiS iS hoW yoU JaIlBreAk AI

Anthropic created an AI jailbreaking algorithm that keeps tweaking prompts until it gets a harmful response.