The man who turned his dead father into a chatbot
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BreachForums, an online bazaar for stolen data, seized by FBI
An earlier iteration of the site was taken down last year; now its reincarnation is gone.
Google Sheets’ new formatting feature has Excel switchers excited
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Google has now added a way to create easily formatted tables in Sheets with one click, something Excel has had for years . Now, if you have a block of data that you’d like to quickly turn into its own little island of filters and
Arizona accuses Amazon of being a monopoly and deceiving consumers with ‘dark patterns’
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed two new lawsuits against Amazon on Wednesday, bringing similar complaints to those the company is already facing from the Federal Trade Commission. Both of the lawsuits are brought under
Google unveils Veo, a high-definition AI video generator that may rival Sora
Google's video-synthesis model creates minute-long 1080p videos from written prompts.
Fair Use Still Protects Histories and Documentaries—Even Tiger King
Copyright’s fair use doctrine protects lots of important free expression against the threat of ruinous lawsuits. Fair use isn’t limited to political commentary or erudite works – it also protects popular entertainment like Tiger King , Netflix’s hit 2020 documentary series
The Cybertiger Strikes Again! EFF's 8th Annual Tech Trivia Night
Being well into spring, with the weather getting warmer, we knew it was only a matter of time till the Cybertiger awoke from his slumber. But we were prepared. Prepared to quench the Cybertiger's thirst for tech nerds to answer his obscure and fascinating minutiae of
Senate committee passes three bills to safeguard elections from AI, months before Election Day
Photo by Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images The Senate Rules Committee passed three bills that aim to safeguard elections from deception by artificial intelligence, with just months to go before Election Day. The bills would still need to advance in the House and pass the full
For self-driving cars, the free ride is over
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images For years, autonomous vehicles have operated in relative obscurity. With few vehicles on the road and a laissez-faire attitude among government regulators , automakers and big tech firms have been free to
Linux maintainers were infected for 2 years by SSH-dwelling backdoor with huge reach
Ebury backdoors SSH servers in hosting providers, giving the malware extraordinary reach.
Senate unveils $32 billion roadmap for regulating AI
Photo by Andrew Harnik / Getty Images Four top Senators unveiled a proposed roadmap for artificial intelligence regulation on Wednesday, calling for at least $32 billion to be spent each year for non-defense AI innovation. The members of the AI Working Group — Senate
Period trackers 'coercing' women into sharing risky information
Research finds poor data management practices such as not being able to delete data about abortions.
Inside the BJP’s WhatsApp machine
An analysis of thousands of messages reveals how India’s ruling party uses the app to campaign free from public scrutiny.
Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever leaves OpenAI six months after Altman ouster
CEO Altman: "OpenAI would not be what it is without him."