Microsoft’s AI chatbot provides incorrect and sometimes completely made-up information regarding elections, a new study finds.
Google’s new location data policy may block law enforcement warrants that sweep people’s personal data
The tech company’s new location data policy may have killed an investigation tactic used by police to monitor people’s locations, feared for its potential use against protestors and abortion seekers.
Startups must embrace sustainable scaling strategies
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Jagat, a location-based social network that focuses on real-life connections, surpasses 10M users
Jagat, a social network that is designed to get you out more with your friends instead of mindlessly scrolling on your phone, has surpassed 10 million users globally. […]
Microsoft disrupts cybercrime operation selling fraudulent accounts to notorious hacking gang
Microsoft says it has successfully dismantled the infrastructure of a cybercrime operation that sold access to fraudulent Outlook accounts to other hackers, including the notorious Scattered Spider gang. […]
Discord bans misgendering and deadnaming in hateful conduct policy update
Deadnaming and misgendering trans people is now explicitly banned on Discord, per the platform’s updated hateful conduct policy. Discord’s hateful conduct policy defines hate speech as “any expression […]
Threads is getting its own fact-checkers to combat misinformation
Meta plans to launch direct fact-checking on Threads, with the aim to address misinformation on the app directly instead of referentially.
British International Investment backs India’s Aye Finance in $37M funding
Aye Finance, an Indian startup that offers its digital lending platform to small firms, has raised $37.18 million in a fresh funding round led by British International Investment, […]
Here’s how to use BeReal’s new ‘BTS’ feature
BeReal has introduced a behind-the-scenes or BTS feature to the app that lets users see those few seconds before a BeReal is taken
HBO’s ‘Time Bomb Y2K’ trailer captures the height of tech hysteria
An exclusive look at the HBO documentary ‘Time Bomb Y2K,’ which captures the year 2000 tech bug and the mass hysteria that ensured.