Tech & AI

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REAL ID-less? You can still fly — but with a big caveat.

The REAL ID deadline begins Wednesday (May 7), though Department of Homeland Security officials say those without the new identification can still board planes but will need to get to the airport even earlier. At a congressional hearing on Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said travelers who are not REAL ID compliant

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Tulsi Gabbard Reused the Same Weak Password on Multiple Accounts for Years

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, used the same easily cracked password for different online accounts over a period of years, according to leaked records reviewed by WIRED. Following her participation in a Signal group chat in which sensitive details of a military operation were unwittingly shared with a journalist, the revelation raises further

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Hugging Face releases a free Operator-like agentic AI tool

A team at Hugging Face has released a freely available, cloud-hosted computer-using AI “agent.” But be forewarned: It’s quite sluggish and occasionally makes mistakes. Hugging Face’s agent, called Open Computer Agent, is accessible via the web and can use a Linux virtual machine preloaded with several applications, including Firefox. Similar to OpenAI’s Operator, you can

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MrBeast is teaming with ‘Maximum Ride’ author James Patterson to write a novel

In a collaboration that feels ripped from the simulation, MrBeast — YouTube’s reigning king of high-stakes philanthro-tainment — is partnering with thriller juggernaut James Patterson to release a novel. SEE ALSO: MrBeast fans rage as immersive Vegas experience flops Yes, you read that right. After a bidding war reportedly pushing into eight-figure territory, the mega-creator

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The Signal Clone Mike Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats

The communication app TeleMessage Signal, used by at least one top Trump administration official to archive messages, has already reportedly suffered breaches that illustrate concerning security flaws and resulted in its parent company imposing a service pause this week pending investigation. Now, according to detailed new findings from the journalist and security researcher Micah Lee,

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NSO Group must pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for spyware campaign

Spyware maker NSO Group will have to pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for a 2019 hacking campaign against more than 1,400 users. On Tuesday, after a five-year legal battle, a jury ruled that NSO Group must pay $167,256,000 in punitive damages and around $444,719 in compensatory damages. This is a huge

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Your ‘wrong person’ texts may be linked to Myanmar warlord

Over the weekend, we covered the rise of “wrong person” scam texts — seemingly innocent messages that evolve into full-blown crypto cons. And across the U.S., drivers are getting E-ZPass toll road scam texts in droves. Now, we have a clearer picture of where these types of scam texts are coming from. On Monday, May

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Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Make Hollywood Great Again, but There’s a Plan That Can

As an industry that makes movies and TV shows—in trade parlance: services, not products—Hollywood may have thought it was safe from President Donald Trump’s tariffs. While the stock market took major dips over the past month, streaming players like Netflix seemed like a good bet. On Sunday, that changed. Trump took to Truth Social to

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FutureHouse previews an AI tool for ‘data-driven’ biology discovery

FutureHouse, an Eric Schmidt-backed nonprofit that aims to build an “AI scientist” within the next decade, has released a new tool that it claims can help support “data-driven discovery” in biology. The new tool comes just a week after FutureHouse launched its API and platform. The tool, called Finch, takes in biology data (primarily in the

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JBL Tune 510BT Headphones deal: Take 25% off

SAVE 25%: As of May 6, the JBL Tune 510BT Bluetooth Headphones are on sale at Amazon for $29.95, down from $39.95. That’s a discount of $10, or 25% off. Subways, streets, airports, and office: a good set of headphones will follow wherever you lead. And you can nab a pair of Bluetooth headphones designed

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