Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares, Siri’s AI Makeover, and Knicks Owner’s Surveillance Machine
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The Danger Behind Meta Killing End-to-End Encryption for Instagram DMs
…Documents from inside Meta released as part of a lawsuit alleging that Meta did not adequately protect underage users from abuse show, though, that implementing end-to-end encryption by default has…
The Real Losers of the Musk v. Altman Trial
…The rest of us should fear them both,” says Daniel Kokotajlo, a former OpenAI researcher who joined in 2022 and has raised concerns over the company’s safety culture. He was part…
It Takes 2 Minutes to Hack the EU’s New Age-Verification App
…exclusively to structures of unfriendly states” and seemed to be aimed at “causing direct damage to Russia's financial sovereignty.” Grinex, which was itself sanctioned by US financial authorities, had served as…
Sony’s PlayStation Puts a Nail in Physical Media’s Coffin
…There’s no viable successor disc format, and even if there were, speed matters too—a solid-state drive can load and run a game much faster than data read from an…
Anti-Vax Dating Apps Are Going IRL. People Are Mad as Hell About It
…civil discrimination lawsuit against Recess with the US District Court of Colorado. “Unvaccinated people deserve the same rights and freedoms as everyone else,” the app said in a statement posted to Facebook…
A Top Democrat Is Urging Colleagues to Support Trump’s Spy Machine
…Got a Tip? Are you a current or former government employee who wants to talk about surveillance of US residents? We'd like to hear from you. Using a nonwork phone or…
Sniffies’ Users Worry About a ‘Straightification’ of the Gay Hookup App
…In March, OkCupid, which is also part of the Match portfolio, settled a lawsuit with the US Federal Trade Commission after it was accused of sharing the personal data of 3 million…
Where the DOGE Operatives Are Now
…During his time at DOGE, Makecha worked at the Department of Justice, the FBI, the State Department, and he US Agency for Global Media. In August 2025, Makecha joined Valor Equity Partners…
The FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones
…Google Sues an Alleged Chinese Scam Group for Using Its AI Tool Google launched a lawsuit Friday against an alleged Chinese scam network, known as Outsider Enterprises, that it says used its…