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Illinois Department of Human Services disclosed that a misconfigured internal mapping website exposed sensitive personal data for more than 700,000 Illinois residents for over four years, from April 2021 to September 2025. Officials say they can't confirm whether the publicly accessible data was ever viewed. TechCrunch reports: Officials said the exposed data included personal information on 672,616 individuals who are Medicaid and Medicare Savings Program recipients. The data included their... Read more āŗ
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Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Hereās how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. Read more āŗ
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Zohran Mamdani earns $258,750 as New York City's mayor, putting him among the country's top-earning mayors. Read more āŗ
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Online detectives are inaccurately claiming to have identified the federal agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minnesota based on AI-manipulated images. Read more āŗ
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Lambda, an upstart cloud provider that rents out Nvidia AI chipsāand whose biggest customer was recently Nvidia itselfāis trying to raise at least $350 million before a potential initial public offering this year, according to a person familiar with the discussions. Mubadala Capital, which manages money for the United Arab Emirates government and other investors, is in talks to lead the funding round, which is structured to sell stock to... Read more āŗ
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In a surprisingly user-friendly move, Bose has announced it will be open-sourcing the API documentation for its SoundTouch smart speakers, which were slated to lose official support on February 18th, as reported by Ars Technica. Bose has also moved that date back to May 6th, 2026. When cloud support ends, an update to the SoundTouch [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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The future, as it turns out, is intimate and sometimes a little bit uncomfortable. Read more āŗ
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Renee Nicole Good sat idling in her car Wednesday, observing an ongoing ICE operation. The 37-year-old then attempted to drive away, reportedly at the instruction of one federal agent on scene. In response, another ICE officer shot her to death.Ā It is possible that we still lack some significant context for Goodās killing. But her [ā¦] Read more āŗ
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Trump said Thursday that he is instructing "representatives" to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, aiming to lower interest rates and monthly payments. Read more āŗ
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The LLC moved as California's ultrarich weigh leaving ahead of a proposed tax on billionaires that would take effect retroactively starting January 1. Read more āŗ
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I spent years hosting communal dinner parties. After moving back to New York, I learned how eating alone helped me reset and reconnect with myself. Read more āŗ
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Microsoft is embedding full e-commerce checkout directly into Copilot chats, letting users buy products without ever visiting a retailer's website. "If checkout happens inside AI conversations, retailers risk losing direct customer relationships -- while platforms like Microsoft gain leverage," reports Axios. From the report: Microsoft unveiled new agentic AI tools for retailers at the NRF 2026 retail conference, including Copilot Checkout, which lets shoppers complete purchases inside Copilot without being Read more āŗ
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iOS 26 is showing unusually slow adoption among iPhone users months after release, according to third-party analytics. Usage data published by StatCounter (via Cult of Mac) for January 2026 indicates that only around 15 to 16% of active iPhones worldwide are running any version of āiOS 26ā. The breakdown shows iOS 26.1 accounting for approximately 10.6% of devices, iOS 26.2 for about 4.6%, and the original iOS 26.0 release at... Read more āŗ
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While wave upon wave of smartglasses and face-based wearables crash on the shores of CES, traditional glasses really havenāt changed much over the hundreds of years weāve been using them. The last innovation, arguably, was progressive multifocals that blended near and farsighted lenses ā and that was back in the 1950s. It makes sense that autofocusing glasses maker IXI thinks itās time to modernize glasses. After recently announcing a 22-gram... Read more āŗ
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It would be deeply embarrassing if the law has to go into effect before X acts. Read more āŗ
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth now has leverage over defense contractors' financial decisions, from executive comp to shareholder payouts. Read more āŗ
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Elon Muskās chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other ānudifyā appsābut continue to host X and Grok. Read more āŗ
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The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it is awarding $2.7 billion to three companies to boost domestic uranium enrichment. Read more āŗ
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As many as 80 public radio stations could close within the next year. Read more āŗ
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Gen Z or older, it doesn't matter: the two needle drops in 'Stranger Things' reignited interest in Prince's music catalog. Read more āŗ
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In a recent social media post, Joseph Ladapo endorsed the use of structured water, which doesn't actually seem to exist. Read more āŗ
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Vaccines for diseases like rotavirus and meningococcal disease will no longer be universally recommended by the CDC. Read more āŗ
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There's vaporware, and then there's this. Read more āŗ
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'Dungeons &Dragons' was the obvious reference, but Peter Jackson's fantasy trilogy also played a hand in how the Netflix series wrapped up its final episode. Read more āŗ
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The startup offering the renewals is eyeing nationwide approval. Read more āŗ
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