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Over six million conversations with private AI chatbots were scraped and sold to data brokers for profit, according to new security research.
Data Privacy

Millions of Private ChatGPT Conversations Are Being Harvested and Sold for Profit

By Joe Wilkins

A hacker found a way into the backend of AI startup Doublespeed, which offers customers access to a massive phone farm network.
Hacking

Hacker Busts Startup Running Huge Web of AI-Generated “Influencers” on Instagram

By Joe Wilkins

Two years after a 13-year-old girl's suicide, her parents say her phone still gets notifications from the AI bots that drove her to death.
Data Privacy

Years After a Girl’s Death, the AIs That Killed Her Are Still Sending Notifications to Her Phone

By Sharon Adarlo

The Centre for Social Justice in the UK has estimated that about 814,000 children ages three to five have access to social media.
Data Privacy

Researchers Concerned to Find That Five-Year-Olds Are Already Deeply Hooked on Brain Rot Content

By Sharon Adarlo

Huge numbers of Windows users are refusing to upgrade to Windows 11 -- and many of them are citing its AI features as the reason why.
Cybersecurity

Vast Number of Windows Users Refusing to Upgrade After Microsoft’s Embrace of AI Slop

By Victor Tangermann

A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
Data Privacy

Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway

By Victor Tangermann

The group chat in question: the same one in which Pete Hegseth accidentally revealed secret military strikes to a journalist.
Cybersecurity

JD Vance Sent Bizarre Lonely Text to His Bombing Group Chat

By Frank Landymore

Anthropic researchers published a paper detailing how an AI model started engaging in bad behavior like saying bleach is safe to drink.
Hacking

Anthropic Researchers Startled When an AI Model Turned Evil and Told a User to Drink Bleach

By Sharon Adarlo

OpenAI's Sora 2 easily allows teenagers to generate videos of school shootings and other harmful content, despite repeated claims of safety.
Data Privacy

OpenAI’s Sora Is Letting Teens Generate Videos of School Shootings

By Sharon Adarlo

Man Loses Password to Chip Embedded Inside His Body
Data Privacy

Man Loses Password to Chip Embedded Inside His Body

By Sharon Adarlo

Politico reported that "former and current DOGE employees" — fear that they're at risk of prosecution, now that Elon Musk has left.
Cybersecurity

DOGE Operatives Scared They’re in Real Trouble Now That Elon Has Abandoned Them

By Victor Tangermann

Many of Elon Musk's X's most inflammatory users are actually foreign scammers, according to a new feature introduced by the platform.
Cybersecurity

Twitter’s New Feature Accidently Reveals Something Fascinating About Huge MAGA Influencers

By Victor Tangermann

Google has been quietly rifling through users' personal Gmail accounts to train its AI models on their emails and even attachments.
Cybersecurity

Google Denies Reading Your Gmail to Train Its AI

By Victor Tangermann

Even Downdetector, a website that tracks internet outages, was temporarily knocked out by today's Cloudflare outage.
Cybersecurity

The Internet Crashed So Hard This Morning That Downdetector Went Down

By Victor Tangermann

Busy parents are increasingly turning to OpenAI's ChatGPT for child rearing advice, medical information, and to entertain their kids.
Data Privacy

Parents Using ChatGPT to Rear Their Children

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers at Google have discovered that hackers are creating malware that can harness the power of AI during its execution.
Cybersecurity

Malware Is Now Using AI to Rewrite Its Own Code to Avoid Detection

By Victor Tangermann

Internal documents that date back to 2014, suggest that the Louvre's video surveillance server password was incredibly unsafe.
Hacking

You Will Le Cringe When You Hear the Louvre Video Surveillance System’s Actual Password

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers found that OpenAI's browser, Atlas's omnibox, is extremely vulnerable to serious prompt injection attacks.
Data Privacy

Serious New Hack Discovered Against OpenAI’s New AI Browser

By Victor Tangermann

One man's robot vacuum was constantly communicating with its manufacturer, sending a detailed 3D map of his house halfway across the world.
Data Privacy

Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House

By Joe Wilkins

Russia and China are allegedly deploying their finest babes to seduce tech industry professionals, a tactic known as "sex warfare."
Hacking

If You’re a Tech Worker With an Attractive Girlfriend, We Have Extremely Bad News

By Joe Wilkins

Perplexity's Comet AI browser can easily be tricked into following malicious instructions hidden in screenshots.
Cybersecurity

Researchers Find Severe Vulnerabilities in AI Browser

By Frank Landymore

Researchers have found that posting as few as 250 "poisoned" documents online can introduce "backdoor" vulnerabilities in an AI model.
Cybersecurity

Researchers Find It’s Shockingly Easy to Cause AI to Lose Its Mind by Posting Poisoned Documents Online

By Victor Tangermann

Using an $800 consumer satellite dish, researchers were able to pick up text messages, industrial data, military chatter, and more.
Data Privacy

Researchers Alarmed to Discover Satellites Broadcasting Unencrypted Military Secrets

By Joe Wilkins

Over the weekend, a prankster went viral after calling some 50 self-driving cars to "the longest dead end street in San Francisco."
Hacking

Man Launches “World’s First Waymo DDoS” by Ordering 50 Robotaxis to Dead End Street

By Joe Wilkins

A sociology scholar is cautioning that we are hurtling toward a "systemic digital crisis" caused by the digital economy.
Hacking

Professor Warns Society Is Veering Toward a Digital Apocalypse

By Joe Wilkins

Photo Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Michael Prince / Fuse / Getty Images
Hacking

Report Warns That AI Is About to Make Your Boss a Panopticon Overlord

By Joe Wilkins

These "SMS blasters" can trick your phone into connecting to them, bombarding anyone in the vicinity with scam texts.
Cybersecurity

Scammers Are Now Driving Around With Fake Cell Towers That Blast 100,000 Texts Per Hour

By Frank Landymore

The ads which cannot be disabled will "strengthen" the "value" of your Family Hub fridges, according to Samsung.
Data Privacy

Samsung Announces Plans to Plaster Your Smart Fridge With Digital Advertisements

By Frank Landymore

After a deadly barrage of Israeli and US bombs, Iranian hackers have threatened to expose 100 GB of juicy Trump emails.
Hacking

Iranian Hackers Threaten to Release Stolen Emails From Trump’s Inner Circle

By Joe Wilkins

Driving a AI wedge between OpenAI and Microsoft is the industry's favorite buzzword: artificial general intelligence, or AGI.
Hacking

“Nonsensical Benchmark Hacking”: Microsoft No Longer Believes OpenAI Is Capable of Achieving AGI

By Frank Landymore

The scandalous hack of TeleMessage, the Signal clone infamously used by Trump's former national security adviser, was worse than we thought.
Hacking

The Trump Administration’s Chat Hack Is Starting to Sound Really Bad

By Noor Al-Sibai

An Anonymous hacker has allegedly defaced GlobalX Air's website, accessed pilot software, and deleted sensitive company data.
Hacking

Trump’s Deportation Airline Just Got Hacked by Anonymous

By Joe Wilkins

A clone of the messaging app Signal, which was used by since-ousted national security advisor Mike Waltz, has been hacked.
Hacking

The Trump Administration Switched to a Sketchy Signal Clone and It Got Hacked, Leaking Messages

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla has been accused of manipulating the odometers in its cars to avoid repair responsibilities and warranty agreements.
Hacking

Tesla Accused of Hacking Odometers to Rip Off Customers

By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft has abruptly paused work on AI data centers in Ohio. Could the tech giant be getting cold feet about over-investing in the tech?
Data Privacy

Microsoft’s Huge Plans for Mass AI Data Centers Now Rapidly Falling Apart

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers took over the crosswalk buttons of downtown intersections in several California cities, to play clips of Elon Musk's cloned voice.
Hacking

Someone Is Hacking Crosswalk Buttons to Speak in the Voice of Elon Musk Lamenting the Terrible Sadness in His Life

By Victor Tangermann

Immortality-obsessed tech mogul Bryan Johnson is trying to get ahead of what he's claiming to be a "hit piece" by the New York Times.
Hacking

It Sounds Like Something Nasty Is About to Come Out About That Millionaire Biohacker Who Used His Son as a “Blood Boy”

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers at the AI security company Adversa AI have found that xAI's Grok 3 is a cybersecurity disaster waiting to happen.
Hacking

Researchers Find Elon Musk’s New Grok AI Is Extremely Vulnerable to Hacking

By Victor Tangermann

Amid a spate of vandalism at Supercharger stations, Tesla appears to be employing countermeasures to head off the theft of its copper cables. 
Hacking

Tesla Installing Countermeasures as People Are Hacking the Cables Off Superchargers

By Noor Al-Sibai

Recent efforts by right wing groups to target Wikipedia are beginning to converge as Elon Musk enters the fray.
Hacking

Leaked Documents Show Plot to Dox Anonymous Wikipedia Editors Using Hacking and Facial Recognition

By Joe Wilkins

A DNA helix is trapped behind a barbed wire fence.
Data Privacy

Trump Admin Announces Plans to Build Database of Migrant DNA

By Joe Wilkins

The FBI admitted that they believe hackers broke into AT&T's systems last year to steal months of call and text logs.
Hacking

Hackers Apparently Stole the FBI’s Call Logs With Confidential Informants

By Victor Tangermann

Government scientists are calling on the European Union to ban massive space mirrors and other forms of solar geoengineering.
Hacking

Scientists Call for Ban on Hacking the Earth’s Climate With Chemicals or Giant Mirrors

By Noor Al-Sibai

Last month, news emerged that Chinese hackers penetrated the networks of a number of US broadband providers. The situation is even worse.
Hacking

It Appears That Chinese Hackers Have Stolen Your Naughty Texts

By Victor Tangermann

Hackers have targeted a phony "online university" founded by Andrew Tate, the far-right influencer and alleged human trafficker.
Hacking

Hacktivists Leak Chatlogs From Andrew Tate’s Fake Online University

By Noor Al-Sibai

A hacker has apparently gotten access to testimony from a woman who claims she was paid to have sex with Matt Gaetz when she was underage.
Hacking

A Hacker Has Reportedly Obtained Matt Gaetz Sex Testimony

By Noor Al-Sibai

Startups Are Biohacking Psychedelic Drugs to Make Sure You Never Have a Bad Trip Again
Hacking

Startups Are Biohacking Psychedelic Drugs to Make Sure You Never Have a Bad Trip Again

By Victor Tangermann

A pair of Harvard students successfully rigged Meta-formerly-Facebook and Ray Ban's smart glasses with facial recognition software.
Hacking

Terrifying Smart Glasses Hack Can Pull Up Personal Info of Nearby Strangers in Seconds

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An independent journalist has chosen to publish in full the opposition research file Donald Trump's campaign compiled on JD Vance.
Hacking

Twitter Suspends Journalist for Publishing Trump’s Hacked Dossier About JD Vance’s Weaknesses

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some Silicon Valley tech bros are being paid to ride along California's coast in a Winnebago releasing balloons of sulfur dioxide.
Hacking

Tech Bros Releasing Climate-Hacking Chemicals From “Stealth” RV

By Noor Al-Sibai

Authorities are reporting an uptick in "sextortion" scams — but you probably don't have to worry about your browser history being leaked.
Hacking

Here’s What to Do If Hackers Threaten to Release Your Porn History

By Noor Al-Sibai

Eight years ago, Donald Trump begged Russia to hack Hillary Clinton's emails. Now, he's at the receiving end of such a breach.
Hacking

Trump Cheered When Russia Hacked Hillary Clinton’s Emails. Now His Embarrassing Documents Have Been Stolen by Iranian Hackers

By Noor Al-Sibai

A data scientist who correctly predicted the 2020 election is betting Kamala Harris will win big over Donald Trump.
Data Privacy

Data Scientist Predicts Kamala Harris Will Win By a “Landslide” in November

By Noor Al-Sibai

Thousands of pagers belonging to members of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah exploded Tuesday afternoon.
Hacking

Hezbollah Throwing Out Pagers After Hackers Reportedly Figured Out How to Explode Them Remotely

By Victor Tangermann

A background check site may have been majorly breached, resulting in the potential exposure of literally everyone's Social Security numbers.
Hacking

Hackers May Have Leaked Every American’s Social Security Information

By Noor Al-Sibai

Trump's campaign confirmed that it was hacked by Iranian operatives. Among the stolen materials is a 271-page dossier outlining JD Vance's "vulnerabilities."
Hacking

Hackers Just Leaked Trump’s Secret ‘Reasons Why Vance Sucks’ List

By Victor Tangermann

Michael Orlitzky found a clever hack that tricks the coin drop in washing machines into thinking a quarter was inserted.
Hacking

Genius Hacker Shows How to Use Laundry Machines for Free

By Frank Landymore

In an unmistakable case of irony, KnowBe4, the developer of a security awareness program, accidentally hired a North Korean hacker.
Hacking

Security Firm Alarmed to Discover Their Remote Employee Is a North Korean Hacker

By Victor Tangermann

After self-described gay furry hackers breached the Heritage Foundation, an exec with the think tank has completely lost it.
Hacking

Project 2025 Exec Loses Mind, Threatening “Furry Perverts” After Embarrassing Hack

By Noor Al-Sibai

A researcher claims to have found the "world's first spatial computing hack" that affect's Apple's Vision Pro VR headset.
Hacking

Researcher Discovers Terrifying Apple Vision Pro Hack That Can Fill Your Entire Home Office With Fearsome Spiders

By Victor Tangermann

It appears that someone has hacked the payment platform used to process tickets for the annual Gathering of the Juggalos festival.
Hacking

The Gathering of the Juggalos’ Payment Processer Appears to Have Been Hacked, Stealing Ticket Buyers’ Money

By Noor Al-Sibai

Lindsey Graham might have been tricked by hackers who convinced him he was talking to his colleague Chuck Schumer. 
Hacking

Lindsey Graham Says His Phone Was Hacked By Someone Impersonating Chuck Schumer

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of self-described "gay furry" hackers have breached the servers of a far-right media outlet over its transphobic rhetoric.
Hacking

Gay Furry Hackers Attack Right-Wing News Outlet

By Noor Al-Sibai

Twitter has been selling user data to the surveillance firm Dataminr, which in turn provides real time surveillance to government agencies.
Data Privacy

Twitter Caught Selling Data to Government Spies While Complaining About Surveillance

By Frank Landymore