Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:48:25 +0000
A flurry of drone sightings across New Jersey and New York has sparked national intrigue and US government responses. But experts are pouring cold water on America’s hottest new conspiracy theory.
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Credit to Author: Jared Keller| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:33:46 +0000
Small, easily weaponizable drones have become a feature of battlefields from the Middle East to Ukraine. Now the threat looms over the US homeland—and the Pentagon’s ability to respond is limited.
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Credit to Author: Arvind Narayanan, Sayash Kapoor| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000
AI creates what it’s told to, from plucking fanciful evidence from thin air, to arbitrarily removing people’s rights, to sowing doubt over public misdeeds.
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Credit to Author: Ali Winston| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000
The white supremacist Robert Rundo faces years in prison. But the “Active Club” network he helped create has proliferated in countries around the world, from Eastern Europe to South America.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 02:13:54 +0000
The design of the gun police say they found on the alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer—the FMDA or “Free Men Don’t Ask”—was released by a libertarian group.
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Credit to Author: Ben Dowsett| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 12:30:00 +0000
Several recent schemes were uncovered involving poker players at casinos allegedly using miniature cameras, concealed in personal electronics, to spot cards. Should players everywhere be concerned?
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Credit to Author: Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra, Andrew Couts| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:33:52 +0000
Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, was apprehended on Monday after visiting a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
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Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg, Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2024 11:30:00 +0000
Plus: Russian spies keep hijacking other hackers’ infrastructure, Hydra dark web market admin gets life sentence in Russia, and more of the week’s top security news.
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