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Chinese hackers exploited years-old software flaws to break into telecom giantsA multi-year hacking campaign shows how dangerous old flaws can linger for years.
Author: Patrick Howell O’Neill

Here’s my guess: Neuralink will unveil a vision implant at today’s “show and tell”Elon Musk’s brain interface company is planning an event to show its latest efforts to connect brains and computers.
Author: Antonio Regalado

Why business is booming for military AI startups The invasion of Ukraine has prompted militaries to update their arsenals—and Silicon Valley stands to capitalize.
Author: Melissa Heikkilä

We’re getting a better idea of AI’s true carbon footprintAI startup Hugging Face has undertaken the tech sector’s first attempt to estimate the broader carbon footprint of a large language model.

The dark side of a super app like WeChatWhen one app gives you everything, losing it becomes unbearable.
Author: Zeyi Yang

Responsible AI has a burnout problemCompanies say they want ethical AI. But those working in the field say that ambition comes at their expense.
Author: Melissa Heikkilä

How to navigate covid news without spiralingAs the pandemic changes so quickly, there’s a better way to think about getting and sharing the information you need.
Author: Mia Sato

Texas is trying out new tactics to restrict access to abortion pills onlineProposed laws would punish ISPs, online publishers, and credit card companies for providing information about or direct access to pills.
Author: Tate Ryan-Moseley

Chore apps were meant to make mothers’ lives easier. They often don’t.Rather than reducing the burden of housework, they tend to become yet another thing to worry about
Author: Tanya Basu

Welcome to TikTok’s endless cycle of censorship and mistakesTikTok bugs keep frustrating the app's marginalized users. It's a familiar problem.
Author: A.W. Ohlheiser

The US military wants to understand the most important software on EarthOpen-source code runs on every computer on the planet—and keeps America’s critical infrastructure going.
Author: Patrick Howell O’Neill

The internet runs on free open-source software. Who pays to fix it?
Volunteer-run projects like Log4J keep the internet running. The result is unsustainable burnout, and a national security risk when they go wrong.
Author: Patrick Howell O’Neill

A private security group regularly sent Minnesota police misinformation about protestorsThere are 13 private security guards for every one police officer in downtown Minneapolis, but these groups are far less regulated than police departments.

The secret police: Inside the app Minnesota police used to collect data on journalists at protestsIntrepid Response is a little-known but powerful app that lets police quickly upload and share information across agencies. But what happens to the information it collects?

How Russia killed its tech industryThe invasion of Ukraine supercharged the decline of the country’s already struggling tech sector—and undercut its biggest success story, Yandex.
Author: Masha Borak

How to log offSick of spending all your time staring at your devices? Here’s how to strike a healthier balance.
Author: Rhiannon Williams

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