For parents still catching up on generative artificial intelligence, the rise of the companion chatbot may still be a mystery. In broad strokes, the technology can seem relatively harmless, compared to other threats teens can encounter online, including financial sextortion. Using AI-powered platforms like Character.AI,...
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October 27, 2024 albert
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Remember when you were in grade school and found out you had a new teacher? Imagine Twitter as that class, and Elon Musk as the teacher now that a whole bunch of Twitter users are testing the boundaries of what’s allowed on the app under...
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October 29, 2022 albert
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On the matter of user privacy, Telegram’s founder has spoken. And we’re more confused than ever. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov posted an account in his public Telegram channel Monday about his history of protecting user data from the Russian government. He ends the...
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March 8, 2022 albert
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Editor’s note: Today’s post is from Christophe Hardy, Toyota Motor Europe’s Manager of Social Business. He’ll explain how Toyota used Google Maps APIs to build an Android app to keep teen drivers safe. It’s a milestone that teenagers celebrate and parents fear: getting that first...
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December 3, 2017 albert
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If you are just getting started with rsync for the first time and have multiple large hard drives to make backups of, is it safe to actually use one or more of them during the long process? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to...
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February 22, 2017 albert
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We have all heard the admonition about safely removing USB devices when we are done with them, but what if an operating system is suspended and you decide to simply unplug the USB device then and there anyway? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer...
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December 23, 2016 albert
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If you’ve ever tried to do anything advanced on your Android phone, you’ve likely heard (or read) the term “USB Debugging.” This is a commonly-used option that’s tucked away neatly under Android’s Developer Options menu, but it’s still something that many users enable without giving...
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June 16, 2016 albert
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In 2015, the FBI hacked Tor to identify users of child sex websites. Now, Mozilla is begging courts to divulge to it how the operation was carried out so that it can ensure its code for Firefox remains secure. Read more… Gizmodo
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May 12, 2016 albert
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