DeepSeek’s Popular AI App Is Explicitly Sending US Data to China
The final category of information DeepSeek reserves the right to collect is data from other sources. If you create a DeepSeek account using Google or Apple...
The White House Warns Cars Made in China Could Unleash Chaos on US Highways
The US government has launched an investigation into the national security risks posed by foreign-made vehicles with internet connectivity—especially those made in China. At a briefing...
The Most Dangerous People on the Internet in 2023
In 2023, the world has felt like it was balanced on a precipice. A United States presidential election looms, with a resurgent candidate that threatens to...
Anduril’s New Drone Killer Is Locked on to AI-Powered Warfare
After Palmer Luckey founded Anduril in 2017, he promised it would be a new kind of defense contractor, inspired by hacker ingenuity and Silicon Valley speed....
Telegram’s Bans on Extremist Channels Aren’t Really Bans
For instance, messages sent to an unrestricted channel called OfficialTheCollective, with more than 4,000 members, included tags to restricted channels like SpecialQForces, a QAnon conspiracy channel,...
The UN Hired an AI Company to Untangle the Israeli-Palestinian Crisis
The digital twin Lane is speaking of is CulturePulse’s multi-agent AI model that they are currently building for the UN. The model will ultimately create a...
TikTok Streamers Are Staging ‘Israel vs. Palestine’ Live Matches to Cash In on Virtual Gifts
On multiple days over the course of the past week, a Turkish streamer who claims to represent Palestinians battled a Greek-Georgian streamer who claims to represent...
Risk of a US Government Shutdown Is Fueled by Very Online Republicans
What “reality” means on the right largely depends on which social and media ecosystems one inhabits, even as the party is more unified than ever in...
Donald Trump’s Mug Shot Matters in a World of Fakes
For months, Etsy has become littered with a new genre of T-shirt: the Donald Trump mug shot. And they’re available in two main styles: Guity AF...
Trump’s Prosecution Is America’s Last Hope
Donald Trump was arrested in Georgia tonight for his role in what prosecutors christened “a wide-ranging criminal enterprise” aimed at overturning the results of the 2020...