Amazon's Alexa Assistant Told a Child to Do a Potentially Lethal Challenge

Alexa is not designed to endanger human lives but that's exactly what it did when it told a 10-year-old girl to touch a live electrical plug with a penny.

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Here Are the Differences Between Hubble and the Powerful New James Webb Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope and its upcoming replacement are vastly different

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A Tracking Device Made by Apple Is Showing Up in Suspected Crimes

AirTags have a legitimate use that consumers may well embrace, but their misuse means they also fit in with an expanding market for surveillance technology.

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TikTok Surpasses Google as Most Popular Website of the Year, New Data Suggests

The video platform also overtook Facebook as the most popular social media website, according to new data from Cloudflare, a web security and performance company.

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17 Cursed Tech Gifts For Someone You Hate

There's no better way to say "I don't really like you" than with these tech gifts!

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US Opens Probe Into Tesla Letting Drivers Play Video Games

The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla allowing drivers to play video games on a center touch screen while vehicles are moving

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Ransomware Persists Even as High-Profile Attacks Have Slowed

In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin to crack down on ransomware gangs in his country, there hasn’t been a massive attack like the one last May that resulted in gasoline shortages.

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“Corrosive Communities”: How A Facebook Fight Over Wind Power Predicts the Future of Local Politics in America

In small towns around the country, wind turbines are doing something to the locals.

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Crypto Exchanges Keep Getting Hacked, and There's Little Anyone Can Do

There have been more than 20 hacks this year where a digital robber stole at least $10 million in digital currencies from a crypto exchange or project.

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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Chose Fraud Instead Of Admitting She’d Failed, Prosecutors Said In Closing Arguments At Her Trial

An attorney for Holmes argued the government is not telling the whole story, saying, “At the end of the day, when all the evidence flows together, it isn’t so bad.”

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The San Francisco Police Department Has Encrypted Its Radio Feeds

“Almost no police radio traffic will be heard," an SFPD spokesperson told BuzzFeed News.

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France Has Ordered Clearview AI To Delete Its Facial Recognition Data

The order is the latest in a global rebuke of the controversial tech firm by privacy regulators since BuzzFeed News revealed its use by law enforcement agencies around the world.

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Frankly, I Recommend: The Yoto Player

A $99 audiobook player (and the cheaper $59 Mini) for kids is worth a shot for the chance your kid will actually play by themselves, giving you some free time.

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Millennials and Gen Z Are Planning to Spend Thousands on Cryptocurrency, NFTs and Metaverse Land as Holiday Gifts

During the holiday season, young investors are spending big on NFTs and other digital assets to give as gifts.

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EXPLAINER: Behind the ‘Log4j' Security Flaw That's Freaked Out the Internet

Security pros say it’s one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they’ve ever seen.

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TheSpiceDAO And The $3 Million Crypto Plot To Liberate Jodorowsky’s Dune

The director’s lavish vision proved too much for Hollywood studios, but an ether-backed collective has vowed to bring it into public view at last.

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Life Hacks We Tried And Loved In 2021

Things that save you money, make you smile or look good, or just are fun? That’s a life hack, baby.

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Self-Care Things That We Tried And Loved In 2021

A Theragun, sunscreen, and the Revlon One-Step made life a little nicer.

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Apps And Stuff We Tried And Loved In 2021

Our favorite podcasts, newsletters, workout apps, and more.

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Gadgets We Tried And Loved in 2021

Headphones, routers, projectors, and more weird stuff we actually recommend at every price point.

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Things We Tried And Loved In 2021

From linen sheets to piglets, here’s what made our lives better in 2021.

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Here’s How Instagram Fails To Protect People At Risk For Eating Disorders From Pro-Anorexia Messaging

Instagram is still recommending pro-anorexia content to vulnerable users. But a new report shows its failure to protect users at risk of disordered eating is about more than just the algorithm.

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Still Paying for Antivirus Software? Experts Say You Probably Don't Need It

It’s a shift that highlights not only how computer security has evolved in the past decade but also the way many people misunderstand the greatest threats to their computer security.

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“This Is Blackface”: Inside The Virtual Reality Company Trying To Scale Diversity Training

Mursion tells big corporate clients that its VR simulations will help teach racial sensitivity. But the actors playing its Black characters are often white.

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Clearview AI Is Facing A $23 Million Fine Over Facial Recognition In The UK

The provisional decision comes after a series of BuzzFeed News investigations revealing widespread and sometimes unsanctioned use of the company’s facial recognition software around the world.

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Jack Dorsey Has Stepped Down As Twitter CEO

Twitter's board has unanimously appointed Parag Agrawal as CEO.

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Twitter CTO Parag Agrawal Will Replace Jack Dorsey as CEO

Jack Dorsey was serving as both the CEO of Twitter and Square, his digital payments company.

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Help I Can’t Stop Getting Emails About NFTs

Back in MY day, our tokens were fungible.

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Elizabeth Holmes Denies Deception at Her Criminal Trial

Biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, a former billionaire accused of engineering a massive scam, expressed some remorse while on the witness stand Tuesday, but denied trying to conceal that her company’s blood-testing methods weren’t working as she had promised.

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Apple Sues Company Known for Hacking IPhones on Behalf of Governments

Apple has sued NSO Group, an Israeli firm that sells software to government agencies and law enforcement that allows them to hack iPhones.

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Michael Strahan, Space Tourist, Taking Off With Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Next Month

The "Good Morning America" host will join Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, aboard the New Shepard.

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World's Largest 3D-Printed Neighborhood Set to Break Ground in Austin Next Year

One of the world’s largest neighborhoods of 3D-printed homes is set to break ground in Texas next year.

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State Attorneys General Investigating Instagram's Effects on Kids

A group of state attorneys general are investigating the photo-sharing platform Instagram and its effects on children and young adults, saying its parent company Facebook — now called Meta Platforms — ignored internal research about the physical and mental health dangers it posed to young people.

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