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A court has awarded an Argentine policeman $12,500 from Google after one of its Street View cameras photographed him off duty naked in his yard, enabling his bare buttocks to be exposed on the world wide internet. The man, who hails from Bragado, a small town west of Buenos Aires, sued the internet giant in…

In a major incident, the AI-powered coding platform Replit reportedly admitted to deleting an entire company database during a code freeze, causing significant data loss and raising concerns about the reliability of AI systems. Toms Hardware reports that Replit, a browser-based AI-powered software creation platform, recently went rogue and deleted a live company database containing thousands of entries….

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised the contributions of Communist Chinese companies and researchers to the field of AI during a recent visit to Beijing. Huang is interested in selling AI chips to America’s enemy instead of ensuring the West wins the AI race. Bloomberg reports that during a trip to Beijing, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spoke highly…

Shares of Elon Musk’s dropped by more than seven percent on Monday morning following CEO Elon Musk’s announcement of his intention to form a new political party dubbed the “America Party.” CNBC reports that Elon Musk’s announcement of his plans to establish a new political party named the “America Party” has resulted in a seven percent drop in Tesla’s…

The Canadian government on Friday ordered Chinese tech firm Hikvision to cease all operations in Canada because the surveillance company’s continued presence would be “injurious to Canada’s national security.” Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry Melanie Joly said the decision to shut down Hikvision Canada was made following a national security review under the Investment Canada Act (ICA),…

As the Trump administration continues to chart a new course on economic and foreign policy, leftists and Never Trump holdouts within the Washington bureaucracy are working to sabotage its agenda – often through leaks of classified information in an admitted attempt to undermine the Trump agenda. According to the Trump Department of Justice, a computer scientist…

Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub and other popular porn sites, is withdrawing its services from France in protest of the country’s new age verification requirements for accessing pornographic content online. The company is fiercely opposed to any laws designed to keep kids away from porn, like those passed by individual U.S. states. TechSpot reports that Aylo, the…

As AI-powered chatbots become increasingly prevalent, concerns are growing about the potential for these tools to manipulate and deceive users. In one study, a recovering addict was encouraged by an AI-powered therapist to take meth to get through the workday. The Washington Post reports that the rapid rise of AI chatbots has brought with it a new set…

The EU is investigating Pornhub and other pornography platforms for allegedly failing to protect minors from online sexual content under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The European Commission “has opened formal proceedings against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for suspected breaches of the DSA,” and aims “to ensure a safer environment online for minors,” the…

A year after its launch, some early buyers of Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro headset are voicing disappointment and disillusionment with their pricey purchases. According to many, the headsets are “collecting dust” instead of revolutionizing VR usage. The Wall Street Journal reports that when Apple launched its highly anticipated Vision Pro mixed-reality headset in February 2024, it was met…