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The ecosystem of marketplaces for Chinese-speaking crypto scammers hosted on the messaging service Telegram have now grown to be bigger than ever before, according to a new analysis from the crypto tracing firm Elliptic. Despite a brief drop after Telegram banned two of the biggest such markets in early 2025, the two current top markets, known as Tudou Guarantee and Xinbi Guarantee, are together enabling close to $2 billion a month in money-laundering transactions, sales of scam tools like stolen data, fake investment websites, and AI deepfake tools, as well as other black market services as varied as …

LG has unveiled its humanoid robot that can handle household chores. After teasing the CLOiD last week, the company has offered its first look at the AI-powered robot it claims can fold laundry, unload the dishwasher, serve food and help out with other tasks.

Video: https://youtu.be/7VZJO-hOT4c?si=OC74GFs2kOnzwF_W

https://archive.ph/2025.12.31-160659/https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-created-playbook-fend-off-pressure-crack-down-scammers-documents-show-2025-12-31/

China wants a human to intervene and notify guardians if suicide is ever mentioned.

Information from sensors is transmitted using neural-style activity spikes.

The man who envisioned services as core business for high-tech companies leaves behind a tall legacy.

Beijing adopted sweeping revisions to its decades-old Civil Aviation Law on Saturday, formally bringing uncrewed aircraft such as drones under the national legal framework for the first time and signaling state support for the country’s rapidly growing low-altitude economy. The revisions, which will come into effect on July 1, were approved by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee and are a critical step in closing long-standing gaps in safety regulation. They will also guide…

https://archive.ph/2025.12.26-050620/https://www.ft.com/content/9dcd770a-1ca7-4533-980c-08c5704c9670

Well, you can’t spell EBITDA without AI, but the trouble is that it’s in the ITDA, not in the E. They don’t teach that at Wharton.

https://archive.ph/2025.12.23-232505/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/do-your-parents-have-screen-time-problem/685424/

Can’t make a few trillion dollars without ditching game developers, going googoo gaga for AI and supplying tech to the military, I suppose!

https://archive.ph/2025.12.23-112236/https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-chinese-scammer-crypto-markets/

As the generative AI rush gobbles up memory production, phone-makers will likely have to raise prices, reduce RAM specs or both.

People think online platforms are overflowing with toxic and misleading content, but the reality is far calmer. A small group of highly active users creates most of the harm, while the majority remain relatively civil. Still, many Americans assume the worst about each other because of this imbalance. Correcting that belief can noticeably improve how people feel about society.

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This study examines the link between income inequality and political instability, focusing on the moderating role of Internet penetration. Using data from over 120 countries (1996–2020), we find a conditional relationship: in low-Internet countries, higher inequality associates with lower instability, likely due to limited political awareness or collective action. In contrast, in highly connected societies, widespread Internet use amplifies economic disparities, increasing instability. Robustness checks, including conflict-related deaths and dynamic panel GMM, confirm these patterns. The results highlight digital connectivity as a key channel turning inequality into unrest, underscoring the need for policies targeting disparities in connected societies.

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https://archive.ph/2025.12.19-161625/https://www.theverge.com/tech/841054/tv-brightness-hdr-2025

American technology companies are not peripheral to Israel’s surveillance architecture. Israeli military and intelligence units rely on U.S.-based cloud infrastructure, data storage, data processing, and AI-related technologies to collect, analyze, and retain vast amounts of information on Palestinians.