Analysis: at 2023's end, 48% of the top news websites in the US, the UK, and eight others had blocked OpenAI's crawler and 24% had blocked Google's AI crawler
In this factsheet we describe the proportion of top news websites in ten countries that block AI (artificial intelligence) crawlers. X: @carnage4life , @risj_oxford , @risj_oxford , @risj_oxford , @ri...
Human smugglers are using Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and WhatsApp to recruit a new generation of coyotes to transport migrants from Mexico to the US
Julia Love / Bloomberg : X: @sarahfrier , @josheidelson , @ttp_updates , @josheidelson , and @byjulialove X: Sarah Frier / @sarahfrier : Please read @byJuliaLove today, and be transported to the bord...
A look at the global freelancer labor force on sites like 99designs, some of whom are early generative AI adopters and are most at risk of being replaced by AI
The global labor force of outsourced and contract workers are early adopters of generative AI — and the most at risk. — R Bluesky: @sesmith.bsky.social and @anabrandusescu.bsky.social . Mastodon: @w...
An influx of digital nomads, mostly from the US, in Medellín, Mexico City, and other cities is boosting local economies, as locals complain of being priced out
Stephen Witt / Rest of World : Tweets: @adjwilson , @violazhouyi , @fbajak , @noahpasaran , @heejinsoulyves , @restofworld , @alexnpress , @spwells , @chaykak , @restofworld , @vickiturk , and @ojosd...
Sources and analysis: Alejandro Encinas, Mexico's undersecretary for human rights, was targeted with Pegasus while he investigated the country's military abuses
New York Times : Tweets: @arturoangel20 , @falko_ernst , @diazbriseno , @lkatzenberg , and @adam_wola Tweets: @arturoangel20 : He Was Investigating Mexico's Military. Then the Spying Began. https://w...
An investigation details how Mexico became Pegasus' first client, grew to be its most prolific user, and continues to use the spyware despite promising to stop
A Times investigation reveals the story behind how Mexico became the first and most prolific user of Pegasus. Tweets: @el_reportero , @llchristyll , @lkatzenberg , @diazbriseno , @justinhendrix , and ...
Citizen Lab and Microsoft detail mercenary spyware from Tel Aviv-based QuaDream used to hack iOS 14-based iPhones of journalists, politicians, and an NGO worker
why didn't Apple warn us? Wall Street Journal : New Spyware Firm Said to Have Helped Hack iPhones Around the Globe Phil Muncaster / Infosecurity : New Zero-Click iOS Exploit Deploys Israeli Spyware Ed...
Research: Pegasus attacks on Mexican activists and reporters from 2019-2021 used 0-click exploits, after Mexico's president called Pegasus a thing of the past
Key Takeaways — Mexican digital rights organization R3D (Red en los Defensa de los Derechos Digitales) …
Starlink users in the US, the UK, New Zealand, Mexico, and elsewhere complained of a multi-hour outage; the Starlink app reports “Degraded Service”
Thomas Ricker / The Verge :
Facebook has emerged in Mexico City as a low-cost alternative to food delivery services like Uber Eats and Rappi, as restaurateurs seek to avoid high fees
The platform has emerged as a hack around Uber Eats and Rappi's high fees. — • XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO Tweets: @anirvan , @khushbuoshea , @leomschwartz , @lenton_chris , @cowvala , @kayla_s_stewart , @as...