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Tech & AI

The Official DOGE Website Launch Was a Security Mess

As well as being insecure, the DOGE website heavily leans on X, the social media platform owned by Musk. DOGE’s homepage is a feed of its own X posts, but it also uses code that directs search engines to X.com instead of DOGE.gov, a WIRED review of the site found. “This isn’t usually how things

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Court filings show Meta paused efforts to license books for AI training

New court filings in an AI copyright case against Meta add credence to earlier reports that the company “paused” discussions with book publishers on licensing deals to supply some of its generative AI models with training data. The filings are related to the case Kadrey v. Meta Platforms — one of many such cases winding through

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Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages

February continues trends seen over the past few months on the TIOBE Software Programming Community Index. Python continues to increase in ratings, enough so that TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen said in January that Python is a “default language.” C stayed at a lower ranking than C++, and Go maintained its secure spot in the

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Get lifetime access to 1TB of secure cloud storage for £103

TL;DR: Use our code KOOFR at checkout and get a 1TB cloud storage lifetime subscription from Koofr for £103.14 (reg. £642.81) through 23 February. Having cloud storage shouldn’t make you feel like you’re Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, with subscription fees charging you over and over, for years or even decades. There’s a new way

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Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years, WIRED has learned. The move represents the first major example of the country’s cyber defense agency accommodating President Donald Trump’s

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Uber sues DoorDash, alleging anti-competitive tactics

Ride-share giant Uber filed a lawsuit Friday against DoorDash, accusing the delivery outfit of stifling competition by intimidating restaurant owners into exclusive deals. Uber alleges in the lawsuit, filed in Superior Court of California, that its chief rival bullied restaurants into only working with DoorDash. Uber claims that DoorDash, which holds the largest share of

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5 Best Free Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) for 2025

A free applicant tracking system (ATS) is a human resources software application that acts as a database for job applicants, streamlining the hiring process by automating tasks, managing communication, and staying compliant, all at no cost to you. ATS platforms are used by companies of all sizes to organize, search for, and communicate with large

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Mashable Readers’ Choice Awards: Rate your smart home devices for a chance to win a $250 Amazon gift card

Take the smart home survey. Here at Mashable, we’re always trying out the latest tech products to help our readers determine whether or not they’re worth it. But now, we want to hear from you about the products you use and love. In our first edition of our Smartest Home Readers’ Choice Awards, we’re asking

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US Judge Extends Order to Block DOGE From Treasury Department Data

A Manhattan Federal Court judge on Friday extended the temporary restraining order that bars staffers from the so-called Department of Government Efficiency from accessing US Treasury Department data—which attorneys general from New York and other blue states have slammed as an unlawful threat to privacy—while she considers whether to impose a longer-term injunction. After hearing

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Figure AI is in talks to raise $1.5B at 15x its last valuation

Silicon Valley-based robotics startup Figure AI is in talks to raise a massive $1.5 billion round at a $39.5 billion valuation, Bloomberg reports. That’s a whopping 15 times higher than Figure’s $2.6 billion post-money valuation for its $675 million Series B last year. Figure’s current round is expected to be led by Align Ventures and

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