Science

Google agrees to pay $350 million settlement in security lapse

SAN FRANCISCO — Google agreed to pay $350 million to settle a lawsuit years after
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Oversight Board rebukes Meta’s policies on deepfakes, amid AI fears

Meta was criticized Monday by a company-funded oversight board for its “incoherent” and “confusing” policies
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Why Metaverse sexual assaults could be difficult to prosecute

Though the attack took place in virtual reality, Nina Jane Patel was surprised to feel
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The U.S. economy is booming, so why are there so

SAN FRANCISCO — The first time Julian Chavez got laid off from his job as
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Breaking down Elon Musk’s wealth, company by company

Musk is also extending his empire underground. Born in 2016 from Musk’s exasperation with a
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Online safety hearing gets skeptical response from kids, advocates

Lawmakers who grilled the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Discord and X on Wednesday all
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Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to parents at Senate child safety hearing

Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg did something unusual in Wednesday’s congressional hearing on child safety
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X blocks Taylor Swift searches after fake nudes spread online

The social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has blocked all searches for Taylor Swift after
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The internet’s CSAM problem keeps getting worse. Here’s why.

One of the internet’s oldest, ugliest problems keeps getting worse. Despite decades of efforts to
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