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Character.ai user data remains unresolved in bankruptcy sale
Character.ai says users can export data or delete accounts, while 40 attorneys general seek privacy safeguards for any sale.
Riley Okafor
Senior AI Reporter
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desk_01 / artificial-intelligence
AI/
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2d ago
Facebook rolls out AI controls for Feed and Reels recommendations
Meta says Facebook users can add topics and submit free-form feedback to influence Feed and Reels recommendations.
By Felix Aranda
2d ago
Shopify expands AI agent shopping access through Shop accounts
Shopify says shoppers will be able to connect more AI agents to Shop accounts for catalog browsing and buyer-approved pu...
By Riley Okafor
3d ago
Antonio Di Benedetto begins a public experiment with local AI
The Verge writer is testing whether locally run AI offers enough personal-data control to justify the cost and learning...
By Riley Okafor
desk_02 / security
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Japan confirms extradition of Russian Qilin suspect to Germany
Dana Voss / 4d ago
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Oleg Korniev pleads guilty in cybercrime money-laundering case
Mara Chen-Doyle / 4d ago
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iRhythm says breach exposed data of at least 368,173 people
Dana Voss / 4d ago
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Belarusian Cyber Partisans claim 2023 breach of Moscow health network
Dana Voss / 4d ago
desk_03 / hardware
desk_04 / internet
Internet/
view all ↗Anthropic model submitted false homicide tip to Philadelphia police
Riley Okafor / 6d ago
Lyft agrees to $272.5 million California driver settlement
Dana Voss / 1w ago
Amazon pledges $1 billion to data-center communities as critics press concerns
Dana Voss / 1w ago
Milt Windler, Apollo 13 flight director, dies at 94
Dana Voss / 1w ago
// opinions, essays, arguments
The Long Read
// featured essay / 2 min
Apple teases “Welcome home” announcement for October 13
Apple confirmed its “Welcome home” teaser for October 13, but has not named products, a start time or a way to watch.
June Castellano
Platforms & Power Reporter
Repro Uncensored says copyright complaints hit Flamingo Revolution accounts
The monitoring group documented restrictions and removals after repeated reports; the people behind the alleged coordination are unidentifie...
Theo Lindgren
Columnist
Judge blocks Utah VPN law provision that required sites to find users’ locations
A federal judge temporarily stopped Utah from enforcing an age-verification rule that could force adult sites to check users far beyond the...
June Castellano
Platforms & Power Reporter
// evergreen explainers
How It Works/
What is a packet forwarding engine? How routers move traffic
A packet forwarding engine applies prepared forwarding information to move packets through a router.
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read explainer ↗What is a mesh network? Nodes, connections and home Wi-Fi
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