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AI Gets Wrong Woman Jailed for Six Months, Life Ruined
A woman spent six months behind bars after an AI system misidentified her as a criminal suspect, highlighting the devastating real-world consequences of flawed automated decision-making in law enforcement. The case joins a growing list of wrongful arrests tied to facial recognition and AI tools that carry well-documented racial and accuracy biases. As these systems embed deeper into criminal justice, the human cost of getting it wrong is becoming impossible to ignore.
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Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company
Google's high-speed internet ambition is changing hands. Alphabet is selling a majority stake in GFiber to infrastructure-focused private equity firm Stonepeak, with the unit set to merge with regional cable provider Astound. The deal marks a significant retreat for Google's decade-long bet on disrupting the broadband market.
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Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories
Invisible Unicode characters, undetectable by the human eye, are being weaponized in a new wave of supply-chain attacks targeting GitHub and other code repositories. Malicious actors embed hidden instructions within source code that appear completely clean during human review. The technique exploits a long-abandoned quirk of Unicode encoding, making it a potent threat against standard code auditing practices.
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Ars Technica
NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks—there's a reason why
NASA officials deflected pointed questions about the risks facing the Artemis II crewed mission, with mission management team chair offering little more than a cryptic quip in response. The evasiveness signals potential concerns about the mission's readiness that the agency isn't yet prepared to address publicly. With four astronauts slated to fly around the Moon, the stakes for transparency are high.
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The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the NSA Is Doing
Senator Ron Wyden is once again sounding the alarm about undisclosed NSA surveillance activities conducted under Section 702, warning the public would be "stunned" if the full scope were revealed. The pattern is familiar: Wyden's past cryptic warnings have preceded major revelations, most notably the Snowden disclosures of 2013. With Section 702 reauthorization debates ongoing, the stakes for what remains hidden are higher than ever.
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