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Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
A hacktivist remotely wiped three white supremacist websites live on stage during their talk at a hacker conference last week, with the sites yet to return online.The pseudonymous hacker, who goes by Martha Root — dressed as Pink Ranger...
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Northern Greenland ice dome melted before and could melt again
An ice dome in northern Greenland once melted completely at temperatures the region could experience again this century, a...
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2026 will shed light on whether a little-known drug helps with autism
The US government made waves last year when it announced it would be approving the little-known drug leucovorin for...
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U.S. Data Centers Are Set to Dominate the Global Landscape
If a data center is moving in next door, you probably live in the United States. More than half of all upcoming global data centers—as indicated by land purchased for data centers not yet announced, those under construction, and...
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Altered and misleading images proliferate on social media after Maduro’s capture
AI-generated images, old videos and altered photos proliferated on social media in the hours following former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's capture. Several of these images quickly went viral, fueling false information online. CBS News analyzed circulating...
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The best new science fiction books of January 2026
Welcome to January, a month when many of us are keen to escape from the world into the pages...
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Can a social app fix the ‘terrible devastation’ of social media? | TechCrunch
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp have raised new funding for their social media startup West Co.The startup launched an invite-only version of its first app, Tangle, in November. Now the Financial Times has pieced together...
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Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil. Getting It Might Not Be So Simple
President Donald Trump has made it clear: His vision for Venezuela’s future involves the US profiting from its oil.“We’re going to have our very large United States oil companies—the biggest anywhere in the world—go in, spend billions of dollars,...
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French and Malaysian authorities are investigating Grok for generating sexualized deepfakes | TechCrunch
Over the past few days, France and Malaysia have joined India in condemning Grok for creating sexualized deepfakes of women and minors.The chatbot, built by Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI and featured on his social media platform X, posted...
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Improve Your Telescope With a Security Camera Sensor
When it comes to viewing nebulae, galaxies, and other deep-sky objects, amateur astronomers on a budget have had two options. They can view with the naked eye through a telescope and perceive these spectacular objects as faint smudges that...
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US forces seize fifth Venezuela-linked oil tanker
US forces have seized a fifth tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials said, as Washington continues its efforts to...