submitted by tonytins to technology
708 points | 37 comments
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/man-jailed-for-a-month-despite-flock-showing-he-was-5-miles-from-crime-scene/
A San Diego police department is facing a lawsuit after jailing a man for a month based on a Flock camera alert that cops allegedly should have known, based on the timestamp, did not depict the car that they were…
submitted by tonytins to technology
776 points | 46 comments
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/man-jailed-for-a-month-despite-flock-showing-he-was-5-miles-from-crime-scene/
A San Diego police department is facing a lawsuit after jailing a man for a month based on a Flock camera alert that cops allegedly should have known, based on the timestamp, did not depict the car that they were…
submitted by tonytins to technology
162 points | 21 comments
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/06/03/age-verification-now-mandatory-for-app-store-users-in-texas
In May 2025, the Texas App Store Accountability Act made it mandatory for companies like Apple and Google to verify the ages of their Texas-based users. As the law is set to be enforced starting Thursday, Apple has outlined an…
submitted by tonytins to technology
91 points | 2 comments
https://www.404media.co/we-sued-ice-to-get-its-spyware-contract-the-agency-is-redacting-essentially-everything/
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contracted with a spyware company that tells customers it ensures they can use the tool without the agency being caught doing so, according to documents obtained by 404 Media through…
submitted by tonytins to technology
284 points | 34 comments
https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/22/zuck-defends-monitoring-employees-to-win-ai-race-in-purported-leaked-audio/5245379
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears so determined to win the AI race that he is willing to sacrifice some employee privacy to make it happen.
In a leaked audio recording published by the worker advocacy…
submitted by tonytins to technology
714 points | 135 comments
https://fortune.com/2026/04/14/ai-backlash-revolutionary-sam-altman-molotov-cocktails-data-centers/
The middle distribution of Gen Z’s feelings about AI range from apprehension to downright hatred. Despite the fact that more than half of Gen Z living in the U.S. uses AI regularly, according to a recently released Gallup poll, less…
submitted by tonytins to technology
695 points | 131 comments
https://fortune.com/2026/04/14/ai-backlash-revolutionary-sam-altman-molotov-cocktails-data-centers/
The middle distribution of Gen Z’s feelings about AI range from apprehension to downright hatred. Despite the fact that more than half of Gen Z living in the U.S. uses AI regularly, according to a recently released Gallup poll, less…
submitted by tonytins to technology
722 points | 136 comments
https://fortune.com/2026/04/14/ai-backlash-revolutionary-sam-altman-molotov-cocktails-data-centers/
The middle distribution of Gen Z’s feelings about AI range from apprehension to downright hatred. Despite the fact that more than half of Gen Z living in the U.S. uses AI regularly, according to a recently released Gallup poll, less…
submitted by tonytins to technology
672 points | 111 comments
https://fortune.com/2026/04/14/ai-backlash-revolutionary-sam-altman-molotov-cocktails-data-centers/
The middle distribution of Gen Z’s feelings about AI range from apprehension to downright hatred. Despite the fact that more than half of Gen Z living in the U.S. uses AI regularly, according to a recently released Gallup poll, less…
submitted by tonytins to politics
635 points | 82 comments
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-rogan-trump-iran-epstein-b2954216.html
submitted by tonytins to games
437 points | 197 comments
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash/
A user asked on the official Lutris GitHub two weeks ago “is lutris slop now” and noted an increasing amount of “LLM generated commits”. To which the Lutris creator replied:
It’s only slop if you don’t know what…
submitted by tonytins to games
572 points | 255 comments
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/lutris-now-being-built-with-claude-ai-developer-decides-to-hide-it-after-backlash/
A user asked on the official Lutris GitHub two weeks ago “is lutris slop now” and noted an increasing amount of “LLM generated commits”. To which the Lutris creator replied:
It’s only slop if you don’t know what…
submitted by tonytins to news
341 points | 87 comments
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-reportedly-mulling-plan-to-declare-national-emergency-paving-way-for-federal-elections-takeover/
The Washington Post reported that activists are working with the White House on an executive order to declare a “national emergency” over America’s elections and pave the way for a power grab.
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submitted by tonytins to technology
606 points | 242 comments
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
Discord announced on Monday that it’s rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users’ accounts to a “teen-appropriate” experience unless they demonstrate that they’re adults.
Users…
submitted by tonytins to technology
612 points | 242 comments
https://www.theverge.com/tech/875309/discord-age-verification-global-roll-out
Discord announced on Monday that it’s rolling out age verification on its platform globally starting next month, when it will automatically set all users’ accounts to a “teen-appropriate” experience unless they demonstrate that they’re adults.
Users…
submitted by tonytins to technology
768 points | 162 comments
https://www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-get-into-wapo-reporters-iphone-because-it-had-lockdown-mode-enabled/
The FBI has been unable to access a Washington Post reporter’s seized iPhone because it was in Lockdown Mode, a sometimes overlooked feature that makes iPhones broadly more secure, according to recently filed court records.
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