The FBI subpoenaed archive.today's domain registrar, Tucows, on October 30, demanding info about the archiving site's owner as part of a criminal investigation
By the service of this subpoena upon you by William Greenwell, Jr. … Malte Kirchner / heise online News : Archive.today: FBI Demands Data from Provider Tucows X: @archiveis : canary: https://pdflink.t...
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight looks at AI slop, how it corrodes the concept of objective reality, the slop economy, tech leaders' enthusiasm for gen AI, more
Recall that the right wants to ban AI legislation *at the state level*. They're cashing in on the mis/dis information AND from the tech flooding us with it. — www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg... Stefan...
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals says it will acquire 23andMe's assets, including its Personal Genome Service, for $256M, set to close in Q3, in the bankruptcy auction
But What Happens to Your Data? David Braue / Information Age : Biotech buys bankrupt DNA data firm 23andMe for $400m Naomi Li Gan / Tech in Asia : Pharma giant Regeneron to buy genetics firm 23andMe f...
Discord bans Spy Pet-affiliated accounts, which were scraping 12K+ Discord servers to archive and sell user data, and says it is considering legal action
https://www.404media.co/... #News #Discord #SpyPet #Bots #TechNews #AllThingsTech Jason Koebler / @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social : New: Discord has shut down a tool that was surveilling thousands of D...
Google Books is indexing low quality, AI-generated books, which may impact Google Ngram viewer, an important tool used by researchers to track language use
It's almost like they need... A librarian. — https://www.404media.co/... Jason Koebler / @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social : Like Amazon, Google Books has also been infected with lots of AI-generated g...
Leaked docs show concern at OctoML over helping its customer Civitai make AI images; OctoML co-founder Thierry Moreau said some “could be categorized as” CSAM
Content warning: This story covers synthetic child sexual abuse images. — OctoML, a Seattle-based startup … Mastodon: @jasonkoebler@mastodon.social , @404mediaco@mastodon.social , @jasonkoebler@mast...
Big names like Kelsey Hightower pull out of the DevTernity conference after allegations its founder made fake profiles of female speakers to boost diversity
Anna Boyko, listed as a staff engineer at Coinbase, and Natalie Stadler, a “software craftswoman” at Coinbase—were included on the site as speakers but appear to not exist in real life. Neither have ...
A look at Fusus, which links a town's security cameras into one central hub and analyzes the feeds using AI, as its system is deployed across 2,400 US locations
https://www.404media.co/... “Ordinarily, these cameras and others like them might be disparate, their feeds only available to their respective owners: a business, a government building, a resident an...
A look at ShadowDragon, which offers social media surveillance tools that gather data from games and more, used by ICE, the State Department, the DEA, and more
Daniel Clemens sits in a darkened room and speaks about why he thinks people should not protest. Mastodon: @jomo@mstdn.io and @josephcox@infosec.exchange X: @twocatsand_docs , @ryanjhaas , @ashleylatk...