A look at DALL-E Mini, a viral image-generation service by Hugging Face based on OpenAI's DALL-E offering good, absurd fun while showing how AI can warp reality Techmeme · 5 days ago
How SCOTUS overturning Roe could be used to curb online freedoms and surveil vulnerable populations, as happened to sex workers following FOSTA/SESTA in 2018 Techmeme · 6 days ago
Slack plans to add video calling to Huddles in the fall; Slack has offered one-on-one and group video calling since 2016, but the feature isn't easy to find Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Researchers find a link between Indian police and hackers who planted evidence in 2018 on the PCs of human rights activists jailed on terrorism charges Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
A look at Apple's plan to debut passwordless login for apps and websites in iOS 16 and macOS Ventura with Passkeys, using Touch ID or Face ID for authentication Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
MongoDB announces "Queryable Encryption", which it says will let users search data that remains encrypted, available in preview as part of MongoDB 6.0 Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Dark web marketplace AlphaBay, which was taken down by law enforcement in 2017 and relaunched last August, now has 30K+ unique product listings, largely drugs Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Messaging apps should consider reviving AIM's Away Message to create better social boundaries around people's time, as people treat the apps like live chats Techmeme · 1 month ago
Sources claim fired senior Google AI researcher Satrajit Chatterjee spread misinfo on two AI researchers after they declined his request to manage their project Techmeme · 1 month ago
As GDPR turns four, despite some positives, regulators struggle to keep up with complaints, the ad industry remains littered with potential abuses, and more Techmeme · 1 month ago
Google details three campaigns using Predator spyware built by North Macedonian developer Cytrox which exploited five Android vulnerabilities discovered in 2021 Techmeme · 1 month ago
Tech that is designed for marginalized and vulnerable groups from the start is better, safer, more innovative, robust, and integrative of privacy Techmeme · 2 months ago
Several women who attended Miami's Bitcoin 2022 conference were harassed and say the conference didn't enforce its anti-harassment policies Techmeme · 2 months ago
A look at the Apple Together solidarity movement, which is providing tools and support for the company's retail, AppleCare, and other employees to organize Techmeme · 2 months ago
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Google will update over 20 apps with tablet optimizations in the coming weeks, as the company seeks to improve Android on large-screen devices Techmeme · 2 months ago
How small, commercial drones in Ukraine are letting militias and others conduct cheap airborne surveillance and collect footage for war crimes investigations Techmeme · 2 months ago
How low prices and influencers helped Chinese online fast fashion retailer Shein become the world's third biggest private company, claiming a 28% US marketshare Techmeme · 2 months ago
Hollywood's fight against VPN providers like ExpressVPN now goes beyond piracy, as a recent lawsuit alleges VPNs enable crimes like hacking, murder, and more Techmeme · 2 months ago
Experts speculate as to what Elon Musk's takeover means for Twitter users' privacy; some worry that there is nothing stopping him from accessing users' DMs Techmeme · 2 months ago
Ukraine, its allies, and hactivists have made public hundreds of gigabytes of files and millions of emails on the Russian state, including doxing Russian troops Techmeme · 3 months ago
DuckDuckGo launches its privacy-focused browser on macOS in beta through a private waiting list Techmeme · 3 months ago
A book excerpt examines how a law enforcement operation to take down the largest child sex abuse website, using Chainalysis tools, showed bitcoin was traceable Techmeme · 3 months ago
New data-sharing proposals in Europe push for the expansion of facial recognition and to allow police forces across the EU to link their photo databases Techmeme · 3 months ago
A look at Peloton Guide, an upcoming $295 streaming media box from Peloton that uses a body-tracking camera to let users track their strength-training workouts Techmeme · 3 months ago
As the first cases involving NFTs hit court dockets, a look at issues in play including outright scams, gaps in securities regulation, and contract enforcement Techmeme · 3 months ago
A look at the ECASH Act, which would direct the US Treasury to pilot digital dollars that would be stored on hardware and not on a distributed blockchain ledger Techmeme · 3 months ago
Leaked documents show Okta's contractor Sitel first sent a Lapsus$ breach notification to Okta on January 25, and a detailed "Intrusion Timeline" on March 17 Techmeme · 3 months ago
An attack on Viasat's satellite internet service as Russia's war began impacted 27K users in Europe beyond Ukraine; thousands of users remain offline a month on Techmeme · 3 months ago
Okta confirms an attacker had limited access to an engineer's laptop in Jan. consistent with posted screenshots by Lapsus$, as companies struggle to grasp scope Techmeme · 3 months ago
A look at the FIDO Alliance's vision of a passwordless future, based on a passkey-like "FIDO credential" manager that lets users easily switch between devices Techmeme · 4 months ago
As China's delivery firms use algorithms to force drivers to work faster, couriers have started to band together and form unofficial unions on WeChat and Douyin Techmeme · 4 months ago
Research: 23 of the top 30 search results for the numbers 11, 12, 13 on Facebook were groups targeting children of those ages, including with sexual references Techmeme · 4 months ago
Profile of Joel Kaplan, who has built one of the most powerful lobbying operations in Washington DC, as he helps Meta navigate the Biden administration Techmeme · 4 months ago
Brookings: US tech jobs remain concentrated in coastal hubs but 36 other cities, including Philadelphia, had stronger tech job growth than before the pandemic Techmeme · 4 months ago
Three Black men discuss the impact of wrongful arrests made by police departments in New Jersey and Michigan using facial recognition tech Techmeme · 4 months ago