There’s “something seriously wrong with his moral compass, if not his perception of reality,” Friend to Foe During the early days of the COVID pandemic, Elon Musk lost a bet to a longtime friend — and apparently took the loss incredibly poorly, in what sounds like an early warning sign of his now near-permanent state… Continue reading Elon Musk Lost a Bet That COVID Would Quickly Fade, and What He Did Next Says a Lot About Him as a Person
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Embattled Washington Post Secretly Planning Transformation to “AI-Fueled Platform for News”
The Washington Post‘s CEO and publisher Will Lewis is seemingly making good on his promise of turning the newspaper into an AI slop fest. Following a series of scandals and losing 250,000 subscribers in the wake of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos currying favor with president-elect Donald Trump, the newspaper has a new mission statement: “Riveting Storytelling… Continue reading Embattled Washington Post Secretly Planning Transformation to “AI-Fueled Platform for News”
Husband Unconcerned as Wife Configures ChatGPT to Engage in Cuckolding Fantasy
“I don’t really see it as a person or as cheating.” Cuck Queen Look, we’re not here to yuck anybody’s yum. But as the New York Times reports, a 28-year-old woman configured ChatGPT to act as an AI-powered boyfriend, dubbed Leo. As one does, she used to explore a fetish dubbed “cuckqueaning” — a gender-swap of… Continue reading Husband Unconcerned as Wife Configures ChatGPT to Engage in Cuckolding Fantasy
Xiaohongshu Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
The Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu—better known internationally as RedNote—is scrambling to boost its ability to moderate English-language content after hundreds of thousands of American users suddenly joined the platform in anticipation of TikTok potentially being banned in the United States on Sunday. WIRED identified a handful of job listings posted to recruitment platforms by… Continue reading Xiaohongshu Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators
They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun
A crypto investor has brought a class action lawsuit against Pump.Fun, a platform for launching and investing in meme-inspired cryptocurrencies, after suffering trading losses. Representing the plaintiffs are Wolf Popper and Burwick Law, the two firms handling a separate class action brought by investors in December over a memecoin launched by web personality Haliey Welch,… Continue reading They Went After the Hawk Tuah Crypto Promoters. Now They’re Suing Pump.Fun
Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants
The United States telecom giant AT&T disclosed a breach in July involving call and text messaging logs from six months in 2022 of “nearly all” its more than 100 million customers. In addition to exposing personal communication details for a slew of individual Americans, though, the FBI has been on alert that its agents’ call… Continue reading Hackers Likely Stole FBI Call Logs From AT&T That Could Compromise Informants
FTC bans General Motors from selling driver data for five years
The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against General Motors and OnStar for allegedly sharing details about drivers to third parties without their consent. The agency launched an investigation into the automotive company after The New York Times found that GM had collected data about customers’ vehicle use and sold it to third-party platforms used… Continue reading FTC bans General Motors from selling driver data for five years
Everyone suddenly has cold feet about banning TikTok
With a TikTok ban seemingly imminent, TikTok users have spent the last few days fleeing to Chinese social media app “RedNote,” trying to learn Mandarin, and bidding heartfelt farewells to their “Chinese spy.” But it’s looking increasingly unlikely that TikTok will actually disappear on January 19. Most Supreme Court watchers expect the court to uphold… Continue reading Everyone suddenly has cold feet about banning TikTok
AGDQ just ended, but there’s already a schedule for Frost Fatales and it owns
Awesome Games Done Quick has already wrapped up for 2025 (with a cool $2.5 million raised for the Prevent Cancer Foundation), but the philanthropic group has other programs year-round that raise money for worthy causes. Two of those are hosted by the Frame Fatales, a community for women and femmes in speedrunning under the GDQ… Continue reading AGDQ just ended, but there’s already a schedule for Frost Fatales and it owns
CFPB fines Block up to $175m over Cash App’s lax fraud controls
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that’s it’s ordering Block, the creator of Cash App and parent company of Square, to pay up to $120 million in “refunds and other redress to consumers” and a $55 million fine over how the company handled fraud on its payment platform. Per the CFPB, Cash App’s… Continue reading CFPB fines Block up to $175m over Cash App’s lax fraud controls