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It seems like just yesterday that Meta was emphasizing the importance of slow and responsible AI development, and rolling out its large language model only to eligible researchers. But actually it was Friday. Now, just four days later, the company has seemingly abandoned the “AI for researchers alone” tack and…

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Phone numbers are a finite resource. So when one goes out of a service, there’s a good chance telecom companies will reuse it for a new phone plan. That can be a big problem on WhatsApp. In some cases, if you get your hands on a phone number that was tied to an existing WhatsApp account, you can hijack it and assume…

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Do you live with your parents, reader? I don't. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and maybe I've made all the wrong life decisions.

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Police shut down a shadowy encrypted messaging app Monday that was allegedly used by organized crime figures to facilitate the transfer of drugs, illicit cash, and firearms throughout Europe. Then they nabbed the people who allegedly coded it.

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2022 was a year Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook in its healthier years, would rather forget.

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Meta has released its final quarterly and full year financial results for 2022, and the results are...mixed for the company formerly known as Facebook.