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An EEOC analysis finds women made up 22.6% of US workers in high-tech roles in 2022, similar to the 22% in 2005, even as the number of lucrative jobs has soared (wapo.st)
2024-9-14

The Atlantic Council researchers detail how spyware vendors are skirting restrictions by renaming, starting new companies, or by changing legal jurisdictions (wapo.st)
2024-9-5

A look at X's shrinking clout in Brazil even before the ban; Twitter, the platform now known as X, once dominated Brazilian social media with 40M+ users (wapo.st)
2024-9-4 Twitter Ban Brazil

A look at AIxCC, or AI Cyber Challenge, a competition launched in 2023 and run by DARPA to design an AI program that scans open source code for security flaws (wapo.st)
2024-7-28 AI

Elon Musk says Starlink service is now active in a hospital in Gaza, reflecting Israel's reluctance for Gaza residents to have internet access more broadly (wapo.st)
2024-7-24 Israel Elon Musk

One defective CrowdStrike update for Windows causing an outage globally resurfaces concerns about Microsoft's monopoly in government and enterprise IT systems (wapo.st)
2024-7-23 Microsoft

Letter: OpenAI whistleblowers asked the SEC to probe OpenAI's allegedly restrictive NDAs barring staff from warning regulators about the risks its tech may pose (wapo.st)
2024-7-14

A look at Meta's struggles to attract influencers to Threads, due to the platform's focus on text and its lack of a clear purpose for users (wapo.st)
2024-7-6

A look at the history of and challenges facing Meta's Oversight Board as it works on its second act: a body to help social media platforms comply with EU's DSA (wapo.st)
2024-7-1

An interview with Netflix's VP of external games Leanne Loombe on its push into gaming, focusing on narrative games without ads or in-app purchases, and more (wapo.st)
2024-6-27 Interview Netflix

The US DOJ indicts a Russian national, who remains at large, for his alleged involvement in the WhisperGate malware attack on Ukrainian systems in January 2022 (wapo.st)
2024-6-27 Russia Ukraine

As power needs of AI push emissions up, tech companies explore experimental clean energy projects such as atomic fusion and futuristic geothermal power plants (wapo.st)
2024-6-22 Energy AI

An investigation details how Chinese gangs, Chinese officials, and Myanmar's Junta made Myanmar's Kokang region a key hub in the global online scam industry (wapo.st)
2024-6-20 China

Content creators are amassing audiences of thousands on Twitch by covering political news and raising funds for Palestinians, as other platforms eschew politics (wapo.st)
2024-6-2

OpenAI disrupted five influence operations in the past three months that accessed its products to covertly manipulate public opinion or shape political outcomes (wapo.st)
2024-5-31

How the Biden administration passed on TikTok's Project Texas, a proposal to let the US pick its board, veto hires, and more, opting instead for a sale or ban (wapo.st)
2024-5-29 Ban Texas

Two lawsuits filed on behalf of the Uvalde shooting victims allege Activision, Meta, and the gunmaker, Daniel Defense, are responsible for “grooming” the gunman (wapo.st)
2024-5-25

Documents and sources: OpenAI didn't use Scarlett Johansson's voice for ChatGPT's Sky and hired another actress months before Sam Altman contacted Johansson (wapo.st)
2024-5-23

A look at an ISIS-affiliated media program called News Harvest, which is using AI-generated news anchors to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply (wapo.st)
2024-5-18 AI

Eight TikTok creators sue the US government over the law forcing a sale or ban of TikTok, arguing the move violates their First Amendment rights (wapo.st)
2024-5-15 Ban

The US and China are set to hold their first high-level AI talks on May 14 in Geneva, as the governments seek to prevent disastrous accidents and unintended war (wapo.st)
2024-5-13 China AI

A look at the growing number of startups offering AI deepfake detection services, with some claiming startling levels of accuracy despite untested capabilities (wapo.st)
2024-5-13 Startup AI

MITRE, a federally funded, not-for-profit US research organization, plans to build a $20M supercomputer with Nvidia to build AI tools for the federal government (wapo.st)
2024-5-7 AI Nvidia

A backlash against data centers has triggered laws in Arizona, Georgia, and other parts of the US to restrain the rapidly growing, energy-intensive industry (wapo.st)
2024-5-1 Energy

Multiple US House aides say ByteDance's video editing app CapCut could also be subject to the same divest-or-ban requirement as TikTok (wapo.st)
2024-4-30 Ban

Meta's Oversight Board says it is preparing for layoffs, likely adding to its challenges after criticism for moving too slowly and cautiously (wapo.st)
2024-4-30 Layoffs

TikTok users with stigmatized interests or marginalized identities express anxiety over its potential ban, as rebuilding their communities elsewhere may be hard (wapo.st)
2024-4-28 Ban

The US IRS says it spent $10.5M to develop and $2.4M to run its free tax filing website, used by 140K+ taxpayers in 12 states, and claims high user satisfaction (wapo.st)
2024-4-28 Tax

Google fires ~20 more staff the company says participated in protests denouncing an Israeli cloud contract; an activist workers' group says the total is now 50+ (wapo.st)
2024-4-23 Israel Google

Stanford Internet Observatory: AI images could overwhelm federally authorized CSAM clearinghouse CyberTipline, which gets tens of millions of tips per year (wapo.st)
2024-4-23 AI

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