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Maddie Kowalski is a student at the University of Florida. Last November, someone found nonconsensual intimate images and videos of her, stitched them together, and uploaded them to X, where they were viewed millions of times.“Can you imagine?” asked Ej Dickson, a senior culture writer at Wired who reported on Kowalski’s story earlier this month. “You’re 19 years old and a video that you don’t even remember shooting, let alone consenting to, goes viral nationally along with your name and your sorority, and your parents, your grandparents, everybody in your life sees it. It’s a humiliation and a privacy violation…
If I were buying luggage for the first time in a long time or replacing an old set, I’d choose Quince. You’re getting polished, durable suitcases with reliable features, and without paying a premium for the brand name. At $270 for both an expandable carry-on and a large checked bag, it’s an excellent value.Away doesn’t offer a comparable bundle, but its Large Flex ($425) and Carry-On Flex ($325) are almost identical to Quince’s Expandable Large Check-In ($220) and Expandable Small Carry-On ($140). All four are polycarbonate hard-shell suitcases with similar exterior and interior dimensions, capacity, and weight, though Quince’s are…
When MIT mechanical engineering student Daphne Wang arrived for her internship at the Muscogee Creek Nation Department of Health in Tulsa, Oklahoma last summer, she expected to be writing code. To her surprise, she found herself analyzing tribal history and the implications for technical innovation. “I learned so much that I think should be required curriculum for every single person in this country,” says Wang. “I think tech for good is genuinely getting out into communities and learning about people who aren’t you, creating worldly perspectives that you ultimately can take into everything else that you do.”Wang and fellow intern Lucy…
The setting affects whether workers can review photos and videos from your glasses. Meta Meta has started to roll out the setting that allows people who use its smart glasses to opt out of allowing the company to use “visual data” collected by the device for AI training. The setting is now available within the Meta AI app. The company has begun notifying glasses owners about the change with a pop-up in the Meta AI app. “Your Al glasses can translate a menu, identify a plant and more,” it says. “You can opt out of providing…
At Dreamforce 2026, AI agents are being judged less on what they can say and more on what they get done. Across Salesforce Inc.’s ecosystem, the standalone toolkits that let technology teams build quick proofs of concept are giving way to integrated platforms. These connect agents to enterprise data, to workflows and to the people who manage them. The next phase will be defined by results rather than demonstrations. Customers want a return on investment they can count, pricing tied to resolved issues, governance for each task and digital workers managed like employees. Those demands shaped the company’s latest agent…
I’ve noticed a lot more businesses using AI agents to process customer support requests. But now it’s getting weird. Google’s Live Avatar feature is now available for those with Gemini Enterprise. This comes days after Google announced Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking. What exactly is Live Avatar? It combines an interactive visual experience with a conversational AI agent to do things like filing insurance claims through a video chat — which was Google’s example in its announcement. Businesses or those with Google Enterprise can choose from a few avatars to put a face to an AI…
Ravie LakshmananSep 25, 2026Malware / Supply Chain Attack Two actions-cool GitHub Actions have been disabled for a second time after the repositories became accessible last week, months after they were compromised during the May 2026 Mini Shai-Hulud campaign. The affected GitHub Actions are listed below – Visiting either of the repositories now shows the message: “Access to this repository has been disabled by GitHub Staff due to a violation of GitHub’s terms of service. If you are the owner of the repository, you may reach out to GitHub Support for more information.” “On September 16, 2026, both repositories became accessible…
Amazon is dropping $3 billion into India’s quick-commerce market, and it is about time. Amazon, a company that practically invented online shopping, has found itself surprisingly far behind in India’s fast-delivery boom. Local powerhouses such as Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy currently dominate 77% of India’s market, while Amazon sits on a modest 6% slice. Is the e-commerce giant planning to close that gap anytime soon? Amazon is focused on one domain at a time. It’s rather placing a phased, pragmatic bet- planning to roll out $1 billion by 2027 and the remaining $2 billion by 2030. Most of that money…
Disclaimer: Unless otherwise stated, any opinions expressed below belong solely to the author. The topic of ministerial salaries in Singapore has garnered a lot of attention in recent weeks, after it was announced that the baseline salary grades for the cabinet would be increased by 64% for the first time in 15 years. As a result, the fundamental MR4 grade—based on which all other salaries are calculated—would jump from S$1.1 million to S$1.8 million. This sounds like a massive boost for the world’s already best paid ministers. Who else gets a raise of over 60%? Well, not many people—and neither…
This past April, while attending his nephew’s bar mitzvah on Cape Cod, Eric Umansky woke up to an inbox full of emails from people from his past. They all wanted to know the same thing: Was he actually throwing a party Saturday night?The New York–based journalist wasn’t sure what party they were referring to, or why random acquaintances he’d met in passing 15 years ago were emailing him. On deadline and already stressed about work, he checked his phone, where more messages inquired about a supposed Paperless Post invite he’d sent for a “Special Private Dinner Party” at 7 pm…