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Analysis: Nearly 90 schools and 600 students worldwide were affected by naked AI-generated deepfakes; North America has seen nearly 30 reported cases since 2023 (Matt Burgess/Wired)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 15, 2026

Matt Burgess / Wired: Analysis: Nearly 90 schools and 600 students worldwide were affected by naked AI-generated deepfakes; North America…

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Discord estimates 70,000 users worldwide may have had their government ID photos exposed in a third-party customer service data breach on September 20 (Jay Peters/The Verge)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 9, 2025

Jay Peters / The edge: Discord estimates that 70,000 users worldwide may have had their government ID photos exposed in…

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A look at London "neocloud" NSCAL startup, which won an investment of $ 500 million from NVIDIA and aims to evolve up to 300,000 GPUs worldwide, tied with Coreweave (Iain Martin / Forbes)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 23, 2025

Iain Martin / Forbes:: An overview of the startup “Neocloud” based in London NSCALE, which won an investment of $…

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The OECD lists more than 1,300 regulations, directives and other policies worldwide in September 2025, up ~ 30% since 2022, but international cooperation has stalled (Naoki Watanabe / Nikkei Asia)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 21, 2025

Naoki Watanabe / Nikkei Asia:: The OECD lists more than 1,100 regulations, directives and other policies worldwide in September 2025,…

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Aisphere based in Beijing, the startup behind the video generator Ai Pixverse, has collected a B series of $ 60 million led by Alibaba, and says that Pixverse is 100 m and more users worldwide (Vincent Chow / South China Morning Post)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 13, 2025

Featured podcasts Big Technology Podcast: Do we care about the iPhone Air ?, Nepal’s Discord Revolution, Culture 996 of San…

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Art House Streaming Service and Mubi distributor collected $ 100 million led by Sequoia to an evaluation of $ 1 billion; MUBI has around 20 million users recorded worldwide (Christopher Grimes / Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 31, 2025

Featured podcasts Techmeme comes home: Big Meta / Andundil Deal is a big problem The news of the day, every…

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Government representatives and experts claim that there have been dozens of kidnappings registered on cryptography worldwide in the past year; France has seen five in recent months (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 18, 2025

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Stripe, revolut and other banks and fintech rush to launch stablecoins; About $ 210 billion in stablecoins emitted worldwide, including the printing of Tether 142 billion dollars (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 10, 2025

Financial time:: Stripe, revolut and other banks and fintech rush to launch stablecoins; There are ~ $ 210 billion in…

Balikatan 2026 exercises will highlight Manila’s ‘more active defense posture’ – Radio Free Asia

North Korean agents use fake identities to apply for tech jobs – Radio Free Asia

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

United Airlines (UAL) First Quarter 2026 Results

Amazon launches GLP-1 weight loss program

Michael and Susan Dell donate $750 million for UT Austin medical campus

UPS and FedEx have started requesting certain fare refunds

Trump says ‘maybe’ government should help struggling Spirit Airlines

Trump just cost Republicans the House as Virginia voters pass new map that boosts Democrats

Trump’s permanent ceasefire is actually a total capitulation to Iran

James Comer works inside for Trump to kill Epstein investigation

Trump and Mike Johnson desperately try to save the House before Virginia votes on a new map

Democrats turn up pressure, force another vote to end Trump’s Iran war

How GrapheneOS lead developer Daniel Micay’s legal struggles with former partner James Donaldson over CopperheadOS led to the creation of the privacy-focused tool (Tiffany Ng/Wired)

A look at Apple’s leadership changes and the future of several key executives; sources say Mike Rockwell has considered leaving or taking an advisory role next year (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Reliable Robotics, which develops autonomous aircraft systems for cargo flights, raised $160 million led by Nimble Partners, bringing its valuation to ~$1 billion (Cailley LaPara/Bloomberg)

How opposition to data centers, over concerns such as electricity demand, pollution and water needs, became a voting issue for many in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections (NPR)

OpenAI enables cost-per-click ads in ChatGPT, setting bids between $3 and $5 per click, in addition to CPMs (Digiday)

Browsing: worldwide

Analysis: Nearly 90 schools and 600 students worldwide were affected by naked AI-generated deepfakes; North America has seen nearly 30 reported cases since 2023 (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Discord estimates 70,000 users worldwide may have had their government ID photos exposed in a third-party customer service data breach on September 20 (Jay Peters/The Verge)

A look at London "neocloud" NSCAL startup, which won an investment of $ 500 million from NVIDIA and aims to evolve up to 300,000 GPUs worldwide, tied with Coreweave (Iain Martin / Forbes)

The OECD lists more than 1,300 regulations, directives and other policies worldwide in September 2025, up ~ 30% since 2022, but international cooperation has stalled (Naoki Watanabe / Nikkei Asia)

Aisphere based in Beijing, the startup behind the video generator Ai Pixverse, has collected a B series of $ 60 million led by Alibaba, and says that Pixverse is 100 m and more users worldwide (Vincent Chow / South China Morning Post)

Art House Streaming Service and Mubi distributor collected $ 100 million led by Sequoia to an evaluation of $ 1 billion; MUBI has around 20 million users recorded worldwide (Christopher Grimes / Financial Times)

Government representatives and experts claim that there have been dozens of kidnappings registered on cryptography worldwide in the past year; France has seen five in recent months (Wall Street Journal)

Stripe, revolut and other banks and fintech rush to launch stablecoins; About $ 210 billion in stablecoins emitted worldwide, including the printing of Tether 142 billion dollars (Financial Times)