5/20/23How Montana's TikTokers Are Fighting Back Against the State's BanMontana TikTokers are joining lawsuits seeking to overturn a state-wide ban on the app. They say the prohibition…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 20, 2023
5/18/23SCOTUS Says It Won't Mess With Section 230, for NowThe court said it did not need to reinterpret tech's biggest liability shield to resolve a pair of terrorism suits…ByMack DeGeurinUpdatedThursday 12:46PM
5/17/23Montana Bans TikTokMontana's governor signed the nation's first state ban into law as the federal government considers prohibiting the…ByBlake Montgomery and Mack DeGeurinPublishedMay 17, 2023
5/17/23Twitter Employees Got a Saudi Dissident Kidnapped, Lawsuit SaysEx-Twitter employees—spies working on behalf of Saudi Arabia—handed over a dissident's personal info to the…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 17, 2023
5/16/23Atomic Bombs, Garth Brooks, and AI: 9 Key Moments From Congress' Hearing With the Creator of ChatGPTSam Altman said he supported the formation of a regulatory body for AI. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was more concerned…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 16, 2023
5/16/23ChatGPT Creator Tells Congress He Wants an AI Regulatory AgencySam Altman tried to convince skeptical lawmakers to pursue light-handed AI reforms that give OpenAI room to stay…ByMack DeGeurinUpdatedTuesday 6:24PM
5/13/23Instagram and Facebook Are Using Fears of a TikTok Ban to Poach InfluencersMeta is fanning the flames of a possible TikTok ban and boosting its own short-form video tools in an effort to lure…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 13, 2023
5/10/23American Psychological Association Says Parents Should Screen Kids for 'Problematic Social Media Use'The American Psychological Association offered 10 recommendations for reducing the ills of social media in its first…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 10, 2023
5/9/23LinkedIn's App Leaves China for GoodLinkedIn is laying off its last sales and product teams in China and discontinuing its app as it finalizes its exit.…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 9, 2023
5/9/23ChatGPT and Bard Made Me These 12 Nasty Cocktails Inspired by Tech CEOsI mixed and drank 12 cocktails created by AI. The results ran the gamut from hilariously goofy to straight-up…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 9, 2023
5/8/23Facebook's Head Flak Bailed on a Government Hearing Last Minute Because Its Name ChangedNick Clegg refused to attend a hearing discussing Canada's proposed "Online News Act" after lawmakers changed the…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 8, 2023
5/8/23Texas Mall Shooter Posted Lots of Neo-Nazi Rants, Cops SayThe shooter made hundreds of posts with racist rhetoric, according to the FBI.ByMack DeGeurinUpdatedMay 8, 2023
5/5/23TikTok Tracked a Cat's Account to Spy on a JournalistBytedance employees monitored the account of one fluffy Buffy to track a Financial Times reporter in a botched…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 5, 2023
5/4/23Americans Are Ready for AI Regulation, Poll FindsA majority of voters think Congress should take “swift action to regulate AI” in order to promote privacy and…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 4, 2023
5/4/23A Saved Picture of the Quran Is Enough to Detain Uyghurs in China, Report SaysA "master list" of supposedly dangerous media files used to justify Uyghur detention included Quran readings and…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 4, 2023
5/3/23These New Yorkers Want to Stop Landlords From Using Facial RecognitionAt a raucous city council hearing, lawmakers and activists alike argued in favor of bills banning biometric tech in…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 3, 2023
5/2/23Palestinians Subject to ‘Omnipresent’ Facial Recognition, Amnesty Report FindsIsraeli soldiers are using new invasive facial recognition tech to surveil Palestinians crossing military…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 2, 2023
5/1/23Amnesty International Uses AI-Generated Images of Colombian Human Rights AbusesAmnesty claims it used AI to protect the identities of people protesting Colombian police brutality, but critics say…ByMack DeGeurin and Kyle BarrPublishedMay 1, 2023
5/1/23No, Biden Isn't Dead: AI Content Farms Are Here, and They're Pumping Out Fake StoriesA new report found 49 different websites secretly using AI to churn out low-quality posts and rake in advertising…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedMay 1, 2023
4/28/23Senator Takes the First Step Towards Federal AI RegulationSen. Michael Bennet's AI task force would identify privacy and civil liberties risks presented by AI and issue…ByMack DeGeurinPublishedApril 28, 2023