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A hacker breaches TeleMessage, which makes modified versions of apps like Signal used by US officials including JD Vance, leaking some chats, contacts, and more — TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked. — 💡
More: micahflee, micahflee, NBC News, CSO, Gizmodo, CyberInsider, TechCrunch, Futurism, 404 Media, Reuters, Security Affairs, Beyond Search, WinBuzzer, SiliconANGLE, and Pixel Envy
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| Miles Klee / Rolling Stone: |
Some say ChatGPT fueled their loved ones' religious delusions of grandeur; experts warn that human-like chats can worsen tendencies toward psychological issues — Self-styled prophets are claiming they have ‘awakened’ chatbots and accessed the secrets of the universe through ChatGPT
More: Futurism and Don't Worry About the Vase
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Mastodon: @peter@thepit.social, @bodil@social.treehouse …, @onekind@beige.party, @SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, @j12t@j12t.social, @noplasticshower@infosec …, @JMarkOckerbloom …, @jmcrookston@mastodon.social, @lrhodes@merveilles.town, @nixCraft@mastodon.social, and @grammargirl@zirk.us
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| Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media: |
The internet's biggest deepfake porn site, Mr. Deepfakes, says it is shutting down because a “critical service provider has terminated service permanently” — Mr. Deepfakes, the go-to site for nonconsensual deepfake porn, says it's shutting down and not coming back because it lost a service provider and data.
More: Ars Technica, Engadget, and TechIssuesToday.com
Bluesky: @santi4dc, @romanhoefner, and @emanuelmaiberg. X: @bartongellman. LinkedIn: Nina Jankowicz. Forums: r/technology
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
Trump has two crypto-focused dinners this month, for political donors and for $TRUMP holders; Chainalysis: trading fees alone have made $TRUMP insiders $324M+ — President Donald Trump has two crypto-focused dinners on the calendar this month — one aimed at deep-pocketed political donors, the other at meme coin millionaires.
More: New York Times, Bitcoin Insider, Cointelegraph, The Coin Republic, ZyCrypto, and Coinpedia Fintech News
Forums: r/democrats and r/politics
| Zack Abrams / The Block: |
Several pro-crypto Senate Democrats, key to passing a landmark stablecoin bill, withdraw support for the bill “as it currently stands”, citing “numerous issues” — - The future of the U.S. Senate's stablecoin bill has been thrown into jeopardy after nine pro-crypto Democrats …
More: DL News, United States Committee …, Politico, Bloomberg, Decrypt, Cryptopolitan, United States Committee …, Benzinga, Crypto in America, The Block, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Bitcoinist.com, crypto.news, and CoinGape
Bluesky: @flingjore. Threads: @senadamschiff. X: @eleanorterrett, @senwarren, and @senrubengallego. LinkedIn: Christopher Perkins
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Researchers warn that open-source Go serialization tool easyjson, owned by Russia's VK Group and used by the US DOD and others, poses a national security risk — The open source software easyjson is used by the US government and American companies. But its ties to Russia's VK …
More: Hunted Labs. Bluesky: @andyjabbour. Mastodon: @eob@social.coop. X: @780thc. LinkedIn: George Barnes. Forums: r/cybersecurity
| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Meta AI brings more privacy risks than ChatGPT and Gemini, building a Memory file including the user's sensitive personal info, like fertility and payday loans — Meta's chatbot remembers everything, even what you might not want it to. — Mark Zuckerberg has a new way to invade your privacy: a creepier version of ChatGPT.
More: Sherwood News, WinBuzzer, and GB News
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Anysphere, maker of AI coding tool Cursor, raised $900M at a $9B valuation, up from $2.5B in January 2025, led by Thrive; a16z and Accel also invested — Anysphere closes $900mn funding round from investors including Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino announces Tether AI, an open-source AI runtime that supports USDT and Bitcoin payments with no API keys or a central point of failure — Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Tether AI tech will enable an unstoppable peer-to-peer network of billions of AI agents — What to know:
More: PYMNTS.com, crypto.news, Cointelegraph, CoinGape, CryptoSlate, Coinpedia Fintech News, The Block, and CryptoPotato
| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: |
An interview with Riot Games Head of Anti-Cheat Phillip Koskinas on the strategies the company uses to combat cheaters, including discrediting cheat developers — For as long as there have been video games, there have been people willing to find ways to cheat.
More: Tech4Gamers. Bluesky: @trenchdiggr. Mastodon: @zackwhittaker@mastodon.social and @lorenzofb@infosec.exchange. Forums: Hacker News
| Lucia Moses / Business Insider: |
Sources: Google has quietly launched 100 Zeros, a film and TV production initiative aiming to promote a positive view of tech and drive adoption of its products — - Google has quietly launched a film and TV production initiative called 100 Zeros. — Google wants to promote its products … | Alan Ohnsman / Forbes: |
A look at Waymo's Mesa, AZ plant, producing several retrofitted Jaguars per day and where plans to scale up with Chinese Zeekr vans may be derailed by tariffs — An exclusive look inside the facility turning Jaguar EVs into robotaxis with the AI-driven fleet's custom computing system, cameras, lidar and radar.
More: The Verge, Electrek, and CleanTechnica
| Reuters: |
Tel Aviv-based eToro Group says it's targeting a $4B valuation in a Nasdaq IPO, aiming to raise $500M, after pausing plans last month amid market volatility — Israel's eToro Group said on Monday it was targeting a valuation of up to $4 billion in its initial public offering in the United States …
More: The Information, Globes Online, Axios, Business Wire, Bloomberg, The Paypers, Reuters, and Tech in Asia
| Rachyl Jones / Semafor: |
Zeki: the US risks losing its edge as the top destination for AI talent, as the 12-month rolling average of AI talent entering in 2025 equals the number leaving — The US risks losing its edge as the best place in the world to work in tech, according to new reports.
More: Cautious Optimism, Zeki, and Hoover Institution
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